Jim Bakkum

Jim Bakkum，1987年8月10日出生自荷蘭的內(nèi)恩格門德。Jim從小就受到了這個(gè)音樂家庭的熏陶并經(jīng)常和自己的哥哥Danny在當(dāng)?shù)氐男≡豪锏桥_(tái)演出。2002年，Jim參加了荷蘭國(guó)內(nèi)選秀節(jié)目Idols（偶像）并一舉成名。2003年5月，年僅16歲的Jim就推出了自己的第一首單曲Tell Her（對(duì)她說）就出人意料地登上當(dāng)時(shí)荷蘭流行音樂排行榜冠軍的寶座；接下來著名音樂人CB Milton親自操刀為他創(chuàng)作了第二首單曲This Love Is Real（此愛可鑒）同樣在排行榜榮膺亞軍。同年8月中旬，Jim發(fā)行了自己的第一張專輯《Impressed》（印象），這張專輯在荷蘭專輯排行榜上再次奪冠并成為當(dāng)時(shí)的金唱片。第二年他的第二張專輯《Ready》（準(zhǔn)備）又讓他被TMF（樂工廠）評(píng)為年度最佳新人的獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)，并且是全荷蘭年度暢銷專輯的前十之一。2005年改換門庭的Jim和Julie Fryer合作，贏得荷蘭版《Dancing with the Stars》冠軍并于11月推出了第三張專輯《Dance With Me》（與我同舞），同樣再次獲得金唱片稱號(hào)。2006年他首次參演警匪類電視連續(xù)劇《BOKS》并在劇中擔(dān)任要職。2007年5月他推出新單曲Doe Dit Doe Dat（做這做那）并進(jìn)入排行榜前5。9月推出新專輯《Vrij》（自由），再次獲得歌迷首肯并獲得TMF最佳荷蘭歌手提名。2009年，繼兩張單曲發(fā)售后，正式推出全新專輯《Nu》（此刻）。這次介紹的這首Door Jou就出自這張專輯。
Jim Bakkum, born Jimmy Johannes Bakkum on August 10, 1987, in Egmond-Binnen, North Holland is a Dutch singer and actor. Bakkum is married to Danielle Young.
As a child he was encouraged to sing and act by his parents. He started a band with his older brother Danny and also performed in amateur theatre productions. In 2002, his brother suggested that he should audition for the Dutch TV talent programme "Idols". He became the youngest contestant at 15 years of age.
After coming second in the competition, he was signed by Wilde Productions and released his first single "Tell Her" in May 2003. The song charted at # 1 in the Netherlands. His second single, "This Love Is Real" which is a cover of the original song by CB Milton ( he was also signed to Wilde Productions ) was released in July 2003 and it reached the top 3. Shortly after Jim's 16th birthday, in August 2003 he released his debut album Impressed , this reached #1 in the Dutch album charts and became gold (40.000 copies sold).
In April 2004 Jim was nominated for 2 TMF awards; Best Newcomer and Best Singer. He won the award of Best Newcomer. His second album Ready was released in May 2004 and reached the Top 10 of the Dutch Album Charts.
In 2005 he won Dancing with the Stars (the Dutch version of Strictly Come Dancing), partnered by Julie Fryer. His third album, Dance With Me was released in November by his new record company CMM (Corbeau Music Masters). This album came out of his dancing experience on the TV show and became Gold (40.000 copies sold) as well.
Also in 2005, he played the voice of Hippix in the animated film of Asterix and the Vikings, which went on general release in Europe and Canada in early 2006. In April he released a single of the soundtrack "Dapper & Sterk" (meaning: Brave and Strong) which charted at #13 and stays for months in the Dutch single charts.
In the beginning of 2006 Jim played his first 'big' role in a TV-series, called 'BOKS', which is a police-series in which he played the role of 'Willem Jongbloed', a young policeman just out of the Police academy. From October 2006 Jim toured through the Netherlands in the leading role of Danny Zuko in the musical Grease.
In the spring of 2007 he hosted the TV-show 'De weg naar Fame' (The way to Fame) in which the leading roles of the musical Fame were selected. Jim already had the role of Nick Piazza so now he guided the contestants and hosted the show.
In May 2007 he released his new single "Doe dit, doe dat" which entered the charts at #5. His new album "Vrij!" which was released in late June 2007 followed by the third single 'Doe maar gewoon' in September 2007. He was nominated again for a TMF Award for Best Dutch Singer.
In the Fall of 2007 Jim toured with his show 'Jim in Concert' through the Dutch Theaters before he started the role of Nick Piazza in the musical Fame as of January 2008.
Since January 2008, Jim is playing the role of Robin in the internet-only soap 2000Antwerp, aired daily on the Belgian MyVideo.
In April 2008 the single 'Doe dit doe dat' is released in Belgium (Flanders).