Francois Badenhorst, better known by his stage name Francois Van Coke, rose to fame as the front man of South African rock bands Fokofpolisiekar and Van Coke Kartel. On the 8 April 2015, Francois launched his self-titled debut solo album and kicked his solo career into gear with the release of – Toe Vind Ek Jou featuring Karen Zoid. It was the first Afrikaans album and single to simultaneously jump to number one positions on the South African iTunes Store. The song was downloaded more than 20,000 times on iTunes, achieving Platinum status as a single. The music video for "Toe Vind Ek Jou" was viewed over a million times within six-month and was announced as the biggest Afrikaans music video of 2015. His second album, Hierdie is die Lewe followed in 2017 and in 2018 he released a collab-EP,
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| - فرانسوا فان كوك (ar)
- Francois Van Coke (en)
- Francois van Coke (nl)
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| - فرانسوا فـان كوك (بالإنجليزية: Francois Van Coke) هو عازف قيثارة ومغني جنوب أفريقي، ولد في 18 سبتمبر 1980 في Brakpan في جنوب أفريقيا. (ar)
- Francois van Coke, artiestennaam van Francois Badenhorst (Brakpan, Zuid-Afrika, 18 september 1980) is een Zuid-Afrikaans zanger en songwriter. Hij is mede-oprichter van de rockbands Fokofpolisiekar en Van Coke Kartel. Hij veranderde zijn naam in Van Coke op last van zijn vader, die als dominee klachten van zijn geloofsgemeenschap ontving over de muzikale optredens van zijn zoon. (nl)
- Francois Badenhorst, better known by his stage name Francois Van Coke, rose to fame as the front man of South African rock bands Fokofpolisiekar and Van Coke Kartel. On the 8 April 2015, Francois launched his self-titled debut solo album and kicked his solo career into gear with the release of – Toe Vind Ek Jou featuring Karen Zoid. It was the first Afrikaans album and single to simultaneously jump to number one positions on the South African iTunes Store. The song was downloaded more than 20,000 times on iTunes, achieving Platinum status as a single. The music video for "Toe Vind Ek Jou" was viewed over a million times within six-month and was announced as the biggest Afrikaans music video of 2015. His second album, Hierdie is die Lewe followed in 2017 and in 2018 he released a collab-EP, (en)
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- electronic rock (en)
- pop rock (en)
- soft rock (en)
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