Guus Meeuwis

Guus Meeuwis is normally a Dutch singer and songwriter who made his discovery with backing music group Vagant in the middle’90s. On the turn from the hundred years, Meeuwis became a single artist and guaranteed a steady pursuing and enduring achievement well in to the brand-new hundred years. Being a musician, he mixes recognizable melody lines with reflective and intimate lyrics. Meeuwis was created in Mariahout, on March 23, 1972. In his early teenagers, he found your guitar and began singing. After senior high school, he visited Tilburg to review, and in 1994, he and several friends moved into a skill competition in Leiden and earned with an individual entitled “Het Can be Een Nacht” (Meeuwis had written it after an enchanting weekend along with his sweetheart). Because of this, the group was provided a recording agreement. The solitary appeared in the summertime of 1995, and reached the main position within a couple weeks, offering over 250,000 copies. His following solitary, “Per Spoor (Kedeng, Kedeng),” also reached the main position, remaining there for three weeks. His 1st studio room work, Verbazing, a dual record, premiered in 1996; it included both strike singles and marketed more than a 150,000 copies. Meeuwis and Vagant had been both loathed and cherished because of their student-like appearance and audio, but despite their critics, their achievement was unquestionable. Second record Schilderij was documented and released in 1997, and spawned two even more strikes, “Ik Tel Tot Drie” and “‘T Dondert en Het Bliksemt,” offering 70,000 copies. Although still significant, Vagant’s achievement was declining. Meeuwis’ biggest achievement of that calendar year emerged after penning lots a unitary, “Toen Ik Je Zag,” sung by professional Antonie Kamerling over the soundtrack towards the film All Superstars. Vagant’s third and last studio room record, 1 Voor Allen, was documented during the period of a couple of years and finally strike stores initially of 2001. Meeuwis experienced difficulty along with his vocal chords, as well as underwent a surgical procedure. With 1 Voor Allen, Meeuwis attempted to sail a fresh, more serious training course, but record product sales were disappointing. Disappointed with the picture and goals of Vagant, Meeuwis became wanting to transformation his musical persona and set up a older appearance and viewers. Therefore in 2001, Vagant split up. With studio room musicians completing for Vagant, Meeuwis released his initial solo record a season later, basically entitled Guus Meeuwis, for the EMI label. For the record, Meeuwis enlisted assistance from respected musicians such as for example Daniel Lohues and Paskal Jakobsen, and protected a tune of critic’s darling Frans Halsema. non-e from the album’s singles, nevertheless, reach the very best 40. All of this transformed in 2004, when Meeuwis was asked to execute “Geef Mij Nu Je Angst” with the widow of Andre Hazes on the latter’s funeral wedding ceremony. Meeuwis had documented the song previously that season as the B-side from the one “Ik Wil Je” and performed it at Hazes’ 25th wedding anniversary concert. The tune premiered as an individual, and reached the very best of the graphs. Later that season, Meeuwis released 10 Jaar Levensecht, a best-of compilation including two brand-new singles. The record was an instantaneous success, eventually offering over 150,000 copies. Meeuwis’ second single record, Wijzer, made an appearance a 12 months later. Lead solitary “De Weg,” became popular, and after three sold-out displays in the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, Meeuwis embarked upon a theatre tour. In 2006, to fill up his comeback achievement, he also received a Gouden Harp and an Edison Honor. Wijzer would ultimately sell 70,000 copies. By no means a prolific songwriter, Meeuwis locked himself inside a seaside house, and returned seven days later, after he previously written enough materials for his following recording, Hemel Nr. 7, that was released in 2007. The solitary “Tranen Gelachen” reached the main position, as well as the recording became his most effective record in years, striking the top from the Dutch graphs (his first number 1 recording since Vagant’s Verbazing in 1996). Summer time shows in PSV Eindhoven’s soccer stadium held Meeuwis busy another couple of years, culminating within a four-night home during the summertime of 2008. Twelve months later, his 4th studio room record appeared in-may. Entitled NW8, it quickly hit number 1 to complement the achievement of Hemel Nr. 7 and finally proceeded to go platinum in holland two-times over. A compilation, Het Beste truck Guus Meeuwis, charted well upon discharge in past due 2010. Meeuwis’ 5th record, Armen Open, continuing his streak of number 1 albums; released in-may 2011, it spent more than a 12 months in the graphs. Het Kan Hier Zo Mooi Zijn made an appearance in-may 2013; though it was held from the very best of the graphs, it had been among the Dutch best-sellers for most of 2013 and far of 2014. Hollandse Meesters, documented with Meeuwis fronting New Great Collective Big Music group, hit number 1 in holland upon launch in Oct 2014.