Jim Bakkum

Jim Bakkum，1987年8月10日出生自荷兰的内恩格门德。Jim从小就受到了这个音乐家庭的熏陶并经常和自己的哥哥Danny在当地的小剧院里登台演出。2002年，Jim参加了荷兰国内选秀节目Idols（偶像）并一举成名。2003年5月，年仅16岁的Jim就推出了自己的第一首单曲Tell Her（对她说）就出人意料地登上当时荷兰流行音乐排行榜冠军的宝座；接下来著名音乐人CB Milton亲自操刀为他创作了第二首单曲This Love Is Real（此爱可鉴）同样在排行榜荣膺亚军。同年8月中旬，Jim发行了自己的第一张专辑《Impressed》（印象），这张专辑在荷兰专辑排行榜上再次夺冠并成为当时的金唱片。第二年他的第二张专辑《Ready》（准备）又让他被TMF（乐工厂）评为年度最佳新人的奖项，并且是全荷兰年度畅销专辑的前十之一。2005年改换门庭的Jim和Julie Fryer合作，赢得荷兰版《Dancing with the Stars》冠军并于11月推出了第三张专辑《Dance With Me》（与我同舞），同样再次获得金唱片称号。2006年他首次参演警匪类电视连续剧《BOKS》并在剧中担任要职。2007年5月他推出新单曲Doe Dit Doe Dat（做这做那）并进入排行榜前5。9月推出新专辑《Vrij》（自由），再次获得歌迷首肯并获得TMF最佳荷兰歌手提名。2009年，继两张单曲发售后，正式推出全新专辑《Nu》（此刻）。这次介绍的这首Door Jou就出自这张专辑。
Jim Bakkum, born Jimmy Johannes Bakkum on August 10, 1987, in Egmond-Binnen, North Holland is a Dutch singer and actor. Bakkum is married to Danielle Young.
As a child he was encouraged to sing and act by his parents. He started a band with his older brother Danny and also performed in amateur theatre productions. In 2002, his brother suggested that he should audition for the Dutch TV talent programme "Idols". He became the youngest contestant at 15 years of age.
After coming second in the competition, he was signed by Wilde Productions and released his first single "Tell Her" in May 2003. The song charted at # 1 in the Netherlands. His second single, "This Love Is Real" which is a cover of the original song by CB Milton ( he was also signed to Wilde Productions ) was released in July 2003 and it reached the top 3. Shortly after Jim's 16th birthday, in August 2003 he released his debut album Impressed , this reached #1 in the Dutch album charts and became gold (40.000 copies sold).
In April 2004 Jim was nominated for 2 TMF awards; Best Newcomer and Best Singer. He won the award of Best Newcomer. His second album Ready was released in May 2004 and reached the Top 10 of the Dutch Album Charts.
In 2005 he won Dancing with the Stars (the Dutch version of Strictly Come Dancing), partnered by Julie Fryer. His third album, Dance With Me was released in November by his new record company CMM (Corbeau Music Masters). This album came out of his dancing experience on the TV show and became Gold (40.000 copies sold) as well.
Also in 2005, he played the voice of Hippix in the animated film of Asterix and the Vikings, which went on general release in Europe and Canada in early 2006. In April he released a single of the soundtrack "Dapper & Sterk" (meaning: Brave and Strong) which charted at #13 and stays for months in the Dutch single charts.
In the beginning of 2006 Jim played his first 'big' role in a TV-series, called 'BOKS', which is a police-series in which he played the role of 'Willem Jongbloed', a young policeman just out of the Police academy. From October 2006 Jim toured through the Netherlands in the leading role of Danny Zuko in the musical Grease.
In the spring of 2007 he hosted the TV-show 'De weg naar Fame' (The way to Fame) in which the leading roles of the musical Fame were selected. Jim already had the role of Nick Piazza so now he guided the contestants and hosted the show.
In May 2007 he released his new single "Doe dit, doe dat" which entered the charts at #5. His new album "Vrij!" which was released in late June 2007 followed by the third single 'Doe maar gewoon' in September 2007. He was nominated again for a TMF Award for Best Dutch Singer.
In the Fall of 2007 Jim toured with his show 'Jim in Concert' through the Dutch Theaters before he started the role of Nick Piazza in the musical Fame as of January 2008.
Since January 2008, Jim is playing the role of Robin in the internet-only soap 2000Antwerp, aired daily on the Belgian MyVideo.
In April 2008 the single 'Doe dit doe dat' is released in Belgium (Flanders).