Frans Bauer

Frans Bauer, 2007

Frans Bauer (born December 30, 1973 in Roosendaal ) is a Dutch pop singer and presenter .

biography

Frans Bauer recorded a single at the age of nine at the expense of his parents, which he sold at the door in the neighborhood. Every year he then took on more singles. At the age of eleven he began taking singing lessons and was allowed to sing in the opening act of other musicians as a teenager. He achieved nationwide fame in Belgium through the TV show All You Need Is Love , in which two female fans applied for an evening with him in a video.

His first real production was the album Op weg naar het geluk in 1992 , which, however, received little attention. It wasn't until two years later that success came with his first hit, Als sterren aan de hemel staan (German version: When a star is in the sky ). Further single hits in the Nederlandse Top 40 followed. His second album, which bore his name as a title, stayed in the top 100 charts for over a year. The next album Veel Liefs came in at number 4 and with more than a year and a half on the chart it was placed longer than any other of his albums. With his fourth album Voor jou he had his first number one placement in 1996 .

In 1997 he achieved a great chart success in a duet with the Dutch pop singer Marianne Weber with his title De regenboog ("The Rainbow"). It became his first number one hit single and went platinum . A joint album also reached the top of the chart. The great sales success is also due to the fact that many broadcasters boycotted the music. Two years later, Bauer had a similar success with a duet album with pop singer Corry Konings . Two other albums with Marianne Weber, including a Christmas album, reached the Top 10. The second half of the 1990s until the 2000s were his most successful musically and his albums were awarded gold and platinum.

In 1998 Frans Bauer gave three concerts at the Ahoy in Rotterdam . Not only was it released a successful live double album, a recording was also broadcast on television and had over two million viewers. The following year he gave five more concerts in the same place, to which he also invited other guest musicians. The result was a successful series of shows and in 2011 he celebrated his fiftieth appearance at Ahoy. Two more live albums were released from these events.

For his tenth anniversary in 2003, he also hosted a big show at Ahoy with synchronized swimmers in a pool of water. His anniversary best of album 10 jaar hits came in at number one in Flanders , the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, and is his most successful album in the neighboring country. In the following years he was sometimes more successful in Belgium than in the Netherlands. In 2005 he played the role of a musical gnome in the Flemish children's film series Kabouter Plop . In 2008 he recorded a duet album with the Belgian singer Laura Lynn , which only hit the charts in her home country and reached number one. Another joint Top 10 album followed in 2011.

Also in 2003 was the reality show De Bauers about the everyday family life of Frans Bauer and his wife Mariska , who works as a television presenter. Frans Bauer is the father of four sons. The show was awarded the Gouden Televizier-Ring , the most important Dutch television award, for best television broadcast . The theme song Heb je even voor mij , which had previously appeared on the double A-side, then became his second number one hit and his most successful single. It was also his first Top 10 hit in Flanders.

Since 2009, Bauer has hosted the comedy show Bananasplit at Nederland 1, which is a Dutch version of the hidden camera .

After his role in the Belgian children's series Kabouter Plop , he returned to acting in the late 2000s. He had two further film appearances in 2009 and 2010 in two Dutch Nikolaus children's films. He was the voice actor for the role of the Viking Elme in the German feature film Wickie und die stark Männer . He had his first serious role in 2012 in the film adaptation of Jesus The Passion , in which he played the apostle Peter .

German-speaking hits

As early as 1996, Frans Bauer began to publish songs and albums in German alongside his Dutch publications. That year he made his successful debut in Germany with the song Buenos dias, white dove , with which he also appeared in the ZDF hit parade . The German debut album Liebesbriefe was not yet that successful, but was able to place in the top 10 in the Netherlands. With the second album Weil I love you , the year after that, he also entered the German charts and another year later Was dir mein Herz nicht kann sich also entered the Austrian album charts. In 1998 he was nominated for an echo in the folk music category. Until 2003 he was successful with four more albums in German-speaking countries, then he retired to his homeland for a few years. A comeback attempt in 2008 with the album Schön was the time could no longer build on the earlier successes. His German-language albums were produced by Uwe Busse .

