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]

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

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.

Tracks

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Year Title Artist Credits
2024 Avalon Alan Walker Co-writer
2024 Call My Name Alle Farben, Sofiloud Co-writer, co-producer
2024 Another Me Victoria Nadine Co-writer, Producers
2024 End Of The World Alan Walker Co-writer
2024 Too Good Victoria Nadine, 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

Awards and nominations

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Year Organization Award Work Result
2017 Spellemannprisen '16 Årets produsent (Producer of the Year) Jesper Borgen Nominated

References

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  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.
  3. ^ "Topp 12 norske sanger som kom i dag". 3 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts".
  5. ^ "Back Hug | Warner/Chappell Music". Uk.warnerchappell.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.