Tjeerd Oosterhuis

Tjeerd-Pieter David Oosterhuis (; born 25 December 1971), also known as TJ Oosterhuis, is a Dutch musician, songwriter and producer mostly known for his work with Kinderen voor Kinderen. He worked with many artists. Early life Oosterhuis was born and raised in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is the son of writer, theologian and former priest Huub Oosterhuis. Career With his younger sister and singer Trijntje Oosterhuis, Tjeerd formed the mid-1990s band Total Touch. After Total Touch disbanded in 1997, Oosterhuis founded music production company DEMP, and produced the album Face to Face for his wife, Edsilia Rombley in 2002, and a solo album for his sister Trijntje in 2003. In 2005 he wrote and produced "" () under the name () to benefit the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. In 2008, Lisa, Amy & Shelley are the winners of the and Oosterhuis is hired to co-write and produce their upcoming debut album. In 2010, his production of “Freaky Like Me” for Madcon (ft. Ameerah) was a number 1 hit in Norway. It went four times platinum there and received a gold certification in Germany. From 2011 until 2022 Oosterhuis wrote and produced music for (). In February 2014, the