Sabrina Starke
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Sabrina Starke
| image = Sabrina-Starke.jpg
| caption = Starke, in the Mezz, Breda, the Netherlands
December 6, 2009
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name =
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|8|9}}
|birth_place =Paramaribo, Suriname
| death_date =
| origin = Rotterdam, Netherlands
| instrument = Vocalist
| genre = Soul, folk, jazz, R&B
| occupation = Musician, songwriter
| years_active = 2008–present
| associated_acts =
| website = [http://www.sabrinastarkemusic.com/ Sabrina Starke official website]
}}
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Sabrina Starke (born August 9, 1979) is a Surinamese-Dutch singer/songwriter from Rotterdam, Netherlands. Her style is a mix of soul, folk, R&B and jazz.
Career
Starke was born on 1979 in Paramaribo, Suriname,{{Cite book |last1=Mutsaers |first1=Lutgard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TqU5DwAAQBAJ&dq=Sabrina+Starke&pg=PT172 |title=Made in the Low Countries: Studies in Popular Music |last2=Keunen |first2=Gert |date=2017-10-12 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-41794-1 |language=en}} and grew up listening to reggae music.{{Cite book |last=Weltak |first=Marcel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rM44EAAAQBAJ&dq=Sabrina+Starke&pg=PR31 |title=Surinamese Music in the Netherlands and Suriname |date=2021-07-29 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-4968-3491-1 |pages=xxxi |language=en}} During the 200s, she began a career as a soul and jazz artist in Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
Her debut album Yellow Brick Road was released on October 1, 2008. It was produced and recorded in Los Angeles, California by Dutch producers Beat Royalty (Chris Kooreman and Edo Plasschaert) and mixed in Burbank, California by Brad Gilderman. She signed to EMI Netherlands.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uTuZRK1B1B8C&dq=Sabrina+Starke&pg=PT13 |title=Billboard |date=2009-10-24 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |volume=121 |pages=18 |language=en |issue=42}}
The first single from the album, "Do for Love" was widely heard on YouTube, and also became very popular in France as the theme tune of the TV show Fortune.[http://www.arte.tv/fr/3685042.html Fortunes | Mouvements de cinéma | fr – ARTE] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811002021/http://www.arte.tv/fr/3685042.html |date=August 11, 2012 }}
On October 27, 2008, Starke signed with Blue Note, which re-released Yellow Brick Road. On March 9, the album went gold in the Netherlands.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}
She has won the 2008 Edison Award Best Newcomer.[http://www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl/pop/nieuws/artikel/artikel/2951/ Edison Jazzism Publieksprijs 2009 voor Sabrina Starke] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120319003701/http://www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl/pop/nieuws/artikel/artikel/2951/ |date=March 19, 2012 }}
Discography
=Albums=
- 2008: Yellow Brick Road
- 2010: Bags & Suitcases
- 2012: Outside the Box
- 2013: Lean on Me (8ball Music)
- 2015: Sabrina Starke (Zip){{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/sabrina-starke/id1033901154|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002220332/https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/sabrina-starke/id1033901154|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2015|title = 'Sabrina Starke' van Sabrina Starke|website = iTunes|date = September 25, 2015}}
- 2018: Underneath the Surface
=Singles=
| class="wikitable"
!align="center" rowspan="2" | Year !align="center" rowspan="2" | Single !align="center" rowspan="2" | Album !align="center" colspan="2"| Peak position |
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! Dutch Top 40 ! Dutch Top 100 |
| align="center" rowspan="1"|2008
|align="left"|"Do for Love" |align="left" rowspan="4"|Yellow Brick Road |align="center" |
| align="center"|10 |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|2009
|align="left"|"Foolish" |align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="left"|"A Woman's Gonna Try"
|align="center" |
| align="center"|18 |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|2010
|align="left"|"Home Is You" |align="center" |
| align="center"|82 |
| align="left"|"Sunny Days"
|align="left" rowspan="1"|Bags & Suitcases |align="center" |
| align="center"|72 |
| align="center" rowspan="1"|2011
|align="left"|"Meer kan het niet zijn" (with BLØF) |align="left" rowspan="1"| |align="center"|30 |align="center"|32 |
| align="center" rowspan="1"|2012
|align="left"|"Backseat Driver" |align="left" rowspan="1"|Outside the Box |align="center" |
| align="center"|45 |
| 2014
|"In the Morning" | |align="center" |
| align="center" |
| 2015
|"Sabrina Starke" | |align="center" |
| align="center" |
| 2019
|"Underneath the Surface" | |align="center" |
| align="center" |
| 2021
|"Learn to Love" | |align="center" |
| align="center" |
| 2022
|"Paradise" | |align="center" |
| align="center" |
| 2022
|"It Will Change" | |align="center" |
| align="center" |
| 2023
|"Slow It Down" | |align="center" |
| align="center" |
| 2023
|"Love the Mystery" | |align="center" |
| align="center" |
Awards
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| Year | Nomination | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Best Newcomer{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3vPjRIWdgzMC&dq=Sabrina+Starke&pg=PT11 |title=Billboard |date=2009-04-04 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |volume=121 |pages=12 |language=en |issue=13}} | Edison Award | {{won}} |
References
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External links
- [http://www.sabrinastarke.nl Sabrina Starke's official website]
- [http://www.myspace.com/sabrinastarke Sabrina Starke's official page at Myspace]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g3unOmKbjI Sabrina Starke's breakthrough performance on Dutch national television]
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Category:Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands
Category:Musicians from Paramaribo
Category:Musicians from Rotterdam