In German-speaking countries, Frans Bauer's songs were part of the repertoire of relevant radio programs around the turn of the millennium. He is also known through numerous television appearances. He performed several times at the Festival of Folk Music . His German-language titles move in the border area between German and popular hits.

German-language hits were, among other things, Longing , When a star is in the sky , One day the day will come for you too , Air balloon and In Venice the sky begins .

honors and awards

In 1995 Frans Bauer received the Silver Harp ( Zilveren Harp ), the young talent award of the Conamus Music Foundation. In 2004 he was also awarded the Golden Harp ( Gouden Harp ) for his oeuvre as a whole . In the same year he also received his second Edison for best Dutch singer, as he did in 1997 as best Flemish singer.

In 1999 he was honored with a wax figure in Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam . He was also immortalized on the Walk of Fame Europe in Rotterdam .

Because of his charitable actions, Frans Bauer was made a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 2004. He donates part of his income to the Villa Pardoes Foundation , which looks after children who do not have long to live. He donated income from albums to charity, for example in 2000 to the Enschede victims.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	NL	BE F
1994	Frans Bauer	DE73 (4 weeks) DE	-	NL18th gold (65 weeks)NL	-	published in Germany in 1997
1995	Op away naar het geluk	-	-	NL55 (7 weeks) NL	-	First published in 1992
	Veel ran	-	-	NL4th gold (83 weeks)NL	-
1996	For jou	-	-	NL1 (43 weeks) NL	BE F47 (4 weeks) BE F
	Love letters	-	-	NL10 (32 weeks) NL	-
1997	Because I love you	DE71 (3 weeks) DE	-	NL1 (18 weeks) NL	BE F50 (1 week) BE F
1998	Wat ik je zeggen wil	-	-	NL1 (22 weeks) NL	BE F22 (7 weeks) BE F
	What my heart can't tell you	DE62 (5 weeks) DE	AT39 (4 weeks) AT	NL41 (13 weeks) NL	-
1999	Seed met jou	-	-	NL1 (20 weeks) NL	BE F6th gold (17 weeks)BE F
2000	Very deep in the heart	DE65 (4 weeks) DE	AT49 (1 week) AT	NL14 (6 weeks) NL	-
2001	Who believes in dreams	DE42 (4 weeks) DE	AT46 (4 weeks) AT	NL40 (5 weeks) NL	-
	May te dromen	-	-	NL2 platinum (18 weeks)NL	BE F6 (9 weeks) BE F
2002	Close to jou	-	-	NL1 platinum (63 weeks)NL	BE F2 gold (12 weeks)BE F
2003	'n Ons geluk	-	-	NL1 × 2 Double platinum (50 weeks)NL	BE F7 (36 weeks) BE F
	Limitless	DE78 (2 weeks) DE	AT62 (2 weeks) AT	NL67 (3 weeks) NL	-
2004	Daar heb je vrienden voor ...	-	-	NL1 (41 weeks) NL	BE F8 (45 weeks) BE F
	Kerst met Frans Bauer	-	-	NL6 (5 weeks) NL	BE F53 (7 weeks) BE F
2005	Om van te dromen	-	-	NL2 (36 weeks) NL	BE F4 (36 weeks) BE F
2006	Liefde is ...	-	-	NL18 (10 weeks) NL	BE F1 platinum (26 weeks)BE F
	Voor altijd	-	-	NL1 (27 weeks) NL	BE F2 (29 weeks) BE F
2008	'n Zalige Kerst!	-	-	-	BE F5 gold (2 weeks)BE F
2009	For elke dag	-	-	NL3 (16 weeks) NL	BE F10 (12 weeks) BE F
2011	Gloednieuw	-	-	NL1 gold (18 weeks)NL	BE F27 (12 weeks) BE F
2013	De mooiste jaren komen nog	-	-	NL1 gold (23 weeks)NL	BE F5 (31 weeks) BE F
2014	Lieve schat	-	-	NL1 (15 weeks) NL	BE F4 (29 weeks) BE F
2016	Geluk hoop en rande	-	-	NL1 gold (12 weeks)NL	BE F4 (14 weeks) BE F
2018	Levenslied	-	-	NL2 (8 weeks) NL	BE F1 (17 weeks) BE F
2019	Ik ever ran	-	-	NL4 (7 weeks) NL	BE F3 (14 weeks) BE F

