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By Turing Testman

Updated 29 October 2019

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Artist	Avicii AB
Credit	https://web.archive.org/web/20170805070705/http://www.avicii.com/
License	cc-by-sa-4.0
Desc	Tim Bergling, aka Avicii, in 2016
Usage	Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

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Swedish musician

Avicii is ...

Dead

Born	8 September 1989 in Stockholm
Died	20 April 2018 in Muscat
Age	28 years, 7 months
Cause	exsanguination

Sex or gender	male
Country of citizenship	Sweden
Birth name	Tim Liden Bergling
Manner of death	suicide
Father	Klas Bergling
Mother	Anki Lidén
Sibling	Anton Körberg and Linda Bergling
Occupation	musician, disc jockey, remixer, record producer and singer
Instrument	keyboard instrument, guitar, piano, synthesizer, FL Studio and Logic Pro
Notable work	True and Stories
Awards	American Music Awards, Billboard Music Award, MTV Europe Music Awards, Teen Choice Awards and World Music Awards
Genre	electronic dance music, progressive house music and electro house
Influenced by	Swedish House Mafia and Daft Punk
Twitter username	Avicii
Instagram username	avicii
Snapchat username	timbling

About Avicii

Tim Bergling (Swedish: [¹tɪmː ²bærjlɪŋ] (listen); 8 September 1989 – 20 April 2018), known professionally as Avicii ( ə-VEE-chee, Swedish: [a¹vɪtːɕɪ]), was a Swedish DJ, electronic musician, and songwriter who specialized in audio programming, remixing and record producing.At the age of 16, Bergling began posting his remixes on electronic music forums, which led to his first record deal. He rose to prominence in 2011 with his single "Levels". His debut studio album, True (2013), blended electronic music with elements of multiple genres and received generally positive reviews. It peaked in the top ten in more than fifteen countries and topped international dance charts; the lead single, "Wake Me Up", topped most music markets in Europe and reached number four in the United States. In 2015, Bergling released his second studio album, Stories, and in 2017 he released an EP, Avīci (01). His catalog also included the singles "I Could Be the One" with Nicky Romero, "You Make Me", "X You", "Hey Brother", "Addicted to You", "The Days", "The Nights", "Waiting for Love", "Without You" and "Lonely Together". Bergling was nominated for a Grammy Award for his work on "Sunshine" with David Guetta in 2012 and "Levels" in 2013. Several music publications credit Bergling as among the DJs who ushered electronic music into Top 40 radio in the early 2010s.Bergling retired from touring in 2016 due to health problems, having suffered stress and poor mental health for several years. On 20 April 2018, Bergling died by suicide in Muscat, Oman. He was buried on 8 June in his hometown of Stockholm. His posthumous third album titled Tim was released in 2019.

About Death

Bergling died on 20 April 2018 near Muscat, Oman, at the age of 28. No cause of death was immediately given. On 21 April, the Omani police stated that there was "no criminal suspicion" or evidence of foul play in Bergling's death. On 26 April, his family released an open letter stating: