Jordy van Loon
Photograph by Bart Klaucke
Photograph by Bart Klaucke
Background information
Birth nameJordy van Loon
Also known asJordy de Lefty
Born (1993-06-16) 16 June 1993
Voorburg, Netherlands
OccupationsSinger
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2008 – present
LabelsJAZ Music
Websitewww.jordyvanloon.com

Jordy van Loon (born 16 June 1993)[1] is a Dutch child singer who reached number one in the Dutch Single Top 100 with his single "Verliefdheid".[2]

Personal life

Jordy van Loon, who has ADHD,[3] is the middle son of Daniëlle and Dennis van Loon.[4] Jordy was born in Voorburg[4] and lives in Zoetermeer.[5] He has two older brothers and two younger sisters. In 2006, his aunt entered him in a local radio contest in which he had to send in an original answering machine message for the phone of his idol Frans Bauer. He won the competition and got to sing Bauer's song "Hé lekker ding" together with Bauer during a meet and greet.[4]

Career

In an episode of Paul de Leeuw's television show Mooi! Weer de Leeuw, broadcast on 5 April 2008, van Loon was in the audience with his teacher Mr. Rol. Unbeknownst to him, Rol had sent in a wish to the program. He wanted to literally execute the Dutch idiom "iemand achter het behang plakken" (commonly used to describe an action one would like to perform on an annoying individual) and paste Jordy behind a piece of wallpaper because he sang too often in class. While being glued behind the wallpaper, he performed the Wim Sonneveld song "Het Dorp" (in English: the village), which received loud applause from the audience and resulted in six different companies calling in to offer him a record deal;[3] he decided to sign with producer Jan Zwarteveen from JAZ Music who watched the show from the South of France.[4][6]

van Loon's single was originally supposed to be released in August, but because producer JAZ Music was not satisfied with the result of "Zomer in Nederland", everything had to be redone.[3]

In 2008, 3FM DJs Giel Beelen, Coen Swijnenberg and Paul Rabbering spent a week in a glass house in Breda without eating for their Serious Request. They chose "Verliefdheid" as that year's anthem.[7] It became the most requested song and raised €1 million for the Red Cross.[8] van Loon performed live when the DJs exited the house.[9] DJ Armin van Buuren made his own mix of "Verliefdheid" during his stay in the Glass House.[10]

On 17 January 2009, van Loon's single reached number one in the Single Top 100,[8] beating Marco Borsato's single "Dochters" which dropped to the third position.[11] The single held the top spot for one week and was in the charts for 19 weeks.[2]

Discography

Albums

Title Album details NL Sales
Een Kusje Voor Jou
  • Release date: 1 October 2008
  • Label: JAZ Music
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Singles

Year Title NL
2008 "Verliefdheid" 1
2009 "Een kusje voor jou" 13
2010 "Ik ben Jordy van Loon" 43
2011 "Het spel van Cupido" 41

References

  1. ↑ "Jordy zingt het behang van de muren". Telegraaf (in Dutch). 2009-01-24. pp. Privé.
  2. 1 2 "Jordy van Loon - Verliefdheid (nummer)". Dutch Charts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  3. 1 2 3 van der Zijden, Jenny (2008-08-12). "Single Zoetermeers muziektalent mislukt; Opnames Jordy moeten opnieuw". Telegraaf (in Dutch). pp. 29, (section: Haaglanden).
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Jordy van Loon" (in Dutch). Omroep MAX. 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
  5. ↑ Hoebe, Yvonne (January 2009). "Jordy van Loon: 'Het is stom dat ik zo klein ben'". Privé (in Dutch).
  6. ↑ "Life and Cooking - Jordy van Loon" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on April 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  7. ↑ "Jordy van Loon 'Verliefdheid' themaplaat 2008 Glazenhuis Serious Request". Mega Media Magazine (in Dutch). 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  8. 1 2 "'Verliefdheid' klimt naar eerste plaats" (in Dutch). 2009-01-17. pp. 9 (section:HCST08).
  9. ↑ Roos, Yorick (2009-01-12). "'Als ik maar kan zingen' - Jordy van Loon (15) hard op weg naar sterrenstatus" (in Dutch). pp. 5, (section:HCST11).
  10. ↑ "DJ Armin van Buuren gooit Jordy in de mix" (in Dutch). Radio TV West. 2008-12-24. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  11. ↑ "Single Top 100 - January 17, 2009". Dutch Charts.nl (in Dutch). 2009-01-17. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
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