Milow (singer)
Milow (born July 14, 1981 in Antwerp ; actually Jonathan Ivo Gilles Vandenbroeck ) is a Belgian singer-songwriter who is internationally successful with English-language titles and albums.
biography
Milow, born in the Antwerp district of Borgerhout, grew up in the small town of Haacht in the province of Flemish Brabant north of Brussels. He first appeared in front of a larger audience in 2004 as part of the Humo's Rock Rally music competition . There he made it to the finals, but missed a place on the podium despite the consistently positive reviews of the jury, especially for the song You Don't Know , which he wrote. In January 2006 he released his debut album called The Bigger Picture , which he recorded under his own direction with the help of producer Nigel Powell. He was able to win guest musicians such as Sergej Van Bouwel, Frederic Sioen and Johannes Verschaeve for the recordings .
There was no success for the time being. Although the single One of It was released from it reached the list of the chart show De Afrekening of the Belgian youth radio Studio Brussel , the album initially missed the Flemish sales charts. Commercial success only began with the release of the single You Don't Know in spring 2007. It rose to number 3 in the Flemish Ultra Top 50 and stayed in the charts for a total of 42 weeks. In the wake of this success, his one year old album rose to number 10 in the charts.
In February 2008, the follow-up album Coming of Age was released . With him, he was at number 1 in the Flemish album charts for a week two weeks after the release . In October of the same year he repeated this success in the single charts with a cover version of the hit Ayo Technology , originally by 50 Cent , Justin Timberlake and Timbaland . In the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland it reached number 1 in the single charts. Although he missed first place in Germany, at the end of the year he was third in the top-selling titles of 2009. With You Don't Know he achieved a comparatively smaller success: Although he did not make it into the top ten in a week, he was in the annual charts in 49th place.
On January 17th, 2010 he recorded a new version of his song Out of My Hands in Brussels with the Norwegian singer Marit Larsen . The song is included on a new edition of the Milow album released in March 2010 as well as a re-release of the album If a Song Could Get Me You by Marit Larsen.
On April 1, 2011, his third studio album North and South was released . The included song You and Me (In My Pocket) , which was released as a maxi CD on March 4, 2011, sold more than 150,000 times in Europe.
His fourth studio album Silver Linings was released in March 2014 and the fifth under the name Modern Heart in May 2016 .
In December 2018, Milow headlined the Night of the Proms concert tour in Germany and Luxembourg alongside Bryan Ferry , Tim Bendzko , John Miles and the Pointer Sisters , as well as performing in Belgium and the Netherlands a. a. next to Suzanne Vega in November.
In 2019 he was a participant in the sixth season of Sing my song - The exchange concert on VOX . His sixth studio album Lean into Me was released in May 2019 .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2006 | The Bigger Picture HomeRun Music (Munich) |
- | - | - |
BE F10  (110 weeks)BE F |
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First published: January 20, 2006
Sales: + 10,000 |
| 2008 | Coming of Age HomeRun Music (Munich) |
- | - | - |
BE F1 (65 weeks)BE F |
BE W46 (11 weeks) BE W |
First published: February 1st, 2008
Sales: + 10,000 |
| 2011 | North and South B1 ( Universal Music ) |
DE4th (31 weeks)DE |
AT12 (25 weeks)AT |
CH5 (25 weeks) CH |
BE F5  (93 weeks)BE F |
BE W12 (40 weeks) BE W |
First published: April 1, 2011
Sales: + 130,000 |
| 2014 | Silver Linings Island Records (Universal Music) |
DE7 (8 weeks) DE |
AT22 (3 weeks) AT |
CH12 (7 weeks) CH |
BE F1 (47 weeks) BE F |
BE W14 (17 weeks) BE W |
First published: March 28, 2014
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| 2016 | Modern Heart Island Records (Universal Music) |
DE9 (4 weeks) DE |
AT37 (2 weeks) AT |
CH31 (2 weeks) CH |
BE F2 (42 weeks) BE F |
BE W29 (11 weeks) BE W |
First published: May 13, 2016
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| 2019 | Lean into Me Island Records (Universal Music) |
DE11 (4 weeks) DE |
AT24 (1 week) AT |
CH15 (3 weeks) CH |
BE F5 (11 weeks) BE F |
BE W105 (1 week) BE W |
First published: May 31, 2019
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Awards
- 2010: European Border Breakers Award (EBBA)
- 2010: Swiss Music Awards , Best Newcomer International category
- 2012: De Jimmies, category "Best zanger - Nationaal"
swell
- ↑ MTV: Single Annual Charts 2009. Retrieved on February 19, 2010 .
- ^ Search in the database of the Federal Music Industry Association . Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ↑ Bryan Ferry meets Tim Bendzko - Night of the Proms | Germany . In: Night of the Proms | Germany . ( notp.com [accessed July 25, 2018]).
- ↑ Milow en Suzanne Vega first names Night of the Proms | NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl. Retrieved July 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Sing my song 2019: Milow surprises with the first verse of "To be music" in German. VOX . May 7, 2019, accessed May 7, 2019.
- ^ History. Swiss Music Awards. swissmusicawards.ch . Retrieved May 7, 2019.
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Milow at laut.de
- Milow on Myspace
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Milow |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vandenbroeck, Jonathan (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian singer-songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Borgerhout , Belgium |