Talk:Avicii/GA1

Infobox/Life and career

• 1 - Cause of death Suicide
• 2 - Tom Hangs - checks out as being the same guy
• 3 - Tim Bergling was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 8 September 1989
• 5 - Only mentions mixing in bedroom at age 8, not the siblings. Should also be marked as dead. N source 219 (New york times obit) has the sibling's names  Done
• 6 - Inspired by his brother, who was also a DJ, Bergling began making music at the age of 16
• 8 - AllMusic doesn't mention Laidback Luke, just remixes and the other artist names N  Done
• 16 - In October 2010, he signed with the European A&R team at EMI Music Publishing. Doesn't say it was October, but the rest is ok. N  Done

2011–2013: "Levels"

Think some sources might be missing from the first paragraph

• 19 - ""Levels" reached the top ten in Austria,
• 21 - "Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark," N Only mentions Denmark, not the other two countries.  Done
• 22 - "Finland" Original should be marked as dead
• 24 - Greece, Ireland, N Wayback machine won't give me anything useful, and the original blocks me. Think it might just need a new link? Probably two as i'm not sure why greece and ireland would use the same chart.  Done
• 27 - "Slovenia, and the United Kingdom" UK checks out, Slovenia needs a different link N  Done
• 31 - "In 2012, Avicii's collaboration track "Sunshine" with David Guetta was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Dance Recording." N Both links are broken. Idolator is excluded from the Wayback machine, which is a problem I've come across before  Done
• 32 - On 23 March 2012, Pete Tong reviewed Avicii's unsigned single "Last Dance" on Tong's show on BBC Radio 1" N Doesn't mention Pete Tong, just says Radio 1 premiered the track. I would just have the article say that.  Done
• 33 - "At Ultra Music Festival 2012 in Miami, he premiered the tracks "Girl Gone Wild" (Avicii's UMF Remix) with Madonna" -
• 34 - "and "Superlove" with Lenny Kravitz"
• 35 - "After reaching two million followers on the social media platform Facebook, Avicii released a new song titled "Two Million""
• 36 - "On 27 April 2012, he released "Silhouettes", which features vocals from Salem Al Fakir" - Doesn't have the release date. Could just use Spotify or ITunes or something here N  Done
• 40 - Avicii was a featured performer on 4 August 2012 at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago's Grant Park But link should be marked as dead
• 43 - "On 26 September 2012, Avicii became the first DJ to headline Radio City Music Hall in New York City."
• 44 - "He performed two sold-out shows supported by Matt Goldman and Cazzette on 26 and 27 September. At his Radio City Music Hall shows, he played a preview of his new track with Mike Posner titled "Stay with You". N Doesn't mention Matt Goldman and Cazette. Rest checks out.  Done
• 49 - "To create the world's first "crowdsourced" hit song."
• 54 - " In late February 2013, he embarked on his first South American tour, with concerts in Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, and Chile" N Mentions all except Venezuela.  Done

2013–2014: True

• 57 - "Many of the new songs received mixed critical reviews after the concert."
• 59 - "The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Sveriges Television (SVT) announced on 15 April that Avicii and ex-ABBA members Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson had composed the anthem for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. The song was performed for the first time in the final on 18 May" N Needs an archive link. Citation currently goes to Eurovision homepage  Done
• 71 - "In August 2013, Avicii performed his new song "Lay Me Down" with Nile Rodgers and Adam Lambert at Rodgers's fundraiser, "All For The East End"." Though the Metro isn't the most reliable source, and I would replace it if possible
• 90 - "The album's promotion was supposed to begin at the 2014 Ultra Music Festival, but Avicii announced he had been hospitalised on 28 March and was unable to play his closing set at the festival"

2014–2015: Stories

• 97 - "Avicii described the album as "a lot more song-oriented"
• 108 - On 25 April 2015, Avicii announced he would be playing some of his unreleased songs in his show on episode 35 of his podcast LE7ELS. He also previewed his bootleg of Kings of Tomorrow's song "Finally" and his cover of "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" with ASH. - Think the archive link should be for the actual episode rather than the general podcast page. Assuming details described in the episode check out.  Done
• 109 - "On 6 May 2015, Avicii released his rework of Nina Simone's version of "Feeling Good"
• 114 - "Avicii was ranked sixth on Forbes's list of "The World's Highest-Paid DJs 2015", published in August, with earnings of US$19 million."

