Waylon (singer)

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Waylon

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Wicked Ways   NL 3  platinum 09/05/2009 (80 weeks) After all   NL 8th 11/12/2011 (40 weeks) Heaven After Midnight   NL 1 09/13/2014 (16 weeks) Seeds   NL 7th 11/26/2016 (16 weeks) The World Can Wait   NL 1 04/21/2018 (12 weeks)

Waylon (* 20th April 1980 as Willem Bijkerk in Apeldoorn ) is a Dutch singer .

He represented the Netherlands as a solo artist at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon and came in 18th. In 2014 he took part in this music competition together with the singer Ilse DeLange as The Common Linnets and achieved second place.

He chose the stage name Waylon because the American country singer Waylon Jennings is one of his role models.

Career

In 2008 he took part in the Dutch TV show "Hollands Got Talent". During his audition he impressed with his interpretation of the song It's A Man's World by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. The jury was very enthusiastic and gave him a place in the final, where he ultimately took second place.

His first song Wicked Way was released on August 7, 2009, and later in August the album of the same name Wicked Ways was released .

In April 2010 he won his first award, a 3FM Award in the "Best Newcomer" category

Discography

Albums

• 2009: Wicked Ways
• 2011: After All
• 2014: Heaven After Midnight
• 2016: Seeds
• 2018: The World Can Wait

Singles

• 2009: Wicked Way
• 2010: Hey
• 2010: Happy Song
• 2010: Nothing to Lose
• 2011: The Escapist
• 2012: Lose It
• 2012: Lucky Night
• 2014: Grasping Song
• 2014: Giving Up Easy
• 2014: Love Drunk
• 2016: Mis je zo graag
• 2016: Our Song
• 2018: Outlaw in 'Em

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: Charts NL
2. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: NL
3. ↑ Waylon - Eurovision Song Contest Lisbon 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2019 . 
4. ^ NDR: Waylon: Biography of the ESC candidate of the Netherlands. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .