Kim Sasabone

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Kim Sasabone
2016 Super Sommer Sause - Vengaboys - Kim Sasabone - by 2eight - DSC1466.jpg
Sasabone performing in 2016
Background information
Born (1976-04-01) 1 April 1976 (age 49)
Netherlands
GenresPop music, dance music
Instrumentvocals
Years active1997–present
Formerly of Vengaboys

Kim Sasabone (born 1 April 1976) [1] is a Dutch singer who is famous for being the lead singer of the Vengaboys. [2]

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Biography

Sasabone was born in the Netherlands in 1976. [1] [3]

In 1997, Sasabone joined the Eurodance group Vengaboys. She can be seen and heard as a singer in the video clip of the song "Parada de Tettas", the first single by the Vengaboys. [4]

As a member of the Vengaboys she made her national and international breakthrough in 1998 with the song "Up and Down". In the Netherlands it reached fifth place in the Dutch Top 40. [5] In the United Kingdom the song reached fourth place.

The group achieved real international success a year later with the songs "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" and "We're going to Ibiza". Both songs reached number one in the charts in the United Kingdom, among other countries. [6] On both songs, Sasabone was the lead singer.

In 2011, Sasabone opened the Rotterdam branch of The Bootcamp Club. [7]

In December 2024, she announced that she would be taking a break from music to rest. [8] She was replaced on the rest of their tour by Cilla Niekoop from Ch!pz. [9]

Personal life

Sasabone is of Moluccan descent. [10] She is married to DJ Nick Kazemian. [11] In 2013, she gave birth to a son. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 Kim Sasabone (1 April 2025). "Today's agenda: Celebrate me! 49 trips around the sun ☀️". Instagram.
  2. ""Hoe goed je ook je best doet, je hebt het niet voor het zeggen"". Nieuw Wij (in Dutch). 11 May 2022. Archived from the original on 9 January 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  3. Sasabone, Kim (3 March 2025). "Pulang (going home)". Instagram. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  4. "Nederlanders met Spaanstalige hits in de Top 40 | Top 40-nieuws". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 9 January 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  5. "Vengaboys - Up And Down | Top 40". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  6. "VENGABOYS". Official Charts. 28 November 1998. Archived from the original on 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  7. "Dit kan jij ook!". NRC (in Dutch). 24 May 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  8. "'Her time has come': Iconic '90s band announces lead singer's departure". celebrity.nine.com.au. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  9. "Vengaboys-zangeres neemt rust en wordt voorlopig vervangen door Ch!pz-zangeres". Nu.nl (in Dutch). DPG Media. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  10. "Chicks On Screen: In gesprek met Kim Sasabone over haar Molukse roots". Chicks and the City (in Dutch). 28 May 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  11. "90s music icon, 48, looks utterly ageless 25 years after smash hit". Metro. 6 April 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  12. "Vengaboys-zangeres Kim Sasabone bevallen van zoontje". BN/De Stem. 1 November 2013. Archived from the original on 9 January 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2024.