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Collaboration albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	NL	BE F
1997	Frans Bauer & Marianne Weber	-	-	NL1 (56 weeks) NL	BE F27 (10 weeks) BE F	with Marianne Weber
1999	Frans Bauer & Corry Konings	-	-	NL1 (21 weeks) NL	BE F2 gold (21 weeks)BE F	with Corry Konings
2000	Wat ik zou's sake	-	-	NL2 platinum (33 weeks)NL	BE F11 (11 weeks) BE F	with Marianne Weber
2001	Kerstfeest with Frans Bauer & Marianne Weber	-	-	NL6th gold (8 weeks)NL	-	with Marianne Weber
2008	Duets	-	-	-	BE F1 × 2 Double platinum (26 weeks)BE F	Laura Lynn & Frans Bauer
	Frans & Marianne	-	-	NL1 platinum (19 weeks)NL	BE F8 (6 weeks) BE F
2011	Back to back	-	-	-	BE F10 (16 weeks) BE F	Laura Lynn & Frans Bauer

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	NL	BE F
1998	Live in Ahoy '	-	-	NL6 (31 weeks) NL	-
2002	Live in Ahoy '2001	-	-	NL5 gold (16 weeks)NL	BE F37 (2 weeks) BE F
2007	Live in Ahoy '2006	-	-	NL6 (14 weeks) NL	-

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	NL	BE F
1999	For you ... the most beautiful love songs	-	AT22 (5 weeks) AT	NL62 (3 weeks) NL	-
2000	Zijn biggest hits	-	-	NL8th platinum (29 weeks)NL	BE F22nd gold (13 weeks)BE F
2005	10 jaar hits	-	-	NL4th gold (41 weeks)NL	BE F1 platinum (49 weeks)BE F
2006	Bauer Top 100	-	-	NL17 (27 weeks) NL	BE F7th gold (18 weeks)BE F
2008	Zijn 50 mooiste duets	-	-	NL27 (8 weeks) NL	-
2009	Zomer hits top 50	-	-	-	BE F30 (14 weeks) BE F
2018	De Bauer 100	-	-	-	BE F114 (7 weeks) BE F

