Kim-Lian
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Kim-Lian van der Meij is Dutch musical actress, presenter and a singer-songwriter
. She is famous for her hit single "Teenage Superstar" and for presenting the popular children's program Kids Top 20. She is also known for her cover of Kim Wilde
's hit "Kids in America
".
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 doing a screentest for the Veronica TV channel she was a hostess of CallTV. From 2001 to 2002 she hosted Puzzeltijd (Puzzletime).
After she quit Puzzeltijd there was a silence around Kim-Lian. 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 Holland for a children program: the Gouden Stuiver (The Golden Nickel).
" was released. Already Kim-Lian went international. Teenage Superstar became a #1 hit in Indonesia and was charted in the charts in other countries, such as the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Asia, 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 #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 but wasn't her biggest success so far.
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
. This is not a common thing. Not many people are asked to help them present the program. And in that same time a more dynamic version of "Teenage Superstar" was released in the UK.
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) Daniël 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 #28 in the Top 40, but it was a start.
On October 12, 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 has got plans to go abroad again with her album but nothing's sure yet.
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 will be seen in the new musical Doe Maar (Based on the experiences of the Dutch band by the same same). This has nothing to do with her new album which has the same name.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
. She is famous for her hit single "Teenage Superstar" and for presenting the popular children's program Kids Top 20. She is also known for her cover of Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...
's hit "Kids in America
Kids in America (song)
"Kids in America" is a New Wave song by British singer Kim Wilde, released in the United Kingdom as her debut single in January 1981, and in the US in 1982. It has famously been covered by many artists from different genres.-Background:...
".
Biography
Kim-Lian comes from a musical family. Both her parents were professional dancers, her mother could even be found on the dance floor when she was pregnant. Kim-Lian won a number of dance contests in her childhood and regularly competed in lip-sync shows. She competed in the Dutch program "The Mini Playbackshow" (a lip-sync contest on national TV) 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 doing a screentest for the Veronica TV channel she was a hostess of CallTV. From 2001 to 2002 she hosted Puzzeltijd (Puzzletime).
After she quit Puzzeltijd there was a silence around Kim-Lian. But in 2003 she was asked to host the Kids Top 20 for the children network Jetix
Jetix
Jetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids into...
. This TV program had audiences of 200,000 children every week. For this program she won the highest award in Holland for a children program: the Gouden Stuiver (The Golden Nickel).
2003-2005: Balance
In 2003 she got the chance by CMM Records to record an album. At the end of 2003 the first single "Teenage SuperstarTeenage Superstar
"Teenage Superstar" is the debut single of Dutch pop rock music singer Kim-Lian.- Information :The song was released on September 4, 2003 as the first single of her debut album Balance...
" was released. Already Kim-Lian went international. Teenage Superstar became a #1 hit in Indonesia and was charted in the charts in other countries, such as the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Asia, Sweden and Italy.
After "Hey Boy!
Hey Boy!
"Hey Boy!" is the second single of Dutch singer Kim-Lian. Released on February 9, 2004, the song was taken from her debut album Balance. The music video for the song was directed by Peter van Eyndt.-Track listing:#"Hey Boy!" [Radio Version] - 3:03...
" was released (which also did well in all the charts), Kim-Lian's debut album Balance
Balance (Kim-Lian album)
Balance is the debut album of the Dutch singer Kim-Lian. It was released on May 25, 2004 in the Netherlands. Kim-Lian said the album to be "a fun pop/rock album". The album spawned four top 20 singles, being "Teenage Superstar", "Hey Boy", "Garden of Love" and Kim Wilde cover "Kids in...
was released, which peaked at #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 but wasn't her biggest success so far.
The last single that was released off the album was a cover of Kim Wilde's song "Kids in America
Kids in America (song)
"Kids in America" is a New Wave song by British singer Kim Wilde, released in the United Kingdom as her debut single in January 1981, and in the US in 1982. It has famously been covered by many artists from different genres.-Background:...
". 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
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
from BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. This is not a common thing. Not many people are asked to help them present the program. And in that same time a more dynamic version of "Teenage Superstar" was released in the UK.
2006: Just Do It
The first single of Just Do It
Just Do It
Just Do It is the second album recorded by the Dutch pop rock music singer Kim-Lian. It is set to be released on October 28, 2006 in the Netherlands. Three singles were already released before the album, being "Road to Heaven", "In Vain" and the download only single "Feel". Kim-Lian had recently...
was "Road to Heaven
Road to Heaven
"Road to Heaven" is the fifth single of Dutch singer Kim-Lian and the lead single from her second album Just Do It. It was released on April 29, 2006...
". And she showed that she did not need to make children music to have hits. It wasn't a massive hit, it peaked at #28 in the Top 40, but it was a start.
On October 12, she released "In Vain", the second single off the upcoming second album Just Do It
Just Do It
Just Do It is the second album recorded by the Dutch pop rock music singer Kim-Lian. It is set to be released on October 28, 2006 in the Netherlands. Three singles were already released before the album, being "Road to Heaven", "In Vain" and the download only single "Feel". Kim-Lian had recently...
. 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
Dutch Top 40
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...
next week. But it did not enter.
Kim-lian has got plans to go abroad again with her album but nothing's sure yet.
Musicals
In 1994 Kim-lian played in her first musicalMusical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
Kruistocht In Spijkerbroek(Crusade in Jeans
Crusade in Jeans
Crusade in Jeans is a children's novel written by Thea Beckman. It contains a fictional account of the children's crusade of 1212, as witnessed by Rudolf Hefting, a boy from the 20th century. The original Dutch title is Kruistocht in spijkerbroek...
