Kate Ryan
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| Kate Ryan | |
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 Kate Ryan in Szczecin, 2007
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| Birth name | Katrien Verbeeck |
| Born | July 22, 1980 |
| Origin | Tessenderlo, Belgium |
| Genre(s) | Pop Dance Eurodance Trance Electronic |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar, Piano |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Label(s) | EMI, 2002-2006 ARS Entertainment, 2007-present |
| Website | www.kateryan.be |
Kate Ryan, born Katrien Verbeeck on July 22, 1980, in Tessenderlo, Belgium to Dutch parents, is a Belgian pop music singer/songwriter.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Ryan was born on July 22, 1980 in a small village named Tessenderlo in Belgium to Dutch parents. She grew up in a musical family, and had talent for music at a very early age. At eight years of age she had learned to play the piano and guitar, and could easily learn to play anything she heard on the radio. She had singing and piano lessons from her aunt who teaches at a conservatory, but had other interests too. She studied at an art school, specializing in jewelry design.[1]
Ryan played frequently in bars and cafés as a teenager, and one night a manager approached her, wanting her to record something in a studio. She became a member in a pop group called Melt at the age of 16. The group was active for two years but they didn't release anything commercially. When she met with producer Andy Janssens, she quit Melt and the pair began to write music together. Their debut single "Scream For More" was released in 2001, and it became an unexpected chart success.[1]
[edit] Solo career
She gained international prominence with a cover of Mylène Farmer's "Désenchantée", which was a hit on various European pop music charts. She signed with EMI Belgium and released her first album Different in 2002 exclusively in Europe. The album went Gold, selling more than 250,000 copies throughout Europe.
It became popular enough in the States that music consumers who favour dance-pop with a European flavour bought Different even though it was only available as an import title. Kate's Stateside debut single was "Scream For More", released July 17, 2001, on Robbins Entertainment. It did well on dance–music radio and in nightclubs. The follow–up single, "Desenchantee/U R My Love" also released on Robbins, did as well on dance radio and in nightclubs, but the single sold more than the previous single.
In 2004, Ryan released a second album in Europe and in North America in 2005 on Water Music Records, the album named Stronger, with two more popular songs—"Another Day" and "The Rain" which were rumored to have been inspired by the twilight series. . While the album did well on the dance charts, it failed to chart on the pop charts because of poor promotion of it.
In 2006 she represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, singing Je t'adore. However, she was eliminated in the semi-final, finishing two places outside the advancing Top 10. This was unexpected, considering she was one of the top favourites for first place. Along with the elimination of entries from Estonia and Cyprus, Ryan's dismissal was one of the bigger shocks of Eurovision 2006.
It was said that on the 14 August 2006 Ryan would release "Je t'adore" in the UK for which exclusive mixes by Credheadz were commissioned, but the release was shelved, close to the release date. It did however enjoy heavy rotation on the UK's music channels, and is still played regularly on Flaunt. "Je T'adore" was released Stateside as an import single, where it has sold decently well among pop music lovers, especially those who like their pop music with European flavour.
The following single was "Alive", taken from the album of the same name, which also features French versions of several tracks including "Je T'Adore", "Alive", and the third single "All For You".
In 2007, she had some success with the double sided single "Voyage Voyage"/"We All Belong". The track "Voyage, Voyage" is a cover of the 1987 European smash hit by Desireless, and "We All Belong" was selected as the official anthem for the Eurogames 2007.
In 2008, she released first L.I.L.Y. (Like I Love You) and then Ella, Elle L'a as a single. Both tracks (and Voyage Voyage) can be found on her new album Free, which was released on May 30, 2008. The album contains a duet with Spanish singer Soraya Arnelas.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
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[edit] Singles
All regularly released singles and their chart peak position: Belgium (BEL), Germany (DEU), Spain (ESP), France (FRA), Switzerland (SUI), Austria (AUT), Sweden (SWE), Denmark (DNK), Netherlands (NLD), Finland (FIN), Poland (POL), Portugal (PRT) and United World Chart (WW).
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| BEL | DEU | ESP | FRA | SUI | AUT | SWE | DNK | NLD | FIN | POL | PRT | NOR | WW | |||
| 2001 | "Scream For More" | 9 | 27 | 15 | 12 | Different | ||||||||||
| "UR (My Love)" | 17 | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | "Désenchantée" | 1 (6) | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 11 | ||
| "Mon Coeur Résiste Encore" | 4 | 27 | 8 | 35 | 12 | |||||||||||
| "Libertine" | 7 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 2004 | "Only If I" | 16 | 27 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 35 | Stronger | ||||||
| "The Promise You Made/La Promesse | 8 | 19 | 12 | 50 | 21 | 4 | 37 | |||||||||
| 2005 | "Goodbye" | 30 | 52 | 93 | 47 | 44 | ||||||||||
| 2006 | "Je t'adore" | 1 (5) | 26 | 11 | 65 | 38 | 21 | 1 | Alive | |||||||
| "Alive" | 4 | 42 | 17 | 54 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||
| "All For You" | 37 | 65 | 26 | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | "Voyage Voyage/We All Belong" | 2 | 13 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 28 | - | Free | |||||||
| 2008 | "L.I.L.Y. (Like I Love You)" | 12 | 24 | TBR | - | |||||||||||
| "Ella, Elle L'a" | *8 | *10 | *33 | TBR | *66 | *23 | *2 | TBR | TBR | TBR | TBR | TBR | *9 | - | ||
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[edit] Other singles chart positions
- 2002 "Désenchantée" — #2 Netherlands Top40, #9 Europe, #10 UK Dance, #2 Bulgaria, #18 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance, #93 UK
- 2005 "Only If I" - #13 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance
- 2005 "The Promise You Made/La Promesse" - #13 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance
- 2006 "Je t'adore" — #16 Greece, #157 Russia, #57 European Hot 100 Singles
- 2006 "Alive" - #40 Billboard Hot Dance , #1 D-z Top 40, #39 Greece, #129 Russia
- 2007 "Voyage Voyage" - #11 Netherlands, #37 Bulgaria chart, #20 Greece, #65 Russia, #51 European Hot 100 Singles
- 2008 "L.I.L.Y (Like I Love You)" - #2 D-z Top 40 , #4 D-z Officieele Singles Chart, #20 Bulgaria
- 2008 "Ella, Elle L'a" - #42 Russia, #27 European Hot 100 Singles
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official Web site
- http://www.kateryan.narod.ru/ Russian website
- [http://www.kate-ryan.info/ Personally European Website from Kate Ryan,Language:Dutch,English,German,
Polski,Russia,Spain,Portuguese,Italian and French;]