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		NL	BE F
1994	As sterren aan de hemel staan	NL17 (12 weeks) NL	-
1995	Het leven is te mooi	NL33 (3 weeks) NL	-
	Waarom heb jij mij verlaten	NL25 (3 weeks) NL	-
	'n Dag uit duizend dromen	NL16 (10 weeks) NL	-
	Lost	NL36 (2 weeks) NL	-
1996	Julio medley	NL15 (8 weeks) NL	-
	Op rode rozen vallen tranen	NL9 (7 weeks) NL	-
	Buenos dias, white dove	NL18 (4 weeks) NL	-
	Nu zijn we alletwee artists	NL16 (4 weeks) NL	-	with Vader Abraham
1997	De regenboog	NL1 (12 weeks) NL	-	with Marianne Weber
	Eens schijnt weer de zon	NL4 (4 weeks) NL	-	with Marianne Weber
	Bella Madonna	NL10 (5 weeks) NL	-
1998	Wat ik je zeggen wil	NL4 (8 weeks) NL	-
	Op zoek naar jouw Laufde	NL17 (4 weeks) NL	-
	Ik wil met jou dansen	NL25 (3 weeks) NL	-
1999	Diep in mijn hard	NL4 (10 weeks) NL	-	with Conny Konings
	The summer nights of San José	NL27 (2 weeks) NL	-	with Conny Konings
	Ik pluk 'n ster	-	BE F45 (2 weeks) BE F
	De luchtballon	NL28 (2 weeks) NL	-
2000	Wat ik zou's sake	NL33 (4 weeks) NL	-	(with Marianne Weber)
2001	'n Beetje rande	NL25 (4 weeks) NL	-
2002	Eens schijnt voor jou de zon / Heb je even voor mij	NL34 (3 weeks) NL	-
2003	'n Ons geluk	NL15 (4 weeks) NL	-
	Heb je even voor mij	NL1 platinum (18 weeks)NL	BE F6 (21 weeks) BE F
2004	Had ik maar nooit naar jou gekeken	NL6 (4 weeks) NL	BE F25 (9 weeks) BE F
2005	Hé lekker thing	NL6 (6 weeks) NL	BE F7 (10 weeks) BE F
	Weet dat het zonnetje schijnt	-	BE F11 (11 weeks) BE F	with Kabouter Plop
2006	'n Beetje zonneschijn	-	BE F35 (3 weeks) BE F
	Un dos trés	NL10 (5 weeks) NL	BE F21 (7 weeks) BE F
2007	1000 lieve woorden	NL14 (5 weeks) NL	BE F50 (1 week) BE F
	Van de Nacht maken wij 'n fiesta	-	BE F48 (1 week) BE F
	Kom dans met mij	-	BE F1 gold (15 weeks)BE F	with Laura Lynn
2008	Al duurt de night dead tomorrowvroeg	NL21 (7 weeks) NL	BE F1 (10 weeks) BE F	with Laura Lynn
	As ik de lichtjes in jouw ogen zie	-	BE F3 (6 weeks) BE F	with Laura Lynn
	As ik met jou op de wolken zweef	NL5 (6 weeks) NL	BE F36 (2 weeks) BE F	with Marianne Weber

More singles

• Eens komt er voor jou 'n dag (1996)
• Torero (1999)
• Jouw ogen stralen as de zon (2000)
• Kijk in m'n ogen (with Marianne Weber, 2000)
• Ay, ay, ay ... 'n beetje amore (2001)
• Zie je al die zonnestralen (2002)
• Zeven Rozen, Zeven Jaren (2002)
• Jouw hart is as chocolade (2003)
• De leipe Bauer flavor ( feat.Ai B & Lange Frans , 2006)
• Amore laughs (with Marianne Weber, 2008)
• Geen woorden (2009)
• Wat moet ik toch zonder jou (2011)
• Mijn hart gaat zo tekeer (2011)
• De wereld is een gekkenhuis en dit is het hoofdkantoor (2012)
• Doe nou niet (2013)
• De mooiste jaren die komen nog (2013)

German-language songs

• Love Letters (1996)
• Buenos dias, white dove (1996)
• I Dream About You Tonight (Because I Love You) (1997)
• When a star is in the sky (1997)
• What My Heart Can't Tell You (1998)
• For you (1999)
• I wanna dance with you (1999)
• Into the Heart (2000)
• Longing (2001)
• Who Believes In Dreams (2001)
• Don't Cry Corinna (2001)
• Seven Roses, Seven Tears (2002)
• Limitless (2003)
• I dream of you (2003)
• A Thousand Dreams (2003)
• Ti amo - I love you (2005)
• The time was beautiful (2008)
• Hasta la vista (2008)
• Look in my eyes (2008)

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA)	7 × gold7th	4 × platinum4th	325,000	ultratop.be
Netherlands (NVPI)	8 × gold8th	8 × platinum8th	945,000	nvpi.nl
All in all	15 × gold15th	12 × platinum12

literature

• Biography: Frans Bauer , by Louis Bovée, Tirion Uitgevers, 2007, ISBN 9789043910224 .

swell

1. ^ Frans Bauer & Marianne Weber - De regenboog (single) , Maarten Steendam, September 18, 2013
2. ^ Frans Bauer live in Ahoy , Uitzending Gemist, April 25, 2012
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT NL Singles NL Albums BEF

Web links

Commons : Frans Bauer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biography in the Muziekencyclopedie (Dutch)
• Biography at Muzikum (Dutch)
• Official website of Frans Bauer
• German-language discography
• Frans Bauer at Discogs (English)
• Frans Bauer in the Internet Movie Database (English)