Biography

Born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, FAIS grew up in an environment constantly surrounded by music. He soon discovers his own series of heroes starting from Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson to John Legend and Alicia Keys, and is determined to pursue singing and songwriting as a lifetime career at an early stage in his life. From a coincidental encounter with Grammy Award-winning producer and DJ, Afrojack, his talents burst to fruition with massive European hits, “Hey” and “Used To Have It All”. With four songs breaking the Dutch Top 40, FAIS has been awarded the Top 40 "Best New Act", "Most Successful Dutch Act" alongside Afrojack and named "Most Successful Male Singer" of 2018. In the same year, FAIS was awarded the Dutch Buma Award with his single “Know You Better” as the most played song on Dutch radio in 2019. Leading up to his performance at ESNS 2019, FAIS was nominated for the MME Awards 2018. ​ FAIS is also a prolific songwriter with contributions to hit songs such as “Another Life” by Afrojack & David Guetta ft. Ester Dean, RIAA Latin Gold Certified single, "Wave Your Flag" by Luis Fonsi, RIAJ Platinum Certified songs for Japanese superstar ØMI and "LOKO" by Puerto Rican star Christian Pagán for NBC's American Song Contest 2022 alongside Desmond Child and a royal court of collaborators. FAIS is constantly in studio sessions with producers and writers from the team of Max Martin and those behind the hit records of Bruno Mars, The Chainsmokers and others.