In 2001, Total Touch decided to go their separate ways, with Tjeerd wanting to focus on
production and
songwriting and Trijntje wanting to launch her solo career. Oosterhuis's debut solo album,
Trijntje Oosterhuis, consisted mainly of ballads and presented her as a
diva. Trijntje personally has a fondness for
jazz instead of pop ballads, and, in 2004, she therefore signed a record deal with
Blue Note and released the live album
Strange Fruit, consisting of
Billie Holiday and
George Gershwin covers. The album received critical acclaim, and Trijntje finally managed to achieve fame beyond her home country. In 2004 Trijntje gave birth to a son. In 2006 she gave birth to a second son. Her second jazz album called
The Look of Love (Burt Bacharach Songbook) was recorded with
Burt Bacharach, who plays the piano on two tracks and was released on 20 November 2006. The new album was certified Platinum on the day of release, for having shipped more than 70,000 copies. In December 2006 Trijntje toured with the Metropole Orchestra performing covers of
Burt Bacharach and Christmas songs. Initial assumptions were made that Anouk and Trijntje were recording a duet for Trijntje's next album. Soon after, it was announced that Anouk was writing songs for the album and producing it. The new album, named
Wrecks We Adore, was officially released on 13 April 2012. In 2012, Oosterhuis replaced
Angela Groothuizen as a coach on the
third season of
The Voice of Holland alongside
Nick & Simon,
Roel van Velzen and
Marco Borsato. Her final contestant,
Leona Philippo, reached the final and won. Oosterhuis remained on the show until the end of the
fifth season in 2014. Trijntje Oosterhuis represented the Netherlands at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "
Walk Along". However, Oosterhuis failed to qualify for the final. In 2015 she gave birth to her third child, a daughter. Between 2012 and 2017, Oosterhuis was a member of
Ladies of Soul, a supergroup completed by
Candy Dulfer,
Glennis Grace and sisters-in-law
Berget Lewis and
Edsilia Rombley. They staged annual arena-shows since February 2014 performing collective and solo-tracks as well as cover-versions. In June 2017 Oosterhuis announced her departure from the Ladies of Soul to focus on her solo-career; she did return as a special guest during the 5th anniversary-shows on 23 and 24 March 2018. In September 2017, Oosterhuis released the Dutch-language covers-album
Leven van de liefde (
Living off love). In September 2018, Oosterhuis was part of the Dutch television programme "Beste Zangers". In March 2019, Oosterhuis released the first single from her forthcoming album
Dit is voor mij (
This is for me); the same month she played a 25th anniversary-concert in a sold out
Ziggo Dome. Amidst a summer-tour of festivals and special concerts, Oosterhuis appeared at North Sea Jazz Festival. These dates were followed by a club tour. In 2020, Oosterhuis was to play the role of
Mary in that year's edition of
The Passion; it was cancelled due to the
coronavirus. In the summer of 2020 she appeared as a panel-judge on the
SBS6 talent-show
We Want More; the selection-rounds were taped beforehand. Oosterhuis was a contestant in the 2022 season of the television show
Het Perfecte Plaatje. == Discography ==