Feb 29, 2024 at 11:47 PM Update: a day ago
Jan Smit received the Edison Pop Oeuvre Prize on Thursday evening. His ten-year-old son Senn gave the award to his father in the talk show Humberto.
“A roller coaster,” Smit calls his thirty-year career Humberto. “With ups and downs, but that is inherent to such a long career.” The singer did not expect Senn to bring the prize.
“That’s a surprise. I just FaceTimed him and he was already in bed under the covers,” said Smit. Presenter Humberto Tan then asked Senn how he did that. “With my clothes on under the covers,” Senn replied.
Jury chairman and radio DJ Daniël Dekker praised Smit’s oeuvre and his contribution to Dutch music. “The jury notes that his oeuvre has now received almost eighty gold and platinum awards, supported by more than twenty number 1 hits. A unique artist who has been making music with great success for thirty years before the age of forty. The jury therefore awards the Edison Pop Oeuvre Prize 2024 to Jan Smit,” the jury report states.
The jury also consists of Eric van Holland (Senior Editor Spotify Benelux), Vera Siemons (3FM DJ), Martijn Biemans (Music Director Qmusic), Anna Veenstra (Sr. Programmer Melkweg), Nils Brokerhof (Music Director 100% NL/SLAM! ) and Randall Spann (Music Director FunX).
The Edisons Pop will be awarded on Monday in the AFAS Theater in Leusden. Last year the band Kensington won the Edison lifetime achievement prize. The biggest winners of the Edison Pop 2023 were rapper Sor and the duo Maan and Goldband.
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