Arno Krabman (; born 19 March 1982) is a Dutch songwriter and producer. He is known for his work with, among others,

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, Snelle,

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and

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, and has had over thirty-five

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hits as a songwriter. His

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consists mainly of Dutch-language pop songs.

Early life and education

Krabman was born on 19 March 1982 in

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. He studied Music and Technology at the

Utrecht School of the Arts The Utrecht School for the Arts () is a performing arts and visual arts educational institution in City of Utrecht, Province of Utrecht, Netherlands. The school opened for student enrollment in September 1987. Overview The institution has 6 ...

Hilversum Hilversum () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands. Located in the heart of the Gooi, it is ...

. During his studies, he worked as a

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. Brendan O'Brien and

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have been cited as Krabman's main artistic influences.

Career

Krabman's first release as a songwriter was the single "" by Maud Mulder in 2005. In 2006, he first entered the

and

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with the song "" by

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& Baas B. Krabman has since been prominently involved in the production of the studio albums ''Drive'' (2013) by

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, (2017) by , (2019) and (2021) by

, and ''Lars'' (2021) by Snelle. He also created the

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for the Dutch drama series ''The Spectacular'', which was released in early 2022. Krabman has scored number-one hits in the

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with the singles "" (2019) by Suzan & Freek, "" (2021) by Snelle & Maan, and "" (2022) by

. The song "" (2020) by Jaap Reesema & Pommelien Thijs reached number one in both the Netherlands and

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. In 2018, Krabman was a member of the Dutch jury for the

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. In 2021, the song "", which Krabman had co-written with S10, was internally selected by the Dutch broadcaster

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to represent the Netherlands in the

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. By finishing in second place in the first semi-final on 10 May 2022, it became the first Dutch-language entry to reach the final of the Eurovision Song Contest since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004. In the final on 14 May 2022, the entry finished in 11th place with 171 points.

represented the Netherlands in the

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with the song " C'est la vie", which was co-written by Krabman.

Personal life

Krabman is in a relationship with Nienke de Jong, who was the lead singer of the metal band

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from 1999 to 2008. They own a

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Wijdemeren Wijdemeren () is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, on the western border of the Gooi region. Wijdemeren contains many lakes, including ''Spiegelplas'' and ''Ankeveense Plassen'' in the north(east) and ''Loosdrech ...

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, located between the villages

Kortenhoef Kortenhoef ( or ) is a village in North Holland, Netherlands with a population of about 6,780. It is an important part of the municipality of Wijdemeren, and lies about 5 km northwest of Hilversum. Kortenhoef was a separate municipality unti ...

and

's-Graveland s-Graveland () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wijdemeren, and lies about 4 km northwest of Hilversum. The former municipality of 's-Graveland merged with Loosdrecht and Nederhorst den ...

Songwriting discography

Charting singles

Eurovision Song Contest entries

entries

References

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