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In 2010, with his band Eden taking a break, Jaco du Plessis released a popular solo album titled ''SOLO'', that sold more than 40,000 copies and gained platinum status in South Africa. He was awarded as a solo act two Tempo Awards by the popular ''[[Huisgenoot]]'' magazine for "Best Pop Album" and for "Song of the Year" for his single solo release "Melanie". Du Plessis was also nominated for two South African Music Awards (SAMA) nominations in 2010 for "Best Pop Album" and "Best Newcomer" (as a solo act) |
In 2010, with his band Eden taking a break, Jaco du Plessis released a popular solo album titled ''SOLO'', that sold more than 40,000 copies and gained platinum status in South Africa. He was awarded as a solo act two Tempo Awards by the popular ''[[Huisgenoot]]'' magazine for "Best Pop Album" and for "Song of the Year" for his single solo release "Melanie". Du Plessis was also nominated for two South African Music Awards (SAMA) nominations in 2010 for "Best Pop Album" and "Best Newcomer" (as a solo act). |
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As a solo act, Jay has cooperated with the South African singer [[Lianie May]]. They had duets together for the soundtrack album for the feature film ''Bonnie & Clyde'' including the songs "Toe Stop my Hart" and "In a Moment Like This". |
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Eden | |
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| Origin | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 1997-present |
| Labels | Jukebox Records |
| Members | Jay (Jaco du Plessis) Paolo (Paul Azevedo) Johan (Johan Vorster) |
| Past members | Sean (Sean Els) |
Eden is a South African pop band made up of Jay, Paolo, Johan and Sean. The band debuted during the popular South African Aardklop Festival followed by a tour all over South Africa. After Els left, the group continued as a trio. Since 1997, the band has released five albums and a live DVD.[1]. They are signed to Jukebox label.
The debut as a boy band was with the limited edition album release titled In on the local label Volstruis Plate. The official national debut release was the album Point of No Return on Jukebox / Coleske Artists / Sony Music / Sheer. It was a huge hit that went three times platinum in South Africa[2][3] self-titled album Eden on Jukebox Records went double platinum. Eden sings a variety of power pop and soft melody ballads, both in Afrikaans language and in English, the latter mostly comprising covers of well-known hits.
Members
- Jay - full name Jaco du Plessis
- Paolo - full name Paul Azevedo
- Johan - full name Johan Vorster
- Former member
- Sean - full name Sean Els
Solo projects
In 2011, the band announced that it was taking a hiatus, allowing each individual member to pursue various projects, with the agreement that this was not a break-up and that the band would come together for a new album later on.[4]
Jaco du Plessis
Jaco du Plessis also known by the stage name Jay was a successful solo singing artist. He took part as a solo act, and won the annual South African Crescendo award for Afrikaans music organized by ATKV (the Afrikaans Language and Culture Association, in Afrikaans Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging). The win was jointly with another contestant named Joe Niemand. Following that, he released a solo album that earned two nominations for the local GMT Awards winning the title for "Best Pop Album".
He was very active on stage in theatrical performances. His debut was with Neil Lessick in the musical Let's Rock in 1999 as a lead singer and was an actor under study for South African State Theatre production of Joseph and his Amazing Tecnicolour Dreamcoat. Immediately after that he appeared in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a member of the DooWah Boys and a lead role in pantomime in A Lad In a Lamp for which he was nominated for an acting prize.
- Album SOLO
In 2010, with his band Eden taking a break, Jaco du Plessis released a popular solo album titled SOLO, that sold more than 40,000 copies and gained platinum status in South Africa. He was awarded as a solo act two Tempo Awards by the popular Huisgenoot magazine for "Best Pop Album" and for "Song of the Year" for his single solo release "Melanie". Du Plessis was also nominated for two South African Music Awards (SAMA) nominations in 2010 for "Best Pop Album" and "Best Newcomer" (as a solo act).
Starting 2011, he concentarted his efforts with Eden, in preparation for their big launch with the massive album success Point Of No Return'.
- Cooperation with Lianie May
As a solo act, Jay has cooperated with the South African singer Lianie May. They had duets together for the soundtrack album for the feature film Bonnie & Clyde including the songs "Toe Stop my Hart" and "In a Moment Like This".
- in Platteland
Jaco du Plessis also took part in the 2011 musical drama film Platteland co-written by Deon Opperman and by Sean Else, an earlier member of Eden. Jay plays in the film the role of Jakes Ferreira, the son of Mike Ferreira which is played by singer, songwriter and actor Steve Hofmeyr. The film also stars Lianie May as Riana van Niekerk and Bok van Blerk as Dirk Pretorius. The song "Melanie" sung by Jay is on the soundtrack and one of the contemporary music hits woven in the storyline of Platteland with other popular tunes included "Tyd om te Trek" from Bok van Blerk, "Vergeet My Nie" by Lianie May, "Pa en Seun" by Steve Hofmeyr and Bok van Blerk and "Sweet Dreams" by Karlien van Jaarsveld.
- Commercial endorsements
He has signed a contract with the brand "Lee Cooper" and is the official face of the firm for its jeans wear and perfume series in South Africa.
Awards
Eden has won many music awards including:[2]
- Three nominations for South African Music Awards (SAMA) for album Point of No Return.
- Winner of "Best Pop Album" at the South African Music Awards (SAMA) for album Eden
- Two other nominations at the SAMA Awards for Eden
- Two Tempo Awards by Huisgenoot popular magazine for "Favourite Pop Group" and "Favourite Pop Album" for Eden
- The Vonk Muziek Award for "Best Group Album"
- MK Award for Sexiest Group
Discography
- Albums
- 1997: In
- 2003: Point of No Return
- 2006: Eden
- 2008: Knieë Lam
- 2009: Dekade
- DVD
- 2008: Live at The Mardi Gras