Anouk (singer)

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Anouk at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Anouk Teeuwe (* 8. April 1975 in The Hague ) is a Dutch rock - singer and songwriter . She publishes her music under her first name Anouk .

Life

The daughter of a blues singer discovered her musical inclination as a child. As a teenager she performed at Café De Pater in The Hague, among others . In 1993 she became a background singer in the soul band Shot Gun Wedding until she began studying at the Rotterdam Conservatory in 1994 . She dropped out of this course after two years without a degree. She founded her first own band in 1995. Anouk first received more attention when she performed with Golden Earring . Barry Hay and George Kooymans of Golden Earring wrote the song "Mood Indigo" for Anouk, which was released in 1996 by Dino Records and brought the singer first successes. A year later, the single Nobody’s Wife was released and shortly afterwards the debut album “Together Alone”. It sold a total of over a million times in the Netherlands. The single was also released in German-speaking countries and was frequently played on the radio, but did not make it into the charts; this is what the album was for. In Germany, Nobody's Wife entered the singles charts in spring 2010 after it was interpreted by Jennifer Braun in the casting show Our Star for Oslo .

The two following single releases "It's So Hard" and "Sacrifice" also turned out to be successful. Anouk received the Edison Award for best Dutch singer in 1998 . With the second album "Urban Solitude", influences from Ska , Funk and Hip-Hop were added for the first time . The 2001 album "Lost Tracks" was a compilation of previously unreleased songs and, like the previous albums , reached number 1 in the Dutch charts.

After releasing two more albums, Anouk moved to Cincinnati , Ohio , USA in 2005 , but returned to her homeland in 2006. She released other successful albums. Her repertoire ranges from ballads to rock songs . In Germany, after a long absence on television on the occasion of the Pinkpop Festival 2009, her appearance there was broadcast by the WDR - Rockpalast on August 2, 2009.

Anouk Teeuwe was married to Remon Stotijn, singer of the Dutch band Postmen , from 2004 to 2008 . She has three children with him. After the divorce, she soon married the rapper Unorthadox. She has another child with him. This relationship also failed in 2011. She has a total of six children from four men. In addition to her musical career, she was a temporary lecturer at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam , and she worked in commercials for the Dutch Postbank and ING-DiBa .

At the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Anouk represented the Netherlands with the song Birds . She was the first interpreter since 2004 to reach the finals for the Netherlands. With her title, which is unusual for the Eurovision Song Contest, she took ninth place out of 26 finalists. In 2015 Anouk was the author of the Dutch contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest, which was interpreted by Trijntje Oosterhuis , but missed the final.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH NL NL BEF BE F
1997 Together alone DE72 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT42 (1 week)
AT 		CH34 (7 weeks)
CH 		NL1
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(101 weeks)NL 		BE F6th
gold
gold

(56 weeks)BE F
1999 Urban solitude - - - NL1
platinum
platinum

(90 weeks)NL 		BE F20th
gold
gold

(49 weeks)BE F
2002 Graduated Fool - - - NL3 (33 weeks)
NL 		BE F25 (11 weeks)
BE F
2004 Hotel New York - - - NL1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(87 weeks)NL 		BE F1
platinum
platinum

(89 weeks)BE F
2007 Who's Your Momma? - - - NL1
platinum
platinum

(52 weeks)NL 		BE F4th
gold
gold

(43 weeks)BE F
2009 For Bitter or Worse - - - NL1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(52 weeks)NL 		BE F2
gold
gold

(30 weeks)BE F
2011 To Get Her Together - - - NL1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(49 weeks)NL 		BE F4 (21 weeks)
BE F
2013 Sad singalong songs DE99 (1 week)
DE 		- - NL1
platinum
platinum

(65 weeks)NL 		BE F5 (22 weeks)
BE F
2014 Paradise and Back Again - - - NL1
platinum
platinum

(43 weeks)NL 		BE F10 (22 weeks)
BE F
2016 Queen for a day - - - NL1
gold
gold

(23 weeks)NL 		BE F10 (15 weeks)
BE F
Fake It Till We Die - - - NL2 (11 weeks)
NL 		BE F21 (9 weeks)
BE F
2018 Wen d'r maar aan - - - NL1 (37 weeks)
NL 		BE F12 (1 week)
BE F

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH NL NL BEF BE F
2004 Update - - - NL9 (10 weeks)
NL 		BE F38 (9 weeks)
BE F
2006 Anouk Is Alive - - - NL8th
platinum
platinum

(25 weeks)NL 		BE F5 (27 weeks)
BE F
2008 Live at Gelredome - - - NL1
gold
gold

(52 weeks)NL 		BE F16 (13 weeks)
BE F
2014 Live at Symphonica in Rosso - - - NL1 (15 weeks)
NL 		BE F18 (14 weeks)
BE F

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH NL NL BEF BE F
2001 Lost Tracks - - - NL1
gold
gold

(39 weeks)NL 		BE F5 (15 weeks)
BE F
2015 Greatest hits - - - NL1
gold
gold

(22 weeks)NL 		BE F6 (23 weeks)
BE F

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT NL NL BEF BE F
1997 Nobody's Wife
Together Alone 		DE87 (1 week)
DE 		- NL2
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)NL 		BE F5
gold
gold