) based on the children-novel of Thea Beckman
Thea Beckman
Thea Beckman was a Dutch author of children's books.-Biography:At young age , Beckman knew she wanted to be a writer...
. During the first season of the Kids Top 20, Kim-Lian played a role in the musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
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 will be seen in the new musical Doe Maar (Based on the experiences of the Dutch band by the same same). This has nothing to do with her new album which has the same name.
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Kruistocht In Spijkerbroek | ? |
| 2003 | Home | Motje |
| 2004 | Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, meneer? | Prinses Madelein |
| 2005 | De Kleine Zeemeermin | Little Mermaid |
| 2007 | Doe Maar | Janis |
| 2008 | Fame | Carmen Diaz |
| 2009 | Footloose | Ariel Moore |
| 2010–2011 | Legally Blonde | Elle Woods |
| 2011–2012 | Daddy Cool | Roos |
Albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NL MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
BE Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
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| 2004 | Balance Balance (Kim-Lian album) Balance is the debut album of the Dutch singer Kim-Lian. It was released on May 25, 2004 in the Netherlands. Kim-Lian said the album to be "a fun pop/rock album". The album spawned four top 20 singles, being "Teenage Superstar", "Hey Boy", "Garden of Love" and Kim Wilde cover "Kids in...
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| 2006 | Just Do It Just Do It Just Do It is the second album recorded by the Dutch pop rock music singer Kim-Lian. It is set to be released on October 28, 2006 in the Netherlands. Three singles were already released before the album, being "Road to Heaven", "In Vain" and the download only single "Feel". Kim-Lian had recently... Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... +DVD DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions.... |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||||
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| NL Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
IND Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an... |
BEL Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
DEN Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
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| 2003 | "Teenage Superstar Teenage Superstar "Teenage Superstar" is the debut single of Dutch pop rock music singer Kim-Lian.- Information :The song was released on September 4, 2003 as the first single of her debut album Balance... " |
4 | 1 | 24 | 26 | - | Balance |
| 2004 | "Hey Boy! Hey Boy! "Hey Boy!" is the second single of Dutch singer Kim-Lian. Released on February 9, 2004, the song was taken from her debut album Balance. The music video for the song was directed by Peter van Eyndt.-Track listing:#"Hey Boy!" [Radio Version] - 3:03... " |
6 | - | 48 | - | - | Balance |
| 2004 | "Garden of Love Garden of Love (song) "Garden of Love" is the third single of Dutch singer Kim-Lian. Released on April 29, 2004, the song was taken from her debut album Balance. The music video for the song was directed by Peter van Eyndt, just like the one for "Hey Boy!"... " |
19 | - | - | - | - | Balance |
| 2004 | "Kids in America" | 15 | - | 50 | - | - | Balance |
| 2006 | "Road to Heaven Road to Heaven "Road to Heaven" is the fifth single of Dutch singer Kim-Lian and the lead single from her second album Just Do It. It was released on April 29, 2006... " |
28 | - | - | - | - | Just Do It |
| 2006 | "In Vain" | 33 | - | - | - | - | Just Do It |
| 2007 | "Feel" (digital single) | - | - | - | - | - | Just Do It |
| 2009 | "Not That Kinda Girl" (with Linda Bengtzing Linda Bengtzing Linda Birgitta Bengtzing is a Swedish pop singer, famous for her participation in the fourth season of Fame Factory in Sweden and for her entries at Melodifestivalen 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2011- Biography :... ) |
32 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2009 | "Gemengde Gevoelens" (with Fouradi Fouradi Fouradi is a Dutch hip hop duo from Amsterdam, Netherlands. The group is composed of Moroccan-Dutch brothers Mohamed and Brahim Fouradi. Their first single named "1 ding" was a national success. It reached a peak chart position of #11 in the Dutch Top 40... ) |
17 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2010 | "How I Like It" (with The Future Presidents) | - | - | - | - | 15 | |
Filmography
Apart from doing musicals she also acts in some TV-programs.| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Costa | Greetje |
| 2002 | Bonbini Beach | ? |
| 2002 | Kees & Co | ? |
| 2005 | Chicken Little Chicken Little (2005 film) Chicken Little is a 2005 computer-animated science fiction family comedy film loosely based on the fable The Sky Is Falling. It was the 46th animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation... |
Malle Abby (voice-only)Dutch version |
| 2006 | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, commonly known by its initialism, SRMTHFG, is an American/Japanese anime television series, and was created by Ciro Nieli, one of the directors of Teen Titans, with animation being done by a Japanese studio known as The Answer Studio... |
Nova (voice-only)Dutch version |
Television
These are the TV-programs she hosted.| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2000–2002 | Call TV |
| 2003–2005 | Jetix Planet Live Ahoy |
| 2005 | Christmas Jumbo Gala XL |
| 2005 | Co-Host Top of the Pops Top of the Pops Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn... (British Version) |
| 2003–2006 | Kids Top 20 |
| 2006–present | Nationaal Kids TV |
| 2007 | Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the fifth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in the Ahoy' indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 8 December. The host country was chosen by the European Broadcasting Union on 13 July 2006. The host city was... |
Awards and nominations
| Award | Category | About | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 till 2006 | ||||
| Nickelodeon Kids Award | Best Female Singer | Herself | Won | |
| John Kraaijkamp Musical Award | Best Leading Female Role | De Kleine Zeemeermin | Nominated | |
| John Kraaijkamp Musical Award | Upcoming Talent | Kunt U Mij De Weg Naar Hamelen Vertellen, Meneer? | Nominated | |
| De Televizier Ring | De Gouden Stuiver (The Golden Nickel) Best Children Program | Kids Top 20 Kids Top 20 Kids Top 20 is a Dutch/Belgian TV show for kids. The show covers the latest entertainment news.... |
Won | |