Bobby van Jaarsveld | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Pieter van Jaarsveld |
| Born | 6 March 1987 |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Coleske Artists |
| Website | bobbyvanjaarsveld |
Pieter van Jaarsveld, professionally known as Bobby van Jaarsveld, (born 6 March 1987) is a South African Afrikaans-language pop singer-songwriter and actor.
Van Jaarsveld, who was nicknamed "Bobby" after his father, was born on 6 March 1987 in Paarl, Western Cape. [1] He is the second of three children and has two sisters, one of whom is also a singer (Karlien van Jaarsveld). As a child, he attended several primary schools before matriculating from Brits High School. [1]
Van Jaarsveld started his professional singing career in high school when he was offered singing record, and he released his first solo album in his last year. [1] He won the award for Best Newcomer at the Huisgenoot Tempo Awards in 2006 [2] after receiving three nominations from the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees, Vonk (a local music magazine) and Huisgenoot Tempo magazine. As the winner of this category, Van Jaarsveld performed at the Skouspel Extravaganza hosted at Sun City, and continued to do until 2011.
In November 2006, Theuns Jordaan Productions offered Van Jaarsveld a recording contract. His first album, 'n Duisend Ure, was released later that year and album sales reached gold status. [1] His second album, Net Vir Jou, was released in 2009 by Coleske Artists. Van Jaarsveld wrote and composed each of the tracks on the album. Album sales reached platinum status within eight weeks, and have since reached double platinum status with sales of 83,000 units. [1] Songs from the album include Spieëltjie and Net Vir Jou. [3] [4]
In January 2010, Van Jaarsveld was awarded the Viewers' Favourite Artist award for 2001 on DKNT, a local music program on DStv. That same year, "Spieëltjie", a song from his second album, won Best Afrikaans Song at both the Huisgenot Tempo and Vonk Awards. He went on to release two more albums, "Wat Geld Nie Kan Koop Nie" and "Maak 'n Wens" in 2012 and 2014, respectively. [5]
In February 2016, his single, "Middernag Serenade" peaked at number 2 on the Maroela Media Afrikaanse Top-20 chart of the top-selling Afrikaans singles in South Africa. [6] In the same year, his single, "HOLY" topped the South African iTunes chart. [7] In 2018, he released a new single "Die Land" with Steve Hofmeyr, Bok van Blerk, Jay, and Rohan du Toit. The song peaked at number 2 on the Maroela Media Afrikaanse Top-20 chart. [8] In December 2019, his single "Ek weet al kanal", a duet with Demi Lee Moore, topped the Maroela Media Afrikaanse Top-20 chart. [9] In October 2020, his single "Sprokie", a duet with Early B, peaked at number 11 on the Maroela Media Afrikaanse Top-20 chart. [10] In August 2023, his single "Toe, nou en altyd", also peaked at number 11 on the Maroela Media Afrikaanse Top-20 chart. [11]
In March 2024, he released the single "Verlore seun", which peaked at number 7 on the Maroela Media Afrikaanse Top-20 chart. [12] [13] In August of the same year, he released the single, "Lief My Weer Lewendig". [14] [15] The song peaked at number 14 on the Maroela Media Afrikaanse Top-20 chart. [16] In August, he also performed the National anthem of South Africa in Perth in Australia before kickoff of the test match between the Australia national rugby union team and South Africa national rugby union team. [17] [18]
Van Jaarsveld played the lead character in the Afrikaans film Liefling – Die Movie, which was released in November 2010 by Hartiwood Studios South Africa and fetched R16 million at the local box office. [19] He also starred in the film As Jy Sing in 2013. [20] [21]
