Alan Walker was born on August 24, 1997 in Northampton, UK to a British father (Philip Walker) and a Norwegian mother (Hilde Omdal). At the age of 2, Walker moved to Bergen. He grew up with two siblings. Alan has an older sister, Camilla Joy who was also born in England, and a younger brother Andreas, who was born in Norway. At an early age, he started to develop an interest in computers and technology. He learned everything about music on YouTube.
In 2015, Walker signed a contract with Sony Music Entertainment. This was the start of a very fruitful career. His first single with the label was Faded. Faded took first place in the charts in Norway and Sweden and top ten in Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands.