The 20-year-old singer Samuel Welten from Utrecht has made great strides in Dutch pop music in a short space of time. His number-one hit ‘Echte Liefde Is Te Koop’ has now racked up 65 million streams and was the most-streamed Dutch track of 2025 on Spotify. Welten has also enjoyed great success with ‘Alles Kan Kapot’, ‘Uitslover’ and his most recent single ‘BOEM!’, a collaboration with Russo. His rapid rise to fame has been recognised with, amongst other things, two Edisons, several Buma NL Awards, a Qmusic Live Award and a YouTube Award.Following performances with his live band at Noorderslag, Paaspop and during the Liberation Festivals, Samuel Welten is ready for the next step: his first solo club tour, ‘Geef Mij De Kroon’. On 11 February, he will be performing with his live band in the Main Hall at Paradiso. With this, Welten is taking the energy from the festival marquee to the pop venue and demonstrating that Dutch pop-folk music is increasingly finding its place on the big stages.