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Donnie (Dutch Rapper)
Donny Björn Stefan Ellerström (born 5 August 1994), known by the stage name Donnie and pseudonym Donald Scloszkie, is a Dutch rapper, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his songs "", "", "", "" and "". Early life and education Donny Ellerström was born on 5 August 1994 in Amsterdam to a Dutch mother and a Swedish father. He was raised by his mother and grandmother, and grew up with two elder brothers and a younger sister. He has had little contact with his father, who served a prison sentence for most of Ellerström's childhood and currently lives in Sweden. After completing his pre-vocational secondary education, Ellerström attended a culinary college in Amsterdam and worked as a cook at a local restaurant for some time. Career While in culinary college, Ellerström became acquainted with Dutch rapper Frans Frederiks (Lange Frans) when he won a risotto cooking competition Frederiks had organised. He subsequently featured on Frederiks's 2011 track "Brawler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the City Region of Amsterdam, urban area and 2,480,394 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now designated a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River that was dammed to control flooding; the city's name derives from the Amstel dam. Originally a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became a major world port during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, when the Netherlands was an economic powerhouse. Amsterdam is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Hay
Barry Andrew Hay (born 16 August 1948) is an Indian-born Dutch musician; he was the lead vocalist and frontman of Dutch rock band Golden Earring from 1967 until their disbandment in 2021. Biography Hay was born in Faizabad, India, to a Dutch-Jewish mother, Sofia Maria née Sluijter (1922–2004, born in Makassar), and a Scottish commissioned officer, Philip Aubrey Hay (1923–1980). He moved to the Netherlands at the age of eight to live with his mother. He lived in Amsterdam and later in The Hague, attending an English boarding school. After graduating from secondary school, he took courses at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. Music career and voice acting Hay started his music career with a band called The Haigs. In the summer of 1967, he was asked to join the Golden Earrings, as they were then called, replacing Frans Krassenburg. Hay created the cover art for some of Golden Earring's albums. He has also made three solo albums. ''Only Parrots, Frogs and Angels'' (197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AVROTROS
AVROTROS () is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster that is part of the Dutch public broadcasting system. It was founded in 2014 as the result of a merger between the Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) and the Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (TROS). The name AVROTROS has been used for jointly produced programmes since 1 January 2014. Since 7 September 2014, all existing AVRO and TROS programmes have also been broadcast under the name AVROTROS. Building Prior to 2014, the AVRO was housed in the building in Hilversum from 2000, while the TROS operated from the former Christelijk Lyceum, also in Hilversum, from 1970. On 20 June 2012, it was announced that both broadcasters would move into the Wereldomroepgebouw after the merger. The move was completed after a renovation on 1 January 2014. In 2014, AVROTROS started using the Vondelparkpaviljoen in Amsterdam, which had been renovated and renamed "Vondel CS". It was opened to the public on 13 May 2014. The building house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Album Top 100
The Dutch Album Top 100 or Album Top 100 is a weekly hit list of music albums, compiled by Dutch Charts. List shows the 100 best-selling music albums of the moment in the Netherlands. The list has passed through various name changes and has expanded from a Top 10 to a Top 100. Names Album chart by ''Stichting Nederlandse Top 40'' From 1969 to 1999, an alternative weekly album chart was published by offshore radio station Radio Veronica (1969-1974) and the '' Stichting Nederlandse Top 40'' (1974-1999). This chart varied in length from a top 20 (1969-1971 and from 1972 to 1974) to a top 50 (1971-1972 and 1974–1985), a top 75 (1985-1991) and a top 100 (1991-1999). This album chart was regarded by many as the official one, since it was widely published while the chart listed above was not (not until 1993). The Top 40's album chart was terminated in July, 1999 when it was amalgamated with the Album Top 100 listed above. See also *Single Top 100 The Dutch Single Top 100 or S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kris Kross Amsterdam
Kris Kross Amsterdam is a Dutch DJ and record producer trio formed by brothers Jordy and Sander Huisman and Yuki Kempees. Their music is a mix of various music styles including R&B, Hip hop music, hip hop, funk, Soul music, soul, Pop music, pop and House music, house. The name is a nod to the famous rap duo Kris Kross from the early 1990s, known for their hit single "Jump (Kris Kross song), Jump". Career Kris Kross Amsterdam originated as two brothers in 2011 in Amsterdam. With their name paying homage to the legendary American hip hop duo Kris Kross, they started hosting parties in Amsterdam where they began to play a mix of R&B, hip hop, twerk, trap and house. In 2014, MC Yuki Kempees joined them. In June 2015 Kris Kross Amsterdam signed a deal with dance record label Spinnin’ Records and released their debut single "Until the Morning" with MC CHOCO. In February 2016, KKA dropped multiple releases on the label, catching worldwide attention. Amongst those releases are the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mart Hoogkamer ...
