The Gift is a Portuguese alternative rock band, formed in 1994. They have released eight albums to date. In 2005 they won the MTV Europe award for best Portuguese act.
Mafalda-Cecilia von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha, known professionally as Ona Mafalda, is a British-born Spanish singer-songwriter. She released her debut EP Bailando sin sentido in 2021, followed by her debut album, Ona, in 2023. She has performed at music festivals including Primavera Sound, Eurosonic Noorderslag, and The Great Escape Festival.
LPG is a Dutch indie-pop band, signed on Excelsior Recordings/V2 Records. In April 2005, their critically acclaimed debut album I fear no foe was released in the Netherlands, receiving positive reviews from established magazines and websites, such as Oor, VPRO 3voor12 and Volkskrant. There were few negative reviews, which mostly struggled with the applause in the opening track Speech, and the diversity of the band.
Simon de Wit, known professionally as Blanks, is a Dutch singer, musician and YouTuber. Beginning his music career as a YouTuber, he created his channel 'Music by Blanks' in 2013. His remakes of Bazzi's "Mine" and Post Malone's "Better Now" went viral in 2018 and became his breakthrough.
The Music Moves Europe Award, also known as the MME Award, is an annual prize recognizing the success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released album in the past year. The prize was known as the European Border Breakers Award (EBBA) until 2019, and the Music Moves Europe Talent Award (MMETA) until 2022.
Dutch rock is a form of rock music produced in the Netherlands, primarily in the English language as well as in Dutch.
EZ Basic is a guitar-pop, indie-rock project based in Budapest, Hungary formed in 2004. It started out as an experimental bedroom project in the early 00s and is noted for being one of the most eclectic bands of the Budapest indie music scene.
ESNS is an annual four-day music showcase festival and conference held in January in Groningen, the Netherlands. The first three days of the festival (Eurosonic) feature artists from all over Europe, the last day of the festival (Noorderslag) features only Dutch artists. The conference is held during all four days of the event. Several awards are presented during Eurosonic Noorderslag: the Music Moves Europe Talent Awards, the European Festivals Awards, the Buma Cultuur Pop Award (Popprijs), the Pop Media Award, The Feather, the "Iron Venue and Festival Animals" and the Buma Music Meets Tech Award.
The Buma Cultuur Pop Award(De Popprijs) is presented each January to a person or artist for making the most important contribution to Dutch pop music during the past year. The winner is appointed by a professional jury.
Gisela João Gomes Remelho is a Portuguese fado singer.
Jelte Steven Tuinstra, known professionally as Jett Rebel, is a Dutch singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, music producer and recording artist. The moniker Jett Rebel refers to a solo artist who performs live in different band formations in the Dutch music scene.
Hits for Kids is the official debut album by Dutch singer and multi-instrumentalist Jett Rebel and his second studio album. The album was scheduled for release on October 31, 2014, through Sony Music Entertainment, but Rebel decided to release it the day before on various streaming services, on October 30, 2014. Pineapple Morning was the first and only single released on October 30, 2014.
Venus & Mars is the first studio album by Dutch pop singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jett Rebel, released by the record label Sony Music Entertainment on April 19, 2014 in the Netherlands. The album is composed of his first two EPs, Venus and Mars.Venus was released on May 26, 2013 and Mars on January 15, 2014. Two new songs have been added to the album, "#" and bonus track "On Top of the World", the bonus track for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. On April 19, 2014, these EPs were combined for one album. It is not considered to be his debut album. The album was produced by Rebel with help from Dutch producer JJJ Sielcken for the first seven tracks. Venus & Mars spawned the singles "Do You Love Me at All", "Louise" and Tonight".
Ward Thomas are an English modern country-pop duo, composed of twin sisters Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas from Hampshire. The band has been called "Britain's first country stars". Cartwheels, their second studio album became the first album by a UK country act to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart surpassing the previous record by The Shires. It has since gone gold in the UK.
Lotta Lindgren, known by her stage name Léon, is a Swedish singer and songwriter from Stockholm, Sweden. Her first single, "Tired of Talking", was released on SoundCloud in July 2015. She has released three full-length albums: LÉON, Apart, and Circles. She also collaborated with Jonas Blue on the house single "Hear Me Say".
Alma-Sofia Miettinen, known professionally as Alma, is a Finnish singer and songwriter. Beginning her career in 2013, she placed fifth in the seventh season of the Finnish version of Idol. Her breakthrough came in 2015 when she was featured on the single "Muuta ku mä" by Sini Sabotage, and was subsequently signed to Universal Music Group.
The double album Truck is the fourth album by the Dutch singer and multi-instrumentalist Jett Rebel. It was released on January 22, 2016 and is the first of three albums that Jett Rebel has released within the year. The second album: Don't Die On Me Now was specially released as a surprise act at Lowlands on August 20, 2016; the official release was on August 26. The third album: Super Pop at Eurosonic Noorderslag January 13, 2017. The three albums are separate, but are connected like a triptych, the Experimentalist, the Musician and the Composer.
Don't Die On Me Now is the fifth studio album by Dutch singer and multi-instrumentalist Jett Rebel. It was specially released at the Lowlands festival on August 20, 2016. The album was played in full. Festival visitors could already buy a copy of the new album, which was not available anywhere else, not even on streaming services. The official release date was one week later, on August 26, 2016.
7 is the seventh studio album by Dutch singer and multi-instrumentalist Jett Rebel and was released on September 28, 2018.
Monika Engeseth, also known as Moyka, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter from Hallingdal, Norway. She has called herself a "Norwegian Pop Witch".
