Wouter Hamel

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title: "Wouter Hamel" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dutch-jazz-singers", "1977-births", "living-people", "musicians-from-the-hague", "21st-century-dutch-male-singers", "21st-century-dutch-singers", "dutch-male-jazz-musicians"] description: "Dutch singer" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_Hamel" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Dutch singer ::

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Field	Value
name	Wouter Hamel
image	Hamel_in_Bristol.jpg
caption	Hamel and his band at The Thekla - 4 February 2010
background	solo_singer
birth_date
death_date
origin	The Hague, Netherlands
instrument	Vocals, guitar
genre	Pop
years_active	2005–present
label	Dox
website	www.wouterhamel.nl
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| name = Wouter Hamel | image = Hamel_in_Bristol.jpg | caption = Hamel and his band at The Thekla - 4 February 2010 | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = | death_date = | origin = The Hague, Netherlands | instrument = Vocals, guitar | genre = Pop | occupation = | years_active = 2005–present | label = Dox | associated_acts = | website = www.wouterhamel.nl

Wouter Hamel (born 1977) is a Dutch pop singer. He released his debut album Hamel in March 2007. Hamel's style has been compared to Jamie Cullum's.

Biography

After winning the Dutch Jazz Vocal Competition in 2005, Hamel received significant attention from the Dutch media. He has since performed on several television shows and on the internationally-known North Sea Jazz Festival. His debut album, for which he wrote all of the twelve songs, was released to critical acclaim. It peaked at #40 on the Dutch Albums Top 100. Hamel also released the song "Breezy" as a single in Japan, where it reached #36 on the Tokio Hot 100 chart.

In 2011, Hamel released his third album Lohengrin and also supported Caro Emerald on her tour in Germany.

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Discography

Studio albums

::data[format=table] | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | NL | BEL (FLA) | JPN | KOR Gaon Album Chart positions: | Hamel | Nobody's Tune | Lohengrin | Pompadour | Amaury | Boystown | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 13 | — | 149 | — | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | — | 175 | 72 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | — | — | 47 | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | — | 255 | — | | | | | | | | | | | 37 | 190 | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | ::

References

References

1. [http://www.revu.nl/4335 Review of ''Hamel'' on Revu.nl] {{webarchive. link. (2007-10-09 (in Dutch), accessed on September 25, 2007)
2. [http://www.kindamuzik.net/recensie/wouter-hamel/hamel Review of ''Hamel'' on KindaMuzik] (in Dutch), accessed on September 25, 2007
3. [http://www.nieuws.nl/470029 Short overview article about Wouter Hamel] (in Dutch), accessed on September 25, 2007
4. [http://acharts.us/album/25326 αCharts.us page on Hamel], accessed September 13, 2007
5. [http://www.j-wave.co.jp/original/tokiohot100/cgi-bin/top100.cgi Tokio Hot 100 Chart] (in Japanese, but intelligible), accessed September 25, 2007 (select year 2007, month 10, week 1 for the intended issue) and also he debut in korea
6. (2011-10-24). "Support Caro Emerald".
7. "Discografie Wouter Hamel".
8. "Discografie Wouter Hamel".
9. "ウーター・ヘメルの作品".

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