Esmée Denters
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Esmée Denters is a Dutch singer-songwriter. She was a regular cover-artist on video-sharing website YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

 on which she covered songs by contemporary musicians like Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...

 and Natasha Bedingfield
Natasha Bedingfield
Natasha Anne Bedingfield is a British pop singer and songwriter. Bedingfield debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance/electronic group The DNA Algorithm with her siblings Daniel Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle...

.

In 2008, she started her professional career after attracting the attention of Dutch media scouts and American pop singer Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...

. Timberlake went on to sign Denters as the first artist to his label Tennman Records
Tennman Records
Tennman Records is an American record label created as a joint venture between Justin Timberlake and Interscope Records.-History:The label was announced in a press release dated May 28, 2007....

 in association with Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...

.

In May 2009 she released her debut studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

, Outta Here
Outta Here (album)
-Charts:-Release history:...

which was executively produced by Timberlake and featured Denters co-writing all songs. The album reached number five in her home country of the Netherlands and charted in Belgium, where it reached 55 on the Flemish Region Albums Chart and the UK where it reached 48.

Denters added the official music video to the debut single "Outta Here
Outta Here (song)
"Outta Here" is the title song of the debut studio album by Dutch R&B singer and songwriter Esmée Denters. It was released as the debut single both from the artist and the album in the Netherlands on 14 April 2009, 27 April in New Zealand on April 27 followed by 15 August in the UK.On the charts...

" from her debut of the same name, to her official YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

 page on 22 May 2009, and her second single "Admit It" on 3 September 2009. In autumn 2009 she was on tour with Honor Society
Honor Society (band)
Honor Society is a pop rock band originally based out of New York. The band consists of Michael Bruno , Jason Rosen , Andrew Lee , and Alexander Noyes . They were previously signed to Jonas Records in affiliation with Hollywood Records but parted ways in 2011. The band released its debut album...

. The album has so far spawned three singles including the title song
Outta Here (song)
"Outta Here" is the title song of the debut studio album by Dutch R&B singer and songwriter Esmée Denters. It was released as the debut single both from the artist and the album in the Netherlands on 14 April 2009, 27 April in New Zealand on April 27 followed by 15 August in the UK.On the charts...

 which reached top 3, "Admit It
Admit It (song)
"Admit It" is the second single from Dutch pop singer and songwriter Esmée Denters, from her debut studio album Outta Here. It was released as CD single and download in the Netherlands on September 4, 2009. And was released in the UK on December 28, 2009. Due to a lack of airplay on UK radio the...

" which reached 28 and 56 in the Netherlands and UK respectively and "Love Dealer" featuring Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...

.

Early life

Denters is the daughter of Hank and Fenny Denters Boonstra. Her parents are divorced. She has an older sister, the musical actress Daphne Denters. Denters lived in Westervoort next to Arnhem until she was fifteen, and then moved with her ​​mother and sister to Oosterbeek / Gelderland. She graduated high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 in Arnhem
Arnhem
Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...

 in 2006 and subsequently attended the HAN University of Applied Sciences
Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
The HAN University of Applied Sciences , often abbreviated as HAN, is a university of applied sciences with campuses in Arnhem and Nijmegen in the Netherlands. It offers Bachelor and Master degrees in a wide range of subjects. Arnhem Business School is the international department of HAN University...

 where she was working towards a Bachelor of Social Work until she dropped out in her freshman year in February 2007 to join Tennman Records
Tennman Records
Tennman Records is an American record label created as a joint venture between Justin Timberlake and Interscope Records.-History:The label was announced in a press release dated May 28, 2007....

.

2006–2007: Early career

On August 25, 2006 Denters made a page on the video website YouTube. On that website, she posted several videos of herself when she sings songs. They were mostly covers of other pop stars but also some of her own. Several people around the world responded praised her singing performances and various record companies came forward with her in early 2007. Denters eventually opted for a contract with Tennman Records, the label of Justin Timberlake. There were plans for a reality show around Denters in the United States, which they followed up the release of her debut album. Denters was about ten days in America to write songs to record in the studio. [2] She also sang a song that was written by Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child. Then she flew to Sweden for a few days to write songs and recording.

2007–2010: Outta Here and collaborations

After being signed to Tennman Records, Denters began working with Timberlake. He became the executive producer of her debut album Outta Here
Outta Here (album)
-Charts:-Release history:...

