Nádine Hoffeldt (born 28 February 1982) is a South African

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pop singer and presenter, best known for the hit song "Kaapse Draai". She has also recorded a number of songs in English.

Life and career

Nádine was born in

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Starting her career as a teenager in 1996, she has released twelve albums and two DVDs. In 1997 she toured South Africa with Dutch singer Jan Smit, when her then manager Ian Bossert brought him to the country. She also performed at the "Two Nations" concert in 1997, along with the

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and

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, for an audience that included

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and

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. Nádine released her seventh solo album, ''Mense soos jy'', in September 2005. Her ''Nádine 10 Years Live'' was nominated for Best DVD in the 2006

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(SAMA). To date, each of Nádine's albums has produced a successful song, with the latest being "Skildery". Nádine released her eighth album, ''As Jy Wonder'', produced by international songwriter and producer Steve Taylor. Nádine has recorded a number of hit songs, including "Dankie liewe Ouma", "Hoor hoe klop my hart", "Kom dans met my", "Latina", "’n Meisiekind wil ek graag bly", "Die Hemel Brand", "Alweer Iemand Anders", "Afrika Spore" and "Vive la Vida". In 2010, she released her album ''This Time I Know'', containing the singles "This Time I Know It's For Real" and "Made Up My Mind", the latter being an English language cover of "Delete" by

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. Her song "I Can Have You" was covered in Korean by f(x), who titled it "Mr. Boogie". In 2015 she began to present the Afrikaans music game show ''Musiek Roulette'' produced by Johan Stemmet, presenter of its sister-show ''

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''. ''Musiek Roulette'' is currently airing season 6.

Discography

*''Krappies & Krefies'' *''Nádine'' *''You & I'' *''44 Jongste Gunstelinge'' *''Simply Me'' *''Kaapse Draai Remix'' *''Mense Soos Jy'' *''As Jy Wonder'' *''Nádine 10 Years Live DVD'' *''This Time I Know'' * 2011: ''Eindeloos'' * ''Live in Europe DVD'' * 2012: ''Christmas in South Africa'' * 2014: ''Skildery''

References

External links

Official web site
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