Janieck Devy

Janieck at a concert (2016)

Janieck Devy (born June 24, 1994 in Noordwijk , real name Janieck G. van de Polder ), also known as Janieck , is a Dutch singer-songwriter and former actor or child actor .

Career

In his childhood and youth he was an actor . He played the leading role in the Dutch film adaptation of the children's book Pluck with the crane truck (2004) and several supporting roles , for example in the feature film Kreuzzug in Jeans (2006) and in the drama My Queen Karo (2009). He was also featured in several Dutch television series .

In 2012 he began his musical career and released two singles and an album , which were not commercially successful. In 2015 the Belgian producer and DJ Lost Frequencies released the song Reality , which Janieck wrote and for which he also took over vocals and guitar . The song became a European hit , reached number one in the charts in several countries and was awarded various gold and platinum records. Then the solo single Feel the Love was released in 2016 as a remix by DJ Sam Feldt , which could only be placed in the Netherlands. The single Little Hollywood with the German DJ and music producer Alle Farben entered the charts in Germany, Switzerland and Austria in 2017.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Remarks
2014	Survival Guide	First published: July 4th, 2014

Singles

Chart placements solo

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	NL	BE F
2016	Feel the Love ( Sam Feldt Edit)	-	-	-	-	NL27 (9 weeks) NL	-	First published: May 10, 2016
2017	Little Hollywood Sticker on My Suitcase	DE14th platinum (23 weeks)DE	AT8th gold (20 weeks)AT	CH31 gold (15 weeks)CH	-	-	-	First published: April 7, 2017 with Alle Farben
	Does it matter	-	-	-	-	NL33 (5 weeks) NL	BE F43 (2 weeks) BE F	First published: December 8, 2017
2019	Narcotic	DE16 gold (25 weeks)DE	AT11 gold (21 weeks)AT	CH18th gold (23 weeks)CH	-	NL11 (19 weeks) NL	-	First published: April 26, 2019 with Younotus & Senex

More singles

• 2012: Six String Thing
• 2013: Inspire Me
• 2014: Better Man
• 2015: Don't Give Up on Us (on the soundtrack to Fack ju Göhte 2 )
• 2016: Just Wanna Be with You
• 2018: To Rome (with Deepend)
• 2018: You Don't Have to Like It (with Lucas & Steve )
• 2018: Maybe (with BUNT.)
• 2019: Somebody New
• 2020: How (Do I Love You)

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	NL	BE F
2015	Reality Less Is More	DE1 × 3 Triple gold (41 weeks)DE	AT1 (30 weeks) AT	CH2 (42 weeks) CH	UK29 silver (3 weeks)UK	NL3 × 4 Quadruple platinum (27 weeks)NL	BE F1 × 2 Double platinum (39 weeks)BE F	First published: May 22, 2015 Lost Frequencies feat. Janieck Devy

Further guest contributions

• 2015: Drifting ( Sascha Braemer feat. Janieck Devy)
• 2016: Madison ( All colors feat. Janieck)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2016: for the single Reality  France 2020: for the single Narcotic  Canada 2017: for the single Reality  New Zealand 2016: for the single Reality Platinum record  Denmark 2016: for the single Reality  Spain 2015: for the single Reality

2 × platinum record  Poland 2016: for the single Reality 5 × gold record  Mexico 2020: for the single reality 3 × platinum record  Italy 2016: for the single Reality  Norway 2016: for the single Reality  Sweden 2016: for the single Reality

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

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	-	35,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	60,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	60,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	1,200,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	100,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	150,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	-	40,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	150,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	-	7,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	160,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	30,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	30,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	-	2 × platinum2	40,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	120,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	20,000	hitparade.ch beta.musikwoche.de
Spain (Promusicae)	-	-	platinum1	40,000	elportaldemusica.es
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	-	200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	11 × gold11	23 × platinum23

supporting documents

1. ^ Theo de With: De zomerhit komt uit Noordwijk. In: Leidsch Dagblad . Holland Media Combinatie, August 14, 2015, accessed August 26, 2019 (Dutch). 
2. ↑ https://online.gema.de/werke/search.faces
3. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1747953/
4. ↑ ^{a b} DE AT CH UK NL BEF
5. ↑ NZ

Web links

• Official website
• Janieck Devy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Janieck Devy on Facebook
• Janieck Devy at Discogs (English)