Hind Laroussi

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Hind Laroussi
هند العروسي
Background information
Birth nameHind Laroussi Tahiri
Born (1984-12-03) 3 December 1984 (age 39)
OriginGouda, Netherlands
GenresFounder of Cross-pop
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2003–present
LabelsB-Hind
Websitehind.nl

Hind Laroussi Tahiri (

Arabic
: هند العروسي born 3 December 1984), known professionally as Hind, is a Dutch singer of Moroccan descent.

Biography

Hind Laroussi Tahiri was born on 3 December 1984 in Gouda, Netherlands. She has a Moroccan father and a Dutch mother.[1]

When Hind was eight years she sang and acted in public for the first time. Shortly thereafter she started taking singing lessons. At her high school she performed in numerous music shows. Her talent did not go unnoticed; she received an invitation to sing during the

Idols in 2003, finishing in third place. She also performed with the Arab Orchestra of Nazareth[2]
from Israel.

Hind, who sings

SONY & BMG had ceased, apparently due to poor sales. Hind has, however, found a new record label to accommodate her music: PIAS

Musical career

Hind participated in the first edition of the Dutch

Idols in the season 2002–2003, where she reached the finals, finishing in third place.[1]

Her debut album Around The World (2003) contains pop and

Edison award for Best New Dutch Artist. In 2005, Hind released her second album Halfway Home, which she herself called "Arabpop" due to the Arabic influences in several of the songs. The single "Habbaytek Besaif" (2006) is a Fairuz cover.[1]

Hind performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

Hind represented the Netherlands in the

Your Heart Belongs to Me".[3]
However, she failed to make it past the semi-final stage.

On 23 November 2009 Hind started to raise €40,000 for her next CD on Sellaband. The believers funded the sum in just 11 days.[4] On 8 December 2009 the second phase started, collecting €24,000 for promotion. This target was reached on 11 January 2011. Finally it was announced, Hind will collect an additional €30,000 to produce three videos. The third phase never started. Hind announced her new album Crosspop on 4 October 2010 in "De Melkweg" in Amsterdam.

On Saturday 16 October 2010 the new album broke at number 8 in the Dutch album top 100, the highest ranking yet of any of her albums. Her debut album entered the charts at number 9 after all of the exposure of Idols. Hind Crosspop was produced by the legendary Steve Power. Together with her boyfriend and manager Eddie Tjon Fo she released the album as an independent label. There were good reviews and even the direct attention of the German Livedome.de group that took the exclusive rights to broadcast the CD release party from the Melkweg (Amsterdam) with around 900 people present. Livedome broadcast the show live on 13 October as a live stream through 36 portals, creating much exposure and compliments for Hind as a singer as well as for her interesting new music style Crosspop.

Discography

Singles

Year Single Album Peak positions
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 100
2003 "Summer All Over Again" Around The World 11 7
2004 "Weak" 31 22
"Sure As" 35
2005 "Give Me A Sign" Halfway Home 29 15
"Halfway Home" 75
2006 "Habaytek Besaif"
2008 "
Your Heart Belongs to Me
"
Eurovision Song Contest 2008 27 16
2009 "Morgen" SpangaS op Survival Soundtrack 17
2011 "Wereldwijd orkest" 1
2013 "Make it Count" 11

Albums

  • Around The World (2003)
  • Halfway Home (2005)
  • Crosspop (2010)

Miscellaneous

On 29 August 2009 Hind performed for the satirical program Let's Dance on Dutch network

RTL4 where she had her own nipple-gate. During her dance the dress she wore dropped and revealed her left breast. Hind was aware of the happening but hoped no-one saw it. When she looked back at the footage she was shocked as she never intended to pose nude she stated to the De Telegraaf newspaper.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hind biografie Archived 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 November 2007. (in Dutch)
  2. ^ "Concert for Freedom in De Flint". DeStadAmersfoort.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke BDU Uitgevers. 10 December 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2009. Het thema vrijheid is Hind op het lijf geschreven. Als dochter van een Marokkaanse vader en Nederlandse moeder is ze erg begaan met de wereld om haar heen en laat dat niet alleen bij woorden. Ze zette haar bekendheid in voor bijvoorbeeld Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland en ze heeft opgetreden met het Arab Orchestra of Nazareth om aandacht te vragen voor de problemen in de bezette gebieden.
  3. ^ a b Hindstory Archived 14 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 November 2007. (in Dutch)
  4. ^ Sellaband Archived 30 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine making Hind the fastest funded artist in the world via crowdfunding and also for the highest amount. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  5. ^ "-Prive". De Telegraaf. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2009.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
On Top of the World
"
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
2008
Succeeded by
Shine
"