Caro Emerald ~ I Know That He's Mine
- 9 years ago
Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw (born 26 April 1981), known by her stage name of Caro Emerald, is a Dutch pop and jazz singer. She debuted on 6 July 2009 with her single "Back It Up". Her 2009 single "A Night Like This" reached the number 1 position in the Netherlands.
Her debut album Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor set a new all-time Dutch chart record on 20 August 2010, spending its 30th week at number one on the country's albums chart, beating the previous record set by Michael Jackson's Thriller by one week. The album became the biggest selling album of 2010 in the Netherlands and has sold over 300,000 copies so far. In total more than a million copies have been sold. On 3 October 2010, Van der Leeuw was awarded the Dutch music prize "Edison Award" for Best Female Artist.
In April 2013, her second studio album The Shocking Miss Emerald went to No. 1 in the UK album chart, becoming her first UK No. 1 album.
Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor is the debut album by Dutch singer Caro Emerald. It was released in the Netherlands on January 29, 2010. The album was preceded by the hit singles "Back It Up", officially released in the Netherlands on July 6, 2009, and "A Night Like This", released on December 11, 2009.
On 28 June 2011, a new version of the album has been released in Italy, featuring a DVD, three bonus tracks recorded live including "I Know That He's Mine", and a duet with Italian singer Giuliano Palma in the song "(Vivere) Riviera Life".
In April 2013, her second studio album The Shocking Miss Emerald was released. It went to No. 1 in the UK album chart, becoming Emerald's first UK No. 1 album. She performed in the UK at The BBC Radio Theatre; it was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Red Button. On 29 June 2014, she played the opening music set on the pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival 2014.
On 19 February 2015, Emerald announced that she was working on her third studio album. The first single from the album is "Quicksand", which was released on 24 April 2015 in the Benelux and on 27 April 2015 in the UK.
Her debut album Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor set a new all-time Dutch chart record on 20 August 2010, spending its 30th week at number one on the country's albums chart, beating the previous record set by Michael Jackson's Thriller by one week. The album became the biggest selling album of 2010 in the Netherlands and has sold over 300,000 copies so far. In total more than a million copies have been sold. On 3 October 2010, Van der Leeuw was awarded the Dutch music prize "Edison Award" for Best Female Artist.
In April 2013, her second studio album The Shocking Miss Emerald went to No. 1 in the UK album chart, becoming her first UK No. 1 album.
Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor is the debut album by Dutch singer Caro Emerald. It was released in the Netherlands on January 29, 2010. The album was preceded by the hit singles "Back It Up", officially released in the Netherlands on July 6, 2009, and "A Night Like This", released on December 11, 2009.
On 28 June 2011, a new version of the album has been released in Italy, featuring a DVD, three bonus tracks recorded live including "I Know That He's Mine", and a duet with Italian singer Giuliano Palma in the song "(Vivere) Riviera Life".
In April 2013, her second studio album The Shocking Miss Emerald was released. It went to No. 1 in the UK album chart, becoming Emerald's first UK No. 1 album. She performed in the UK at The BBC Radio Theatre; it was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Red Button. On 29 June 2014, she played the opening music set on the pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival 2014.
On 19 February 2015, Emerald announced that she was working on her third studio album. The first single from the album is "Quicksand", which was released on 24 April 2015 in the Benelux and on 27 April 2015 in the UK.