Alain Clark

Alain Clark at the 2008 Westerpop Festival

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Live It Out   CH 43 05/17/2009 (6 weeks)   NL 2  × 2 Double platinum 11/10/2007 (78 weeks) Color blind   CH 24 02/27/2011 (4 weeks)   NL 1  platinum 06/05/2010 (39 weeks) Live (with the Metropole Orkest )   NL 39 December 24, 2011 (8 weeks) Generation Love Revival   NL 5 05/26/2012 (13 weeks) Walk with Me   NL 3 02/22/2014 (13 weeks) Bad Therapy   NL 58 02.12.2017 (3 weeks)

Singles

Heerlijk   NL 22nd 02/21/2004 (6 weeks) This ain't gonna work   NL 3 10/20/2007 (14 weeks) Father & Friend   CH 38 05/24/2009 (7 weeks)   NL 2 01/19/2008 (20 weeks) Blow me away   NL 8th 05/17/2008 (15 weeks) Fell in Love   NL 19th October 18, 2008 (7 weeks) Hold on   NL 15th 04/11/2009 (8 weeks) Love is Everywhere   NL 15th 04/24/2010 (10 weeks) Foxy lady   NL 15th 03/19/2010 (8 weeks) Let Some Air In   NL 33 06/16/2012 (3 weeks) Back in my world   NL 11 03/23/2013 (12 weeks) Lots of Ourselves   NL 33 08/03/2013 (3 weeks)

Alain Clark (born June 4, 1979 in Haarlem ) is a Dutch singer and music producer . Clark achieved his musical breakthrough in 2007 with his first English-language album Live It Out , which was placed in the Dutch charts for more than a year .

biography

Alain Clark was born in Haarlem and grew up in the seaside resort of Zandvoort . Through his father Dane Clark, the singer of the soul band Dane and the Dukes of Soul , Alain Clark came into contact with the music business at an early age.

In the early 2000s, Clark tried to start a career as a singer and songwriter in Los Angeles , but returned to the Netherlands after three years without a record deal . In Amsterdam , Clark produced his debut album Alain Clark , released in spring 2004 ; the single Heerlijk earned him his first chart placement.

In the same year, Clark was also active as a producer for other artists, such as the debut album by Boris Titulaer , the winner of the casting show Idols . As one of the best new talents, Alain Clark was awarded the Zilveren Harp Music Prize in 2004. In 2005 Clark participated in the charity project Artiesten voor Azië .

In early 2007, Clark recorded his second album Live It Out in Los Angeles , on which drummer Steve Gadd played. The album, held in the style of the Motown soul, reached number 2 in the Dutch charts and stayed in place for a year and a half. Released on the independent label 8ball Records , the album achieved double platinum status and became the best-selling album in the Netherlands in recent years. Several singles were released in the top ten of the Dutch charts.

The great success of Live It Out in his home country secured Clark an international record deal with Warner Music in 2008 . The single Father & Friend , a duet between Alain Clark and his father, was released throughout Europe in spring 2009 and included in the rotation of several radio and music stations.

Discography

Albums

• 2004: Alain Clark
• 2007: Live It Out
• 2010: Colorblind
• 2011: Live (with the Metropole Orkest )
• 2012: Generation Love Revival
• 2014: Walk with Me
• 2017: Bad Therapy

Singles

• 2004: Heerlijk
• 2004: Vrij
• 2004: This Is It ( feat.Jim Bakkum )
• 2004: Ringtone
• 2007: This Ain't Gonna Work
• 2008: Father & Friend
• 2008: Blow Me Away
• 2008: Fell in Love
• 2009: Hold On
• 2010: Love Is Everywhere
• 2010: For Freedom
• 2010: Good Days
• 2010: Too Soon to End (feat. Diana Birch )
• 2010: Dancing in the Street (feat.Ben Saunders )
• 2011: Foxy Lady
• 2011: Wherever I Go ( feat.Jacqueline Govaert )
• 2012: Let Some Air In
• 2013: Back in My World
• 2013: Lose Ourselves

Awards

• 2004:
  • Zilveren Harp as the best newcomer
• 2007:
  • 3FM Mega Award
• 2009:
  • Edison Award for Best Male Artist

swell

1. ↑ Chart sources: CH NL NL Singles
2. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: NL
3. ↑ "My own retro soul sound based on the Tamla Motown basics", quoted in Alain Clark UK ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on May 6, 2009). 
4. ↑ Chart placements on dutchcharts.nl (accessed on May 20, 2009).
5. ↑ punkt.ch : The best of the decade  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   (accessed on May 7, 2009).

Web links

• Biography at Warner Music
• Alain Clark at Allmusic (English)