biography
Sabrina Starke is a self-made, awarding-winning Singer-Songwriter, Producer, and Self-Empowerment Ambassador residing in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Hailing from Surinam, the initial spark of creativity entered her life at a very young age thanks to her musically inclined family.
Sabrina's voice is both melodic and powerful - jolting one's heart wide-awake. Her one-of-kind sound is greatly influenced by traditional soul, folk, hip-hop, reggae, funk. And more recently....Afro-beat.
Sabrina received a number of prestigious awards for her soul-soothing music, including two Edison Awards (Best Newcomer of 2009 & the Edison Jazzism Peoples Choice) and two Radio 6 Awards (Best Album 2013 & Best Song 2015).
A personal note from Bill Wither to her album that has always inspired her is "You are gifted and a gift to the world". This is a message she strives to emphasize in each and every song.
Throughout the span of more than a decade, Sabrina has released 6 albums and a multitude of singles. In 2008, she released “Yellow Brick Road” (album) and “Do for Love” (single). That debut was quickly picked up by Blue Note the following year and re-released, staying on the top album charts for 52 consecutive weeks while becoming certified platinum. Her fifth and self-titled album was released in 2015. That album marked an important point in her life, which is all about identity and redefining herself. Her mission in life was born that year: to utilize herself and her creative talents to inspire people to think consciously about their lives and about SELF.
Sabrina Starke has been working on multiple creative ventures. She successfully produced two shows, “The Soul of Reggae” and “Imagine: the Power of Music" and the very successful Bill Withers tribute show.
2018 marked a special point in her career as she celebrated her 10th year anniversary as a recording artist. . Her album “Underneath the Surface” became another storybook about “SELF” in which she takes the listener on a journey. Rooted in Soul, Hip hop and Folk and blues, she invites the listener to look closer into the layers of our own lives. It’s all about discovery and embracing whatever we’ll find. Since it's release, the album "Underneath the Surface" has accumulated almost 9 million total streams on Spotify alone.
In 2022, Sabrina Starke embarked on a new project which culminated with an album release in early 2023. Consisting mostly of duets, Sabrina teamed up with artists such as Maikal x, Ivan Peroti, Julia Zahra and Kay Slice to make for an exciting and uplifting series of singles and album tracks which obtained the "seal of approval" from Sublime FM (Netherlands) and represented a new era in Starke's impressive recording career.
Late in 2023, plans and recordings began for a new full length album which is expected to be released towards the end of 2024.
The first single and video from this new album was entitled "Slow it Down". The second single "Love the Mystery" continued Starke's million plus streak of streams. It also caught the eyes and ears of producer and multi-instrumentalist Jafunk who concocted a remix of the track and this was released in May 2024. Together with the third single "Did You Notice" (released in April 2024), Sabrina Starke continues to show why she is one of the prominent voices of soul in the Netherlands and beyond.shop
New single
OUT AUG 5th
Discography
US DEBUT / OUT JUNE 3rd 2016
NEW ALBUM / only available in Benelux
“Starke is honest, raw, lovable and this album encompasses all of that. “Sabrina Starke” (album) and as an artist is worth checking out, you will not be disappointed.”