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Dutch rock singer Anouk has become not only one of the most successful performers in her native The Netherlands, but has also managed to duplicate her success in much of Europe. Born on April 8, 1975 in The Hague, Anouk's mother was a singer in a blues band. By the time she was 18, Anouk had joined a local R&B band, but it was a short-lived union as she left soon after, having been accepted and subsequently attending the Rotterdam Music Academy. In 1995, Anouk started her own band, but it is at a music festival that same year that she gets her big break. She joins Barry Hay of Golden Earring on stage, singing several songs, and impresses the lead singer of the legendary Dutch band. With Golden Earring guitarist George Kooyans, Hay writes "Mood Indigo for the young singer and it is released in the fall of 1996 through Dino Records. It is a year later, though, that Anouk's career truly takes off with the release of the single "Nobody's Wife." The song is a lead-up to her debut, full-length record Together Alone, which is released in late '97. Driven by the impact of "Nobody's Wife." the album tops the charts, quickly reaching platinum status in The Netherlands. The album spawns two more hits with "It's So Hard" and the Top Ten "Sacrifice," and earns Anouk three Edison Awards, including Best Dutch Female Vocalist, in 1998. The follow-up release, issued in 1999, found Anouk incorporating ska into the first single, "R U Kiddin' Me," as well as exploring hip-hop and funk on tracks like "The Dark" and "Don't." It too is hugely successful and, in addition to strong sales, garners the singer two more Edison Awards. In 2001, Anouk released Lost Tracks, a collection of unreleased material that had been culled together. It proved to keep Anouk as one of the highest-profile musicians in The Netherlands, giving her yet another chart-topping album. ~ Tom Demalon, Rovi
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Anouk

Anouk performing at Festival Mundial in 2008
Background information
Birth name Anouk Teeuwe
Also known as Anouk
Born April 8, 1975 (1975-04-08) (age 36)
Origin The Hague, Netherlands
Genres Alternative rock, blues rock, pop rock, post-grunge, soul
Occupations Singer
Years active 1997–present
Labels EMI
Website anouk.com

Anouk Teeuwe (born April 8, 1975), professionally known by the mononym Anouk, is a Dutch singer.

After being discovered by Golden Earring frontman Barry Hay, Anouk had her breakthrough in the Netherlands in 1997 with the single "Nobody's Wife". From then onwards, she had numerous hit singles including "R U Kiddin' Me", "Michel", "Girl", "Lost", "One Word", "I Don't Wanna Hurt", "Modern World", "Three Days in a Row" and "Woman". With her musical style combining Joan Osborne, Melissa Etheridge and Alanis Morissette, she has been regarded as one of the most popular Dutch rock singers.[1]

Anouk has released eight studio albums to date. Her most recent record, To Get Her Together, was released on May 20, 2011.

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Biography

Early Life

Anouk Teeuwe was born on April 8, 1975, in The Hague, Netherlands.

Anouk's interest in music began because her mother was a blues singer. Anouk initially sang at weddings and parties with the band Shotgun Wedding, prior to meeting Barry Hay from the Golden Earring, a friend of her ex-husband's, Edwin Jansen. Hay believed Anouk to have talent, and offered to write some songs for her, one of which was Mood Indigo; written in collaboration with George Kooymans (also from the Golden Earring).

Breakthrough

After she met Bart van Veen, her co-writer, the pair wrote a few songs. On September 5, 1997, she released her second single, Nobody's Wife, which remained at the top of the Dutch music charts for a number of weeks. Her debut album, Together Alone also turned out to be a huge success. In 1998, Anouk won two awards from Dutch music channel TMF (The Music Factory) in addition to an Edison award. During the summer, she played at various festivals.

Her second album, Urban Solitude, was released in November 1999, and included the single R U Kiddin' Me. This song reached the Dutch Top 100. Shortly afterwards, Anouk went to the United States to pursue a record deal. Negotiations with her American label (Sony) ended badly, causing her to return to the Netherlands without a deal. She released a new song, Don't, and began touring the Netherlands in February 2001.

In March 2001, she released another album, Lost Tracks, which contained acoustic versions and B-sides from older songs, and various duets with K's Choice singer Sarah Bettens and The Anonymous Mis. She was awarded the Popprijs award in 2001.

In November 2002, the album Graduated Fool was released. This is the heaviest rock album in Anouk's career so far. Anouk received a Golden Harp in 2003.

The following full length release is called Hotel New York (2004) and yielded a total of four singles: Girl, Lost, Jerusalem and One Word.

Anouk at Dauwpop in 2006

In 2006 she won the 3FM award for best Dutch female singer.[2]

In 2007, Anouk released Who's Your Momma, recorded with producer Glen Ballard. The first single, "Good God" was a success,[3] and became a playable song in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour in 2008.[4]

In 2009 she released her album For Bitter or Worse. The song Three Days in a Row reached the 1st place in the Dutch charts.

To Get Her Together

Anouk her new album “To Get Her Together” will be released in the Netherlands in May 2011. On 28 February 2011 Anouk placed one of the new tracks on YouTube named Killer Bee. The first single of the album is called "Down & Dirty" and came out in April. On 27 June, Anouk released her single “I’m A Cliché”. On 17 September 2011 "Save Me" was released as third single from the album. The new single will be "What Have You Done". Anouk will be perform at Gelredome Arnhem Stadium in the Netherlands for her "To Get Her Together Tour" on 8 and 11 March 2012.

Personal Life

She married Remon Stotijn (aka The Anonymous Mis, frontman of the reggae/rap band Postmen) on March 16, 2004 and is the mother of four children; son Benjahmin Kingsley (b. April 18, 2002), son Elijah Jeramiah (b. December 5, 2003) and daughter Phoenix Ray (b. June 3, 2005). In May, 2008, Anouk and Remon announced a "harmonious" mutual separation.[5] In 2010 she gave birth to her 4th child, a son named Jesiah Dox. The father was her latest boyfriend who she broke up with.

