The Dubbeez was a Dutch

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History

The band won the "Battle of the Bands" at Uitmarkt Festival in Amsterdam in September 2015. In 2016 The Dubbeez participated at the Reggaeville's World Reggae Contest, being selected among the five finalists. They performed at the final night of the Ostróda Reggae Festival in

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and won the competition. The band released its first studio album ''Love, Peace & Dub'' on 26 January 2018. The same year they performed at

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. On 4 January 2019 the band published a post on their

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account stating «We've been locked up in the studio making new music. We can't wait to share it with you all». This was later revealed to be untrue, since the band split the next month as announced on the same page on 5 February 2019.

Members

*Joanne Tholel – lead vocals *Quincy Fleur – rap vocals *Millan van Wingerden – guitars *Bobby Sahiboe – keyboards *Olivia Davina Ramdat – bass *Earl Maddy – drums

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Peace, Love & Dub'' (2018)

Extended plays

* ''Dubby'' (2016)

Singles

* "Rudebwoy" (2015) * "Hangover" (2016) * "Feelings" (2017) * "Obsession" (2018)

References

External links

* Dutch reggae musical groups English-language musical groups from the Netherlands Musical groups established in 2014 2014 establishments in the Netherlands Musical groups from Flevoland Musical groups from Amsterdam People from Almere {{Netherlands-band-stub