Anouk (singer)
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| Birth name | Anouk Teeuwe |
| Born | April 8, 1975 |
| Origin | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Genre(s) | Rock, Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Label(s) | EMI |
| Website | www.anouk.com |
Anouk Stotijn-Teeuwe (born April 8, 1975) is a Dutch singer. Since 1997 she has released seven pop-rock albums.
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[edit] Biography
Anouk Teeuwe was born on April 8, 1975, in The Hague, Netherlands.
Anouk's interest in music began because her mother was a 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 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 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 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.
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 moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in December 2005 to escape the pressures of fame. Before she left, she gave two concerts in Antwerp,Belgium, and four concerts at Ahoy' in 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 Friday, 18 August, Anouk performed at the Lowlands festival, the show started with the Sacrifice. Later that evening, she did an additional acoustic gig for three songs.
Anouk recently settled in Amsterdam and released her new album; Who's Your Momma on 23 November 2007. This album is recorded with topproducer Glen Ballard (of Alanis Morissette fame) and has already drawn comparisons with Amy Winehouse.
The first single, Good God was a great succes in the Benelux. The worldfamous director Jonas Åkerlund shot the music video for this single. The famous blogger Perez Hilton put the song on his site because he loves the song. Anouk got a new band after she had fired the old ones after some problems. She gave three showcases in The Netherlands and announced 4 big concerts in march 2008, 2 in Antwerp and 2 in Arnhem. The second single "I don't wanna hurt" has been released, but Anouk decided not to make a music video because the concerts take too much energy and time. "I dont wanna hurt" was a big hit in the charts, even bigger than Good God was. In march the famous music video director Melina shot the video for the third single "Modern World", in april the music video will be released.
[edit] Personal
She married Remon Stotijn (aka The Anonymous Mis, frontman of the reggae/rap band 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). Remon wrote Jerusalem and the newly-released Good God.
[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 vote for their best colleague)
- 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
- 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 (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
- MTV Europe Music Awards Best Dutch Act
- That year, megastar Marco Borsato joined Anouk in announcing their withdrawal from future TMF Awards-nominations. "Every year the same faces can get boring".
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Album | Release date | NL | BE | Sales |
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| Together Alone | October 15, 1997 | #1 | NR | 350,000 (NL) |
| Urban Solitude | November 20, 1999 | #1 | #20 | 100,000 (NL) |
| Lost Tracks | November 18, 2002 | #1 | #5 | 55,000 (NL) |
| Graduated Fool | March 7, 2003 | #3 | NR | ? |
| Update | January 5, 2004 | #9 | #38 | ? |
| Hotel New York | December 3, 2004 | #1 | #1 | 250,000 (NL) |
| Anouk Is Alive | April 28, 2006 | #8 | #5 | 100,000+ (NL) |
| Who's Your Momma? | November 23, 2007 | #1 | #4 | 150,000+ (NL) |
