Douwe Bob
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| Background information | |
| Born | Douwe Bob Posthuma Script error: No such module "person date". Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
| LabelTemplate:Pluralize from text | Universal |
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Douwe Bob Posthuma (born 12 December 1992), professionally known by only his first and middle names Douwe Bob (Script error: No such module "IPA".), is a Dutch singer-songwriter. He won the Dutch talent show De beste singer-songwriter van Nederland. He specializes in folk and country music and has released four albums. He represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.[1]
Early life
Douwe Bob Posthuma was born on 12 December 1992 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He was born into a Frisian family.[2] His father, Simon Posthuma, is known for being a member of The Fool design collective.[citation needed]
Douwe Bob started playing piano at the age of 6, initially concentrating on classical music and jazz.[citation needed] He took up the guitar at age 14.[citation needed] As a singer he was inspired by country, folk and pop music from the 1950s to the mid-1970s.[citation needed]
Career
2012–2013: Born in a Storm
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2014–2015: Pass It On
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2016–2017: Eurovision Song Contest and Fool Bar
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". On 6 May 2016, he released his third studio album Fool Bar by record company Universal Music Group. The album peaked at number four on the Dutch Albums Chart. Douwe Bob represented his country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm,[13] where he performed the song "Slow Down" in the semi-finals and finals on 10 and 14 May 2016. He placed eleventh in the final, racking up a total of 153 points. He was the Dutch spokesperson for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.[14]
2018–present: The Shape I'm In and Singel 39
On 21 April 2017, Douwe Bob was announced as the fourth coach of the seventh season of The Voice Kids,[15] which started on 23 February 2018. In the following season, he did not return and was replaced by Anouk. On 9 November 2018, Douwe Bob released his fourth studio album The Shape I'm In, which he described as being a break-up record. In 2019, he composed the title song for the Dutch feature film Singel 39.[16] He also played a small role in the film.[16] The film won the Golden Film award after having sold 100,000 tickets.[16]
Douwe Bob appeared in the 2023 season of The Masked Singer.
On 29 June 2025, Douwe Bob walked off stage at a performance for a Dutch Jewish community youth event, citing the presence of posters and pamphlets belonging to the Dutch wing of Zionist youth organization Netzer Olami. The singer and his family were forced to go into hiding abroad after being doxed and receiving death threats.[17][18]
Personal life
On 10 March 2016, in an interview with OutTV, Douwe Bob revealed that he identifies as bisexual.[19]
Posthuma has three children: a daughter with Loes van Delft; a second daughter with an unknown woman; and a son with former girlfriend Anouk.[20]
Discography
Albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||
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| NL [21] |
BEL (FL) [22] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born in a Storm[4] |
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7 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Pass It On[3] |
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1 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Fool Bar |
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2 | 191 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Shape I'm In |
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5 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Born to Win, Born to Lose |
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3 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Where Did All the Cool Kids Go? |
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4 | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
| I Believe in Fairy Tales – Theatertour 2025 |
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55 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Outcast Town |
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19 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL [21] |
AUT [23] |
BEL (FL) [22] |
SUR [24] |
SWE [25] | |||
| "Multicoloured Angels" | 2012 | 4 | — | — | — | — | Born in a Storm |
| "You Don't Have to Stay" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Blind Man's Bluff" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Stone Into the River" | 54 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Mine Again" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Hold Me" (with Anouk) |
2015 | 2 | — | — | — | — | Pass It On |
| "Pass It On" | 52 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sweet Sunshine" | 45 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The News" | 48 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Slow Down" | 2016 | 5 | 65 | 57 | — | 96 | Fool Bar |
| "How Lucky We Are" | 57 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Shine" | 2018 | 41 | — | —[a] | — | — | The Shape I'm In |
| "I Do" (with Jacqueline Govaert) |
65 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Consider" | 2019 | 56 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Summer in Your Eyes" | — | — | —[b] | — | — | rowspan="5" Template:Non-album singles | |
| "Until Then" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "What a Wonderful World" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hold On" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Was It Just Me" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "This World Is Our Home" | 2023 | 33 | — | — | 21 | — | Where Did All the Cool Kids Go? |
| "Nothing to Lose" | 2024 | 66 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Could Have Been Us" with Sera)[26] |
— | — | — | — | — | Outcast Town | |
| "Angel Child"[27] | 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Nog even blijven" (with Meau) |
12 | — | 15 | — | — | rowspan="2" Template:Non-album singles | |
| "Please Just Come Home" (with Miss Montreal) |
87 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||
Music videos
| Title | Year |
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| "Life Weighs Heavy" | 2013 |
| "Slow Down" | 2016 |
| "How Lucky We Are" | |
| "Shine" | 2018 |
| "Ready or Not" | 2021 |
Notes
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AVROTROS confirms: Douwe Bob Heading to Stockholm! – ESCBubble". 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Wat er Fries is aan Douwe Bob" (in Dutch), Leeuwarder Courant, 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."'Het kwartje viel op Paaspop', Douwe Bob (22) voelde zich in Schijndel voor het eerst op z'n gemak". Omroep Brabant.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Douwe Bob – Born In A Storm". NU. 4 May 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Douwe Bob Posthuma winnaar Beste Singer-Songwriter". Centrale Redactie (web). Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Door: Just Fontein (15 June 2013). "Pinkpop 2013: Douwe Bob is gelukkig geen singer-songwriter meer". De Volkskrant.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Douwe Bob op Pinkpop". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bevrijdingsfestivals – Douwe Bob". bevrijdingsfestivals.nl. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mike (Michael) (17 January 2015). "The Netherlands: Anouk releases new duet 'Hold me'". Eurovision 2015 Predictions, Polls, Odds, Rankings – wiwibloggs.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Douwe Bob Kondigt Album 'Pass It On' Aan « Nieuws « Universal Music – Your Music Ondemand". universalmusic.nl.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Granger, Anthony (21 April 2017). "Netherlands: Douwe Bob Announced Spokespersons". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Douwe Bob vierde coach in The Voice Kids". Show.nl (in Nederlands). 21 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Singel 39 bekroond met Gouden Film" (in Nederlands). Entertainment Business. 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Douwe Bob weigert optreden bij Joods voetbalevenement: 'Baal als een stekker voor de kids'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Nederlands). DPG Media.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Douwe Bob verlaat Nederland: 'Zijn veiligheid is serieus in het geding, we moesten 112 bellen'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Nederlands). DPG Media.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Douwe Bob komt uit de kast" (in Nederlands). Telegraaf. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Segers, Maxime (6 January 2022). "Douwe Bob kreeg in december niet een maar twee kinderen, derde op komst". Algemeen Dagblad (in Nederlands). DPG Media.
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- ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Suriname:
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New music this week: Songs from Tali, Maro, Gustaph and more". wiwibloggs. 19 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
External links
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- Official website
- Douwe Bob discography at Discogs
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