Jeangu Macrooy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jeangu Macrooy
Occupation	Singer-Songwriter
Date Of Birth	Nov 6, 1993(1993-11-06)
Age	31
Birthplace	Paramaribo
Country	Suriname
Birth City	Paramaribo
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jeangu Macrooy Biography

Jeangu Macrooy is one of the most popular and richest Singer- Songwriter who was born on November 6, 1993 in Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname. Jeangu Macrooy (Dutch pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃nˈgy maˈkroːi] ; born November 6, 1993) is a Surinamese singer-songwriter. He was born in Paramaribo and has been living in the Netherlands since 2014. Macrooy’s music can best be described as modern soul. His audience is in the Netherlands, Suriname, and increasingly in Belgium, France and Germany. He was going to represent the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 held in Rotterdam with the song “Grow”, but the show was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He will represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

On March 29, 2018, Macrooy was part of the Dutch national TV production The Passion, in which he took on the role of Judas, alongside Tommie Christiaan (Jesus), Brainpower (Petrus), Glennis Grace (Maria) and Arjan Ederveen (Pilatus). The broadcast, which took place in Amsterdam-Zuidoost that year, attracted 3.5 million viewers.

Macrooy’s second album, titled Horizon was released in February 2019. In the summer of 2019, he went on his first own headliner tour to three major cities in Germany: Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin. He also played at the internationally renowned Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg.

On January 10, 2020, it was announced that Macrooy would represent the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam. After the show cancellation, it was announced that Jeangu will represent the country once again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Jeangu isn’t the first Dutch Eurovision act with Surinamese origins. Singers Humphrey Campbell (during Eurovision Song Contest 1992) and Ruth Jacott (in Eurovision Song Contest 1993) were both born in Suriname before moving to the Netherlands.

Both releases were followed by club tours in the Netherlands and performances as a supporting act at concerts abroad. He was the opening act for Curtis Harding and Ayo in Germany, and for Trombone Shorty in Belgium, France and Germany. He has also performed at some of the major music festivals of the Netherlands, including the North Sea Jazz Festival and Lowlands. In December 2017, Macrooy returned to Suriname for his first concert with his band in Paramaribo. His single “Dance With Me” was used as the theme song of the Dutch drama film Open Seas which premiered in 2018.

Jeangu Macrooy Net Worth

Jeangu Macrooy is one of the richest Singer-Songwriter from Suriname. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jeangu Macrooy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 2011, together with his twin brother Xillan, Macrooy formed the band Between Towers. Their first and only album, Stars on My Radio came out in

2013. After having studied at the Conservatory of Suriname in Paramaribo for two years, he moved to the Netherlands in 2014 to study songwriting at the ArtEZ Conservatory in Enschede.

During a performance at the conservatory, Macrooy met music producer Perquisite and signed with his record label Unexpected Records shortly after in December 2015. Macrooy’s debut EP Brave Enough appeared in April 2016, and his first single “Gold” was used in an advertisement for HBO. A year later, in April 2017, Macrooy released his first solo album, High on You. The album peaked at number 69 on the Dutch Albums Chart.

Macrooy has been a regular guest on the Dutch talkshow De Wereld Draait Door (DWDD). Besides performing his own music, he has paid tributes to other artists including Stevie Wonder, George Michael and the Blue Diamonds. He also performed Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are a-Changin’ in a special retrospective broadcast of the show. Throughout the show’s 2018–2019 season, Macrooy sang several songs by Paul Simon and Elton John who had announced their farewell tours earlier in 2018.

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Facts & Trivia

Jeangu Ranked on the list of most popular Singer-Songwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Suriname. Jeangu Macrooy celebrates birthday on November 6 of every year.