Katerine Avgoustakis

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Katerine
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Katerine
Background information
Birth name Katerine Avgoustakis
Born September 16, 1983(1983-09-16)
Origin Limburg
Genre(s) Pop, dance
Years active 2005–present
Label(s) Universal
Website Official website (Dutch)/(English)

Katerine Avgoustakis (September 16, 1983) is a solo singer and was the winner of the 2005 Star Academy show in Belgium, similar to American Idol in the United States.

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[edit] Biography

Avgoustakis was born on September 16, 1983, to a Greek father and a Belgian mother, who passed away in 2005, at 54 years old, after a long struggle with liver cancer.

Currently, she lives in Maasmechelen. Avgoustakis used to be a beauty specialist and before that a saleswoman. During the third quarter of 2005, it was announced that Avgoustakis had been dating Pim Symoens, who was #4 in Star Academy and who also works for JIMtv, a popular Flemish music channel.

Katerine plays the piano and used to be in a choir. Also she was a member of her first band Indiana, with whom she participated with for Eurovision Song Contest a couple of years ago, with the song Imitation Love.

Due the failure of Indiana, she entered Star Academy in Flanders. In 2005, she worked her way to the finale and won the contest and a record contract with the international record company Universal Records. Avgoustakis's debut single New Day, released in July 2005 in Belgium, peaked at #2 in the Belgian UltraTop 50 chart. "New Day" was written and produced by Regi Penxten & Filip Vandueren, the team behind Milk Inc. Three months later, she received the TMF Flanders award for Best New National Artist for the song. Also the song was certified gold in Belgium. Her self-named debut album Katerine was released on November 14, 2005 in Belgium. The album is to be released in May in the Netherlands. Due the 'unexpected' sudden death of her mother, her second single, Here Come All the Boys, was delayed to be released in October 2005. This is the first single she also released in the Netherlands, that peaked at #89 in the Dutch Mega Singles Top 100. The song is also featured on the hits compilation HitBox, which was released on March 13, 2006, containing hits like Ricky Martin's I Don't Care, Rihanna's If It's Lovin' That You Want and the Michael Jackson cover Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U) by Hi_Tack.

In 2006 Katerine was nominated for 3 TMF Awards: Best pop music national, best female artist national and best music video national. She won best pop music and best female artist, the award best musicvideo national was going to Nailpin, a belgium rock band.

Katerine also won the first Belgian pre-selection for Eurosong 2006 on January 8, 2006 with the song Watch Me Move. Because of this, she was sure to have a place in the pre-finale rounds, however the judges thought her voice wasn't powerful enough to win.

The third single from her album Katerine, Take Me Home, was released on April 4th 2006 in Belgium, with Watch Me Move as B-side. The next single "Catfight" was a quick follow-up and both "Take Me Home" and "Catfight" had a very strong video.

In 2007 Katerine was asked for the Belgian TV Program "Sterren op het Ijs" (a Belgian version of Stars on Ice), an opportunity she gladly accepted. She even made it to the final, but came in second. After Dean Delannoit, the Winner of 'Idool 2007' of that year.

In May 2007, she released another single, "Live Wire", which had her first 'computer animated' video and a couple of months later she introduced "Don't put it on Me", both hits didn't reach high ends in the charts. They were both previews of her upcoming new album. After these two singles Katerine and her Record Label reached a 'hiatus' and wanted to go in different directions. They did. Katerine then agreed on a new Record Deal with 'Mostiko'. They shared the same vision, which led to her lates single: 'Shut Your Mouth', a completely different sound, that received mixed critics. Still the single was a big succes. In it's first week the single already peeked at n° 3 in the 'Ultratop 50'.

Katerine and her new Record Label have been approached by several countries over the last months, that showed their interest in her new Album. Negotiations are in progress. This could probably mean an international breakthrough for Katerine.

[edit] Discography

Katerine on the cover for her second single, Here Come All the Boys.
Katerine on the cover for her second single, Here Come All the Boys.

[edit] Albums

Year Album Chart Peak
2005 Katerine Belgian UltraTop 50 Albums #9
2005 Katerine Belgian Top 20 Albums #3
2008 TBA
Katerine in Belgian UltraTop 50 Albums
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
Chart position 37 10 9 11 17 22 26 27 21 30 46
Katerine in Belgian Artists Top 20 Albums
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
Chart position 13 3 4 4 6 7 9 10 8 11 16 17
  • Belgium has two official hit parades:
  • The UltraTop 50 is a chart which featured both Belgian as International singles and albums.
  • The Belgian Top 20 is a chart which featured albums and singles by only Belgian artists.
  • The album peaked at #86 in the Belgium UltraTop 50 Albums Year End Chart and #27 in the Belgian Top 50 Albums Year End chart.

[edit] Singles

Year Title Album Chart positions
BEL NET
2005 "New Day" Katerine 2 -
2005 "Here Come All The Boys" Katerine 5 89
2006 "Take Me Home/Watch Me Move" Katerine 15
2006 "Catfight" Katerine 32
2007 "Live Wire" TBA 27
2007 "Don't Put It On Me" TBA 4°
2007 "Shut Your Mouth" TBA 3
Top 10 hits 3 0

°Ultratip only

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