Kenneth Bron (born 1 November 1961), known professionally as Kenny B, is a

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

se reggae singer who lives in the Netherlands.

Biography

Bron, a former servant of the

Surinamese army , image = , alt = , caption = , image2 = , alt2 = , caption2 = , motto = , founded = 1975 , current_form = , disbanded ...

, is inspired by

Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981; baptised in 1980 as Berhane Selassie) was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements o ...

. He began his career in English and Sranan before being persuaded to sing in Dutch. Kenny B signed to the

TopNotch TopNotch is a Dutch record label specializing in hip-hop. The label was founded in 1995, and is run by Vincent Patty. After some commercial success (with rap acts such as De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, The Opposites, Def Rhymz, Postmen, and Extince) ...

-label and released his album ''

Kenny B Kenneth Bron (born 1 November 1961), known professionally as Kenny B, is a Surinamese reggae singer who lives in the Netherlands. Biography Bron, a former servant of the Surinamese army, is inspired by Bob Marley. He began his career in English ...

'' in May 2015. It topped the

Dutch Album Chart 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 expand ...

for one week. The second single ''Parijs'' chronicled a by-chance-meeting with a Dutch girl in Paris who barely speaks French. It spent seven weeks on top of the

Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 ( nl, Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly music chart compiled by ''Stichting Nederlandse Top 40''. It started as a radio program titled "Veronica Top 40", on the offshore station Radio Veronica in 1965. It remained "The Veronica ...

chart and gave rise to parody-versions. In 2016, Kenny B recorded two collaboration-singles; one with rapper/tv-presenter Ali B and R&B-singer

Brace Brace(s) or bracing may refer to: Medical * Orthopaedic brace, a device used to restrict or assist body movement ** Back brace, a device limiting motion of the spine *** Milwaukee brace, a kind of back brace used in the treatment of spinal cur ...

, the other, a translated cover-version of ''

54-46 That's My Number "54-46 (That's My Number)" is a song by Fred "Toots" Hibbert, recorded by Toots and the Maytals, originally released on the Beverley's label in Jamaica and the Pyramid label in the UK. A follow-up version released a year later, "54-46 Was My Numb ...

'' with established pop/reggae-band

Doe Maar Doe Maar was a Dutch ska band with punk and reggae influences whose career peaked from 1978 to 1984. They are one of the most successful pop bands in Dutch history. 'Doe maar' translates as ''go ahead'' or ''just do it''. History Early years a ...

. He also provided the Dutch voice of Tamatoa in the '' Moana''-movie and wrote a song for children's choir ''

Kinderen voor Kinderen (, ) is a Dutch children's choir maintained by public broadcaster BNNVARA. Since 1980 the choir has released one album of new children's songs each year, and is probably the only act from the 1980s with consecutive albums in the top 40 chart ...

''. In 2017, Kenny B participated in the tv-contest '' Beste Zangers'' (''Best Singers''). Kenny B performs in and outside Dutch-speaking countries, and is a

copyright A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, education ...

-ambassador for other Surinamese artists. In 2019 he released the follow-up to his self-titled album and had his tenth no.1-hit on Surinamese station

Radio 10 Magic FM Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitt ...

Discography

Albums

* ''Bosie mie'' (2009) * ''The Best of 2011'' * ''Kenny B'' (2015) * ''Hoe Dan Ook'' (2019)

Filmography

Films

* '' Moana'' (2016) - Dutch version * ''Sing Song'' (2017) * ''

Soul In many religious and philosophical traditions, there is a belief that a soul is "the immaterial aspect or essence of a human being". Etymology The Modern English noun ''soul'' is derived from Old English ''sāwol, sāwel''. The earliest attes ...

'' (2020) - Dutch version

References

External links

* 1961 births Living people 20th-century Surinamese male singers 21st-century Dutch male singers 21st-century Dutch singers Reggae singers Dancehall singers People from Paramaribo Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands {{Reggae-musician-stub