Jesper Borgen

Jesper Borgen
Background information
Birth nameJesper Borgen
Born (1988-09-21) 21 September 1988 (age 36)
OriginOslo, Norway
OccupationProducer & 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.

  1. ^ "Alan Walker Up For British Single of the year at Brit Awards)". routenote.com. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Møt Jesper Borgen (& Co)! - Tono". Tono.no. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2016.