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Kate Ryan, born
Katrien Verbeeck on
July 22,
1980, in
Tessenderlo,
Belgium to
Dutch parents, is a Belgian
pop music singer/songwriter.
Biography
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'd 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 form her aunt who teaches at a
conservatory, but had other interests too. She studied at an art school, specializing in
jewelry design.
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.
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".
Kate is currently promoting her new double A-side 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. Kate has recently said that she hopes to release her fourth studio album in early 2008. This will include a duet with
Spanish singer
Soraya Arnelas.
Discography
Albums
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).
Other singles chart positions
2002 "Désenchantée" — #3 Nor, #2 Ned, #11 Den, #9 Europe, #10 UK Dance
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 Gre, #1 BEL, #157 Russia
2006 "Alive" - #40 Billboard Hot Dance, #1 D-z Top 40, #39 Gre, #129 Russia
2007 "Voyage Voyage" - #37 Bulgaria chart, #20 Gre, #3 Netherlands iTunes chart, #22 France iTunes chart, #65 Russia
2008 "L.I.L.Y (Like I Love You)" - #2 D-z Top 40, #4 D-z Officieele Singles Chart, *#20 Bulgaria chart
2008 "Ella, Elle L'a" - #1 Swedish iTunes chart, #14 Belgium iTunes chart, #18 Germany iTunes chart, #1 Belgium Ultratip chart, #65 RussiaFurther Information
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