Glennis Grace (born as Glenda Batta, June 19, 1978, Amsterdam) is a singer from the Netherlands who in 2005 won the national selection in the Netherlands for the Eurovision song contest 2005 for the nation. Grace's song was the ballad My Impossible Dream, but she did not advance the semifinal. She was discovered after she won a Dutch TV talent show where she performed Whitney Houston's "One moment in time". In April 2011 she reached the top of the Dutch singles chart with a rendition of "Afscheid", originally made famous by Volumia!
Year | Title Single | Chart positions | ||
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Dutch Singles Chart | Dutch Top 40 Chart | |||
1994 | "I'm Gonna Be Strong" | 13 | 13 | |
1995 | "Somewhere In Time" | 46 | - | |
1995 | "Goodbye (A Love Triangle)" | 74 | - | |
2002 | "Always On My Mind" | 43 | - | |
2003 | "Absolutely Not" | 68 | - | |
2005 | "My Impossible Dream" | 15 | 26 | |
2005 | "Shake Up The Party" | 33 | - | |
2007 | "Hoe" | 33 | - | |
2008 | "Dansen Met Het Leven" | 40 | - | |
2008 | "Als Je Slaapt" | 9 | - | |
2010 | "Als Je Mij Weer Aankijkt" | 22 | - | |
2011 | "Afscheid" | 1 | 2 |
Year | Title Album | Chart positions | |
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Album Top 100 | |||
1995 | "Real Emotion" | - | |
2004 | "Secrets Of My Soul" | - | |
2005 | "My Impossible Dream" | 28 | |
2008 | "Glennis" | 32 |
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by Re-Union with "Without You" |
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 |
Succeeded by Treble with "Amambanda" |