Nádine
Encyclopedia
Nádine is a South African Afrikaans
singer, best known for the hit song Kaapse Draai. She has also recorded a number of songs in English
.
, when her manager Ian Bossert brought him to the country. She also performed at the "Two Nations" concert in 1997, along with the Spice Girls
and Billy Ocean
, for an audience that included Nelson Mandela
and Prince Charles.
Currently one of the more popular Afrikaans female artists in South Africa, 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 South African Music Awards
(SAMA).To date, each of Nádine's albums has produced a successful song, with the latest being Made Up My Mind.
Nádine has now released her eighth album, As Jy Wonder, produced by international songwriter and producer Steve Taylor. Nádine wrote lyrics for many of the album's songs. She commented:
Nádine has recorded a number of notable 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. Her best-known song, the ballad Kaapse Draai, was nominated as one of the top five songs in the 2003 Geraas Musiek Toekenning (GMT) awards, which recognize Afrikaans music. She maintains a busy performance schedule with up to 120 concerts a year. After more than ten years in the South African music industry her total sales number over 350,000 CDs. In 2008 she was again nominated for the SAMA awards for the album "As Jy Wonder".
Just recently in 2010, she released her new 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 Younha
. Her song I Can Have You was covered in Korean by f(x)
and titled Mr Boogie. She has been promoting the new album within Europe over the past while, mainly in Belgium and Germany, in attempt to expand her audience and become a more recognised singer.
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
singer, best known for the hit song Kaapse Draai. She has also recorded a number of songs in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
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Life and career
Beginning her career as a teenager in 1996, Nádine has released eight albums and one DVD, with two certified platinum and four more certified gold. In 1997 she toured South Africa with Dutch singer Jan SmitJan Smit (singer)
Johannes Hendricus Maria "Jan" Smit is a Dutch pop music and schlager singer. He scored his first number one position in the Dutch charts with Ik zing dit lied voor jou alleen in 1997...
, when her manager Ian Bossert brought him to the country. She also performed at the "Two Nations" concert in 1997, along with the Spice Girls
Spice Girls
The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...
and Billy Ocean
Billy Ocean
Billy Ocean is a Trinidad-born English Grammy Award winning popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British-based R&B singer / songwriter of the early to mid-1980s...
, for an audience that included Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
and Prince Charles.
Currently one of the more popular Afrikaans female artists in South Africa, 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 South African Music Awards
South African Music Awards
The South African Music Awards are an annual award ceremony, run by the Recording Industry of South Africa , where accolades are presented to members of South Africa's music industry. Winners receive a statuette is called a SAMA. The event was established in 1995...
(SAMA).To date, each of Nádine's albums has produced a successful song, with the latest being Made Up My Mind.
Nádine has now released her eighth album, As Jy Wonder, produced by international songwriter and producer Steve Taylor. Nádine wrote lyrics for many of the album's songs. She commented:
- "For the past ten years of my career I left the songwriting to the songwriters, but I realize now that you can interpret your own material much better. I co-wrote seven songs with Steve Taylor...When I started recording last year it was discovered that I have nodules on my vocal cords and I had to do less shows, talk less (which was very difficult) and also change my way of speaking, laughing and of course singing. I am very grateful that that is now something of the past...We worked on the album for ten months and each one of the songs has a special meaning to me."
Nádine has recorded a number of notable 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. Her best-known song, the ballad Kaapse Draai, was nominated as one of the top five songs in the 2003 Geraas Musiek Toekenning (GMT) awards, which recognize Afrikaans music. She maintains a busy performance schedule with up to 120 concerts a year. After more than ten years in the South African music industry her total sales number over 350,000 CDs. In 2008 she was again nominated for the SAMA awards for the album "As Jy Wonder".
Just recently in 2010, she released her new 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 Younha
Younha
Younha , is a South Korean pop singer who first got her start in Japan, and continues to have success today in both countries....
. Her song I Can Have You was covered in Korean by f(x)
F(x) (band)
f is a five member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2009. The name is a play on the mathematical notation for function, and when input with different 'x', there can be many different outcomes. f strives to be the kind of girl group that can change and adapt to many situations....
and titled Mr Boogie. She has been promoting the new album within Europe over the past while, mainly in Belgium and Germany, in attempt to expand her audience and become a more recognised singer.
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