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Biography

Judith Katrijntje "Trijntje" Oosterhuis (; born 5 February 1973) is a Dutch people|Dutch pop music|pop and jazz singer .

Early life

Judith Katrijntje Oosterhuis was born on 5 February 1973, in Amsterdam , the Netherlands . Trijntje Oosterhuis is the daughter of theologian and former Roman Catholic Church|Catholic priest Huub Oosterhuis and violin ist Jozefien Melief of the Amsterdam Promenade Orchestra.

Music career

In 1990 she formed the band " Total Touch " with her brother Tjeerd Oosterhuis and, in 1991, they participated in the Grote Prijs van Nederland, the most important amateur musician contest in the Netherlands. Biography Trijntje Oosterhuis. (Dutch) Retrieved: September 15, 2006 Trijntje got the opportunity to tour with Candy Dulfer in 1994 after collaborating with her on the album Big Girl (album)|Big Girl . Originally the tour was supposed to last six weeks; however, it became a two-year tour around the world.

Total Touch was offered a record deal in 1995 and the debut album Total Touch was released in 1996. The first single Touch Me There became a summer hit and went Platinum, selling over 100,000 copies in its first month Biography Trijntje Oosterhuis. Retrieved: September 15, 2006 - despite only peaking the Dutch charts at #14. The next album This Way became their first #1 album and was equally successful, although the album was not well known internationally. In 1999, they took a small break, and Trijntje Oosterhuis released a live album with covers of Stevie Wonder . In 2001, the group decided to go their separate ways, with Tjeerd wanting to focus on music producer|production and songwriting and Trijntje wanting to launch her solo career.

In March 2003, Oosterhuis's debut solo album, Trijntje Oosterhuis , was released and met with moderate success. The album consisted mainly of ballads and presented her as a diva . Trijntje personally has a fondness for Jazz instead of pop ballads, and in 2004 she therefore signed a record deal with Blue Note and released the live album Strange Fruit , consisting of Billie Holiday and George Gershwin covers. Biography Trijntje Oosterhuis. Retrieved: 15 September 2006 The album received critical acclaim, and Trijntje finally managed to achieve fame beyond her home country.

In September 2004 Trijntje gave birth to her son Jonas. On 31 July 2006, she gave birth to a second son, Marijn Benjamin van den Eeden.

Her second jazz album called The Look Of Love (Burt Bacharach Songbook) was recorded with Burt Bacharach , who plays the piano on a two tracks New Trijntje Oosterhuis CD mastered at Polyhymnia Retrieved: 25 October 2006 and was released on 20 November 2006. The new album was certified Platinum on the day of release for having shipped more than 70,000 copies. Trijntje Oosterhuis page, "20-11-2006 - Trijntje ontvangt Platina Award tijdens The Look of Love première" Retrieved: 23 November 2006 In December 2006 Trijntje toured with the Metropole Orchestra performing covers of Burt Bacharach and Christmas songs.

In 2007, she released a second volume of her collaboration with Burt Bacharach entitled "Who'll Speak For Love", with Burt again playing piano on 3 tracks. In 2008, she released a CD and DVD of an acoustic concert performance with guitarist Leonardo Amuedo, entitled "Ken Je Mij".

In September 2008 she was one of the Special Guests at the Symphonica in Rosso concert in Arnhem , starring Lionel Richie . During this concert she sang the duet, "Face in the Crowd", with Lionel Richie. This performance is included in Richie's album, Just Go .

In 2009 and 2010, her song "What the World Needs Now" was theme from a Brazilian soap opera Viver a Vida made by Rede Globo .

In early 2011, she released the album "Sundays in New York." The CD was given away free to lucky readers of the Saturday 15 January 2011 edition of the Dutch newspaper AD.

A year later, in January 2012, Dutch singer Anouk (singer)|Anouk made two videos of her and Trijntje working together in a studio available through Twitter and Facebook Video of Anouk and Trijntje in studio. Retrieved: April 12, 2012 Second video of Anouk and Trijntje in studio. Retrieved: April 12, 2012. Initial assumptions were made that Anouk and Trijntje were recording a duet for Trijntje's next album. Soon after, it was announced that Anouk was writing songs for the album and producing it Anouk announces her cooperation with Trijntje Oosterhuis. Retrieved: April 12, 2012. The new album, named "Wrecks we Adore" was officially released on April 13, 2012.

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Dutch album chart Discography Trijntje Oosterhuis. Retrieved: 25 October 2006	Certification
1999	For Once in My Life	25	Gold Dutch certification database Accessed 4 November 2006
2003	Best of Total Touch & Trijntje Oosterhuis	14	& nbsp;
2003	Trijntje Oosterhuis	3	Gold
2004	Strange Fruit	2	2 x Platinum Trijntje Oosterhuis page (Dutch). Retrieved: 23 November 2006
2005	See You As I Do	5	Gold
2006	The Look Of Love	1 - Album Top 100 Flash required Retrieved: 7 December 2006	Platinum
2011	Sundays in New York	22	N/ A
2011	We've Only Just Begun	19	N/ A
2012	Wrecks we Adore	1	N/ A
With Total Touch
1996	Total Touch	2	4 x Platinum
1998	This Way	1	2 x Platinum

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