Ali Movasat
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Aliasghar Movasat), on 10 March 1975, Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

, Iran
Iran
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) is an Iranian
Iranian peoples
The Iranian peoples are an Indo-European ethnic-linguistic group, consisting of the speakers of Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, as such forming a branch of Indo-European-speaking peoples...

-Danish
Danes
Danish people or Danes are the nation and ethnic group that is native to Denmark, and who speak Danish.The first mention of Danes within the Danish territory is on the Jelling Rune Stone which mentions how Harald Bluetooth converted the Danes to Christianity in the 10th century...

 eurodance
Eurodance
Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...

 producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 and DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

. He enjoyed worldwide success with the single "The Whistle Song" from his 2000 debut album Payback Time
Payback Time
Payback Time is the debut album by the Iranian-Danish eurodance producer DJ Aligator, released in 2000 on Kenneth Bager's FLEX Records. It includes the four times platinum selling single "The Whistle Song", which peaked at #5 on the UK Singles Chart in 2002....

. It peaked at #5 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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 in January 2002, and subsequently, he performed it on BBC Television
BBC Television
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's Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...

. The song was a four times platinum
Music recording sales certification
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 selling success in Denmark
Denmark
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 in 2000, peaking at #1 on both the singles and dance chart, before its international release in 2002.

DJ Aligator has remixed for artists such as Me & My
Me & My
Me & My are a Danish Eurodance-Bubblegum sister duo signed under the EMI record label. They are best known for their first international hit song "Dub-I-Dub" , which has been featured on many compilations including the Dancemania series albums...

, Infernal
Infernal (band)
Infernal is dance/pop group from Denmark, consisting of members Lina Rafn and Paw Lagermann. They made their Danish debut in 1997 with the release of the track "Sorti de L'enfer", and have gone on to international chart success in recent years. Their most successful single to date has been "From...

, Nik & Jay
Nik & Jay
Nik & Jay is a Danish R&B / Hip-Hop / pop duo made up of Niclas Genckel Petersen and Jannik Brandt Thomsen ....

, O-Zone
O-Zone
O-Zone was a Romania/Moldovan pop music trio that was active from 1998 to 2005 and consisted of Dan Bălan, Radu Sîrbu, and Arsenie Todiraş. The group gained global popularity with their song "Dragostea din tei" and their subsequent album DiscO-Zone....

, and Medina
Medina (singer)
Medina Danielle Oona Valbak , known by the mononym Medina is a Danish pop, dance and R&B singer and songwriter....

, Rihanna
Rihanna
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.
DJ Aligator now resides in Malmö
Malmö
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, Sweden
Sweden
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 after having lived in Denmark for most of his life.

Albums

  • Payback Time
    Payback Time
    Payback Time is the debut album by the Iranian-Danish eurodance producer DJ Aligator, released in 2000 on Kenneth Bager's FLEX Records. It includes the four times platinum selling single "The Whistle Song", which peaked at #5 on the UK Singles Chart in 2002....

    (2000)
  • The Sound of Scandinavia
    The Sound of Scandinavia
    -Track list:...

    (2002)
  • Music Is My Language
    Music Is My Language
    Music is My Language - is the third studio album by the Iranian-Danish eurodance producer DJ Aligator. It was released in 2005.-Track list:-External links:*...

    (2005)
  • Kiss My B-ass
    Kiss My B-ass
    Kiss My B-ass is the fourth studio album by the Iranian-Danish eurodance producer DJ Aligator, released in 2009.-Track listing:# Intro # Meet Her At Loveparade# Kiss My B-ass# Beyond The Eternity# I'm Coming Home [Feat. M.Esfahani]# Shine...

    (2009)

Singles

  • "Doggy Style" (2000)
  • "Lollipop" (2000)
  • "Turn Up the Music" (2000)
  • "The Whistle Song" (2000)
  • "Temple of India" (2001)
  • "Dreams" (feat. Christina Undhjem) (2002)
  • "I Like to Move It" (feat. Dr. Alban) (2002)
  • "Mosquito" (2002)
  • "Stomp" (2002)
  • "Davaj Davaj" (feat. MC Vspishkin) (2004)
  • "Music Is My Language" (feat. Arash) (2005)
  • "Protect Your Ears" (2005)
  • "Countdown" (2006)
  • "Meet Her at the Loveparade 2007" (2007)
  • "KAOS" (2008)
  • "Calling You" (2009)
  • "Shine" (feat. Heidi Degn) (2009)
  • "Gi' det til dig" (feat. Jinks) (2010)
  • "Starting Over" (2011)
  • "Trash The Club (2011)

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