Juanita du Plessis


Juanita du Plessis is an Afrikaans country singer, born on 26 April in Windhoek, Namibia. She became known for her song Ska-Rumba. Du Plessis' singing career began in 1998 with her debut album Juanita. That year she won the CMA awards as best singer, best songwriter and the Association's Award for outstanding achievement.
Her record sales total over 2.400,000. In 2010 she received a South African Music award in the category Best Afrikaans DVD for her 10 Year Hit Celebration Production. The DVD contains her most successful hits over the first 10 years of her singing career. She was also crowned the most popular female artist for the seventh consecutive year at the Huisgenoot's Tempo Awards ceremony in Johannesburg during 2011. In 2018 she celebrated 20 years in the music industry, releasing a greatest hits album 20 Jaar – Treffers van 2008–2018.

Albums

Several albums are in Afrikaans and the names of these are kept in the original language.

DVDs

Juanita married Herman du Plessis and they have three children: Ruan, Mario and Franja. Her brother, Pieter Naudé, is also an accomplished South African artist.
Her oldest son Ruan is also an Afrikaans singer, and manager at Juanita Records. He performs under the stage name Ruan Josh.
Her only daughter Franja is also a successful Afrikaans singer and won 2 Ghoema awards in 2017.