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Joost Klein is a Dutch record producer, YouTuber, writer, and music video director born on November 10, 1997, in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands. A male citizen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, he resides in Britsum and Stiens. His native language is Dutch, and he also speaks German and English. Klein began his work period in 2016 and is associated with the record label TopNotch.
He performs in genres including comedy hip-hop, happy hardcore, drum and bass, eurodance, hip hop, and rap, using his voice as an instrument. His notable works include the songs "Friesenjung" and "Europapa." Klein participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, an event where he was disqualified. He has blond hair and is recognized as an artist within the Eurovision 2024 artists category.
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Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
Joost Klein, known mononymously as Joost, is a Dutch musician, rapper, singer and former YouTuber. Mainly a hip hop artist, his songs and performances often include influences of electronic music, such as drum and bass, hardstyle and gabber. He has released eight studio albums, two of which reached the top ten of the Dutch Albums Top 100. He has amassed four chart entries on the Dutch Top 40, and…
Known for
- Daedalus — himself (uncredited)2024
- Mein Name ist Otto — Self2024
- Joost: Live at Lowlands 20232023
- De Slimste Mens: The Morning After — Self2023
- De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach — Self2022
- On Stage2021
- Joost: Live at Lowlands 20192019
- Platenbazen — Self2019
- #BOOS MET BN'ERS VOOR DE KLIKS — Presentator2017
- The Dirty Dutch2016
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Active from
- 1997
Discography
- Dakloos2016
- Feminist on da Block2017
- Scandinavian Boy2017
- Chubby2018
- Meeuw2018
- Ome Robert2018
- 19832019
- Albino2019
- Buurman2019
- Joost Klein 22019
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,645
- Total plays
- 40,737
Tags
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Joost, Eenhoornjoost
- Born
- ( 1997-11-10 ) 10 November 1997 (age 28) , Leeuwarden , Netherlands
- Genres
- Hip-hop electronic indie rock gabber hyperpop
- Occupations
- Musician Producer Rapper Singer
- Years active
- 2016–present
- Labels
- TopNotch Albino Sports Made Joost Klein
- Website
- joostklein .eu
- Page
- joost
- Followers
- 4.5M
- Channel
- joost klein
- Subscribers
- 749k
- Views
- 170,933,872 (June 2026)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joost
- Family name
- Klein
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Leeuwarden
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Dutch
- Notable work
- Europapa
- Hair colour
- blond hair
- Genre
- drum and bass
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- TopNotch
- Image
- Joost Klein Press Event 2024 (cropped) B.jpg
- Residence
- Stiens
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1997-11-10
- name in native language
- Joost Klein
- social media followers
- 706000
- Commons category
- Joost Klein
- start of work period
- 2016-00-00
- number of viewers/listeners
- 139368540
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Encyclopedic overview
Joost Klein ( Dutch pronunciation: [joːst klɛin]; born 10 November 1997), also known mononymously as Joost or eenhoornjoost (lit. Unicorn Joost), is a Dutch musician, rapper, singer, and former YouTuber. Mainly a hip hop artist, his songs and performances often include influences of electronic music, such as drum and bass, hardstyle, hyperpop, and gabber. He has released ten studio albums, two of which reached the top ten of the Dutch Album Top 100. He has amassed four chart entries on the Dutch Top 40, and is best known for the songs "Wachtmuziek" (2022), "Friesenjung" (2023, with Ski Aggu and Otto Waalkes), and "Europapa" (2024).
"Europapa" was selected to represent the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 and subsequently became Klein's first song to top both the Dutch Top 40 and Single Top 100. Having qualified in second place from the second semi-final, he was scheduled to perform fifth in the final, but was disqualified from the competition due to allegations of misconduct. These were investigated by Swedish prosecutors, who dropped the case in August 2024 after concluding that they could not prove any criminal conduct. Klein has continued releasing music following the success of "Europapa", joined the tenth season of The Voice van Vlaanderen as a coach, and is embarking on his first international concert tour in 2026.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Joost Klein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.