CARO EMERALD

Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw, née le 26 avril 1981 à Amsterdam, connue sous le nom de scène CARO EMERALD, est une chanteuse de jazz rétro néerlandaise. Son premier album Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor est devenu, le 20 aout 2010, le premier album restant 27 semaines en tête des ventes aux Pays-Bas, dépassant d’une semaine le record de Thriller de Michael Jackson dans le pays CARO EMERALD, is a Dutch jazz singer. She debuted on 6 July 2009 with her single “Back It Up”. Her debut album Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor set an all time chart record on 20 August 2010 by spending its 30th week at number one on the Dutch album chart, beating the previous record set by Michael Jackson’s Thriller by one week. The album has become the biggest selling album of 2010 in the Netherlands, selling over 270,000 copies so far. On 3 October 2010, Van der Leeuw was awarded the Dutch Music Prize “Edison” for Best Female Artist. On 15 January 2011, CARO EMERALD won the Popprijs 2010 for best Dutch pop act of 2010.