Photo: Paul Luberti · CC BY 3.0 · credits
Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Wolter Kroes
Person · male · Kingdom of the Netherlands · Wormerveer · born 1968
Dutch singer
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1960s
Biography
English biography222 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1292675965
Biography
Wolter Kroes (born in Wormerveer, Netherlands on 24 December 1968) is a Dutch singer. He is best known for his hits Ik heb de hele nacht liggen dromen, Niet normaal and his hit single Viva Hollandia that reached #1 in the Dutch Top 40 in 2008.
Albums
(Peak position in Dutch Albums Chart)
1994: Laat me los (#58)
1998: De wereld in (-)
2000: Niemand anders (#67)
2000 Jij Bent Alles Voor Mij (-)
2002: 24 Uur per dag (#56)
2005: Laat me zweven (#8)
2006: Langzaam (#7)
2008: Echt niet normaal! (#15)
2011: Feest met Wolter Kroes (#89)
2011: Tussen jou en mij (#11)
2016: Formidabel (#15)
Live albums
2003: Het beste Live (#96)
2005: Live in Ahoy (#32)
Singles
(Selective. Peak positions in Dutch Singles Chart in parentheses)
1995: "Laat me los" (#38)
2000: "Jij bent alles voor mij" (#37)
2005: "Laat me zweven" (#30)
2007: "Niet normaal" (#4)
2008: "Donker om je heen" (#14)
2008: "Viva Hollandia" (EK 2008 versie) (#1) (on occasion of UEFA Euro 2008)
2010: "Viva Hollandia" (WK 2010 versie) (#21) (on occasion of the 2010 FIFA World Cup)
2012: "Ben je ook voor Nederland? - De geluksvogeltjesdans" (#3)
2017: "Vannacht" met StukTV
DVDs
2003: Wolter Kroes Live in concert in de Heineken Music Hall
2005: Live in Ahoy
2006: Uit en thuis - Documentary film about Wolter Kroes
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Wolter Kroes head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolter-kroes-1336912413.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179035genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179035seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolter_Kroesbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolter_Kroes
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Dutch musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Paul Luberti · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q179035 · MusicBrainz: 5adb99dc-59cd-4e20-a1e6-a96c1bcdcf0e
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