(17 weeks)BE F
in DE only placed in 2010
1998 It's so hard
together alone 		- - NL23 (6 weeks)
NL 		BE F43 (4 weeks)
BE F
Sacrifice
Together Alone 		- - NL7 (14 weeks)
NL 		BE F47 (3 weeks)
BE F
1999 RU Kiddin 'Me
Urban Solitude 		- - NL2 (19 weeks)
NL 		BE F50 (1 week)
BE F
2000 The Dark
Urban Solitude 		- - NL8 (10 weeks)
NL 		-
Michel
Urban Solitude 		- - NL3 (15 weeks)
NL 		BE F11 (21 weeks)
BE F
2001 Don't
urban solitude 		- - NL13 (8 weeks)
NL 		-
2002 Everything
Graduated Fool 		- - NL12 (8 weeks)
NL 		-
2003 Hail
Graduated Fool 		- - NL31 (4 weeks)
NL 		-
2004 Girl
Hotel New York 		- - NL2 (26 weeks)
NL 		BE F3 (19 weeks)
BE F
2005 Lost
Hotel New York 		- - NL2 (15 weeks)
NL 		BE F7 (16 weeks)
BE F
Jerusalem
Hotel New York 		- - NL20 (5 weeks)
NL 		BE F44 (5 weeks)
BE F
One Word
Hotel New York 		- - NL4 (22 weeks)
NL 		BE F29 (15 weeks)
BE F
2007 Good God
Who’s Your Momma 		- - NL7 (15 weeks)
NL 		BE F13 (16 weeks)
BE F
2008 I don't wanna hurt
who’s your momma 		- - NL4 (13 weeks)
NL 		-
Modern World
Who’s Your Momma 		- - NL3 (19 weeks)
NL 		BE F33 (7 weeks)
BE F
If I Go
Who’s Your Momma 		- - NL15 (9 weeks)
NL 		-
2009 Three Days in a Row
For Bitter or Worse 		- - NL1 (16 weeks)
NL 		BE F19 (12 weeks)
BE F
Woman
for Bitter or Worse 		- - NL3 (19 weeks)
NL 		BE F32 (5 weeks)
BE F
2010 For Bitter or Worse
For Bitter or Worse 		- - NL14 (13 weeks)
NL 		-
2011 Killer Bee
To Get Her Together 		- - NL21 (8 weeks)
NL 		BE F39 (2 weeks)
BE F
Down & Dirty
To Get Her Together 		- - NL13 (11 weeks)
NL 		-
I'm a Cliche
To Get Her Together 		- - NL16 (9 weeks)
NL 		-
Save Me
To Get Her Together 		- - NL31 (4 weeks)
NL 		-
What Have You Done
To Get Her Together 		- - NL14 (8 weeks)
NL 		-
2013 Birds
Sad Singalong Songs 		DE49 (1 week)
DE 		AT74 (1 week)
AT 		NL3 (18 weeks)
NL 		BE F12 (3 weeks)
BE F
Wigger
Paradise and Back Again 		- - NL17 (8 weeks)
NL 		-
2014 You & I
Paradise and Back Again 		- - NL28 (4 weeks)
NL 		-
Places to Go
Paradise and Back Again 		- - NL16 (10 weeks)
NL 		-
2015 Hold me - - NL10 (11 weeks)
NL 		-
(with Douwe Bob )
New Day
Queen for a Day 		- - NL23 (9 weeks)
NL 		-
Dominique - - NL16 (9 weeks)
NL 		BE F29 (9 weeks)
BE F
2016 Run Away Together
Queen for a Day 		- - NL24 (8 weeks)
NL 		-
2019 Million dollars
 - - NL34 (3 weeks)
NL 		-

More singles

  • 1996: Mood Indigo
  • 2001: Love
  • 2003: Break Down the Wall (promotional song for Pepsi )
  • 2003: Only You (promotional song for Lion )
  • 2003: I Live for You
  • 2004: Margarita Chum
  • 2010: Lovedrunk
  • 2013: Pretending as Always

Chart placements as a guest musician

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT NL NL BEF BE F
2003 Between These Walls
Update 		- - NL35 (4 weeks)
NL 		-
( Junkie XL feat. Anouk)
2006 Downhill - - NL17 (6 weeks)
NL 		-
( PostMan feat. Anouk)

Video albums

  • 2006: Anouk is Alive (NL:platinumplatinum)

swell

  1. ↑ Het turbulente leven van Anouk - de 'greatest rockster van Nederland' . In: Business Insider . February 14, 2017 ( businessinsider.nl [accessed October 8, 2018]). Het turbulente leven van Anouk - de 'grootste rockster van Nederland' ( Memento from October 9, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ All participants at a glance. eurovision.de, accessed on May 19, 2013 .
  3. ↑ http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=confirmed_trijntje_oosterhuis_to_represent_the_netherlands_in_vienna
  4. ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH NL Albums NL Singles BE F
  5. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: NL BE

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personal data
SURNAME Anouk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Teeuwe, Anouk (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH The Hague , Netherlands