Emma Heesters
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Emma Heesters | |
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.jpg) Heesters in 2022 | |
| Born | 8 January 1996 's-Gravenpolder, Netherlands |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Partner | Wesley Hoedt |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instrument | Vocal |
| Labels | Republic Records, Universal Music Group, Eddie O Entertainment, Hello Music (a division of The Hello Group), Sony Music Netherlands, Sony Music Belgium |
| Website | emmaheesters |
Emma Heesters (born 8 January 1996) (pronunciation: emā hīsṭars) is a Dutch singer and television personality, mainly known for performing covers of popular songs on her own YouTube channel.[1][unreliable source?] She began her music career in 2014 and as of August 2022 has over 5.77 million subscribers on YouTube.[2][unreliable source?][3]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Heesters was born in the village of 's-Gravenpolder in the province of Zeeland as the child of Ludo and Willian Heesters.[4] From a young age, she started vocal and dance lessons, including ballet.[5] In 2004, at the age of 8, she won the provincial preselection of the Kinderen voor Kinderen Songfestival.[6] Shortly before the performance, Heesters had broken her leg, having to sit in a wheelchair while singing.[5] As a result, she had a television debut on the eponymous show on NPO Zapp, where she performed "100 kleine feestjes".[6][7] Later on, she acted in a few musicals as a child star. During her teen years, she started singing as part of numerous cover bands, which she stopped doing once she graduated school.[8] In 2013, she graduated from the Dalton Plan school Roncalli in Bergen op Zoom with a havo certificate, specialising in the economy and society profile.[9]
Career
[edit | edit source]In 2019 she was the first Dutch winner of MTV's Push Award and gained Platinum status for her single "Pa Olvidarte" with Rolf Sanchez,[10] she featured in a song by the band Boyce Avenue plus collaborated with them on their European tour, and took to television performing in Beste Zangers a Dutch television program, the web series Jachtseason of StukTV, and the game show, I Can See Your Voice.[11][12][13]
Heesters was named by Top40 NL[14] as the most successful Dutch artist of the year so far in 2020 and later in November was named winner of MTV EMA's Best Dutch Act.[13][15]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]She was diagnosed with cervical cancer in October 2024.[16] In July 2025 she announced via Instagram that she is better now.[17] Her conversation with Eva Jinek in the Eva talk show about her cancer diagnosis won the Televizier-Ring Impact award at the 2025 Gouden Televizier-Ring Gala.[18]
Discography
[edit | edit source]Cover songs
[edit | edit source]| Year | Songs | Lyricist | Original singer |
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| 2016 | "Let Me Love You" | Justin Bieber | DJ Snake |
| 2017 | "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran |
| "Despacito" | Luis Fonsi | Luis Fonsi | |
| "Perfect" | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran | |
| 2018 | "Girls Like You" | Maroon 5 | Maroon 5 |
| 2019 | "Hanya Rindu" | Andmesh Kamaleng | Andmesh Kamaleng |
| "Taki Taki" | DJ Snake | DJ Snake | |
| "Pa' Olvidarte" | ChocQuibTown | ChocQuibTown | |
| 2020 | "Kaun Tujhe" (English) | Emma Heesters | Emma Heesters |
| "Pura Pura Lupa" | Mahen | Mahen | |
| "Shayad" | Irshad Kamil | Arijit Singh | |
| "Titliaan" | Jaani | Afsana Khan | |
| "Shona Shona" | Tony Kakkar | Tony Kakkar | |
| 2021 | "Satisfya" | Imran Khan | Imran Khan |
| "Enjoy Enjaami" | Arivu | Dhee and Santhosh Narayanan | |
| "Easy on Me" | Adele | Adele | |
| "Bijlee Bijlee" | Jaani | Hardy Sandhu | |
| 2022 | "Pasoori" | Ali Sethi | Ali Sethi and Shae Gill |
| "Srivalli" (English) | Chandrabose | Sid Sriram | |
| 2023 | "Tere Vaaste" | Jigar and Varun Jain | Jigar and Varun Jain |
References
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