EliZe

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EliZe
EliZe in a promotional photograph, 2005.
EliZe in a promotional photograph, 2005.
Background information
Born July 22, 1982
Origin Utrecht, Netherlands
Genre(s) Pop, Dance & Europop
Years active 2004–present
Label(s) Spinnin Records
Website EliZe.tv

EliZe (born Elise van der Horst on July 22, 1982 in Utrecht) is a singer-songwriter. She grew up in Bussum, The Netherlands. She shared her mothers passion for singing as a child and as an eight year old she was selected to sing in a children's television show, "Kinderen voor Kinderen" ("Children for Children"), in which she performed for six years. From this period she is best known for singing "Het tietenlied" ("the tits song"), about a girl getting into puberty.

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[edit] Career

After the show, she joined "Non Stop", a teenage choir, and participated in two amateur productions of the musicals "Chicago" and "Les Misérables".

For the last three years, she has been active as a background singer in a song contest for children, and has completed a training college program for executive secretaries.

In 2004, EliZe recorded an album in Denmark. The songs were produced by Peter Hartmann and Jan Langhoff who also worked with Aqua. The first single, "Shake", was released in 2004 in the Netherlands. Though the song received the title, "Dancesmash!", by Radio 538, the single was a modest hit by peaking at #32 in the Dutch Top 40. "Automatic (I'm Talking to You)", the second single, was released in 2005 in the Netherlands and also earned the title "Dancesmash!" shortly after its release. The song is, her signature song in the Netherlands, peaking at #7 there and becoming her best-selling single to date. Her third single, "I'm No Latino", was released in August 2005, and became a "TMF Superclip" shortly after its introduction. The song didn't perform as well as "Automatic" did, but still managed to peak at #14 in the Dutch Top 40 and remaining in the chart for 6 weeks.

Album cover to In Control (2006).
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Album cover to In Control (2006).

EliZe has signed a contract at CMM and placed her management activities under AT Productions. Her latest single "Into Your System" was released on July 2nd, 2006 and it debuted at number #33 the week after its release in the National Top 40. The following week, it superstipped itself to #23. Following the latest two singles, also "Into Your System" reached the top 20, peaking at number eighteen. Following the succes of the singles, she released her long awaited debut album In Control on September 29, 2006. Of the album, which was released in the Benelux too, rumors were circulating it to be named Rhythm of Love. The album peaked at number 66 in the Dutch Mega Album Top 100. Many critics have the opinion the album should have been released after the success of her second single "Automatic." Possibly due the fact the latest single "Itsy Bitsy Spider" flopped in the Netherlands, the album did not do well either. The album stayed a total of five weeks on the Dutch Albums Chart.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

Key to chart headings: NL (Netherlands Top 40), GE (Germany Top 100), BE (Belgium Top 50), FR (France Top 100), FI (Finland Top 20), PL (Chart Surfer) and * (current position).

Year Title Chart positions Album
NL GE BE FR FI PL
2004 "Shake" 32 20 In Control
2005 "Automatic (I'm Talking to You)" 7 63 18 67 11 4 In Control
2005 "I'm No Latino" 14 39 8 In Control
2006 "Into Your System" 18 19 In Control
2006 "Itsy Bitsy Spider" In Control

[edit] Compilation appearances

Compilations containing EliZe songs.

"Shake"

  • Trance Party, Volume 5 (2005)
  • Kicking Hard, Volume 7 (2005)

"Automatic (I'm Talking to You)"

  • Bravo Hits 49 (2005)

Pzremkowe lato XXXL

  • Bravo Hits 49 [Swiss Edition] (2005)
  • Future Trance Vol. 32 (2005)
  • Gay Happening Vol. 13 — Wild Summer 2006 (2005)
  • The Dome - Summer 2005 (2005)
  • Trance Voices 16 (2005)

"I'm No Latino"

  • Bravo Hits 51 (2006)

"Shake/Automatic" [Live @ TMF Awards 2005]

  • Dance Hits Vol.2 - Eurodance Music Videos [Russian DVD/Video compilation] (2006)

"Into Your System" Uwielbiam piosenkę :Into your system:" D

  • 538 Dance Smash 2006 Vol. 3 (2006)

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    [edit] External links

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