Sharon Kips is the winner of the first edition of X Factor (Netherlands)

X Factor (Netherlands)

X Factor is a Dutch television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. It is shown Friday evenings on the RTL4 Network in the Netherlands. The first series of the show aired from October 2006 through to February 2007, while the second series of the show...

, 24 February 2007. She was constantly praised highly throughout the show, with high compliments from three of Holland's music experts Henk Temming, Marianne van Wijnkoop and Henkjan Smits. She beat contestants such as X6, Richy and Anja to become the eventual winner in February 2007.
Her first single Heartbreak Away reached #1 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...

 in the first week. In 2010 she auditioned as a "mystery"-kandidate for the Dutch version of Popstars

Popstars

Popstars is an international reality television franchise and a precursor to the Idol series. The series first began in New Zealand in 1999 when producer Jonathan Dowling formed the five member all-girl group TrueBliss...

and got trough to the liveshows. In the liveshows she was one of the favorites. She placed third overall.

Singles

• 2007: "Heartbreak away" (reached #1 in the Dutch Top 40)
• 2007: "Heaven Knows"
• 2010: "Love for Life"