Davina Michelle
{{Short description|Dutch singer and YouTuber (born 1995)}}
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{{For|the French boxer|Davina Michel}}
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| birth_name = Michelle Davina Hoogendoorn
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| birth_place = Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Netherlands
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| occupation = Singer, YouTuber
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| years_active = 2017–present
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| years_active = 2017–present
| genre = Music
| subscribers = 1.64 million
| views = 298.925.926
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Michelle Davina Hoogendoorn (born 12 November 1995),{{cite web|url=https://davinamichelle.com/nl/biografie/|title=Biografie|website=davinamichelle.com|accessdate=13 December 2018|archive-date=14 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214164101/https://davinamichelle.com/nl/biografie/|url-status=dead}} known by her stage name Davina Michelle, is a Dutch singer and YouTuber.
In 2018, her cover of the song "Duurt te lang" reached the number one spot on the Dutch Top 40, becoming the first woman in 11 years to do so with a Dutch-language song.{{Cite web |last=Den Blanken |first=Mark |date=2022-05-22 |title=Jonge Nederlandse vrouwen zetten sinds 2018 muziekindustrie op zijn kop |url=https://www.ad.nl/show/jonge-nederlandse-vrouwen-zetten-sinds-2018-muziekindustrie-op-zijn-kop~a85499d4/ |website=Algemeen Dagblad}} "Hoe het danst", her 2019 collaboration with Marco Borsato and Armin van Buuren, also reached number one and became the first Dutch-language song to record over 100 million streams on Spotify.{{Cite web |title=Hoe Het Danst breekt streamingrecord {{!}} Top 40-nieuws |url=https://www.top40.nl/nieuws-nieuws-hoe-het-danst-breekt-streamingrecord |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Top40.nl |language=nl}}
Career
In 2016, Hoogendoorn participated in the fifth season of Idols. During her audition, she sang Jessie J's "Nobody's Perfect", after which she went on to the theater round and the duet round, where she was eliminated.{{cite web |url=https://www.rtlboulevard.nl/entertainment/artikel/596556/kandidaten-idols-vechten-zich-naar-liveshow-op-bali |title=Kandidaten Idols vechten zich naar liveshow op Bali |date=4 May 2016 |website=RTL Boulevard |access-date=12 December 2018 |language=nl}}
In February 2017, Hoogendoorn started her own YouTube-channel under the pseudonym Davina Michelle, where she would upload her cover version of an English-language song every week. On 21 August 2017, she posted her cover of "What About Us" by the American singer Pink. In October, Glamour posted a video review by Pink where she called the cover amazing and said "That's better than I will ever sound".{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWb4T5R6Z_E |title=Pink Watches Fan Covers On YouTube|access-date=2 October 2018|date=27 October 2017|work=Glamour | authorlink=Glamour (magazine) | via=YouTube}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/entertainment/artikel/3712276/michelle-21-overdonderd-door-compliment-van-zangeres-pink-nu-laten|title=Michelle (21) overdonderd door compliment van zangeres Pink: 'Nu laten zien wat ik kan'|access-date=2 October 2018|date=28 October 2017|publisher=RTLnieuws.nl|language=nl}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/these-youtube-stars-covers-of-your-favorite-songs-by-pink-demi-lovato-and-more-will-leave-you-shook|title=These YouTube Stars' Covers of Your Favorite Songs by Pink, Demi Lovato, and More Will Leave You Shook|access-date=2 October 2018|date=7 June 2018|work=Glamour}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/show/leven-nederlandse-zangeres-op-zijn-kop-na-lovende-woorden-van-superster-pink~af3f8294/|title=Leven Nederlandse zangeres op zijn kop na lovende woorden van superster Pink|date=2 November 2017|website=|publisher=Het Algemeen Dagblad|language=nl|url-status=live|access-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102214404/https://www.ad.nl/show/leven-nederlandse-zangeres-op-zijn-kop-na-lovende-woorden-van-superster-pink~af3f8294/ |archive-date=2 November 2017 }} Hoogendoorn's video went viral, after which she performed multiple times in TV programs like RTL Late Night and De Wereld Draait Door and in various venues in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.linda.nl/nieuws/zangeres-die-pink-verraste-zorgt-nu-ook-voor-verbazing-bij-rtl-late-night/|title=Zangeres die P!nk verraste zorgt nu ook voor verbazing bij RTL Late Night|access-date=2 October 2018|date=23 December 2017|publisher=LINDAnieuws.nl|language=nl|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417084602/https://www.linda.nl/nieuws/zangeres-die-pink-verraste-zorgt-nu-ook-voor-verbazing-bij-rtl-late-night/|url-status=dead}} As of October 2024, the video has over 24 million views and Hoogendoorn’s own channel has over 1 million subscribers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5ZLdNA_wOc |title=What About Us – P!nk (cover by: Davina Michelle) |via=YouTube |date=21 August 2017 |access-date=12 December 2018}} She also got to open for Pink during her Beautiful Trauma Tour in the Hague in 2019.
