Sabrina Starke (born August 9, 1979) is a Surinamese-Dutch singer/songwriter from Rotterdam, Netherlands. Her style is a mix of soul, folk, R&B and jazz.

Career

Starke was born on 1979 in Paramaribo, Suriname,[1] and grew up listening to reggae music.[2] During the 200s, she began a career as a soul and jazz artist in Rotterdam and Amsterdam.[1]

Her debut album Yellow Brick Road was released on October 1, 2008. It was produced and recorded in Los Angeles, California by Dutch producers Beat Royalty (Chris Kooreman and Edo Plasschaert) and mixed in Burbank, California by Brad Gilderman. She signed to EMI Netherlands.[3]

The first single from the album, "Do for Love" was widely heard on YouTube,[2] and also became very popular in France as the theme tune of the TV show Fortune.[4]

On October 27, 2008, Starke signed with Blue Note, which re-released Yellow Brick Road. On March 9, the album went gold in the Netherlands.[citation needed]

She has won the 2008 Edison Award Best Newcomer.[5]

Discography

Albums

  • 2008: Yellow Brick Road
  • 2010: Bags & Suitcases
  • 2012: Outside the Box
  • 2013: Lean on Me (8ball Music)
  • 2015: Sabrina Starke (Zip)[6]
  • 2018: Underneath the Surface

Singles

Year Single Album Peak position
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 100
2008 "Do for Love" Yellow Brick Road - 10
2009 "Foolish" - -
"A Woman's Gonna Try" - 18
2010 "Home Is You" - 82
"Sunny Days" Bags & Suitcases - 72
2011 "Meer kan het niet zijn" (with BLØF) 30 32
2012 "Backseat Driver" Outside the Box - 45
2014 "In the Morning" - -
2015 "Sabrina Starke" - -
2019 "Underneath the Surface" - -
2021 "Learn to Love" - -
2022 "Paradise" - -
2022 "It Will Change" - -
2023 "Slow It Down" - -
2023 "Love the Mystery" - -

Awards

Year Nomination Organization Result
2008 Best Newcomer[7] Edison Award Won

References

  1. ^ a b Mutsaers, Lutgard; Keunen, Gert (October 12, 2017). Made in the Low Countries: Studies in Popular Music. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-41794-1.
  2. ^ a b Weltak, Marcel (July 29, 2021). Surinamese Music in the Netherlands and Suriname. University Press of Mississippi. pp. xxxi. ISBN 978-1-4968-3491-1.
  3. ^ Billboard. Vol. 121. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 24, 2009. p. 18.
  4. ^ Fortunes | Mouvements de cinéma | fr – ARTE Archived August 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Edison Jazzism Publieksprijs 2009 voor Sabrina Starke Archived March 19, 2012, at archive.today
  6. ^ "'Sabrina Starke' van Sabrina Starke". iTunes. September 25, 2015.
  7. ^ Billboard. Vol. 121. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 4, 2009. p. 12.
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