Juanita du Plessis

Juanita du Plessis
Birth name Juanita Naude
Born (1972-04-26) 26 April 1972
Windhoek
Origin Namibia
Genres Afrikaans
Occupation(s) Singer
Labels Juanita Records
Website www.juanita.co.za

Juanita du Plessis (née Naude) is a famous Afrikaans singer, born on 26 April 1972 in Windhoek, Namibia. She became known for her song Ska-Rumba. Du Plessis' singing career began in 1998 with her debut album Juanita. That year she won the CMA (Country Music Association in Namibia) awards as best singer, best songwriter and the Association’s Award for outstanding achievement.

The total sales to date of all her albums sum up to R1.35 million. In 2010 she received a SAMA award in the category Best Afrikaans DVD for her 10th Annual Platinum Hits. The DVD contains her most successful hits over the first 10 years of her singing career. She was also crowned the most popular female artist for the seventh consecutive year at the Huisgenoot's Tempo Awards ceremony in Johannesburg during 2011.[1]

Albums

Several albums are in Afrikaans and the names of these are kept in the original language.

DVDs

Personal life

Juanita married Herman du Plessis and they have three children: Ruan, Mario and Franja (the last two are twins). Her brother, Pieter Naudé, is also an accomplished South African artist.

References

  1. http://www.channel24.co.za/Music/News/Junaita-du-Plessis-still-most-popular-20110720
  2. 1 2 http://www.vetseun.co.za/anarkans/bladsy/juanita.htm
  3. http://huisgenoot.com/fokus/cd-juanita-du-plessis-jy-voltooi-my/

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