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Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw (born 26 April 1981), known by her stage name of Caro Emerald, is a Dutch pop and jazz singer. She debuted on 6 July 2009 with her single "Back It Up". Her 2009 single "A Night Like This" reached the number 1 position in the Netherlands. Her debut album ''Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor'' set a new all-time Dutch chart record on 20 August 2010, spending its 30th week at number one on the country's albums chart, beating the previous record set by Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'' by one week. The album became the biggest selling album of 2010 in the Netherlands and has sold over 300,000 copies so far. In total more than a million copies have been sold. On 3 October 2010, Van der Leeuw was awarded the Dutch music prize "Edison Award" for Best Female Artist.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Caro Emerald wins Edison for Best Female Artist (In Dutch) )〕 In April 2013, her second studio album ''The Shocking Miss Emerald'' went to No. 1 in the UK album chart, becoming her first UK No. 1 album.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Caro Emerald Shines At No. 1 on U.K. Albums Chart, Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ Reigns Again )〕 ==Early and personal life== Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw was born on 26 April 1981 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands to a Dutch father and an Aruban mother. She started singing lessons at age 12 with James Gilloffo in Amsterdam and joined a girl vocal group, ''Les Elles'', under his guidance. Following high school she trained as a jazz vocalist at the Amsterdam Conservatory, graduating in 2005. During her September 2013 UK tour, she announced her pregnancy. She gave birth to a girl in March 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caro Emerald」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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