Dotan

This article is about the Dutch singer. For the Israeli director, see Shimon Dotan .

Dotan (real name Dotan Harpenau ; born October 26, 1986 in Jerusalem ) is a Dutch singer-songwriter . He achieved considerable commercial success in his home country and began his international career with his second album 7 Layers . His music is characterized as folk influenced pop music .

Life

Dotan was born in Jerusalem in 1986, his father was Israeli and his mother Dutch. After his parents separated, Dotan grew up with his mother in Amsterdam . He became fluent in Hebrew while visiting his father in Israel . As a teenager he taught himself to play the guitar . In the late 2000s he sent some demo recordings to various music producers , which eventually led to a contract with EMI . In 2010 he quit his job and finished his studies without a degree to devote himself to his career as a musician. His debut album Dream Parade was released in 2011 and reached number 55 on the Dutch album charts . With the single This Town , Dotan reached number 29 in the Nederlandse Top 40 .

To counteract his stage fright , Dotan decided to give small private concerts. He launched a corresponding call on his Facebook page and gave numerous concerts in private living rooms, on houseboats or on farms. He appeared in the opening act for Gavin DeGraw and Sinéad O'Connor and released his second album 7 Layers on Universal Music in early 2014 . This stayed in the Dutch album charts for 57 weeks before reaching number 1 in March 2015 . In May 2015 his record label released 7 Layers in Germany.

On April 14, 2018, the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant wrote that Dotan had used several dozen fake accounts for self-promotion . In addition to likes, these accounts also posted false anecdotes. They were supposedly used to troll other Dutch artists . The publication caused quite a stir in the Dutch media.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		NL	DE
2011	Dream Parade	NL55 (2 weeks) NL	-
2014	7 layers	NL1 × 2 Double platinum (169 weeks)NL	DE21 (2 weeks) DE

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		NL	DE	CH
2011	This Town Dream Parade	NL29 (4 weeks) NL	-	-
2014	Home 7 Layers	NL2 × 2 Double platinum (25 weeks)NL	DE51 (7 weeks) DE	-
	Case 7 layers	NL29 platinum (7 weeks)NL	-	-
2015	Hungry 7 layers	NL12 gold (22 weeks)NL	-	-
	Let the River In 7 Layers	NL31 (8 weeks) NL	-	-
2016	Shadow wind	NL25 (5 weeks) NL	-	-
2019	Numb	NL20th gold (11 weeks)NL	-	CH98 (... weeks) CH

More singles

• 2011: Day Dreamer
• 2011: Tell a Lie
• 2011: Where We Belong
• 2017: Bones

supporting documents

1. ↑ Dotan. Guest in the radioeins studio. (No longer available online.) Radio Eins , November 24, 2014, archived from the original on May 26, 2015 ; accessed on May 26, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Matthes Köppinghoff: Dotan: Finally arrived. NDR2 , March 9, 2015, accessed May 26, 2015 . 
3. ↑ The trolllayer van Dotan. Retrieved April 17, 2018 (Dutch). 
4. ↑ Tinned ontmoeting Dotan met leukemiepatiënt 'onnodig kwetsend' | Inland | Telegraaf.nl. Retrieved April 17, 2018 (Dutch). 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE NL Albums NL Singles CH
6. ↑ ^{a b} Awards for Music Sales: NL

Web links

• www.dotanmusic.com , website of the artist (English)
• Dotan at Allmusic (English)
• Dotan at Universal Music