In 2022, he was cast in the fourth season of the South African crime drama anthology television series, Spoorloos . [22]
In 2024, he starred in Eksie Perfeksie, an Afrikaans comedy on Showmax. [23]
In 2016, Van Jaarsveld began appearing as a judge on the local singing competition, The Voice SA . [24]
Between 2017 to 2019, he and his sister were the subjects of the Showmax reality series, Bobby & Karlien: In Jou Skoene. In each episode, the siblings spend 48 hours with people that have fallen on hard times or face other immense challenges in their lives. [25]
In 2024, he participated in the new season of Tropika Island of Treasure in Zanzibar, which his sister, Karlien, won the previous year. [26] In the same year, he appeared as a contestant on SABC's local version of Masked Singer . He used the alter-ego "Mielie" for his performances. [27]
Bobby has received numerous awards and nominations (Award names kept in original language). [28]
| Year | Organization | Award |
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| 2006 | Huisgenoot Tempo Toekennings | Beste Nuweling |
| 2010 | KykNet DKNT | Gunsteling Kunstenaar vir 2009 |
| SAMA Toekennings | Beste Afrikaanse Kontemporêre Album: Net Vir Jou | |
| Huisgenoot Tempo Toekennings | Beste Afrikaanse Liedjie: Spieëltjie | |
| Beste Afrikaanse Kontemporêre Album: Net Vir Jou | ||
| Vonk Toekennings | Beste Manlike Kunstenaar | |
| Beste Afrikaanse Kontemporêre Album: Net vir jou | ||
| Beste Oorspronklike Liedjieskrywer | ||
| Beste Afrikaanse Liedjie: Spieëltjie | ||
| 2011 | MK Toekennings | Beste Solo Album: Net Vir Jou |
| Beste Kontemporêre Liedjie: Spieëltjie | ||
| Huisgenoot Tempo Toekennings | Mees Gewilde Manlike Kunstenaar | |
| Jacaranda 94.2 Toekennings | Mees Gewilde Manlike Kunstenaar | |
| 2012 | Ghoema-toekennings | Liedjie van die Jaar: Kan Ek Met Jou Praat |
| 90.6 FM Stereo Toekennings | Top 15 Kunstenaar | |
| Huisgenoot Tempo Toekennings | Mees Gewilde Manlike Kunstenaar | |
| 2013 | Ghoema-toekennings | Beste Musiekvideo: 'n Vrou Wil Dit Hoor |
| Beste Manlike Kontemporêre Album: Wat Geld Nie Kan Koop Nie | ||
| Manlike Kunstenaar van die Jaar | ||
| Liedjie van die Jaar: 'n Vrou Wil Dit Hoor | ||
| Huisgenoot Tempo Toekennings | Album van die Jaar - Wat Geld Nie Kan Koop Nie | |
| Musiekvideo van die Jaar - 'n Vrou Wil Dit Hoor | ||
| Liedjie van die Jaar - 'n Vrou Wil Dit Hoor | ||
| 2014 | Ghoema-toekennings | Beste Musiekvideo - EENS IN ‘N LEEFTYD met Riana Nel |
| Huisgenoot Tempo Toekennings | Liedjie van die Jaar | |
| 2015 | Ghoema-toekennings | Beste Pop-Album deur 'n Manlike Kunstenaar - Maak 'n Wens Archived 28 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine |
| Manlike Kunstenaar van die Jaar Archived 28 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine | ||
| Album van die Jaar - Maak 'n Wens Archived 28 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine |
Van Jaarsveld is a professed Christian. He and his wife Annatjie van Jaarsveld, whom he married in January 2011, [19] have two sons, Sion and Leben [29] and a daughter named Armani [30] In 2018 van Jaarsveld and his family decide to leave their home in Pretoria and relocated to Ballito. [31]
In 2016, he was named by Cosmopolitan (South Africa) as "the sexiest man in South Africa". [32] In 2017, the Afrikaans women's magazine, Sarie named him as "South Africa's most beautiful man". [33]
| Title | Details | Peak positions | Ref | ||||||||||
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| Duisend Ure |
| — | [34] | ||||||||||
| Net Vir Jou |
| 7 | [35] | ||||||||||
| Wat Geld Nie Kan Koop Nie |
| 7 | [36] | ||||||||||
| Maak 'n Wens |
| 4 | [37] | ||||||||||
| Die Eerste 10 jaar |
| 15 | [38] | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
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