28-year-old Swedish electronic dance music artist Avicii dies in Oman

April 23, 2018 On Friday afternoon, Swedish artist, stage name Avicii, was found dead in Oman's capital Muscat, stated his publicist Diana Baron. Baron did not specify the cause of Bergling's death in the statement and added, "the family is devastated and we ask everyone to please respect their need for privacy in this difficult time." Bergling was 28 years old. Born on September 8, 1989, in the Swedish capital Stockholm, Bergling released his first single in 2007. His single , released in 2011, received a nomination. He released his debut album ' in 2013; singles from True include ' and . In October 2015, he released his second album . Bergling has won, and. He received second Grammy nomination for , which he collaborated with.

In 2014, Bergling collaborated with Carlos Santana and Wyclef Jean to release We Will Find a Way, one of the anthems for that year's FIFA Men's football World Cup in Brazil. In March 2014, Bergling was hospitalised. He had surgery to remove his gall bladder and appendix that year, and had previously suffered from pancreatitis in 2012. He announced quitting touring in early 2016, after performing at the.

Speaking to, Bergling said he stopped touring for the health complications. He added, "The scene was not for me. It was not the shows and not the music. It was always the other stuff surrounding it that never came naturally to me [...] I'm more of an introverted person in general. It was always very hard for me. I took on board too much negative energy, I think".

In his twelve-year career, Bergling collaborated with, David Guetta, , , , and. Bergling had about eleven billion streams on music streaming platform. Bergling released his final EP called  in 2017, which was nominated for a Billboard award recently.

In an interview with VEVO Lift, Bergling explained about his stage name saying, "the name means the lowest level of Buddhist hell". He said he added an extra 'i' since someone else was using that name on MySpace.

After Bergling's death, pop singer Madonna tweeted, "So Sad....... So Tragic. Good Bye Dear Sweet Tim. 💙 Gone too Soon."