Kate Ryan Biography
Kate Ryan is a Belgian singer and songwriter born on 22 July 1980 in Tessenderlo, Belgium as Katrien Verbeeck. She studied at an art school, specialising in jewellery design. Kate began her career in 2001 and later found fame with a string of dance hits.
At the age of 16, Ryan became a member of a pop group called Melt and she later left after she met producer Andy Janssens, she left Melt and the pair began to write music together. Their debut single “Scream for More” was released in 2001. The group was active for two years, but they did not release any material commercially. Their debut single “Scream for More” was released in 2001, and it became a chart success. Later that year Ryan’s second single, “UR (My Love)”, cemented her position in Belgian charts.
She became prominence with a cover of Mylène Farmer’s “Désenchantée”, which was a hit in various European pop music charts. She released her first album ‘Different’ in 2002 exclusively in Europe after she signed in with Belgian department of EMI. Two final singles off Different, “Mon cœur résiste encore” and “Libertine” turned out a chart success.
In 2004, she released her second album in Europe, titled ‘Stronger’. The lead single was “Only If I” and a cover of Cock Robin’s “The Promise You Made” became the second single. Pop ballad “Goodbye” was released as the third single. In 2007, Ryan had some success with the double-sided single “Voyage, voyage”/”We All Belong”. The track “Voyage, voyage” was a cover of the 1986 European smash hit by Desireless, and “We All Belong” was selected as the official anthem for the EuroGames 2007 in Antwerp.
In 2008, she released two singles: “L.I.L.Y. (Like I Love You)” and then “Ella, elle l’a”, a cover of France Gall’s song. On 9 November 2008 in Monaco, Ryan won the World Music Award for Best Selling Benelux Artist. In 2011, Ryan announced via Facebook that her next album, ‘Electroshock’, would be released preceded by a single “LoveLife” but it was delayed and it was released on 25 June 2012. She also released another single, “Broken”, was released on 7 October 2011. On 24 May 2013, she released a non-album singles ‘Light in the Dark’, released via iTunes and ‘Heart Flow’, released on 13 August 2013. On 1 September 2014, Ryan released a new song ‘Not Alone’ via iTunes, which is a Franco-English song and in August 2015, she released a new single “Runaway (Smalltown Boy).”
Kate Ryan Husband
Kate likes to keep her life private therefore not much is known about her husband.
Kate Ryan Different
Different is the debut studio album by Belgian singer Kate Ryan. It was released in 2002 by EMI Records. The album was produced by AJ Duncan and Phil Wilde. It peaked at number eight in Belgium and was certified Gold.
Artist: Kate Ryan
Release date: 21 June 2002
Producer: Phil Wilde
Label: Antler-Subway
Genres: Pop music, Eurodance, Dance-pop
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Kate Ryan Albums
- 2002: Different
- 2004: Stronger
- 2006: Alive
- 2008: Free
- 2012: Electroshock
Kate Ryan Songs
- A La Folie
- Alive
- Alive(French Version)
- All for You
- Another Day
- Babacar
- Believer
- Broken (feat. Narco)
- Caminaré / Je m’en irai (feat. Soraya Arnelas)
- Can You Fix This?
- Combien de fois
- Crazyville
- Désenchantée
- Driving Away
- Electroshock
- Ella elle l’a
- Everytime
- Évidemment
- Free
- Free Your Mind
- Goodbye
- Got to Move On
- Hard to Reveal
- Hands Up
- Head Down
- Heart Flow
- How Many Times
- Hurry Up
- I Like the Way
- I Surrender
- In Your Eyes
- Je donnerais tout
- Je lance un appel
- Je t’adore
- Je t’adore (French Version)
- I.L.Y.
- La promesse
- Leave It Alone
- Les Divas du dancing
- Libertine
- Lift Me Higher
- Light in the Dark
- Little Braveheart (feat. Charlotte Perrelli)
- LoveLife
- Love or Lust
- Madness
- Magical Love
- Mon cœur résiste encore
- Ne Baisse Pas La Tête
- Nos Regards Qui M’Enflamment
- Nothing
- Oh Baby I… (feat Esther Sels, Linda Mertens, Maaike Moens & Pascale Feront)
- One Happy Day
- One More Time
- Only If I
- Pour quel amour
- Put My Finger on It
- Robots
- Run Away (feat. Tim Berg)
- Running Away
- Sage comme une image
- Scream & Shout
- Scream for More
- So in Love
- Spinning Around
- Spoiled (feat. Regi)
- Start Me Up
- Stepping Out
- Sweet Mistake
- Take Me Down
- Tapping on the Table
- Tes Yeux
- That Kiss I Miss
- The Promise You Made
- The Rain
- Through the Eyes
- Tonight We Ride / No digas que no (feat. Soraya Arnelas)
- Toute première fois
- UR (My Love)
- Voyage voyage
- Walk to the Beat
- We All Belong
- We Belong Together
- Who Do You Love
- Why Imagine
- Wonderland
- Your Eyes