Douwe Bob

Dutch singer and songwriter Douwe Bob was born Douwe Bob Posthuma in Amsterdam on December 12, 1992. The son of Simon Posthuma of the designer group the Fool, he began playing piano at the age of 6 and picked up the guitar at the age of 14. Taking it easy is not applicable for this walking collection of contradictions. Douwe Bob is too much of a daredevil, cocktailshaker, bohemian, romantic, melancholic, party animal, poet, rock 'n' roller, charmer, night owl, sailor, poker player, style icon, city boy, and nature lover, all united in one person. In 2012 Douwe Bob won the first edition of De Beste Singer-Songwriter van Nederland (The Best Singer-Songwriter of the Netherlands). The debut album, Born in a Storm, was released in 2013. In 2016, he represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, with Slow Down. Nominated for 6 Edison Awards (Dutch Grammy's) winning 3 times, Best Album for: Pass It On (2016), Fool Bar (2017) and The Shape I'm In (2019). Winner of two 3FM Awards and three BUMA Awards. Between 2023 and 2025 he scored 7 consequetive top 40 hits in The Netherlands. In 2023 he celebrated his 10th anniversary and appeared on TV shows Beste Zangers and The Masked Singer. In 2024 he was the most played Dutch artist on Dutch radio and he founded Breaking Records with his manager Ewout Key Rameijer In 2026 'Dewey Bob' was invited by Zac Brown to perform 'Note To Self' for 20.000 people with the Zac Brown Band in Pittsburgh PA and Columbus OH.