2016: Retirement from touring

• 129 - "The song became the theme for Coca-Cola's UEFA Euro 2016 campaign"
• 130 - "On 25 January, Avicii again worked with Coldplay to co-produce the band's single "Hymn for the Weekend", which was released as the second single from their album A Head Full of Dreams" Checks out, but the source says Avicii's involvement was "very minor"  Done

2017–2018: Avīci (01) and Avicii: True Stories

• 146 - "In June 2017, British singer Rita Ora debuted a semi-acoustic version of "Lonely Together" at a private event at Annabel's in London." N Broken for same reason as source 31  Done I could not find an alternative source, so I removed the statement.
• 158 - "On January 4, American singer Anderson East released the single "Girlfriend", which was co-written with Avicii for Anderson's album Encore."

Posthumous releases and tribute activities

• 165 - "In April 2019, it was announced the album Tim, on which Avicii was working before his death, would be released on 6 June 2019,"
• 173 - "On 28 June, Billboard cited "Heaven" as one of the best dance songs of the first half of 2019." Have changed to 27th
• 186 - "In June, "Wake Me Up" was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)"
• 190 - "Kitty Empire of The Guardian described it as "An honest study of the shy young man turned superstar DJ".
• 196 - "On 23 May, a SiriusXM radio channel titled "Avicii Radio: Music for a Better Day" was launched" N Doesn't mention the "Music for a Better Day" part, rest is fine  Done

Work

• 206 - Direct quote is identical to original and good as primary source
• 212 - "Musicians such as Kygo, Skrillex, Diplo, Gryffin, Martin Garrix, and Cheat Codes cited Avicii as a source of inspiration." All those articts are quoted in the article

Personal life

• 214: "From 2011 to 2013, Avicii dated an American student named Emily Goldberg" N Doesn't say when they dated. Quote: "It’s unclear when she met her ex Avicii, real name Tim Bergling, but the pair dated for two years before the latter’s tragic death in April 2018."  Done
• 217: "In the 2017 documentary Avicii: True Stories, directed by his close and longtime collaborator Levan Tsikurishvili, Avicii spoke about his physical and mental health struggles. The documentary depicts the pressure from his management to continue performing live in spite of his objections."
• 218: "Avicii's manager, Arash Pournouri, said he knew of Avicii's anxieties... there was no crew to "keep tabs" on Avicii during his recuperation" have rephrased the last sentence for clarity

Death

• 220: "Omani authorities carried out two autopsies"
• 229: "On 22 May, Avicii's family announced plans for a private funeral with "the people who were closest to him"."
• 234: "On 20 April 2018, several hours after learning of Avicii's death, Kygo concluded his set at Coachella by playing "Without You" in memory of Avicii. Onstage, Kygo described Avicii as "a true musical genius" Doesn't mention it being several hours but I assume it couldn't have been much more than that
• 235: "Two days later, American band OneRepublic paid tribute to Avicii by performing his song "Wake Me Up" during their show in Mumbai, India"
• 256: "On 21 April 2018, Malgosia Fiebig played a collection of Avicii's songs on the carillon of bells within the Dom Tower of Utrecht"
• 268: "The following month, Madame Tussauds in New York City revealed a wax figure of Avicii"

Music innovation

• 279: "Writing the day after Avicii's death, Marcus Dowling of Mixmag described him as "arguably the artist most responsible for electronic music's mainstream pop crossover success", said his 2011 single "Levels" had "elevated electro into the pop cultural stratosphere" and that Avicii had become "a living legend" Modified first quote to be direct. It actually says inarguably.
• 285: " Eric Clapton, who never publicly worked with Avicii, said he was "inspired by Avicii" and dedicated a song off his Christmas album, Happy Xmas, to him." doesn't mention that they never publicly worked together, but I don't think it needs to. You *could* cut that part of the sentence.  Done

Mental health awareness/Museum/In popular culture

• 292: "The foundation also works to mitigate climate change, manage business development, and conserve endangered species"
• 298: The museum features reconstructions of Bergling's childhood bedroom and Los Angeles mansion and offers recordings of Avicii's most popular works and unreleased music and the ability to remix them
• 305: "Avicii was the codename of the OnePlus Nord, a smartphone released in 2020."