Esmée Denters
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Esmée Denters (born September 28, 1988 in Oosterbeek, The Netherlands) is a Dutch singer. She was a regular cover-artist on video-sharing website YouTube where she covered songs from Brandy, Mariah Carey, One Republic, Natasha Bedingfield, Beyoncé Knowles and Justin Timberlake, amongst others. In 2008 Timberlake himself discovered her talent and Denters signed up as the first artist with Timberlake's new label imprint Tennman in association with Interscope.[1]
Early career
Esmee was born to Dutch parents. Denters is a singer-songwriter who began singing cover versions of popular songs on YouTube back in August 2006. She caught the attention of Dutch artist manager Jonathan Berhane who in turn introduced her to Grammy nominated songwriter and manager Billy Mann.
Denters' manager arranged for her to meet Justin Timberlake at one of his concerts[2] and from there they signed the deal. Tennman Records announced that she would be opening for Timberlake at 10 venues during his 2007 European tour.[3] According to several magazines she is the first unsigned singer in history to go directly from a personal YouTube posting to commercially performing on a major stage with Michael Paco Martinez
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Netherlands | BEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Outta Here
|
5[4] | 55[5] |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions [6][7] |
Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUT 40 | BEL | NZ | U.S. | UK | IRL | |||
| 2007 | "Crazy Place" 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album song |
| 2008 | "Follow My Lead" (duet with Justin Timberlake) 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2009 | "Outta Here" | 2 | 26 | 14 [8] | TBR | 7[9] | 21 | Outta Here |
| 2009 | "Admit It" | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- 1 Charity single.
Awards
- TMF Awards [10]
- 2009: Best Female Artist (Won)
- 2009: TMF Superchart Award (Won)
References
- ^ People Magazine: Timberlake signs up Esmee Denters
- ^ Video Blog: How Denters Got Discovered
- ^ Justin Timberlake's 2007 FutureSex/LoveShow World Tour UK and European Dates accessed 19 Nov 2007
- ^ Netherlands Chart
- ^ [1]
- ^ Dutch Top 40
- ^ Dutch Mega Single Top 100
- ^ [2]
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml
- ^ TMF Awards: Esmée Denters nominated for Best Female"
External links
- Esmée Denters, official site
- Video on YouTube
- Interactive timeline about Esmée Denters
- Esmée Denters on Twitter
- Outta Here music video