Anouk

rock

Anouk Teeuwe (born 8 April 1975), professionally known by the mononym Anouk, is a Dutch singer-songwriter. After her breakthrough in 1997 with the single Nobody's Wife, she had numerous hit singles in the Dutch and Belgian charts, such as R U Kiddin' Me, Michel, Girl, Lost, Modern World, Three Days in a Row, Birds, and Woman. Anouk has released twelve studio albums to date, the most recent one being Wen d'r maar aan, released on 12 October 2018. She represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, with the song Birds. Her song made it to the final – the first since 2004 for the Netherlands; and finished 9th with 114 points. Musical style Anouk's musical style has been described as a combination of Joan Osborne, Melissa Etheridge and Alanis Morissette. She is known for explosive rock songs like Nobody's Wife and R U Kiddin' Me, but has also made small and fragile songs like Lost and Michel. In addition to her pop/rock sound she also experiments with soul, funk and hip hop. Personal life Anouk was married to her manager Edwin Jansen until 1998. She married Remon Stotijn (aka The Anonymous Mis), frontman of the reggae/rap band Postmen, on 16 March 2004. Stotijn is the father of three of her children; son Benjahmin Kingsley (b. 18 April 2002), son Elijah Jeramiah (b. 5 December 2003) and daughter Phoenix Ray (b. 3 June 2005). In May 2008, Anouk and Remon announced a harmonious mutual separation. In 2010 Anouk gave birth to her fourth child, ...