In December 2017, Hoogendoorn published the single "Ga" in cooperation with the Efteling and Sterre (played by Lilo van den Bosch). It served as the official soundtrack for the musical Sprookjessprokkelaar, created by the Efteling.
In 2018, Hoogendoorn participated in the eleventh season of the AVROTROS reality show Beste Zangers. In the fifth episode, she performed a cover of the song "Duurt te lang" by rapper Glen Faria (also known as MC Fit).{{Cite web|url=https://www.televizier.nl/amusement/dit-zijn-de-beste-zangers-van-2018|title=Dit zijn de Beste Zangers van 2018|access-date=2 October 2018|date=1 June 2018|publisher=Televizier.nl|language=nl}} Two days after the episode was broadcast, the song reached the first place of most downloaded songs on iTunes in the Netherlands. Later in 2018, it reached the number 1 spot in the Dutch Top 40, the Mega Top 50 and the Dutch Single Top 100.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/show/wonderkind-davina-michelle-scoort-hit-na-bejubeld-optreden-beste-zangers~aeef453a/|title='Wonderkind' Davina Michelle scoort hit na optreden Beste Zangers|date=30 September 2018|website=|publisher=Het Algemeen Dagblad|language=nl|url-status=live|access-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003013806/https://www.ad.nl/show/wonderkind-davina-michelle-scoort-hit-na-bejubeld-optreden-beste-zangers~aeef453a/ |archive-date=3 October 2018 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtlboulevard.nl/boulevard/artikel/4435031/davina-michella-scoort-haar-eerste-nederlandse-hit-na-beste-zangers|title=Davina Michelle verrast iedereen bij Beste Zangers|access-date=2 October 2018|date=1 October 2018|publisher=RTLboulevard.nl|language=nl|archive-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002215048/https://www.rtlboulevard.nl/boulevard/artikel/4435031/davina-michella-scoort-haar-eerste-nederlandse-hit-na-beste-zangers|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dutchcowboys.nl/video/davina-michelle-gaat-viral-met-nummer-duurt-te-lang|title=Davina Michelle gaat viral met nummer 'Duurt te lang'|access-date=2 October 2018|date=1 October 2018|publisher=DutchCowboys.nl|language=nl}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rtlboulevard.nl/entertainment/music/artikel/4480181/davina-michelle-voert-singles-top-100-aan|title=Davina Michelle voert Top 100 aan|date=9 November 2018|website=RTL Boulevard|accessdate=13 December 2018}} In November 2018, the single was certified gold.
In March 2020, Hoogendoorn performed four "empty concerts" at the Rotterdam Ahoy during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-20 |title=Lege Ahoy-shows waren heel intens voor Davina Michelle |url=https://www.ad.nl/show/lege-ahoy-shows-waren-heel-intens-voor-davina-michelle~a1b9bfa1/ |website=Algemeen Dagblad}} She performed "17 miljoen mensen" with Snelle, an alteration of "{{ill|15 miljoen mensen|lt=15 miljoen mensen|nl}}" by Fluitsma & Van Tijn. It was released as a single and reached number one on the Dutch Top 40 for four weeks. At one minute and 47 seconds long, it became the shortest number-one hit in Dutch history.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-03 |title=17 Miljoen Mensen is deze week de grootste hit van ons land |url=https://www.ad.nl/show/17-miljoen-mensen-is-deze-week-de-grootste-hit-van-ons-land~a441209b/ |website=Algemeen Dagblad}}
On 18 May 2021, Hoogendoorn performed her new single "Sweet Water" at the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, held in her birth city Rotterdam, as part of an interval act titled "The Power of Water" alongside Dutch actress Thekla Reuten.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-18|title=Davina Michelle crushes viewers with intermission performance at Eurovision {{!}} Show|url=https://netherlandsnewslive.com/davina-michelle-crushes-viewers-with-intermission-performance-at-eurovision-show/156781/|access-date=2021-05-25|website=Netherlands News Live|language=en-US|archive-date=25 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525085326/https://netherlandsnewslive.com/davina-michelle-crushes-viewers-with-intermission-performance-at-eurovision-show/156781/|url-status=dead}}
