{"id":110161,"date":"2019-11-13T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=110161"},"modified":"2022-12-08T23:11:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:11:52","slug":"kurt-darren-songs-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/kurt-darren-songs-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Darren – List of Songs and How He Won 7 South African Music Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kurt Johan van Heerden, known as Kurt Darren by most people, is a South African singer, songwriter and TV presenter known for his Afrikaans songs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No compilation of the best songs, or list of the most successful musicians to come out of South Africa, would be complete without the inclusion of anything related to Kurt Darren, a seven-time South African Music Awards (SAMA) recipient.<\/p>\n

Such is the popularity and success of the man that many of his songs in Afrikaans have been covered by artists in Belgium and Netherlands as well as in Austria and Germany. Here is a look at the Pretoria native’s discography and his journey to becoming critically acclaimed.<\/p>\n

Popular Kurt Darren Songs and List of Albums<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Since launching his career in 1995, Kurt Darren has recorded over two hundred songs and released over twenty albums. His first album titled For Your Precious Love<\/em> (1995) contained thirteen songs. They include “For Your Precious Love”, “Mammy Blue”, “When She Was My Girl \/ Don\u00b4t Stop Laughing”, “Tell Her”, “I Don’t Know Why”, “Paradise Road”, “Midnight Lady”, “Let’s Begin Again”, “Cry To Me”, “Don’t Stop Laughing”, “You And I”, “Brand New Dawn”, “For Your Precious Love (Extended Version)”.<\/p>\n

Kurt Darren’s self-titled second album was released in 1998 and it contained a total of twelve songs. His third project titled Since I Found You<\/em> (2000) contained sixteen songs while his fourth project titled Net Jy Alleen<\/em> (2001) comprised of eighteen tracks.<\/p>\n

In 2002, the singer released his breakthrough album, Meisie Meisie<\/em>, which comprised of nineteen tracks. They include “Meisie Meisie”, “Vir Altyd In Jou Drome met Patricia Lewis”, “No More Boleros”, “Millennium Vrou (Legionnaire)”, “Love Springs Eternal”, “A Thousand Pieces”, “Wie Sal Kom Nags\u00ea?”, “Now I Will Be A Man”, “Crazy ‘Bout You”, “The Dance”, “Net Jy Alleen”, “Ewige Liefde (Hier In My Hart)”, “The Rose”, “The Last Time”, “Al Jou Mooiste Drome”, “Ek Is Verlief Op Jou”, “Baby Don\u00b4t Cry”, “Buying Time”, and “Ek Dink Nogsteeds Aan Jou”.<\/p>\n

Other albums in Kurt Darren’s discography include\u00a0S\u00ea Net Ja<\/em> (2003), Staan Op<\/em> (2004), Vat my, maak my joune<\/em> (2005), Lekker Lekker<\/em> (2006),\u00a0Voorwaarts Mars<\/em> (2007), Uit die diepte van my hart<\/em> (2008), Smiling Back At Me<\/em> (2009), Die Beste Medisyne<\/em> (2009), Met Liefde\/With Love<\/em> (2010), Oos Wes Tuis Bes Deluxe-uitgawe<\/em> (2010), Kurt Kaptein se platinum treffers<\/em> (2011), and In jou oe<\/em> (2012).<\/p>\n

Foreign Artists Who Have Covered Kurt Darren’s Songs<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As mentioned above, Kurt Darren’s songs are not just popular in his home country of South Africa. His songs, particularly those in Afrikaans, have received massive airplay in countries like Netherlands and Belgium, leading them to be covered by a couple of popular European artists.<\/p>\n

Jan Smit<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Dutch singer Jan Smit, who sings in the Dutch music genre known as Volendam and has been able to achieve success outside of his home country in places like Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, and France to become one of the best-selling Dutch acts abroad, is best known to have covered one of Kurt Darren’s songs titled “Staan Op”. His version is called “Sta Op”.<\/p>\n