Johannes Hendricus Maria “Jan” Smit (born December 31, 1985) is a Dutch
pop music and
schlager singer and TV host. He scored his first number one position in the Dutch charts with
Ik zing dit lied voor jou alleen (I'm singing this song for you alone) in 1997 at the age of 12. He was then known as “Jantje” Smit. Smit made his acting debut in the critically panned Dutch movie
Het Bombardement (2012), a love story set against the German attack on Rotterdam in the early days of May 1940.