Music awards

1998
  • TMF Awards:
    • Best New Single ("Nobody's Wife")
    • Best Newcoming act
  • Edison Awards: 3 awards [6]
    • Best New Artist
    • Best Female Artist
    • Best Videoclip - Nobody's Wife
1999
2000
  • TMF Awards:
    • Best Single, Best Female
    • Best Live Act
    • Best Videoclip
  • Edison Awards:[7]
    • Best Female Artist (vote public)
    • Best Artist (vote jury)
2001
  • Edison Awards: Best Single - Michel
2002
  • Noorderslag Popprijs 2001 [8]
2003
  • Golden Harp 2003 [9]
  • Edison Awards: Best Dutch Female
  • TMF Awards: Best Female
2005
  • 3FM Radio Awards:
    • Best Female, Schaal van Rigter (best single "Girl")
    • Duiveltje (musicians vote for their best colleague) [10]
  • Dutch TMF Awards: Best Female National
  • Belgium TMF Awards:
    • Best Female Artist International
    • Best Album International
    • Best Video International
  • MTV Awards: Best Dutch/Belgian Act
  • Two medals (best female and single international "Girl") on Humo's Pop Poll 2005 Belgium
2006
  • 3FM award Best Female
  • Edison Award: Best Dutch Female [11]
  • Dutch TMF Awards:
    • Best Female National
    • Best Rock Act
    • Best Video, Postman ft. Anouk "DownHill"
  • Belgium TMF Awards:
    • Best Live Act International
  • MTV Europe Music Awards Best Dutch Act
  • That year, Dutch megastar Marco Borsato joined Anouk in announcing their withdrawal from future TMF Awards-nominations. "Every year the same faces can get boring".
2011
  • Edison Award: Best Dutch Female

Discography

Main article: Anouk discography

Studio albums

Album Release date NL BE Sales Gold / Platina [12]
Together Alone October 15, 1997 1 3 400,000+ (NL) NL: 4x Platinum / ITA: Platinum / SWE: Gold
Urban Solitude November 20, 1999 1 20 200,000+ (NL) NL: 2x Platinum / BE: Gold
Lost Tracks November 18, 2002 1 5 55,000+ (NL) NL: Gold
Graduated Fool March 7, 2003 3 5 25,000+ (NL) NL: -, BE:-
Hotel New York December 3, 2004 1 1 240,000+ (NL) NL: 3x Platinum, BE: Platinum
Who's Your Momma? November 23, 2007 1 4 210,000+ (NL) NL: 3x Platinum, BE: Gold
For Bitter or Worse September 18, 2009 1 2 150,000+ (NL) NL: 3x Platinum, BE: Platinum
To Get Her Together May 20, 2011 1 4 100,000+ (NL) NL: 2x Platinum

Live Albums

Album Release date NL BE Sales Gold / Platina [13]
Update (Acoustic) January 5, 2004 9 38  ?  ?
Anouk Is Alive April 28, 2006 8 5 100,000+ (NL) NL: Platinum, BE: Platinum
Live at Gelredome June 27, 2008 1 16 100,000+ (NL) NL: Platinum, BE: Silver

References

  1. ^ Anouk Bio. Muziek Centrum Nederland.
  2. ^ "Racoon grote winnaar bij 3FM Awards". Blik op Nieuws. 13 March 2006. http://www.blikopnieuws.nl/bericht/21448. Retrieved 23 February 2010. 
  3. ^ Top 50 chart
  4. ^ "Rocken met Anouk in Guitar Hero" (in Dutch). BN/De Stem. 25 August 2008. http://www.bndestem.nl/algemeen/economie/3608595/Rocken-met-Anouk-in-Guitar-Hero.ece. Retrieved 23 February 2010. 
  5. ^ "Anouk en Postmen uitelkaar". AD.nl. 5 may 2008. http://www.ad.nl/cultuurenshow/2270824/Anouk_en_Postman_uit_elkaar.html. 
  6. ^ "Anouk wint met haar debuut drie Edisons". Volkskrant.nl. 25 april 1998. http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article759351.ece/Anouk_wint_met_haar_debuut_drie_Edisons. 
  7. ^ "Anouk krijgt twee Edisons, Hazes weigert zijn ereprijs". Volkskrant.nl. 07 april 2000. http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article840941.ece/Anouk_krijgt_twee_Edisons%2C_Hazes_weigert_zijn_ereprijs. 
  8. ^ "Anouk krijgt Popprijs op Noorderslag". Trouw.nl. 29 june 2006. http://www.trouw.nl/archief/article1322633.ece. 
  9. ^ "Gouden Harpen voor De Boer, Anouk en Blof". Volkskrant.nl. 15 januari 2003. http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article952982.ece/Gouden_Harpen_voor_De_Boer,_Anouk_en_Bl%F8f. 
  10. ^ "Anouk wint Duiveltje". popinstituut.nl. 22 may 2005. http://www.popinstituut.nl/Schedule/NewsDetail.aspx?Id=2789. 
  11. ^ "Jan Smit, Anouk en Racoon winnen Edison". Volkskrant.nl. 15 maart 2006. http://www.volkskrant.nl/kunst/article249433.ece/Jan_Smit%2C_Anouk_en_Racoon_winnen_Edison. 
  12. ^ http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60463&formposted=no&pagenr=1 NVPI, Gold & Platina albums
  13. ^ http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60463&formposted=no&pagenr=1 NVPI, Gold & Platina albums

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