Iris (singer)

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Iris
Birth name Laura van den Bruel
Born (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995
Morkhoven, Belgium
Genres Pop, country
Occupations Singer
Years active 2010-
Labels SonicAngel[1]
Website www.sonicangel.com/artist/airis

Laura van den Bruel, known as Iris or Airis (born January 19, 1995 in Morkhoven, Belgium) is a Belgian female singer.[2]

Eurovision

On 18 November 2011, it was announced by Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT),[3] that Iris will represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.[2][4][5] She performed the song Would You? but missed out on the Eurovision final, finished second last in the first semi-final with just 16 points which was the second lowest total for all the semi-finallists. However, she "thought she should've reached the final."

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
BEL
(VL)
[6]
Seventeen 30

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
BEL
(VL)
[6]
2011 "Wonderful" 28 Seventeen
2012 "Would You?" 19
"Welcome to My World" [lower-alpha 1]
2013 "Tomorrow I'll Be OK" 40 Non-album single
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

References

Footnotes

  1. "Welcome to My World" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 12 on the Flemish Ultratip chart.

Sources

  1. "AIRIS Laura Van den Bruel uit Morkhoven : beloftevolle artieste SonicAngel - Nieuws". Nnieuws.be. Retrieved 2012-01-25. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Iris fährt für Belgien nach Baku | GRENZECHO.net â€" Ostbelgien grenzenlos". Grenzecho.net. 2011-11-19. Retrieved 2012-01-25. 
  3. Auteur: (2011-11-19). "VRT stuurt 16-jarige Iris naar Azerbeidzjan - De Standaard". Standaard.be. Retrieved 2012-01-25. 
  4. Storvik-Green, Simon. "Iris to represent Belgium in Baku". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  5. Jiandani, Sanjay. "Belgium: Iris to represent Belgium in Baku". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Airis". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien. 

External links

Preceded by
Witloof Bay
with With Love Baby
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
2012
Succeeded by
Roberto Bellarosa
with Love Kills
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