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Jesper Borgen | |
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Birth name | Jesper Borgen |
Born | 21 September 1988 |
Origin | Oslo, Norway |
Occupation(s) | Producer & Songwriter |
Jesper Borgen (born 21 September 1988) is a Norwegian songwriter and producer. Songs written and produced by Jesper have been nominated for Brit Awards "British Single Of The Year", [1] Echo Awards "Song Of The Year", P3 Gull "Song Of The Year", and Billboard Music Awards, as well as winning "Song Of The Year" at Spellemannsprisen, "Song Of The Year" at NRJ Music Awards Norge, "Western Single Of The Year" at KKBox Music Awards, "Best International Hit" at the Swiss Music Awards, and the TONO award for "Songwriter Of The Year" in Norway 2015. [2]
He has been involved in both writing and producing extensively for Alan Walker, starting with the song "Faded", which became a worldwide hit with over five million single sales, reached number 1 in the official charts in 19 countries, and has over 1.5 billion Spotify streams. He was also a part of making the successful follow up singles for Walker, "Sing Me to Sleep" and Darkside. Jesper Borgen has written, collaborated with, and produced for artists like Bebe Rexha, Steve Aoki, Farruko, Sabrina Carpenter, Felix Jaehn, Seeb, Girls Generation, Christopher, Victon, and Tove Styrke. His work has also been remixed by artists like Marshmello and he himself has produced official remixes for the likes of Coldplay.
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Year | Title | Artist | Credits |
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2024 | End Of The World | Alan Walker | Co-writer |
2023 | Spectre 2.0 | Alan Walker, Steve Aoki, Lonely Club | Co-writer & vocalist |
2023 | hope ur miserable | Victoria Nadine | Co-writer, co-producer |
2022 | Unendlich | Andrea Berg, Vanessa Mai | Co-writer |
2022 | Perfect Melody | Jonas Blue, Julian Perretta | Co-writer |
2022 | "Wouldn't Be Me" | Fedde Le Grand, Jamie, 22 Bullets | Co-writer |
2021 | "Man On The Moon" | Alan Walker, Benjamin Ingrosso | Co-writer |
2021 | "Not You" | Alan Walker, Emma Steinbakken | Co-writer |
2021 | "OK" | Alan Walker, JOP | Co-writer |
2020 | "I don't Know Why" | NOTD ft. Astrid S | Vocal producer |
2020 | "Mayday" | Victon | Co-producer & co-writer |
2020 | "Astronomia - Never Go Home" | Tony Igy | Co-writer |
2020 | "Paris" | Dagny | Co-writer |
2020 | "It's OK If You Forget Me" | Astrid S | Vocal producer |
2019 | "On My Way" | Alan Walker, Farruko, Sabrina Carpenter [ citation needed ] | Co-writer |
2019 | "Heading Home" | Alan Walker ft. Ruben [3] | Co-writer |
2019 | "Are You Lonely" | Steve Aoki, Alan Walker, ISÁK [ citation needed ] | Co-writer |
2019 | "LIITA" | Felix Jaehn [ citation needed ] | Co-writer |
2018 | "Darkside" | Alan Walker ft. Au/Ra | Co-writer |
2018 | "Listen" | Seeb, Iselin [ citation needed ] | Co-writer |
2018 | "I Don't Wanna Go" (with Julie Bergan) | Alan Walker, Julie Bergan | Co-writer |
2018 | "Do It All for You" | Alan Walker, Trevor Guthrie | Co-writer |
2017 | "(Not) The One" | Bebe Rexha | Co-writer |
2017 | "The Spectre" | Alan Walker [4] | Co-writer & Vocalist |
2017 | "Blackout" | Julie Bergan | Co-writer |
2016 | "Sing Me to Sleep (Marshmello Remix)" | Alan Walker, Marshmello | Co-producer & co-writer |
2016 | "Alone" | Alan Walker | Co-producer & co-writer |
2016 | "Sing Me to Sleep" | Alan Walker | Co-producer & co-writer |
2016 | "Hymn For The Weekend (remix)" | Alan Walker, Coldplay [ citation needed ] | Co-producer & co-writer |
2015 | "Faded" | Alan Walker | Co-producer, co-writer & Background Vocals |
2015 | "Over You" | Koichi Domoto (Japan) [ citation needed ] | Co-writer |
2014 | "Back hug" | Girls Generation (Korea) [5] | Producer & co-writer |
Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result |
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2017 | Spellemannprisen '16 | Årets produsent (Producer of the Year) | Jesper Borgen | Nominated |
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