Broederliefde

Dutch hip-hop group

Broederliefde
Broederliefde, at the Huntenpop Festival in 2016.
Background information
Origin	Netherlands
Genres	Nederhop, hip hop
Years active	2013 (2013)–present
Labels	TopNotch

Members	Edson Emms Jerr Mella Sjaf

Broederliefde are a Dutch hip-hop group, originating from Rotterdam. The group is composed of five rappers: Emms (Emerson Akachar), Jerr (Jerzy Rocha Livramento), Sjaf (Javiensley Dams), Edson (Edson Cesar) and Mella (Melvin Silberie). In 2016, their project Hard Work Pays Off 2 sat at the top of the album charts in the Netherlands for three months.

Biography

The group members originated from Cape Verde, the Dominican Republic and Curaçao, and grew up in the Netherlands. They started off playing football, then moved into the studio. The group's name translates from Dutch as brotherly love (literally brotherlove).^{[citation needed]}

Their first album, Gevoelig feestje, released in 2014, reached the top of the Album Top 100. They were nominated for Edison Awards.^[1] The group also won awards at the FunX Awards in the same year.

Their second album, Hard Work Pays Off, was released at the end of 2015, and contained the single Alaka. The single was the first released by Broederliefde, and was a certified platinum record reaching the Dutch Top 40 and Single Top 100. At the end of April 2016, the sequel to Hard Work Pays Off, named Hard Work Pays Off 2, was released. With its digital release, the album reached almost 700,000 listens on Spotify. Broederliefde again reached the Single Top 100.^[2] Hard Work Pays Off 2 remained for longer at number one than any record for 13 years, since Frans Bauer. It became the first Dutch-language album to reach number one for 13 weeks.^[3] In November, the album was also nominated for a 3voor12 Award, and the group was nominated for an MTV Award for best Dutch group.^[4]^[5]

After taking part in the Lowlands Festival,^[6]^[7] Broederliefde made a number of significant public appearances, including at Uitmarkt in Amsterdam, and on the local TV shows RTL Late Night and DINO. A collaboration with Jan Smit, named Kom dichterbij me, was especially written for their performance on DINO.^[8] Their single Jungle became the most played Dutch song on Spotify in 2016.^[9] In 2017, Broederliefde was ambassador to Bevrijdingsdag (Dutch Liberation Day).^[10]

Discography

Studio albums

2014: Gevoelig Feestje
2021: Medaille

Mixtapes

2015: Hard Work Pays Off
2016: Hard Work Pays Off 2

Singles

2015: Moral (feat. William Araujo)
2015: No Money, No Love
2015: Hard Work Pays Off (feat. SBMG)
2015: Nu sta je hier
2015: Alaka
2016: Qu'est qu'il ya
2016: Miljonairs (feat. Frenna and Ronnie Flex)
2016: Eigenlijk
2016: Oh jij
2016: Danswater
2016: Jongvolwassen (feat. Chivv and Jonna Fraser)
2016: Narcos (feat. SBMG, Jonna Fraser, Hef, Ronnie Flex and RMB)
2016: Ballon (feat. SBMG and Jayh)
2019 “hoelang”

Awards

2016 – Kom dichterbij me – Gold disc^[11]
2016 – Nu sta je hier – 2× Platinum disc^[12]
2016 – Broederliefde – Hard Work Pays Off 2 – Platinum disc^[13]

Notes and references

^ (in Dutch) Broederliefde, Ronnie Flex en Typhoon genomineerd voor Edison, FunX (28 January 2015)
^ (in Dutch) Broederliefde Archived 4 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Top Notch.
^ (in Dutch) Broerderliefde pakt 13 jaar oud record van Frans Bauer af, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) (2 September 2016).
^ (in Dutch) Douwe Bob en Broerderliefde in de running voor MTV Award, Televizier (27 September 2016).
^ (in Dutch) 3voor12 Award Genomineerde: Broederliefde, 3voor12, (9 September 2016).
^ (in Dutch) Lucky Fonz III en Broederliefde op Pinkpop 2016 Archived 14 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Top Notch (10 March 2016).
^ (in Dutch) Tom Odell, Chase & Status, Klangstof en meer naar Lowlands Archived 9 June 2016 at archive.today, 3FM (4 February 2016).
^ (in Dutch) Broederliefde en Jan Smit over hun samenwerking in RTL Late Night, FunX (30 September 2016).
^ "2016 is het jaar van Broederliefde". Radio 538 (in Dutch). 1 December 2016..
^ (in Dutch) Broederliefde geen Ambassadeur van de Vrijheid Algemeen Dagblad, 9 March 2017.
^ "Goud voor Jan Smit & Broederliefde". 21 November 2016.
^ "Dubbel platina award voor SFB, Broederliefde en Ronnie Flex". Dubbel platina award voor SFB, Broederliefde en Ronnie Flex.
^ "Hitalbum van Broederliefde is platina". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 5 November 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2021.