Douwe Bob

Bob worked across singer-songwriter, singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter and 2 further recorded occupations. The registers place that work in country music. This article rests on 11 catalogued compositions, 27 issued recordings, 1 digitised documents and 37 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Douwe Bob • Birth Name — Douwe Bob Posthuma • Born — 12 December 1992 • Birthplace — Amsterdam, Netherlands • Genre — * Country • pop • folk • indie folk • Occupation — Singer-songwriter • Instruments — * Piano • guitar • Years Active — 2012–present • Label — Universal

Douwe Bob Posthuma was born on 12 December 1992 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He was born into a Frisian family. His father, Simon Posthuma, is known for being a member of The Fool design collective. Douwe Bob started playing piano at the age of 6, initially concentrating on classical music and jazz. He took up the guitar at age 14. As a singer he was inspired by country, folk and pop music from the 1950s to the mid-1970s.

• Illustration — Douwe Bob in December 2015.

In 2012, he competed in the Dutch TV talent show De beste singer-songwriter van Nederland (The Best Singer-Songwriter of the Netherlands). He played the songs "Standing Here Helpless", "Icarus", and in the finale, "Multicoloured Angels". In the finale, he was joined by Dutch singer Tim Knol and the latter's band. He won the finals and "Multicoloured Angels" reached number 17 in the weekly music chart Dutch Top 40. His debut album, Born in a Storm, was released on 3 May 2013. The bulk of the songs were written during a holiday in Morocco with Matthijs van Duijvenbode. In June 2013, Douwe Bob played at the Pinkpop Festival. At the end of 2013, he appeared in the documentary Whatever Forever: Douwe Bob to talk about his relationship with his father Simon Posthuma, during IDFA.

In 2014, Douwe Bob became one of the Ambassadors of Freedom for the Bevrijdingsfestival. In January 2015, he released the single "Hold Me", produced in collaboration with Anouk. In February 2015, Douwe Bob announced his new album Pass It On. The album was released on 15 May 2015 by record company Universal Music Group.

On 6 May 2016, he released his third studio album Fool Bar by record company Universal Music Group. The album peaked at number four on the Dutch Albums Chart. Douwe Bob represented his country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, where he performed the song "Slow Down" in the semi-finals and finals on 10 and 14 May 2016. He placed eleventh in the final, racking up a total of 153 points. He was the Dutch spokesperson for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

On 21 April 2017, Douwe Bob was announced as the fourth coach of the seventh season of The Voice Kids, which started on 23 February 2018. In the following season, he did not return and was replaced by Anouk. On 9 November 2018, Douwe Bob released his fourth studio album The Shape I'm In, which he described as being a break-up record. In 2019, he composed the title song for the Dutch feature film Singel 39. He also played a small role in the film. The film won the Golden Film award after having sold 100,000 tickets. Douwe Bob appeared in the 2023 season of The Masked Singer. On 29 June 2025, Douwe Bob walked off stage at a performance for a Dutch Jewish community youth event, citing the presence of posters and pamphlets belonging to the Dutch wing of Zionist youth organization Netzer Olami. The singer and his family were forced to go into hiding abroad after being doxed and receiving death threats.

On 10 March 2016, in an interview with OutTV, Douwe Bob revealed that he identifies as bisexual. Posthuma has three children: a daughter with Loes van Delft; a second daughter with an unknown woman; and a son with former girlfriend Anouk.

• Title — Details — Peak chart positions • NL — BEL (FL) • Born in a Storm — * Released: 3 May 2013 * Label: Rodeomedia.nl * Format: Digital download, CD — 7 — — • Pass It On — * Released: 15 May 2015 * Label: Universal Music Group * Format: Digital download, CD — 1 — — • Fool Bar — * Released: 6 May 2016 * Label: Universal Music Group * Format: Digital download, CD — 2 — 191 • The Shape I'm In — * Released: 9 November 2018 * Label: Universal Music Group * Format: Digital download, CD — 5 — — • Born to Win, Born to Lose — * Released: 28 May 2021 * Label: Universal Music Group * Format: Digital download, CD — 3 — — • Where Did All the Cool Kids Go? — * Released: 14 February 2024 * Label: V2 * Format: Digital download, CD — 4 — 73 • I Believe in Fairy Tales – Theatertour 2025 — * Released: 25 July 2025 * Label: V2 * Format: Digital download, LP — 55 — — • Outcast Town — * Released: 17 April 2026 * Label: V2 * Format: Digital download, LP, CD — 19 — — • "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released.

• Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Album • NL — AUT — BEL (FL) — SUR — SWE • "Multicoloured Angels" — 2012 — 4 — — — — — — — — — Born in a Storm • "You Don't Have to Stay" — 2013 — — — — — — — — — — • "Blind Man's Bluff" — — — — — — — — — — • "Stone Into the River" — 54 — — — — — — — — • "Mine Again" — 2014 — — — — — — — — — — • "Hold Me" (with Anouk) — 2015 — 2 — — — — — — — — — Pass It On • "Pass It On" — 52 — — — — — — — — • "Sweet Sunshine" — 45 — — — — — — — — • "The News" — 48 — — — — — — — — • "Slow Down" — 2016 — 5 — 65 — 57 — — — 96 — Fool Bar • "How Lucky We Are" — 57 — — — — — — — — • "Shine" — 2018 — 41 — — — — — — — — — The Shape I'm In • "I Do" (with Jacqueline Govaert) — 65 — — — — — — — — • "Consider" — 2019 — 56 — — — — — — — — • "Summer in Your Eyes" — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="5" • "Until Then" — 2020 — — — — — — — — — — • "What a Wonderful World" — — — — — — — — — — • "Hold On" — — — — — — — — — — • "Was It Just Me" — 2021 — — — — — — — — — — • "This World Is Our Home" — 2023 — 33 — — — — — 21 — — — Where Did All the Cool Kids Go? • "Nothing to Lose" — 2024 — 66 — — — — — — — — • "Could Have Been Us" with Sera) — — — — — — — — — — — Outcast Town • "Angel Child" — 2025 — — — — — — — — — — • "Nog even blijven" (with Meau) — 12 — — — 15 — — — — — rowspan="2" • "Please Just Come Home" (with Miss Montreal) — 87 — — — — — — — — • "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

• Title — Year • "Life Weighs Heavy" — 2013 • "Slow Down" — 2016 • "How Lucky We Are" • "Shine" — 2018 • "Ready or Not" — 2021

Douwe Bob was born on 12 December 1992 in Amsterdam. Bob held the nationality of Kingdom of the Netherlands. Bob worked as singer-songwriter, singer, guitarist and pianist, and the authority record catalogues a further 3 occupations under the same name, among them songwriter, jazz musician and actor. Bob was active from 2012. The fields Bob worked in include country music. Bob played the guitar and the voice. Bob worked in Dutch.