. In April 2009, Denters confirmed on Dutch radio station Radio 538
Radio 538
Radio 538 is a Dutch commercial radio station aimed at young people. It has a broad format which includes Top 40, dance, R&B and recent hits...

 that her debut album, would be released in The Netherlands on 22 May 2009, also confirming that the album is a mix of Pop and R&B with both ballads, and uptempo tracks. Her debut single, also the title song
Outta Here (song)
"Outta Here" is the title song of the debut studio album by Dutch R&B singer and songwriter Esmée Denters. It was released as the debut single both from the artist and the album in the Netherlands on 14 April 2009, 27 April in New Zealand on April 27 followed by 15 August in the UK.On the charts...

 of the album was released in the Netherlands on 14 April 2009 and in the UK on 15 August. So far it has reached the top ten in several European countries. The album was released in the UK on 11 January 2010 and features the previous 2008 charity duet with Timberlake, "Follow My Lead" as an additional bonus song. Second single "Admit It" only reached 28 in the Netherlands and 56 in the UK. On 22 March 2010 it was announced that the third single will be "Love Dealer
Love Dealer
Love Dealer is the third single of Esmée Denters from her debut album Outta Here. The song was written by Esmée Denters, Justin Timberlake and Stargate in 2009. Stargate produced the song, together with Justin Timberlake who also provided additional vocals. On March 22, the British radio station...

" featuring Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...

. The video was produced by The Malloys
The Malloys
The Malloys is the working name of music video and film directors and brothers Emmett Malloy and Brendan Malloy. They are signed to HSI Productions.- Videography :*"Holiday" by Vampire Weekend...

 on April 18, 2010 and will premiere before the end of the month.

Denters also worked on several collaborations during this time. She has lent her vocals to the German band Stanfour
Stanfour
Stanfour are a German rock band who formed in 2004. The band was founded on the German island of Föhr where the four core members live. Already prior to the band's formation, brothers Alexander and Konstantin Rethwisch spent years in Los Angeles working closely together with a producer of film music...

 who have featured Denters on their new single "Life Without You" due for release on 25 May 2010. The music video for the single was postponed due to the April 2010 Icelandic volcano eruption. On May 1 Esmée and Stanfour
Stanfour
Stanfour are a German rock band who formed in 2004. The band was founded on the German island of Föhr where the four core members live. Already prior to the band's formation, brothers Alexander and Konstantin Rethwisch spent years in Los Angeles working closely together with a producer of film music...

 flew to New York to record the video for "Life Without You". The official release of "Life Without You" in Germany will be 28 May. The video leaked on the internet on 24 May. In the UK, she also contributed vocals to London MC Chipmunk
Chipmunk (rapper)
Jahmaal Noel Fyffe known by his stage name Chipmunk, is a British hip hop rapper and songwriter from Tottenham, London....

's track "Until You Were Gone", which entered into the UK charts at #3.

2011-present: Screaming Out Loud

Esmée started working on new songs for her second studio album in January 2011. She said "my next album is gonna be different." She has been working with British DJ and producer K-Gee
K-Gee
K-Gee is the alias for Karl Gordon, a British DJ, producer and songwriter and former member of the Outlaw Posse.Gordon was brought up listening to reggae by his father and was inspired to become a DJ after listening to Grandmaster Flash's "The Message" and other early hip-hop tracks.K-Gee and his...

 and musician Ben Cullum. On 11 August, Denters took to her Twitter to let her fans know the album title Screaming Out Loud
Screaming Out Loud
Screaming Out Loud is the second studio album by Dutch pop artist and songwriter Esmée Denters.-Background:Esmée started working on new songs for her second studio album in January 2011. She said "my next album is gonna be different." She has been working with British DJ and producer K-Gee and...

. "City Lights" is the first official single from the album.

Products and Endorsements

In 2006, Denters signed a promotional deal with Kira Plastinina, a young designer from Russia who was taking the fashion industry by storm. Her work for the brand included from appearances on TV, commercials, and Internet advertisements, as well as in-store promotional performance. As of 2008 the contract ended when the Kira empire closed down due to poor sales figures.

In 2009, Denters signed a endorsement deal with Wacoal to be the face for Btemptd. Denters appeared in national print and advertising campaigns, direct mail, in-store and online promotional materials. Sales figures for the brand jumped to a 60 % increase compared to the same time last year. Denters contract with Btemptd is still ongoing.