On 5 September 2021, Hoogendoorn performed the Dutch national anthem ahead of the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Zandvoort, the first Formula 1 race to be held in the country since 1985. She repeated her performance for the podium ceremony after Dutch driver Max Verstappen won the event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.verstappen-sends-home-fans-wild-with-victory-over-hamilton-in-the-dutch.5x4cEJF9B4DaIz2H6dVQrd.html|title=2021 Dutch Grand Prix report and highlights: Verstappen sends home fans wild with victory over Hamilton at Zandvoort | Formula 1®}}{{Cite web |title=Wednesday in Zandvoort: Verstappen shows fan what Dutch flag looks like |url=https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/92731/wednesday-in-zandvoort-verstappen-shows-fan-what-dutch-flag-looks-like.html |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=www.gpblog.com |language=en}} Her song "Beat Me" was supposed to be the official theme for the 2020 Grand Prix which was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |date=2020-02-27 |title=Davina Michelle brengt nummer uit speciaal voor Dutch Grand Prix |url=https://www.rtl.nl/rubrieken/rtl-boulevard/artikel/5036561/davina-michelle-maakt-officiele-song-voor-dutch-grand-prix |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=RTL Nieuws & Entertainment |language=nl}}
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications |
| scope="col" style="width:4.5em;font-size:90%;" | NL {{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Davina+Michelle|title=Discografie Davina Michelle|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=5 October 2024}} ! scope="col" style="width:4.5em;font-size:90%;" | BEL |
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| scope="row"| My Own World
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| 4 || 102 | |
| scope="row"| Gold Plated Love
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| — || 10 | |
| scope="row"| Higher
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| 23 || 78 | |
=Singles=
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:3em;"| Year ! colspan="3" scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NL 40 {{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/davina-michelle|title=Davina Michele {{!}} Top 40-artiesten|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=4 January 2025}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL |
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| scope="row" | "Duurt te lang"
| 2018 | 1 || 1 || 51 |
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| scope="row" | "Skyward"
| rowspan="3" | 2019 | 7 || 21 || — | | My Own World |
| scope="row" | "Hoe het danst" {{small|(with Marco Borsato and Armin van Buuren)}} | 1 || 2 || 1 | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "Better Now"
| 19 || 60 || — | | rowspan="2"| My Own World |
| scope="row" | "Beat Me"
| rowspan="4" | 2020 | 9 || 18 || — | |
| scope="row" | "17 miljoen mensen" {{small|(with Snelle)}} | 1 || 1 || 60 | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "My Own World"
| 17 || 46 || — | | rowspan="2"| My Own World |
| scope="row" | "Liar"
| 39 || tip20 || — | |
| scope="row" | "Nobody Is Perfect"
| rowspan="4" | 2021 | 26 || 49 || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "Sweet Water"
| 13 || 29 || — | | Gold Plated Love |
| scope="row"| "Hold On"{{Cite web |last=Gomez |first=Nancy |date=16 September 2021 |title=Armin van Buuren releases new Davina Michelle collaboration: 'Hold On' |url=https://www.edmtunes.com/2021/09/armin-van-buuren-releases-new-davina-michelle-collaboration-hold-on/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918111507/https://www.edmtunes.com/2021/09/armin-van-buuren-releases-new-davina-michelle-collaboration-hold-on/ |archive-date=18 September 2021 |accessdate=18 September 2021 |website=EDM Tunes}} {{small|(with Armin van Buuren)}} | 13 || 51 || ― | | Higher |
| scope="row" | "Hyper"
| 20 || 58 || — | | Gold Plated Love |
| scope="row" | "No Angel"
| rowspan="3" | 2022 | — || tip11 || — | | rowspan="6" {{Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row" | "I Love Me More"
| 34 || 91 || — | |
| scope="row" | "January Without You"
| 30 || tip1 || — | |
| scope="row" | "Dating the Devil"
| rowspan="4" | 2023 | tip1 || tip30 || — | |
| scope="row" | "17"
| 26 || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "This Is My Life"
| — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "Heartbeat"
| 17 || 43 || — | | rowspan="4" |Higher |
| scope="row" | "I Said No Sir"
| rowspan="3" | 2024 | 34 || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "All Is Ours"
| — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "I Won't Let Go"
| 13 || — || — | |
| colspan="7" style="font-size:90%;" |"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://www.femalevoices.de/davina-michelle-die-dutch-queen-im-interview/ Davina Michelle Interview with www.femalevoices.de]
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