Esmée Denters (Oosterbeek, 28 september 1988) is een Nederlandse zangeres. Ze is nationaal en internationaal bekend geworden door haar internetpagina op de website YouTube die eind december 2007 meer dan 20 miljoen maal bezocht was; in oktober 2008 is haar filmpje waarin ze What goes around van Justin Timberlake zingt het meest bekeken filmpje op YouTube Nederland.

 

Op de website plaatste ze meerdere filmpjes van zichzelf waarop ze liedjes zingt. Veelal nummers van andere popsterren, maar ook enkele nummers van zichzelf. Esmee wilde gewoon laten zien wat ze kon, en wilde de reacties van mensen weten. Duizenden mensen over de hele wereld reageerden vol lof over haar zangprestaties, en verschillende platenmaatschappijen meldden zich met interesse. Ook zijn er plannen voor een reality-soap rondom Denters in de Verenigde Staten, waarin ze wordt gevolgd tot de release van haar debuutalbum. Denters is voor ongeveer tien dagen in Amerika geweest om liedjes op te nemen in de studio (De studio van Justin Timberlake).

 

English translation

Esmée Denters (born September 28, 1988 in Oosterbeek) is a Dutch singer.

 

Denters was first noticed on YouTube in August 2006 for amateur videos of her singing cover versions of popular songs. Dutch native Jonathan Berhane spotted her talent early on and introduced Denters to Grammy nominated songwriter and manager Billy Mann. Mann took Denters under his wing and by early June 2007, the then 18-year-old had been signed by multi platinum selling artist Justin Timberlake as the first artist on his new Tennman Records label. Tennman records is a joint venture between Interscope/ Universal.

 

She was first heard by artist Justin Timberlake on YouTube, which lead him to track her down and sign her to his label (said by Timberlake in an Oprah episode). At the same time, Tennman Records announced that she would be opening for Timberlake at 10 venues during his 2007 European tour, making Denters the first amateur singer in history to go directly from a personal YouTube posting to commercially performing on a major stage.

 

She has appeared on the The Oprah Winfrey Show, on an episode that was dedicated to YouTube, where her singing talent was discovered.

 

Dutch source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esm%C3%A9e_Denters

English source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esm%C3%A9e_Denters

Official website: http://www.esmeeworld.com

YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/esmeedenters

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/esmeedenters

Fansite: http://www.esmeefans.org/