Joris Van Rossem (born 4 January 1991), known artistically as Metejoor, is a Belgian

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singer who sings in Dutch. He topped the

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charts in

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with the singles "1 op een miljoen" and "Dit is wat mijn mama zei", from his self-titled debut album that topped the respective album chart.

Music career

Born in

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, Metejoor wanted to be a

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instructor before pursuing music. After his sister sent an audition tape to ''

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'' in 2016, he met the producer Hans Francken and began releasing music. He suffered from extreme

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in his early career. In 2018, he opened for the Belgian group Clouseau on their tour of the Netherlands, and for Niels Destadsbader at

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. Metejoor topped the

50 Singles chart for

in two non-consecutive weeks of April 2021 with the single "1 op een miljoen", a duet with Dutch singer Babet. The song also peaked at number 29 in the Dutch Top 40. The song "Dit is wat mijn mama zei" also topped the Flemish charts for three separate weeks in March and April 2022. His eponymous debut album went straight to number one in Flanders on 6 November 2021, and topped the chart for three weeks early in the following year.

Television work

Metejoor took part on the Flemish version of ''

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'' in late 2021 but withdrew through injury. He also took part in the second season of the reality show ''Een echte job'' on VTM, in which celebrities learned how to work in a hospital in

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. In 2022, Metejoor became a judge for the sixth season of '' The Voice Kids'' in Flanders.

Discography

References

{{reflist 1991 births Living people People from Duffel Musicians from Antwerp Province Flemish musicians Belgian pop singers 21st-century Belgian male singers Dutch-language singers of Belgium