Joost Klein discography

Dutch musician Joost Klein has released ten studio albums, an extended play (EP), and 37 singles.

In 2016, he released his debut album Dakloos (transl. 'Homeless'), after which he began focusing on a career in music. "Bitches" was his first music video that would reach a million views on YouTube.^[1] He was briefly signed to TopNotch in 2017 and 2018, but eventually decided to set up his own record label, Albino Sports.^[2]

On 20 October 2017, Klein released the mixtape Scandinavian Boy, followed by the singles "Meeuw" (transl. 'Seagull') and "Ome Robert" (transl. 'Uncle Robert') in 2018. On 3 August 2018, Klein released the studio album M van Marketing [nl] together with Dutch rapper Donnie. To promote the album, the duo organised a one-time concert titled Viraal in Carré in the Carré theatre in Amsterdam.^[3]

Klein wrote a small book of poems titled Albino, which was published on 14 November 2018. Klein has mentioned that he wrote the book because of his father, who had also written a book and encouraged him to do the same.^[4] To promote his studio album of the same title, Klein organised the Het gaat niet zo goed (transl. 'It is not going too well') concert tour in 2019, during which he visited venues such as Paard, De Oosterpoort [nl], Doornroosje [nl] and Paradiso.^[5] He concluded the tour in Paradiso on 3 March 2019. The following summer, Klein performed at major Benelux festivals such as Pukkelpop, Pinkpop, Lowlands, and Zwarte Cross.

On 15 November 2019, Klein released the album 1983 [nl], the title of which refers to the birth year of Klein's older brother.^[6] Klein collaborated with music producers Mick Spek, Kauwboy and Tantu Beats on the album. On 24 April 2020, Klein released the album Joost Klein 7, which consists of seven songs, including a collaboration with Canadian rapper bbno$. On 7 August of the same year, he released the single "Ik wil je" (transl. 'I want you'), a remix of the eponymous song by the Belgian band De Kreuners.^[7]

Klein released his eighth studio album on 13 September 2022, titled Fryslân after his home province of Friesland. The album features the singles "Florida 2009", "Wachtmuziek" and "Papa en mama", and was fully produced by producer Tantu Beats. Various samples can be heard on the album, such as samples of the Dutch ska band Doe Maar and Crazy Frog. In "Florida 2009", Klein reflects on the death of his parents.^[8]

In 2023, Klein scored his first hit in Germany with "Friesenjung", a collaboration with German rapper Ski Aggu and an adaptation of a song by East Frisian comedian Otto Waalkes. The song reached first place on the German Single Top 100.^[9] Later that year, he was chosen to represent the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Europapa", which was released on 29 February 2024.^[10][11] Klein performed in the second semi-final of the contest on 9 May, and having qualified, was scheduled to perform in position 5 in the final on 11 May. Due to a backstage incident, Klein was disqualified from the competition on the day of the final.^[12] Following the contest, Klein released the singles "Luchtballon",^[13] "The Bird Song",^[14] and "Fußball (World Cup 1998)",^[15] followed by a collaboration with Käärijä titled "Trafik!" on 12 July.^[16] On February 21, Klein released his ninth album Unity. The album features the pre-released singles "Europapa", "Friesenjung", "Luchtballon", as well as new singles "Filthy Dog" and "Why Not???". On January 1 2026 Klein released his tenth studio album “Kleinkunst.” The album features the pre-released single “Latin grabber.”The album also features the fallowing artists “horsegiirlL”, “MCR-T”,” Daan koens”, ”Vieze Asbak”, ”Gladdle paling”, ”internetcafe247”, ”I’m DMA”,”jailbreak iphone now”, ”Anouk”, ”Mark Foster”, ”ADF samaki”, ”Mr. Polska”, and “Dj Lucas”.