Stien den Hollander (; born 8 November 2000), known professionally as S10, is a Dutch singer, rapper and songwriter. She began her musical career in 2016, and was signed to the Dutch hip hop record label in 2017. In 2019, she released her debut studio album ''Snowsniper'', which went on to win an

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. Den Hollander represented the Netherlands in the

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with the song "

De diepte "" (; ) is a single by Dutch singer S10. The song represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, after being selected by the Dutch public broadcaster AVROTROS. It is the first time since 2010 that a song sung ...

", the first Eurovision entry to be sung in the

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since .

Early life and education

Den Hollander and her

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brother were born on 8 November 2000 in

Hoorn Hoorn () is a city and municipality in the northwest of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the largest town and the traditional capital of the region of West Friesland. Hoorn is located on the Markermeer, 20 kilometers ( ...

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

. Since her birth, she has had little to no contact with her biological father. She grew up in nearby

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and later in Hoorn, where she attended

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. After completing the mavo curriculum in 2018, she has been studying at the Herman Brood Academie in

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. Throughout her teenage years, Den Hollander suffered from

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, including experiencing

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s and depression. When she was 14 years old, she was admitted to a

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following a

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Career

In 2016, Den Hollander

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her first

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''Antipsychotica'', which she recorded using her

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and uploaded to the online audio distribution platform

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. Shortly after the release, she was discovered by rapper Jiggy Djé, and signed with his record label in 2017. One year later, she released a second mini-album, titled ''Lithium''. In her songs, her struggle with mental illness is an important theme, with both mini-albums being named after types of

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. In 2019, her debut album ''Snowsniper'' was released. The title is a reference to the Finnish sniper

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, which Den Hollander explained in the media as being "about the cold-heartedness, the solitude" and that "in essence, a soldier strives for peace, just as I strive for peace with myself". The album was awarded an

in February 2020. In November of the same year, she released her second studio album ''Vlinders'', which peaked at number 5 in the

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. In 2021, Den Hollander scored a hit with the single "Adem je in", which she wrote together with

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. On 7 December 2021, it was announced that she had been selected by the Dutch broadcaster

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to represent the Netherlands in the

. Her entry "

" was released on 3 March 2022 and is in Dutch, making it the Netherlands' first Eurovision entry to be sung in the language since

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Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays and mini-albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Non-single album appearances

Soundtrack album appearances

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:S10 2000 births 21st-century Dutch women singers 21st-century Dutch singers Dutch hip hop musicians Dutch rappers Dutch singer-songwriters Dutch-language singers Emo rap musicians Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the Netherlands Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2022 Living people Musicians from North Holland People from Hoorn People from Noorder-Koggenland