Esmée Denters did three world exclusive Meet and Greets with fans to promote her music career and B Tempt'd. On October 9, 2010, Esmée appeared in front of fans at Bloomingdales department store in New York. Esmée also appeared in Selfridges & Co. in London on 30 March 2011 and then in Manchesters, Trafford Centre on April 7, 2011.

Esmée did a 15 minute long concert followed by a Meet and Greet where Esmée signed autographs for fans and took picture with them.

Tours

2007
  • Justin Timberlake
    Justin Timberlake
    Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...

     – FutureSex/LoveShow
    FutureSex/LoveShow
    FutureSex/LoveShow is the third concert tour by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake. The tour supported his second studio album, FutureSex/LoveSounds. This became Timberlake's first solo global tour, reaching North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania...

      (opening act, Europe)


2009
  • Enrique Iglesias
    Enrique Iglesias
    Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...

     – Greatest Hits tour (opening act, Europe)
  • Ne-Yo
    Ne-Yo
    Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...

     – Year of the Gentleman tour (opening act, Europe)
  • Honor Society
    Honor Society (band)
    Honor Society is a pop rock band originally based out of New York. The band consists of Michael Bruno , Jason Rosen , Andrew Lee , and Alexander Noyes . They were previously signed to Jonas Records in affiliation with Hollywood Records but parted ways in 2011. The band released its debut album...

     – Fashionably Late tour (opening act, United States/Canada)
  • N-Dubz Christmas Party
    N-Dubz Christmas Party
    N-Dubz Christmas Party was the second U.K. tour by English hip hop trio, N-Dubz.-Background:The tour was originally to be a taster of their second studio album, "Against All Odds", but it was later revealed that the album would be released one day before the tour starts...

     (opening act, UK)


2010
  • Stanfour
    Stanfour
    Stanfour are a German rock band who formed in 2004. The band was founded on the German island of Föhr where the four core members live. Already prior to the band's formation, brothers Alexander and Konstantin Rethwisch spent years in Los Angeles working closely together with a producer of film music...

     – Rise & Fall tour (special guest, Germany)

Albums

Year Album Peak positions
NL BEL
VL
Ultratop 50
Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...

UK
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

2009 Outta Here
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: 22 May 2009
  • Label: Tennman Records
    Tennman Records
    Tennman Records is an American record label created as a joint venture between Justin Timberlake and Interscope Records.-History:The label was announced in a press release dated May 28, 2007....

5 55 48
2012 Screaming Out Loud
Screaming Out Loud
Screaming Out Loud is the second studio album by Dutch pop artist and songwriter Esmée Denters.-Background:Esmée started working on new songs for her second studio album in January 2011. She said "my next album is gonna be different." She has been working with British DJ and producer K-Gee and...

  • 2nd studio album
  • Released: February 2012
  • Label: Polydor Records
    Polydor Records
    Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...

    , Interscope, Tennman Records
    Tennman Records
    Tennman Records is an American record label created as a joint venture between Justin Timberlake and Interscope Records.-History:The label was announced in a press release dated May 28, 2007....

  • TBR TBR TBR

    Solo singles

    Year Single Peak positions Album
    NL BEL
    Ultratop
    Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...


    (FL)
    HUN
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

    IRE
    Irish Singles Chart
    The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

    NZ
    New Zealand
    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

    UK
    UK Singles Chart
    The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

    US
    Dance
    2009 "Outta Here
    Outta Here (song)
    "Outta Here" is the title song of the debut studio album by Dutch R&B singer and songwriter Esmée Denters. It was released as the debut single both from the artist and the album in the Netherlands on 14 April 2009, 27 April in New Zealand on April 27 followed by 15 August in the UK.On the charts...

    "
    3 26 3 18 12 7 9 Outta Here
    "Admit It
    Admit It (song)
    "Admit It" is the second single from Dutch pop singer and songwriter Esmée Denters, from her debut studio album Outta Here. It was released as CD single and download in the Netherlands on September 4, 2009. And was released in the UK on December 28, 2009. Due to a lack of airplay on UK radio the...

    "
    28 56
    2010 "Love Dealer
    Love Dealer
    Love Dealer is the third single of Esmée Denters from her debut album Outta Here. The song was written by Esmée Denters, Justin Timberlake and Stargate in 2009. Stargate produced the song, together with Justin Timberlake who also provided additional vocals. On March 22, the British radio station...

