| Emma Heesters | |||||||
| Birth Date: | 1996 1, df=yes | ||||||
| Birth Place: | 's-Gravenpolder, Netherlands | ||||||
| Nationality: | Dutch | ||||||
| Years Active: | 2017–present | ||||||
| Height: | 169 cm | ||||||
| Partner: | Wesley Hoedt | ||||||
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Emma Heesters (born 8 January 1996) (pronunciation: emā hīsṭars) is a Dutch singer and television personality, mainly known for performing covers of popular songs on her own YouTube channel.[1] She began her music career in 2014 and as of August 2022 has over 5.77 million subscribers on YouTube.[2] [3]
Heesters was born in the village of 's-Gravenpolder in the province of Zeeland as the child of Ludo and Willian Heesters.[4] From a young age, she started vocal and dance lessons, including ballet.[5] In 2004, at the age of 8, she won the provincial preselection of the Kinderen voor Kinderen Songfestival.[6] Shortly before the performance, Heesters had broken her leg, having to sit in a wheelchair while singing.[5] As a result, she had a television debut on the eponymous show on NPO Zapp, where she performed "100 kleine feestjes".[6] [7] Later on, she acted in a few musicals as a child star. During her teen years, she started singing as part of numerous cover bands, which she stopped doing once she graduated school.[8] In 2013, she graduated from the Dalton Plan school Roncalli in Bergen op Zoom with a havo certificate, specialising in the economy and society profile.[9]
In 2019 she was the first Dutch winner of MTV's Push Award and gained Platinum status for her single "Pa Olvidarte" with Rolf Sanchez,[10] she featured in a song by the band Boyce Avenue plus collaborated with them on their European tour, and took to television performing in Beste Zangers a Dutch television program, the web series Jachtseason of StukTV, and the game show, I Can See Your Voice.[11] [12] [13]
Heesters was named by Top40 NL[14] as the most successful Dutch artist of the year so far in 2020 and later in November was named winner of MTV EMA's Best Dutch Act.[15]
She was diagnosed with cervical cancer in October 2024.[16]
| Year | Songs | Lyricist | Original singer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | "Let Me Love You" | Justin Bieber | DJ Snake |
| 2017 | "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran |
| "Despacito" | Luis Fonsi | Luis Fonsi | |
| "Perfect" | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran | |
| 2018 | "Girls Like You" | Maroon 5 | Maroon 5 |
| 2019 | "Hanya Rindu" | Andmesh Kamaleng | Andmesh Kamaleng |
"[Taki Taki (song)|"[[Taki Taki (song)|Taki Taki]]"|DJ Snake|DJ Snake|-| rowspan="5" |2020|"Kaun Tujhe" (English)|Emma Heesters|Emma Heesters|-|"Pura Pura Lupa"|Mahen|Mahen|-|"Shayad"|Irshad Kamil|Arijit Singh|-|"Titliaan"|[Jaani (songwriter)|[[Jaani (songwriter)|Jaani]]|Afsana Khan|-|"Shona Shona"|Tony Kakkar|Tony Kakkar|-| rowspan="4" |2021|"Satisfya"|[Imran Khan (singer)|Imran Khan
|Imran Khan
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|"[[Enjoy Enjaami]]"|Arivu|Arivu, [Dhee (singer)|Dhee and Santhosh Narayanan
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|"[[Easy on Me]]"|Adele|Adele|-|"Bijlee Bijlee"|Jaani|Hardy Sandhu|-| 2022|"Pasoori"|Ali Sethi|Ali Sethi and Shae Gill|-||"Srivalli" (English)|Chandrabose|Sid Sriram|-| 2023|"Tere Vaaste"|Jigar and Varun Jain|Jigar and Varun Jain|}External links |