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Floor Jansen is a Dutch singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Nightwish. Jansen was the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band After Forever from 1997, when she joined at age 16, to their disbanding in 2009. When the band disbanded, she formed ReVamp and has released two albums with them. In 2012, following the departure of their lead vocalist Anette Olzon, Nightwish brought in Jansen as a touring member until the end of their Imaginaerum World Tour. In 2013, they announced Jansen was now their full-time lead vocalist; she subsequently disbanded ReVamp to focus on Nightwish until her departure from them in October 2026. In 2018, she and Pagan's Mind guitarist Jørn Viggo Lofstad premiered their hard rock duo Northward. A frequent collaborator of Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Jansen is a member of his progressive metal supergroup Star One, and sang in the Ayreon albums Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer, 01011001, and The Source, as well as the live album Ayreon Universe – The Best of Ayreon Live. She also sang lead vocals in several songs of the MaYan album Quarterpast and in Avalon's Angels of the Apocalypse. She is the older sister of singer Irene Jansen, who also worked with Ayreon. |
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Jansen is vegetarian. As a child, she wanted to be a biologist; coincidentally, she played the character "The Biologist" in the Ayreon album The Source. In 2018, a new species of beetle was discovered by scientist Andreas Weigel and named Tmesisternus floorjansenae after Jansen. Jansen thereby became the second Nightwish member to be a namesake for a newly discovered species, following Tuomas Holopainen, after whom had been named a species of fungus gnat discovered in 2017 by Finnish biologist Jukka Salmela. In 2020, a new species of brittle star, Ophiomitrella floorae of the late Maastrichtian age (c. 66.7 Ma), was named after her.
Jansen was previously in a relationship with After Forever guitarist Sander Gommans. On 18 September 2016, it was announced that Jansen and her husband, Sabaton drummer Hannes Van Dahl, were expecting their first child. On 15 March 2017, Jansen announced via Instagram that she had given birth to a girl. On 20 October 2023, she announced the birth of their second daughter.
On 26 October 2022, Jansen announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, undergoing surgery the following day. Two days following the announcement, Jansen confirmed that the surgery had gone well. On 18 November, Jansen announced that she was now cancer free.
On 15 October 2026, Nightwish and Floor Jansen have announced they're parting ways after 13 years together.
- Hytress (2027)
- Paragon (2023)
- Live in Amsterdam (2022)