Herholdt was born on December 1st, 1952 in Nigel, Gauteng, South Africa. She is 68 years old as of 2020.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Sonja Herholdt Education<\/h2>\n

She attended the Afrikaans-medium Tini Vorster Primary and John Vorster High School where she became\u00a0Head Girl\u00a0in both and followed her theatrical pursuits.^{<\/sup><\/p>\n}

She later obtained a diploma\u00a0cum laude<\/i>\u00a0in Teaching after three years at the\u00a0Johannesburg\u00a0(Goudstad) College of Education.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Sonja Herholdt Husband<\/h2>\n

She gave up teaching to pursue music after meeting her future husband, FC Hamman.^{<\/sup>\u00a0The couple married in 1976 and started a family, their youngest son later developed an extreme hearing impairment in 1993.<\/p>\n}

Herholdt subsequently decided to start a school for hearing and linguistically impaired Afrikaans children, this was housed in the pre-primary section of\u00a0Bryanston\u00a0Primary School. This resulted in Herholdt returning to teach for a period of time.<\/p>\n

In 1996, Herholdt was involved in a serious car accident. She and her husband subsequently divorced after 21 years of marriage.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Sonja Herholdt Career<\/h2>\n

At the age of three made her first singing performance at the local community recreation hall, singing the Afrikaans\u00a0lullaby\u00a0Slaap, my Kindjie<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Her breakthrough came when she did a spot on Gwynneth Ashley Robin\u2019s show and was soon asked to record\u00a0Ek Verlang Na Jou<\/i>.^{<\/sup>\u00a0The single went gold in South Africa, selling over 25 000 copies.<\/p>\n}

Her subsequent albums and singles earned her similar critical and commercial success. She went on to win a total of eight\u00a0Sarie\u00a0awards. In the 1970s and 1980s, she was frequently the best-selling female artist in South Africa.<\/p>\n

In 1979, she finally fulfilled her ambition to act by starring in\u00a0Sing vir die Harlekyn<\/i>, and winning a Rapport Oscar-Award as\u00a0Best Female Newcomer<\/i>.<\/p>\n

She later enjoyed music success in Europe, she holds the distinction of being the first ever South African singer to be invited to perform in the\u00a0Netherlands\u00a0on their local Television. She recorded her song\u00a0Oberammergau<\/i>\u00a0in Dutch. She also performed in\u00a0Belgium, pushing\u00a0Oberammergau<\/i>\u00a0into fifth place in the Belgian charts.<\/p>\n

In 1989, she performed at the Religious Broadcasting Corporation in\u00a0Washington, coinciding with the release of her gospel album,\u00a0The Warrior is a Child<\/i>.<\/p>\n

In 1991, she received an award from the\u00a0Afrikaans Chamber of Commerce<\/i>\u00a0for her services to Afrikaans music.<\/p>\n

In 1995, she signed an album contract with\u00a0BMG Records, enjoying success with the title track of her new BMG compilation,\u00a0Skipskop<\/i>. Her 1998 album\u00a0Ritsel in die Rietbos<\/i>\u00a0did not meet critical and commercial expectations. But she rebounded with the critically acclaimed 2000 album,\u00a0Reconstructing Alice<\/i>.<\/p>\n

In 2002 she developed her own record company, Son Music and released\u00a0Sonjare<\/i>, a nostalgic retrospective of her original hits.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Sonja Herholdt Albums<\/h2>\n

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• Sonja\u00a0(1976)<\/li>\n
• Sonja Herholdt\u00a0(1977)<\/li>\n
• On stage\/In die kalklig\u00a0(1978)<\/li>\n
• Waterblommetjies\u00a0(1978)<\/li>\n
• \u2018n Lied vir Kersfees\u00a0(1979)<\/li>\n
• Harlekyn (Gold)\u00a0(1979)<\/li>\n
• Grootste Treffers\u00a0(1980)<\/li>\n
• Waarom Daarom\u00a0(1981)<\/li>\n
• Reflections\u00a0(1982)<\/li>\n
• Liefdeslig\u00a0(1984)<\/li>\n
• Lofsang \u2013 Sonja Herholdt en Jan de Wet\u00a0(1985)<\/li>\n
• Dis net vir jou\u00a0(1987)<\/li>\n
• Sonja Herholdt sing die Jeugsangbundel\u00a0(1987)<\/li>\n
• Sonja Herholdt sing die Jeugsangbundel 2\u00a0(1988)<\/li>\n
• Tuiskoms\u00a0(1988)<\/li>\n
• Die Klokkespel \u2018Vrede\u00a0(1989)<\/li>\n
• The Warrior is a Child\u00a0(1989)<\/li>\n
• \u2018n Ster Vanaand\u00a0(1994)<\/li>\n
• Tuiskoms\u00a0(1995)<\/li>\n
• More sal die son weer skyn\u00a0(1996)<\/li>\n
• Ritsel in die Rietbos\u00a0(1998)<\/li>\n
• Reconstructing Alice\u00a0(2000)<\/li>\n
• Sonjare<\/li>\n
• 20 Gunsteling treffers<\/li>\n
• Dis Kersfees<\/li>\n
• Sonja Herholdt Skipskop<\/li>\n
• Die mense wat ek liefhet*Gunsteling treffers\u00a0(1992)<\/li>\n
• S\u00ea die engele moet kyk na my\u00a0(1994)<\/li>\n
• Die verhale van vrouwees<\/li>\n
• She<\/li>\n
• She The Princess<\/li>\n
• Liefling die movie<\/li>\n
• P\u00earels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  <\/span>Sonja Herholdt Net Worth<\/h2>\n

  Herholdt has an estimated net worth of $1 million.<\/p>\n