This is a list of the Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2021. The Dutch Top 40 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the Netherlands. It is published every week by radio station Qmusic. Chart history Number-one artists See also * 2021 in music References {{Dutch Top 40 Number-one singles Netherlands 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Froger
René Froger (born 5 November 1960 in Amsterdam), is a Dutch singer. Froger was born, and spent his first years in the Jordaan, a neighbourhood in Amsterdam. His father, Bolle Jan, had a café where Froger started performing. He started his career working with Ted de Braak and Mini en Maxi and in 1987 he released his first single, ''Love Leave Me''. Major success eluded him until his song ''Winter in America'' entered the Dutch Top 40 in 1988 (10 years after Australian folk Musician Doug Ashdown's original had done so). Later that year, he teamed up with the popular Dutch band Het Goede Doel to top the Dutch charts (#1 for three weeks in 1989) with ''Alles kan een mens gelukkig maken'' (Everything can make a man happy). A song for which in particular the refrain starting with ''Een eigen huis, een plek onder de zon'' (your own home, a place under the sun) morphed into a community sing-a-long evergreen. Since 1989 he has released more singles, with mixed results. He star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Duijts
Frans Duijts (born May 10, 1979 in Tiel), is a Dutch singer and former André Hazes-imitator Biography Duijts began his singing career as an André Hazes imitator. But because of the success of the song ''Je denkt maar dat je alles mag van mij'' (''You think that everything you do is alright with me''), a cover of an André Hazes song from 1986 (written by Pierre Kartner), Duijts decided to increase his focus on his own singing career. Meanwhile Duijts already had six hits in the Single Top 100. His album ''Zo ben ik mezelf'' (''This way I can be myself'') was a great success, and remained in the Album Top 100 for the maximum allowed chart-time of two years. Besides singing, he also works in the family business, a demolition company in Tiel. In 2009 Duijts received the prize for the Nederpop hit with the most plays in pubs and restaurants in that year for his single ''Je denkt maar dat je alles mag van mij''. Discography Albums , - align=center , align=left, ''Zo ben i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kibbeling
''Kibbeling'' is a Dutch snack consisting of battered chunks of fish, commonly served with a mayonnaise-based garlic sauce or tartar sauce. In the nineteenth century, it denoted the salted waste (the cheeks) of the cod fish, which was an important part of the popular diet. It is a popular dish in the Netherlands. See also * Fish and chips * List of deep fried foods * List of fish dishes This is a list of notable fish dishes. In culinary and fishery contexts, fish includes shellfish, such as molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms. Fish has been an important source of protein for humans throughout recorded history. Fish dishes ... References {{reflist, refs= {{cite book , last1=Bedford , first1=N. , last2=Sellars , first2=S. , title=The Netherlands , publisher=Lonely Planet , series=Country Guide Series , year=2007 , isbn=978-1-74104-299-3 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vvSYyeIzz5IC&pg=PA63 , page=63 Deep fried foods Dutch cuisine Fish dishes Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palingsound
Palingsound (; 'European eel sound') is the unique musical sound attributed to a subgenre of Dutch pop music called palingpop. It is sometimes used to refer to the palingpop genre as a whole. History Origin The Cats (1964 -1985) are universally recognized as the originators of palingsound. The Cats were the first Volendamic band to record an album.Johan Tol en Michel Veerman''Wat is Palingsound?'' ''Palingsound.com'' Their music started off as beat music and over the years evolved to be more focused on melody and harmony. After the lead singer was replaced by Piet Veerman in 1968, the dramatic elements of his voice became sound-determining. With their lyrical, melodical and somewhat melancholic music, The Cats laid the groundworks for what would become known as palingsound. Further elements that would become influential for palingsound from this period in the music of The Cats would be the added arrangements of jazz musician Wim Jongbloed and the continental European mixi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levenslied
Levenslied (Dutch, literally "life song" or "song about life") is a sentimental Dutch-language subgenre of popular music. ''Levenslied'' lyrics can be sweet or bitter, light and sentimental, but also reflective and dark, about subjects such as love, misery and far-away, sunny, exotic holiday places. The darker, more sentimental songs are also known as "smartlap" (literally: "grief cloth"). The levenslied is related to the ''chanson'' though for a lower-class audience, like the schlager. A typical levenslied has catchy, simple rhythms and melodies and is built up in couplets and refrains. Traditional musical instruments in levenslied music are the accordion and the barrel organ. Modern levenslied artists also use synthesizers and guitars. The songs are usually in Dutch but also English or Italian. Two cities in the Netherlands, Tilburg and Nijmegen, have annual Levenslied festivals. Artists Notable Dutch levenslied singers: *Willy Alberti *Willeke Alberti *Frans Bauer * Peter Blan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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