Biography
Jan Smith is the Netherlands Singer and TV presenter who was entrusted with the holding of Eurovision-2021 in Rotterdam. The biographies of the vocalist who wrote music and texts to many of their hits are devoted to the Book of Eddie Virman "Secret Smith".Childhood and youth
The future singer (the full name - Johannes Harco Smith) was born on the last day of 1985 in the north of the Netherlands, in the Volgandam, famous singing and football traditions. Vocalist has two sisters, one of which is Margaret Gertrud Maria, who serves under the pseudonym Monique Smith, - also performs the Netherlands songs and first appeared on television in the realistic brother show "Just Jan Smith".
Although the small Motherland Yana has the status of the village, it is quite consistent with the Middle Eastern city. The population of Volendam, who, together with Edam, enters the municipality of Volendam-EDAM, is now exceeding 20 thousand people.
Music and television
In childhood, Johannes 4 years sang in the choir of boys of his native city. A young Smith's career rapidly went up at the age of 10, when the BZN Voltendam Group recorded the song Mama with him. The success of the composition was so staggering that BZN producers helped the young star to release a solo single IK Zing Dit Lied Voor Jou Alleen ("I sing this song only for you"), who took 1st place in the Dutch Chart.In the next 2 years, 5 more songs Johannes became hits. A native of Volentam was popular in Belgium, Italy, France, Austria and Germany. In the last of these countries, Smith concert more active than in the Netherlands, since the law of the vocalist law limits the number of perpetrators of juvenile singers a couple of times a year, and the legislation of Germany is liberally refer to this issue. In the country, Richard Wagner to the 16th anniversary of Johannes released 10 German-speaking albums and became the best-selling Netherlands artist abroad.
Since 2005, the singer stands under the pseudonym Yang Smith. The vocalist is so interesting to compatriots that a reality show "Just Jan Smith" is created for the story about his daily life. Already the 1st season of the program was awarded the Gouden Televizier-Ring Gala award, the Netherlands analogue of the Russian television award "Teffi".
In 2007, Yana began problems with voice. Doctors, to which the singer turned to help, revealed the cause - a bump (benign tumor) in the throat. After surgery, Smith 8 months did not concert, but in August 2008, Tourgefully returned to the 12th album Silence In The Storm. The capital composition of the collection, as well as the song Then You Followher Legs occupied the first lines in the Dutch Chart.
Since 2011, Smith has repeatedly helped compatriots to understand the events taking place at the Eurovision contest, working as a commentator in Tandem with Cornald Maas. In 2012, the singer made his debut as a film actor, playing a major role in the Military Drama "Bombing". Critics defeated and the game of Yana, and the plot of the paintings resembling the Podbul "Titanic". However, the audience, as actively visited the cinema halls to see the film with Smith, that the tape on the results of the cash charges received the status of gold.
In the discography of Smith, the end of the second decade of the XXI century, the most successful jubilee, the 20th, album, which was called "20", and the collection, released in 2019 and recorded according to the results of the Joint Concert of Yana with The Toppers group. Both disks were leading in the Netherlands national charts.
Personal life
At the end of the first decade of the XXI century, Yang met with actress and TV presenter Iolanda Kabau, famous for the Russian audience, in the film "The Abduction of Freddie Heineken." Subsequently, the path of young people diverged. Yolanda married a football player Wesley Sneider, and Smith gained happiness in his personal life with the Liza of the Boards with which the wedding played on the Caribbean Island Saint-Martin.
The wife gave the singer daughter Emma and Son Senna. Couple also raises the daughter of Liza from the first marriage - the fam. Photo of spouses, children and lovers family Smith - dogs of Shi-Tzu breed - often appear in the Instagram account Yana.
From December 2013, the vocalist is included in the Board of Directors of the Football Club "Volendam". Yana's growth - 191 cm, and weight - 85 kg.
Jan Smith now
In January 2020, Yang became Kavaler Orange-Nassau Order - awards given by the monarch of the Netherlands for special merits in front of the state. The month was previously announced that Smith, together with the actress and singer Chantal Yanenne and the dark-skinned Netherlands vocalist and the TV star of Edcilia Rumbled, will hold Eurovision 2020. However, due to the coronavirus infection, the European view of the song in Rotterdam did not take place in 2020.Instead of the competition, Yang, Chantal and Education conducted a television program with failed contestants from 41 countries, during which the singers presented fragments of their compositions, told what they were engaged in self-insulation, and they uttered the words of support to doctors who fought with a dangerous infection. Soon it became known that Smith, Yansen and Rumbleget will hold Eurovision in 2021. However, the trios of the leading turned into a quartet: to Jan, Chantal and Edcilii joined the makeup artist Niki de Jager, which on Eurovision 2020 planned to use as online lead.
Discography
- 1997 - IK Zing Dit Lied Voor Jou Alleen
- 1997 - Kerstmis Met Jantje SMIT
- 1998 - Het Land Van Mijn Drumen
- 1999 - Jantje SMIT
- 2000 - Jan SMIT 2000
- 2001 - Zing En Lach
- 2002 - Zonder JOU
- 2003 - Op Eigen Benen
- 2005 - JanSmit.com.
- 2006 - Op Weg Naar Geluk
- 2008 - Stilte In De Storm
- 2010 - Leef.
- 2012 - Vrienden.
- 2014 - Jij & Ik
- 2015 - Kerst Voor Idereen
- 2016 - 20.