Caro Emerald

Born Caroline van der Leeuw on April 26, 1981, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dutch jazz-pop singer Caro Emerald’s breakthrough success came in 2009 with the single "Back It Up," which began as a summertime hit but ended up spending 21 weeks on the Dutch charts. The follow-up single, "A Night Like This," was an even bigger hit. Emerald then made her full-length album debut with Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor. Inspired by postwar jazz and cinema, the album topped the Dutch albums chart for weeks on end. ~ Jason Birchmeier