3JS

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3JS
3JS at the Mega Piraten Festijn in Marum (2008)
3JS at the Mega Piraten Festijn in Marum (2008)
General information
Genre (s) Pop , paling sound
founding 2002
Website www.3js.nl
Current occupation
Jan Dulles
Jaap Kwakman
Jan de Witte
former members
guitar
 Jaap de Witte

3JS is a Dutch pop group. The band , founded in 2002, consists of the members Jan Dulles, Jaap Kwakmann and Jaap de Witte. The group had their artistic breakthrough in the Netherlands with their debut album Watermensen , released in 2007 in the style of the paling sound . In 2011 they represented their home country at the 56th Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf .

Band history

The singer Jan Dulles (actually Jan Keuken) and the guitarists Jaap Kwakman and Jaap de Witte (actually Jaap Schilder) all come from Volendam , a center of the Dutch music industry. After the musicians had already gained musical experience in various bands, they first appeared in 2002 under the band name 3JS. The band name goes back to the identical first letters of their first names. The band released their first studio album in 2007 under the title Watermensen . The album reached number six in the Dutch Top 100 album charts. In the summer of the year, the group appeared for eight weeks in the docu-soap 3JS komen eraan on the local broadcaster RTV Noord-Holland and in September had a guest appearance on Jan Smit's show , which made them known to a larger audience. Her debut album received an award from the Stichting Nederlandse Muziek in early 2008 and also received the Zilveren Harp award .

The band's other albums are Kamers van m'n hart from 2008 and Dromers en dwazen from 2010, which, like Watermensen , achieved gold status in the Netherlands . For the album Dromers en dwazen they also got the Edison Publieksprijs . In July 2010, the Dutch television broadcaster TROS announced that it would send the band 3JS to Germany as a national participant in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. In a national preliminary decision on January 30, 2011, the group presented five of their songs to the audience, who together with a jury (50% each) determined the winning title Je vecht nooit alleen .

On May 12, 2011, the formation interpreted the title in English ( Never Alone ) in the second ESC semi-final in Düsseldorf, but could not qualify for the final round. As it became known after the final, they finished last in the semi-finals.

In 2012 3JS released their next studio album 4 Elements . Like its predecessor, it reached number 3 on the album charts. Then the compilation album Totzoverder - Het beste van 3JS was released , in which the titles had been selected by the fans of the band. It was released in April 2013. At the same time it became known that Jaap de Witte could no longer play with the band. His son Jan de Witte took his place as the band's guitarist. With him, the fifth studio album Dichter bij de horizon was recorded, which appeared in the same year and continued the series of number 3 albums.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
NL NL
2007 Watermensen NL6th
gold
gold

(87 weeks)NL
2008 Kamers van m'n hard NL4th
gold
gold

(51 weeks)NL
2010 Dromers en dwazen NL3
gold
gold

(76 weeks)NL
2012 4 elements NL3 (23 weeks)
NL
2013 Totzoverder - Het best van 3JS NL3 (24 weeks)
NL
Best of album
2013 Poet by horizon NL3 (23 weeks)
NL
2014 Acoustic Christmas NL7th
gold
gold

(12 weeks)NL
2015 7th NL4 (16 weeks)
NL
2016 Acoustic Christmas Volume 2 NL10 (5 weeks)
NL
2018 Nu NL3 (10 weeks)
NL
2020 De aard van het beest NL1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020NL

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
NL NL
2010 Wat Is Dromen NL17 (13 weeks)
NL
2011 Je vecht nooit alleen / Never Alone NL12 (15 weeks)
NL
2011 Wereldwijd Orkest NL12 (4 weeks)
NL

More singles

  • Com (2007)
  • Net alsof (2007)
  • Één met de bomen (2007)
  • Één met de bomen / De zomer vorbij (2007)
  • Watermensen (2008)
  • Lullaby (2008)
  • Hou van mij (2009)
  • Kamers van m'n hart (2009)
  • Bevlogen als vogels (2009)
  • Vandaag ben ik vrij / Alles overnieuw (2009)
  • Loop met me over zee (2010)
  • Geloven in het leven (2010)
  • De stroom (2011)
  • Toen ik jou vergat (2011)
  • De weg (2012)
  • Bij hoog en laag (2012)
  • Voor eens en altijd (2012)
  • Geef mij een naam (3JS & Elske DeWall , 2012)
  • Bijzonder (2013)
  • Zo mooi as jij (2013)
  • Til me op (2013)
  • Man in de mirror (Bart Herman & 3JS, 2014)

swell

  1. ^ Edison Publieksprijs voor 3JS , Volkskrant / ANP, October 4, 2010
  2. ↑ a b Band info at Muze Misse , accessed on February 16, 2014
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources NL Charts: Singles Albums
  4. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: NL

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