Frans Duijts is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 singer and former André Hazes

André Hazes

André Gerardus Hazes was a Dutch singer in a genre called levenslied which is a form of emotional folk music about everyday life sung in the Dutch language. André Hazes was one of the most successful singers in this genre...

-imitator

Biography

Duijts began his singing career as an André Hazes imitator. But because of the success of the song Je denkt maar dat je alles mag van mij (You think that everything you do is allright with me), a cover of an André Hazes song from 1986 (written by Pierre Kartner

Pierre Kartner

Petrus Antonius Laurentius "Pierre" Kartner is a Dutch musician who sings under the alias Father Abraham, and who has written around 1600 songs.- Early life :...

), Duijts decided to increase his focus on his own singing career. Meanwhile Duijts already had six hits in the Single Top 100. His album Zo ben ik mezelf (This way I can be myself) was a great success, and remained in the Album Top 100 for the maximum allowed chart-time of two years. Besides singing, he also works in the family business, a demolition company in Tiel.

In 2009 Duijts received the prize for the Nederpop

Nederpop

Nederpop is a Dutch term that was invented by the mid-1970s to describe the Dutch pop music scene of the 1960s and 1970s that was gaining worldwide attention, exemplified by bands such as Shocking Blue, Golden Earring and Focus....

 hit with the most plays in pubs and restaurants in that year for his single Je denkt maar dat je alles mag van mij.

Albums

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|align=left|Zo ben ik mezelf||2008||04-10-2008||7||104|| Gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

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|align=left|Denken dat je alles mag...||2006||06-06-2009||39||15||
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|align=left|Leef je droom||19-02-2010||27-02-2010||2||43|| Gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

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Singles

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|align=left|Samen op het strand||2007||-|||||| #82 on the Single Top 100
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|align=left|Jij denkt maar dat jij alles mag van mij||2008||-|||||| #32 on the Single Top 100
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|align=left|Komt er voor mij dan ook 'n dag||2008||-|||||| #14 on the Single Top 100
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|align=left|Lieveling||2009||-|||||| #22 on the Single Top 100
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|align=left|Nee, niet zeggen hoe ik leven moet||2009||-|||||| #27 on the Single Top 100
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|align=left|Ik mis je||08-01-2010||-|||||| #4 on the Single Top 100
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|align="left"|Altijd te laat naar bed||23-04-2010||-|||||| #10 on the Single Top 100
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|align="left"|Lach en leef je dromen||13-08-2010||-|||||| #18 on the Single Top 100
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|align="left"|Kom terug bij mij||27-11-2010||-|||||| #28 on the Single Top 100
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|align="left"|Morgen is pas morgen||2011|||||||| #1 on the Single Top 100
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