Duncan Laurence

Duncan Laurence 2019 with the ESC winner's trophy

Chart placements (preliminary) Explanation of the data

EPs

Worlds on Fire   NL 60 08/01/2020 (...  where.)

Singles

Arcade   NL 1  × 4 Quadruple platinum March 16, 2019 (24 weeks)   DE 26th 05/24/2019 (2 weeks)   AT 22nd 05/31/2019 (2 weeks)   CH 6th 05/26/2019 (4 weeks)   UK 67 05/30/2019 (1 week) Love Don't Hate It   NL 6th  gold 11/02/2019 (22 weeks) Someone Else   NL 18th 05/23/2020 (...  where.)

Duncan Laurence (actually Duncan de Moor , born April 11, 1994 in Spijkenisse , Netherlands ) is a Dutch singer and songwriter . As an interpreter of the song Arcade , he won the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 and thus achieved the fifth victory for the Netherlands in this competition.

life and career

He first appeared in 2014 when he took part in the talent show The Voice of Holland . There he joined Ilse DeLange's team and made it to the semi-finals.

In 2019 he completed his training at the Rock Academy in Tilburg . There he was trained as a songwriter, singer and music producer. He also spent a lot of time in London and Stockholm writing songs.

On January 21, 2019, the broadcaster AVROTROS announced that it would represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv , Israel . His English-language song Arcade was presented on March 7, 2019. Shortly after the song was presented, Duncan Laurence took first place in the betting odds of most bookmakers. He lived up to his role as a favorite and won the competition on May 18, 2019.

In October 2018, Duncan Laurence announced on an Instagram post that he was bisexual and had a boyfriend. Shortly before the final of the Eurovision Song Contest , he confirmed this again at a press conference. In September 2019, he announced the separation.

Discography

Singles

• 2019: Arcade
• 2019: Love Don't Hate It
• 2020: Someone Else

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 2019: for the single arcade  Norway 2019: for the single arcade

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA)	gold1	-	20,000	ultratop.be
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold1	4 × platinum4th	360,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	gold1	-	5,000	ifpi.no
All in all	3 × gold3	4 × platinum4th

Web links

Commons : Duncan Laurence  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Duncan Laurence at laut.de
• Duncan Laurence in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: NL
2. ↑ Duncan Laurence in the Dutch Top 40 Charts DE AT Switzerland UK
3. ↑ Awards: NL
4. ↑ AVROTROS: DUNCAN LAURENCE VERTEGENWOORDIGT NEDERLAND OP HET EUROVISIE SONG FESTIVAL 2019 IN TEL AVIV. In: avrotros.nl. January 21, 2019, accessed January 21, 2019 (Dutch). 
5. ↑ OMROEP BRABANT: How is Duncan Laurence? Onbekende Tilburger voor Nederland naar Eurovisie Song Festival. In: omroepbrabant.nl. January 21, 2019, accessed January 21, 2019 (Dutch). 
6. ^ Evert Groot: Duncan Laurence will represent The Netherlands this year. In: eurovision.tv. January 21, 2019, accessed January 21, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Duncan Laurence takes 'Arcade' to Eurovision for The Netherlands. Retrieved March 8, 2019 . 
8. ^ Anthony Granger: The Netherlands: Duncan Laurence Now Favorite to Win Eurovision 2019. In: Eurovoix. March 9, 2019, accessed March 29, 2019 (UK English). 
9. ↑ n-tv NEWS: Duncan Laurence gets ESC crown for the Netherlands. Retrieved May 18, 2019 . 
10. ↑ ?????? ???????? on Instagram: "" Some say love ... "A phrase of a great song by Bette Midler. To me love has no limits and especially not in gender. A couple of years ago I… " Retrieved May 20, 2019 . 
11. ^ Dutch Eurovision contestant Duncan Laurence comes out as bisexual. Retrieved May 18, 2019, May 20, 2019 (UK English). 
12. ↑ Heathitor: Exclusief: Duncan Laurence onthult talk van relatiebreuk. In: grazia.nl. September 20, 2019, accessed October 14, 2019 (Dutch).