Dutch singer and actress (born 1980)
Kim-lian
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Birth name
| Kim-Lian van der Meij
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Born
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1980-10-01
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1 October 1980
(age 43)
Beverwijk
, Netherlands
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Genres
| Pop rock
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Occupation(s)
| Singer-songwriter, actress, tv presenter
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Instrument(s)
| Singing
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Years active
| 2003?present
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Labels
| CMM Records (2003?2005, 2009?present)
Bass Commander Records (2006?2009)
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Website
| kim-lian.nl
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Musical artist
Kim-Lian van der Meij
(born 1 October 1980 in
Beverwijk
) is a Dutch musical actress,
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presenter and a singer-songwriter.
Biography
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Kim-Lian comes from a musical family. Both her parents were professional dancers. Kim-Lian won a number of dance contests in her childhood
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and regularly competed in lip-sync shows. She competed in the Dutch tv-program "De Mini Playbackshow" (think of
Stars in their Eyes Kids
) twice, once at the age of 6 and once when she was 11.
When she turned 16 she was signed at several castings and model agencies. She was soon asked to play minor roles in Dutch TV programs such as Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden, Kees & Co and more. After screentesting for the Veronica TV channel she was a hostess of CallTV. From 2001 to 2002 she hosted Puzzeltijd (Puzzletime).
After she quit Puzzeltijd Kim-Lian retreated from publicity. But in 2003 she was asked to host the
Kids Top 20
for the children network
Jetix
. This TV program had audiences of 200,000 children every week. For this program she won the highest award in the Netherlands for a children program: the
Gouden Stuiver
(The Golden Nickel).
She ended up hosting the award-show in 2013.
Music career
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2003?2005: Balance
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In 2003 she got the chance by CMM Records to record an album. At the end of 2003 the first single "
Teenage Superstar
" was released. Already Kim-Lian went international. Teenage Superstar became a No. 1 hit in Indonesia and was charted in the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa,Malaysia,Singapure, Sweden and Italy.
After "
Hey Boy!
" was released (which also did well in all the charts), Kim-Lian's debut album
Balance
was released, which peaked at No. 9 in the Dutch Album Chart.
The third single "Garden of Love" was released to show a more mature side of Kim. It was a song with some heavy guitars in it. Although she was promoted as a children artist, this song had serious lyrics. "Garden of Love" made it into the Top 40 in the Netherlands.
The last single that was released off the album was a cover of Kim Wilde's song "
Kids in America
". The song became another top 10 hit for Kim in the Netherlands.
At the end of 2004 Kim-Lian released a DVD called
Balance: The Experience
. The DVD contains the music videos and live performances.
Because she has such an extraordinary look and acts funny, she was asked to join the presenters cast of
Top of the Pops
from
BBC
. And in that same time a more dynamic version of "Teenage Superstar" was released in the UK.
2006: Just Do It
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After splitting up with her record label CMM Records, because Kim-Lian refused to sing more children music, she worked on her second album. She wanted to produce it herself and was helped by the Swedish producer (and partner) Daniel Gibson. They built a studio at their home and started to write songs. Writing music was for Kim-Lian something she loved. They wrote with several writers from different countries, such as Sweden, England, the Netherlands and Belgium.
The first single of
Just Do It
was "
Road to Heaven
". And she showed that she did not need to make children music to have hits. It wasn't a massive hit, it peaked at No. 28 in the Top 40, but it was a start.
On 12 October, she released "
In Vain
", the second single off the upcoming second album
Just Do It
. It is an emotional song where in the video she dies. After spending 6 weeks in the Tipparade (Dutch pre-chart) it was expected to chart in the
Dutch Top 40
next week. But it did not enter.
Kim-lian had got plans to go abroad with her second and last album to date but it was never confirmed. She went on to record one-off singles, and film-soundtracks.
Musicals
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In 1994 Kim-lian played in the musical
Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek
(
Crusade in Jeans
), based on the children-novel of
Thea Beckman
. During the first season of the
Kids Top 20
, Kim-Lian played a role in the musical
Home
. At the end of 2003 she played in the musical
Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, mijnheer?
(Can you tell me the road to Hamelen, sir?). In 2005 Kim-Lian played the role of
De Kleine Zeemeermin (Little Mermaid)
along with Belgian singer Kathleen Aerts. In 2007 she starred in the musical
Doe Maar
which was based on the experiences of
the Dutch band by the same name
). This was followed by appearances in adaptations of
Fame
,
Footloose
,
Legally Blonde
and
Shrek
.
Cartoons
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Kim-Lian provided the Dutch voice of
Smurfette
in
The Smurfs
and
The Smurfs 2
; she also did Rapunzel in
the movie of the same name
.
Personal life
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Kim-Lian is married to Swedish producer Daniel Gibson who wrote
Teenage Superstar
. They have a daughter and two sons.
Year
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Title
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Role
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1994
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Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek
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2003
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Home
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Motje
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2004
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Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, meneer?
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Prinses Madelein
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2005
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De Kleine Zeemeermin
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Little Mermaid
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2007
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Doe Maar
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Janis
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2008
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Fame
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Carmen Diaz
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2009
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Footloose
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Ariel Moore
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2010?2011
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Legally Blonde
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Elle Woods
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2011?2012
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Daddy Cool
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Roos
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2012?2013
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Shrek
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Princes Fiona
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Discography
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Albums
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Year
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Album
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Chart positions
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NL
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BE
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2004
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Balance
- 1st studio album
- Released: 24 May 2004
- Format: CD
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9
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2006
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Just Do It
- 2nd studio album
- Released: 28 October 2006
- Format: CD+DVD
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2022
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The Best Of? 1st Compilation Album
? Released: 01 February 2022
? Format: Streaming+Digital Download
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Singles
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Filmography
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Apart from doing musicals she also acts in some TV-programs.
Television
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These are the TV-programs she hosted.
Awards and nominations
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References
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- ^
BV, ANWB (January 2007).
De Kampioen
. ANWB BV. pp. 17?
. Retrieved
27 September
2011
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