Isabelle A

Isabelle A 2006.

Isabelle A with Luc De Vos from the band Gorki at the 0110 concert in Gent, 2006.

Isabelle A (born May 25, 1975 in Ghent ; real name Isabelle Adam ) is a Belgian singer who was considered a teen idol in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Life

Isabelle Adam was born into a working-class family in Ghent in 1975. At the age of twelve she was discovered by producer Marc Van Beveren ; their first single De Troika came out in 1987. She became the presenter of the youth program Tv Tam Tam on BRT (now VTR), in which she interviewed young people.

In 1990 she landed a number 1 hit with Hé, lekker beest , which stayed in the Belgian charts for nine months and went platinum . Her second single Ik weet wat ik wil , which was released the following year, was awarded a gold record , the debut album Isabelle A went platinum.

At the age of 17, Isabelle A released her second album Zeventien , the releases of which Ik heb je nodig and Weet je nog were chart successes. With Theresa Platteau and Prince Far Out she started the international dance project Interactive , which led to the release of the single Slam in 1994 . Her third album Jij doet me leven , whose single Je mag altijd op me rekenen became a summer hit of the year in Belgium, was released in 1993.

The following years were less successful for Isabelle A. Due to contract issues with her manager, she was unable to record albums for two years. Her next album, Hemels , was released in 1997 and was her last album in Dutch for a long time. For the next few years she published titles and albums in English, which, however, could not build on earlier successes. It wasn't until 2006 that the single Ik heb je zo ran a hit that made it to number 3 in the Flanders charts . In the same year she recorded the duet True Love with Helmut Lotti for his double album The Crooners . In 2006 she performed with Luc De Vos at the 0110 concert against racism in Ghent. The following year, she and the group Gorki recorded the title En dans for the album Bravo Clouseau , which was released in 2007 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Belgian band Clouseau . In 2008 she released her current album De macht der gewoonte , which reached number 16 in the Flemish charts and on which she was musically supported by artists such as An Pierlé , Sarah Bettens , Stijn Meuris and Sioen . On Roel Vanderstukken's album Leven in mijn leven in 2010 she was heard in a duet with Vanderstukken with the title of the same name.

Isabelle A, who gave birth to her first child in 2010, has been a singer for the party and cover band The Expendables since January 2012, performing under the name The Expendables & Isabelle A.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	title	BE ^F	Remarks
1997	Hemels	BE ^F22 (15 weeks) BE ^F
2008	De makes the used	BE ^F16 (11 weeks) BE ^F
2016	Zo zal het zijn	BE ^F3 (22 weeks) BE ^F
2017	Het best van	BE ^F61 (14 weeks) BE ^F
2019	Sjokola	BE ^F7 (9 weeks) BE ^F

More albums

1991: Isabelle A
1992: Zeventien
1993: Jij doet me leven
2002: Calling Out Your Name
2006: Op verzoek - hair biggest hits

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	BE ^F	NL	Remarks
1990	Hé, lekker beest Isabelle A	BE ^F4 (19 weeks) BE ^F	-
1991	Ik weet wat ik wil Isabelle A	BE ^F6 (14 weeks) BE ^F	-
	Blank of zwart Isabelle A	BE ^F12 (14 weeks) BE ^F	-
	Stap voor stap Isabelle A	BE ^F20 (11 weeks) BE ^F	-
1992	Zeventien Zeventien	BE ^F20 (9 weeks) BE ^F	-
	Ik heb je nodig Zeventien	BE ^F15 (9 weeks) BE ^F	-
	Weet je nog ... Zeventien	BE ^F42 (6 weeks) BE ^F	-
1993	Wondermooi Jij doet me leven	BE ^F23 (11 weeks) BE ^F	-
	Jij mag altijd op mij rekenen Jij doet me leven	BE ^F36 (7 weeks) BE ^F	NL37 (3 weeks) NL
	Sarah Jij does me leven	BE ^F44 (2 weeks) BE ^F	-
1994	Helemaal alleen Jij doet me leven	BE ^F37 (8 weeks) BE ^F	-
1997	Dansen voor jou Hemels	BE ^F20 (9 weeks) BE ^F	-
	Hemels Hemels	BE ^F47 (1 week) BE ^F	-
	Liefste Hemels	BE ^F39 (8 weeks) BE ^F	-
1998	Like ben jij Hemels	BE ^F23 (11 weeks) BE ^F	-
1998	Ik geef Hemels	BE ^F46 (3 weeks) BE ^F	-
2003	Baby baby	BE ^F31 (3 weeks) BE ^F	-	as Isabelle Adam
2006	Ik heb hem zo ran	BE ^F3 (12 weeks) BE ^F	-
2006	Zelfs al kwam je terug	BE ^F26 (8 weeks) BE ^F	-
2017	I've Only Begun To Fight (Live) Zo zal het zijn	BE ^F39 (1 week) BE ^F	-

More singles

1987: De troika
1989: avenues
2008: Hou Je Nog Van Mij

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	BE ^F	NL	Remarks
2000	Wish	BE ^F27 (10 weeks) BE ^F	-	Miguel Wiels feat. Isabelle A

Web links

Commons : Isabelle A - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

A Isabelle A on Myspace

Individual evidence

↑ Showbizzsite.be: Isabelle A nieuwe zangeres The Expendables. In: showbizzsite.be. January 30, 2012, archived from the original on January 15, 2013 ; accessed on January 28, 2020 (Dutch).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Chart sources: BEF NL

personal data
SURNAME	A, Isabelle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Adam, Isabelle (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian singer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 25, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ghent , Belgium

[1] Showbizzsite.be: Isabelle A nieuwe zangeres The Expendables. In: showbizzsite.be. January 30, 2012, archived from the original on January 15, 2013 ; accessed on January 28, 2020 (Dutch).

[charts-2] Chart sources: BEF NL