Anouk

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Anouk
Anouk
Background information
Birth name	Anouk Teeuwe
Born	April 8, 1975
Origin	The Hague, The Netherlands
Genre(s)	Rock, Pop
Years active	1997–present
Label(s)	EMI
Website	Anouk.com

Anouk Stotijn-Teeuwe (born April 8, 1975, in The Hague) is a Dutch singer. She married Remon Stotijn (aka The Anonymous Mis, frontman of the hip hop/rapband Postmen) on March 16, 2004 and is the mother of three children; son Benjahmin Kingsley (b. April 18, 2002), son Elijah Jeramiah (b. December 5, 2003) and daughter Phoenix Ray (born June 3, 2005).

1 Biography
2 Music Awards
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] Biography

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

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 station TMF (The Music Factory) in addition to an Edison award. During the summer, she played at various festivals, including two 'big ones', Pinkpop and Parkpop.

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.

The cover to Hotel New York, Anouk's most recent album.

Shortly afterwards, Anouk went to the United States in order to get 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 and a Golden Harp in 2003.

In November 2002, the album Graduated Fool was released. This is the heaviest rock album in Anouk's career so far. In addition there's the Graduated Fool Tour.

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

Anouk moved to Ohio in December 2005. Before she left, she gave two concerts in Antwerp, (Belgium) and four concerts at Ahoy' Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

On April 8, her birthday, she performed for the first time in 2006 for a selected public at the Melkweg, a concert venue in Amsterdam.

On Saturday 20 May, Krezip and Anouk performed at the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam. Although tickets were only available for Start Live members, the hall was full with Krezip and Anouk fans.

Tuesday 23 May, Anouk's first full show in the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, with support act Fire Fly. Although this show was just 88 minutes, it was a great and powerful one.

Friday 18 August, it seems this will be Anouk's last show this year. At the Lowlands festival, the show started with the Sacrifice song, she didn't on festivals. Later that evening, she did an additional acoustic gig for three songs.

[edit] Music Awards

1998

TMF Awards:
- Best New Single ("Nobody's Wife")
- Best Newcoming act

1999

Edison Awards: 2 awards
TMF Awards: 4 awards

2000

TMF Awards:
- Best Single, Best Female
- Best Live Act
- Best Videoclip
Edison Awards:
- Best Female Artist (vote public)
- Best Artist (vote jury)

2001

Edison Awards: Best Single

2002

Noorderslag Popprijs 2001

2003

Golden Harp 2003
Edison Awards: Best Dutch Female
TMF Awards: Best Female

2005

3FM Radio Awards:
- Best Female, Schaal van Rigter (best single "Girl")
- Duiveltje (musicians votes there best collega)
Dutch TMF Awards: Best Female National
Belgium TMF Awards:
- Best Female Artist International
- Best Album International
- Best Video International
MTV Awards: Best Dutch/Belgium Act
Twee medailles (best female and single international "Girl") on Humo's Pop Poll 2005 Belgium

2006

3FM award Best Female
Edison Award: Best Dutch Female (her 6th Edison)
Dutch TMF Awards:
- Best Female National
- Best Rock Act
- Best Video, Postman ft. Anouk "DownHill"
Belgium TMF Awards:
- Best Live Act International

[edit] Discography

The single cover to Girl, Anouk's best-selling single to date in The Netherlands.

Anouks second single of her Hotel New York album; the ballad named Lost.

Anouk on the cover of the third single of her Hotel New York album; Jerusalem.

[edit] Albums

Year	Album	Chart	Peak	Certification
1997	Together Alone	Dutch Mega Album Top 100	1	4x Platinum
1998	Together Alone	Swedish Top 60 Albums	3
1998	Together Alone	Norwegian Top 40 Albums	6
1998	Together Alone	Finnish Top 40 Albums	8
1998	Together Alone	Swiss Album Top 100	34
1998	Together Alone	Austrian Album Top 75	42
1998	Together Alone	French Top 200 Albums	42
1999	Urban Solitude	Dutch Mega Album Top 100	1	Platinum
1999	Urban Solitude	Belgian UltraTop 50	20
2001	Lost Tracks	Dutch Mega Album Top 100	1	Gold
2001	Lost Tracks	Belgian UltraTop 50	5
2002	Graduated Fool	Dutch Mega Album Top 100	3
2004	Update [live album]	Dutch Mega Album Top 100	9
2004	Hotel New York	Dutch Mega Album Top 100	1	3x Platinum
2005	Hotel New York	Dutch Mega Album Top 100	1

[edit] Singles

From Together Alone

Single	Chart (199	Peak
Mood Indigo	Dutch Top 40	–
Nobody's Wife	Dutch Top 40	2	Platinum
Nobody's Wife	Norwegian Top 20 Singles	2
Nobody's Wife	Swedish Top 60 Singles	2
Nobody's Wife	Finnish Top 20 Singles	9
Nobody's Wife	French Top 100 Singles	34
It's So Hard	Dutch Top 40	23
Sacrifice	Dutch Top 40	7

From Urban Solitude

Year	Single	Chart	Peak
1999	R U Kiddin' Me	Dutch Top 40	2
2000	The Dark	Dutch Top 40	8
2000	Michel	Dutch Top 40	3
2001	Michel	Belgian UltraTop 50	11
2001	Don't	Dutch Top 40	13
2001	Love	Dutch Top 40	–

From Graduated Fool

Single	Chart (2002/2003)	Peak
Everything	Dutch Top 40	12
I Live for You	Dutch Top 40	–
Hail	Dutch Top 40	31
Dutch Top 40	–
Between These Walls [ft. Junkie XL]	Dutch Top 40	35

From Hotel New York

Year	Single	Chart	Peak
2004	Girl	Dutch Top 40	2
2005	Girl	Belgian UltraTop 50	3
2005	Lost	Dutch Top 40	2
2005	Lost	Belgian UltraTop 50	7
2005	Jerusalem	Dutch Top 40	20
2006	One Word	Dutch Top 40	4

Year End Chart Positions:

Year	Album	Country	Pos.
1997	Together Alone	Netherlands	11
1998	Together Alone	Netherlands	1
1999	Together Alone	Netherlands	16
1999	Urban Solitude	Netherlands	15
2000	Urban Solitude	Netherlands	1
2000	Urban Solitude	Belgium	35
2001	Urban Solitude	Netherlands	42
2001	Urban Solitude	Belgium	100
2001	Lost Tracks	Netherlands	6
2001	Lost Tracks	Belgium	60
2002	Graduated Fool	Netherlands	25
2003	Graduated Fool	Netherlands	12
2004	Hotel New York	Netherlands	31
2005	Hotel New York	Netherlands	2
2005	Hotel New York	Belgium	3

Year	Single	Country	Peak
1997	Nobody's Wife	Netherlands	28
1998	Nobody's Wife	Netherlands	92
1998	Sacrifice	Netherlands	49
1998	It's So Hard	Netherlands	158
1999	R U Kiddin' Me	Netherlands	20
2000	R U Kiddin' Me	Netherlands	131
2000	Michel	Netherlands	20
2000	Michel	Belgium	61
2000	The Dark	Netherlands	79
2001	Don't	Netherlands	107
2002	Everything	Netherlands	104
2003	Hail	Netherlands	228
2004	Between These Walls	Netherlands	244
2004	Girl	Netherlands	93
2005	Girl	Netherlands	5
2005	Girl	Belgium	15
2005	Lost	Netherlands	14
2005	Lost	Belgium	33
2005	One Word	Netherlands	88
2005	Jerusalem	Netherlands	167