Brace

R&B Singer

Brace was born in Surabaya, Indonesia on August 23rd, 1986 and is the R&B Singer. At the age of 37, Brace biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
August 23, 1986
Nationality
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Place of Birth
Surabaya, Indonesia
Age
37 years old
Zodiac Sign
Virgo
Profession
Singer
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Brace Career

Rappers Lange Frans and Baas B who were established pop acts in the Netherlands, asked him to collaborate with them on the single Moppie. The single instantly topped the Netherlands Pop charts in the summer of 2004 and Brace made his national breakthrough.

Following the success of the hit single Moppie, Ali B recognized Brace's talent and worked with him on his song "Ik Ben Je Zat". The song reached the Top 5 in the Dutch charts, projecting Brace as a prominent vocalist.

On his first single, Vraag jezelf eens af, he is accompanied by Ali B with beatboxing.

The R&B artist impressed when he sang live in Amsterdam and played an important role in the tour Ali B vertelt het leven van de straat (English translation " Ali B tells the life of the street"). The R&B artist also appeared on the radio programme 3VOOR12 where he sang Vraag jezelf eens af (English translation "ask Yourself"), a song that he sings on tour with Ali B.

In January 2005, Brace participated at Noorderslag festival and following his performance with the tunes Verleiding and Lauw, a Dutch daily evening newspaper called NRC Handelsblad published a positive review of the R&B artist : "Brace sings with a beautiful, peaceful voice, an emotional song. It is the best time of urban Noorderslag! "

In 2006, he travelled to the United States to film the video clip for the single Drijfzand (14 April), which is an R&B mix by DJ Battlecat and a dance remix by Paul T.

He wrote a duet together with guitarist Dennis van Leeuwen of Dutch Rock group Kane, for the theme song Overleve' of the Dutch horror movie Sl8n8 (premiered 29 September 2006). One month later, Brace lent his vocals again on another single Wees Niet Bang with the collaboration of the solid guitar work of Van Leeuwen.

4 November 2005 saw the release of his debut album Strijder (English translation " The Warrior"). Besides two promotional tracks titled Verleiding, then Lauw, the album is preceded by a second hit single in August, titled Hartendief (English translation "Heart Thief").

On 12 October 2007, he released his second album titled Dilemma.

In November 2005, it was announced on the Dutch Radio.nl that the winner of Essent Award was Brace. The Dutch Energy company Essent issues music awards ten times every year to support talented bands and artists. Each winner receives a promotional budget of Euro 5000, including media coverage and produced performances at big festivals. The ceremony took place on 14 January during Noorderslag 2006, where Brace performed.

Brace is one of very few Dutch artists to receive international exposure in the US, by establishing a professional relationship with Akon, the Senegalese-American R&B singer-songwriter. Notably, Brace featured with Colby O'Donis on the remix of Akon's chart topping number Beautiful, and he also participated with his American counterparts in the music video for the remix.

As of December 2008, Brace's official website suggests that the Dutch artist has kept his career low-key, as no further appearances or music projects have occurred or were scheduled.

On 13 May 2011 Brace announced on radio that he signed to SPEC Entertainment. His rehabilitation enabled him to take part in the second season of the Ali B op volle toeren-programme exchanging songs with established artist Imca Marina; it was broadcast on 4 January 2012. In 2015 he competed on the sixth season of the Dutch reality singing competition The Voice of Holland; coached by Ali B he specialized in Dutch-language-ballads and finished third place.

Brace went on to record a single with Ali B and the popular reggae-singer Kenny B. In 2017 he joined the latter by taking part in the Beste Zangers-contest. The same year Brace appeared on the 18th season of Expeditie Robinson and Celebrity Stand-Up

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