2023-04-24 14:10:00
The Dutch pop singer Heintje, whose real name is Hendrik Nikolaas Theodoor “Hein” Simons, celebrated numerous successes in the music and film industries during his childhood. The now 67-year-old has become known in Germany for his numerous songs and films. Heintje is one of the 15 most successful hit stars of all time. Here you can find out what successes the pop singer celebrated in his career, how the former child star is doing today, how he lives and why his children did not follow in his footsteps.
Heintje in the profile: age, marital status and place of residence
- Born on the: August 12, 1955 in Kerkrade (Netherlands)
- Current Location: Moresnet (Belgium)
- Kinder: three children (one daughter, two sons)
- Marital status: Divorced after 33 years of marriage
- Most successful album: “Heintje” from 1967
- Number of sound carriers sold: over 40 million
Heintje: Hit “Mama” as the start of his career
When the then eleven-year-old Heintje first sang the song “Mama” in Dutch at a Dutch talent competition in 1967, he was discovered by his manager at the time, Addy. The hit “Mama” can be heard on his first album “Heintje”, which with “over 3.5 million copies sold is still the most successful debut LP in Germany today,” said the pop singer in one Interview with the Spiegel. “Mama” is an ancient Italian song, which even many of his fans would not know, like him in one Interview with the WDR says. Originally it comes from the Italian Robertino. In 1998, Heintje climbed to the top of the single charts three times with the song “Mama”.
“I did what I enjoyed doing”
In interviews, Heintje is often asked how it felt for him to be in the limelight as a child or teenager. He repeatedly emphasizes that he had fun in his childhood and youth and was supported by his parents, but also by his team. In the WDR-Interview, he said that he had a lot of fun shooting the films, especially during the breaks in shooting. From 1968 to 1971 he made seven films as an actor. Among other things, he can be seen in the well-known “Lümmel films”.
“Christmas with Heintje” – one of his most famous albums
Childhood memories are awakened: “Christmas with Heintje” was released in 1968 and is one of his most successful albums. It contains 13 familiar songs such as “O you happy”, “Sweeter the bells never ring”, “The snow is falling quietly” or “O Tannenbaum”. Since then, Heintje has repeatedly recorded new Christmas albums.
Review: Heintje’s most successful albums and songs
According to that official fan club of the pop singer the ex-child star has been awarded numerous prizes. During his career he won 40 gold records. Already at the beginning of his career in 1968, the singer got five gold records for his most successful album “Heintje” with 1,250,000 records sold, three gold records for the album “Weihnachten mit Heintje”, and one gold record each for the song ” Mama” and for the song “I’ll build you a castle”.
That’s what Heintje is doing today
Heintje has not disappeared from the scene. On the contrary: He is still on stage today and is successful at it. The album “Heintje und ich” released in 2017 also won a gold record. Only in 2022 he released a new album called “New Songs”. In the WDRInterview reveals the pop singer: “I’d rather sing the new songs now”. But he is also aware that he can no longer top his success from back then. The pop singer is still called “Heintje” by many people, although “tje” is considered a form of trivialization in Holland and after all he is no longer a little boy. But he has no problem with it, according to the ex-child star.
“The titles should please, no matter who they are”
in one Interview with radio hit paradise he also spoke about his new album “Neue Lieder”. This contains 16 songs, two of which he wrote himself. The other songs were created together with an eight-strong team of authors. Nice ballads, sing-along songs, thought-provoking songs – even a song for his mother. There is something for everyone on the new album.
Heintje private – that’s how he lives now
Today the pop singer prefers a mix of calm and action. He likes the contrast between his life on a horse farm in Belgium and singing on stage. He used to ride a lot himself, but now he has knee problems, the singer said in an interview.
Across from GALAthe pop singer said in 2015 that he suffered from heart failure and had to undergo heart surgery in 2014, in which a defibrillator was used. Thanks to the surgery, a lot of medication and a change to a healthier lifestyle, the pop star is now doing better and feels healthy. Heintje enjoys family life on his horse farm with many horses as a grandfather of four. His two sons live with their children in separate houses on the horse farm. The daughter is not active in the music industry either. Heintje has im WDRInterview clear words when he was asked by the moderator why his children did not follow in his footsteps: “Because they sang as well as their mother and that was bad”. The pop singer thinks it’s good that his children have gone their own way and describes their chosen professions as honorable.
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