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Tim (2019)

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Tim was finished by other collaborators after Avicii's death, and all of its sales profit goes to a mental health foundation created in his name.

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Tim: third and final studio album by Swedish DJ and producer Avicii
Released 6 June 2019; the only posthumous album after his death on 20 April 2018
All profits from album sales go to the Tim Bergling Foundation for mental health awareness
Reached number one in Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania and Norway
Reached the top ten in over seventeen countries

Third album first mentioned in late 2016, after Avicii signed with Universal Sweden
It was then said the album would be released in 2017
Avicii released the EP Avīci (01) on 11 August 2017 and said it was the first of three EPs
The full third album was to be released alongside the third EP
Recording resumed in late 2017
March 2018 updates included demos that became Hold the Line, Bad Reputation, Tough Love, Ain't a Thing and Fades Away
According to Kristoffer Fogelmark, Never Leave Me was the last track Avicii worked on, finished two days before he left for Oman
A representative said in May 2018 there were no plans to release new material in the immediate future
April 2019: collaborators were enlisted to help finish the album

A team of writers and producers made the album
The track listing was chosen from 16 possible songs
The sound was described as containing elements of psychedelia, Arabian music, Caribbean sounds and more
On 1 and 2 June 2019, fans could hear the album 4 to 5 days early at music cubes in various locations around the world

Tim Bergling (born 8 September 1989, Stockholm; died 20 April 2018), known as Avicii, was a Swedish DJ, remixer and record producer.
He began posting remixes on internet forums at 16 and signed with the Dejfitts Plays label in 2007.
After winning a BBC Radio 1 competition in 2008, he signed a talent management agreement with Arash Pournouri.

"Levels" (2011) launched him into the mainstream and reached the top ten in 15 countries.
His debut album True (2013) reached the top 10 in more than 15 countries; "Wake Me Up" became a most-streamed Spotify song.
Stories (2015) and Avīci (01) (2017) both reached number one on the Swedish chart.
He announced his retirement from touring in March 2016 due to health concerns.
His music blended house with folk, country, soul and blues.

Tim received mixed reviews from music critics
Metacritic average score of 58 out of 100, based on 4 reviews
AllMusic (Neil Z. Yeung): only a handful of moments match Avicii's festival-rocking peaks, and the rest relies on passable EDM-pop
Rolling Stone (Will Hermes): the album reflects both Tim Bergling's talent and his personal struggles, and moves away from traditional EDM toward pop

Heart Upon My Sleeve was originally an instrumental track from Avicii's album True.
Tough Love samples A.R. Rahman's Banarasiya from the film Raanjhanaa (2013).
SOS interpolates No Scrubs by TLC.
The Heaven music video, called a tribute video, used clips of Avicii in Madagascar, shot after his final concert.
Avicii is credited throughout the album by his legal name, Tim Bergling.