Davina Michelle

Davina Michelle
Davina Michelle
	Davina Michelle performing at Pinkpop 2019
Background information
Birth name	Michelle Davina Hoogendoorn
Born	12 November 1995 (age 28); Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Netherlands
Occupation(s)	Singer, YouTuber
Years active	2017–present
Website	Official website
	YouTube information
Channel	Davina Michelle;
Genre	Music
Subscribers	1.55 million
Total views	264.092.346
	Last updated: 10 June 2022

Michelle Davina Hoogendoorn (born 12 November 1995),^[2] known by her stage name Davina Michelle, is a Dutch singer and YouTuber. Her cover of the song "Duurt te lang" reached the number 1 spot in the Dutch Top 40, the Mega Top 50 and the Dutch Single Top 100.

Career

In 2016, Hoogendoorn participated in the fifth season of Idols. During her audition, she sang Jessie J's "Nobody's Perfect", after which she went on to the theater round and the duet round, where she was eliminated.^[3]

In February 2017, Hoogendoorn started her own YouTube-channel under the pseudonym Davina Michelle, where she would upload her cover version of an English-language song every week. On 21 August 2017, she posted her cover of "What About Us" by the American singer Pink. In October, Glamour posted a video review by Pink where she called the cover amazing and said "That's better than I will ever sound".^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Hoogendoorn's video went viral, after which she performed multiple times in TV programs like RTL Late Night and De Wereld Draait Door and in various venues in the United States.^[8] As of June 2020, the video has over 17 millions views and Hoogendoorn’s own channel has over 1 million subscribers.^[9] She also got to open for Pink during her Beautiful Trauma Tour in the Hague in 2019.

In December 2017, Hoogendoorn published the single "Ga" in cooperation with the Efteling and Sterre (played by Lilo van den Bosch). It served as the official soundtrack for the musical Sprookjessprokkelaar, created by the Efteling.

In 2018, Hoogendoorn participated in the eleventh season of the AVROTROS reality show Beste Zangers. In the fifth episode, she performed a cover of the song "Duurt te lang" by rapper Glen Faria (also known as MC Fit).^[10] Two days after the episode was broadcast, the song reached the first place of most downloaded songs on iTunes in the Netherlands. Later in 2018, it reached the number 1 spot in the Dutch Top 40, the Mega Top 50 and the Dutch Single Top 100.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14] In November 2018, the single was certified gold.

On 18 May 2021, Hoogendoorn performed her new single "Sweet Water" at the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, held in her birth city Rotterdam, as part of an interval act titled "The Power of Water" alongside Dutch actress Thekla Reuten.^[15]

On 5 September 2021, Hoogendoorn performed the Dutch national anthem ahead of the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Zandvoort, the first Formula 1 race to be held in the country since 1985. She repeated her performance for the podium ceremony after Dutch driver Max Verstappen won the event.^[16]^[17]

Discography

Albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
Title	Details	NL ^[18]	BEL (FL) ^[19]	Certifications
My Own World	Released: 21 August 2020 Label: 8ball	4	102	NVPI: Gold^[20]
Gold Plated Love	Released: 20 May 2022 Label: 8ball	—	10

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Certifications	Album
Title	Year	NL 40 ^[21]	NL 100 ^[18]	BEL (FL) ^[19]	NL 2000 ^[22]	Certifications	Album
"Duurt te lang"	2018	1	1	51	144	NVPI: 5× Platinum^[23]	Non-album single
"Skyward"	2019	7	21	—	—	NVPI: Platinum^[23]	My Own World
"Hoe het danst" (with Marco Borsato and Armin van Buuren)		1	2	1	—	NVPI: 3× Platinum^[23]	Non-album single
"Better Now"		19	60	—	—	NVPI: Gold^[23]	My Own World
"Beat Me"	2020	9	18	—	—	NVPI: Platinum^[23]	My Own World
"17 miljoen mensen" (with Snelle)		1	1	60	—	NVPI: Platinum^[23]	Non-album single
"My Own World"		17	46	—	—		My Own World
"Liar"		39	tip20	—	—		My Own World
"Nobody Is Perfect"	2021	26	49	—	—		Non-album single
"Sweet Water"		13	29	—	—		Gold Plated Love
"Hold On"^[24] (with Armin van Buuren)		13	51	―	―		Non-album single
"Hyper"		20	58	—	—		Gold Plated Love
"No Angel"	2022	—	tip11	—	—		Non-album singles
"I Love Me More"		34	91	—	—
"January Without You"		30	tip1	—	—
"Heartbeat"	2023	17	43	—	—
"Dating the Devil"		tip1	tip30	—	—
"17"		26	—	—	—
"I Said No Sir"	2024	34	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.