    " (featuring Justin Timberlake
    Justin Timberlake
    Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...

    )
    12 53 68 9
    2011 "City Lights" To be released Screaming Out Loud
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

    As featured artist

    Year Single Peak positions Album
    NL BEL
    FA
    Ultratop
    Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

    HUN
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

    IRE
    Irish Singles Chart
    The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

    NZ
    New Zealand
    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

    UK
    UK Singles Chart
    The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

    AUS
    ARIA Charts
    The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

    GER
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

    AUT
    Austria
    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

    SWI
    Switzerland
    Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

    2010 "Until You Were Gone
    Until You Were Gone
    "Until You Were Gone" is Chipmunk's sixth single and features Dutch singer Esmée Denters. The track is the first single from the platinum edition of I Am Chipmunk. The single was recorded in January 2010 with producer, Fraser T Smith, and songwriter Ayak Thiik...

    " (with Chipmunk
    Chipmunk (rapper)
    Jahmaal Noel Fyffe known by his stage name Chipmunk, is a British hip hop rapper and songwriter from Tottenham, London....

    )
    12 24 3 41 I Am Chipmunk
    I Am Chipmunk
    I Am Chipmunk is the debut album by British grime and R&B MC, Chipmunk released on 12 October 2009 by Columbia Records. It has produced four top 25 singles included three consecutive top-ten hits and one chart topper...

    "Life Without You" (with Stanfour
    Stanfour
    Stanfour are a German rock band who formed in 2004. The band was founded on the German island of Föhr where the four core members live. Already prior to the band's formation, brothers Alexander and Konstantin Rethwisch spent years in Los Angeles working closely together with a producer of film music...

    )
    25 51 58 Rise and Fall
    2011 "Do You Believe" (with Aggro Santos
    Aggro Santos
    Yuri "Aggro" Santos is a Brazilian-born English rapper from Balham, London.-Background:Santos was born in Sao Paulo and raised in London. He decided to become a musician after buying the Carlos Santana album 'Supernatural' when he was eight...

    )
    Not released AggroSantos.com
    AggroSantos.com
    Aggrosantos.com is the debut studio album by English rapper Aggro Santos. It was released on 31 January 2011.- Critical reception :Jon O'Brien from Allmusic gave the album three out of five stars and said "Santos will be able to adapt once his ubiquitous sound is considered passé, as an immediate...

    "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

    Charity singles

    Year Single Cause Album
    2007 "Crazy Place" Oxfam
    Oxfam
    Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...

    Outta Here
    2008 "Follow My Lead (Live)" (with Justin Timberlake) Shriners Hospitals for Children
    Shriners Hospitals for Children
    Shriners Hospitals for Children is a network of 22 non-profit hospitals across North America. Children with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-centered environment, regardless of the patients’...

    Outta Here

    Awards

    Year Region Award Category Result
    2009 Netherlands TMF Awards
    TMF Awards
    The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF .The first Dutch TMF Awards were held in 1995, as a brand extension to the recently launched local Dutch music channel TMF. The show was very small and held in the company cafeteria...

    Best Female Artist
    TMF Superchart Award
    Belgium Best New International Artist
    Europe MTV Europe Music Awards
    MTV Europe Music Awards
    The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Originally beginning as an alternative to the American MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards is today a popular celebration of what MTV viewers consider...

    Best Dutch & Belgian Act
    Best European Act
    2010 EBBA
    Ebba
    Ebba is a feminine given name, the feminine version of Ebbe, which is a diminutive form of the Germanic name Eberhard or Everhard, meaning "wild boar." Alternately, it may be a form of an Old English name Æbbe, of unknown derivation, which was the name of several early saints...

    Most Successful Artist (outside own country)
    Netherlands TMF Awards
    TMF Awards
    The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF .The first Dutch TMF Awards were held in 1995, as a brand extension to the recently launched local Dutch music channel TMF. The show was very small and held in the company cafeteria...

    Best Female Artist
    Best Video 'Admit It'
    United Kingdom Urban Music Awards
    Urban Music Awards
    The Urban Music Awards is a HipHop, R&B, Dance and soul music awards ceremony launched in 2003 and now held in six countries annually.The awards ceremony is held annually by Invincible Media Group. The UMA's is now held in 6 countries annually...

    Best Collaboration 'Until You Were Gone'

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