Eva Simons
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Eva Simons is a Dutch recording artist. She first came to public attention in 2004 after winning the Dutch version of the reality TV contest Popstars as part of the short lived girlband Raffish. In 2009 the singer embarked on a solo career after a recording of her first single, "Silly Boy
", leaked and gained popularity on the Internet.
. She grew up in part of a family from a long line of musicians with a pianist-father, trumpeter stepfather, and vocalist mother. She has been playing piano and composing since she was a small child and graduated from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
Eva Simons began her music career as part of the girlgroup called Rebel Rebel that formed in 1999. The band released several singles like "Turn Around" and "Happy Girl" [18
In 2009, Eva was the female vocalist on the Dutch editions of Dancing With the Stars
and X Factor
.
" was leaked onto YouTube. The song soon attracted a large online fan community and became one of the most listened to tracks online, generating over 10 million listens. The song was rumored to be by Lady Gaga
and Rihanna
, but the song was later announced as Simons'. Simons has stated that she was flattered that anyone would think that her song was by Lady Gaga or Rihanna.
"Silly Boy" was later released as Simons' debut single. The single was released in September and October 2009, and reached the Top 20 in Brazil and the Netherlands, but didn't fare as well in other countries, as it failed to chart in the UK and the US and reached low chart positions in other countries. "Don't Stop the Beat", featuring Chris Brown, was then rumored as the album's second single for an early 2010 release, but this was later denied by Eva. In December 2009, Eva was featured on Brown's song "Pass Out" from his third studio album Graffiti
. The song was going to be released as a single, but its release was later canceled.
In May 2010, Jessica Sutta
of The Pussycat Dolls confirmed that she had collaborated with Simons on a song. Eva later confirmed that her second single would be a song called "Look But Don't Touch" featuring Jessica Sutta
. Another song, "Take Over Control" featuring Afrojack, was later rumored to be the album's second single, but it was later confirmed as Afrojack's single and not hers.
Simons' debut studio album, has yet to be given a name and a release date. Simons has been working with producers Afrojack and Kizzo to create the album. She has stated that the album will be personal but still upbeat and danceable. She has been writing a lot of the album's songs.
In late 2010, Simons' website disappeared from the internet, causing much speculation as to why. Though now it is evident that the website was, in fact, removed due to Eva leaving EMI Music.
She appears as a featured artist in "Best Night" a song of album "Sorry for Party Rocking
" from the duo LMFAO
due out June 21, 2011 and will also feature will.i.am
and GoonRock
on the song, which is rumored to be a single.
Simons' video for "Take Over Control" came out on October 12, 2010.
Silly Boy (Eva Simons song)
"Silly Boy" is a song by Dutch pop singer Eva Simons and the debut single released from her debut studio album Rockstar.-Background:The song was recorded by Simons and producer Tearce "Kizzo" Keaz in August 2008. In April 2009 the electro-pop track "Silly Boy" was leaked onto YouTube...
", leaked and gained popularity on the Internet.
Early life and career beginnings
Simons was born in AmsterdamAmsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
. She grew up in part of a family from a long line of musicians with a pianist-father, trumpeter stepfather, and vocalist mother. She has been playing piano and composing since she was a small child and graduated from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
Eva Simons began her music career as part of the girlgroup called Rebel Rebel that formed in 1999. The band released several singles like "Turn Around" and "Happy Girl" [18
In 2009, Eva was the female vocalist on the Dutch editions of Dancing With the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
and X Factor
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...
.
2009–present: Rise to popularity and debut album
In May 2009 Simons' song "Silly BoySilly Boy (Eva Simons song)
"Silly Boy" is a song by Dutch pop singer Eva Simons and the debut single released from her debut studio album Rockstar.-Background:The song was recorded by Simons and producer Tearce "Kizzo" Keaz in August 2008. In April 2009 the electro-pop track "Silly Boy" was leaked onto YouTube...
" was leaked onto YouTube. The song soon attracted a large online fan community and became one of the most listened to tracks online, generating over 10 million listens. The song was rumored to be by Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
and Rihanna
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...
, but the song was later announced as Simons'. Simons has stated that she was flattered that anyone would think that her song was by Lady Gaga or Rihanna.
"Silly Boy" was later released as Simons' debut single. The single was released in September and October 2009, and reached the Top 20 in Brazil and the Netherlands, but didn't fare as well in other countries, as it failed to chart in the UK and the US and reached low chart positions in other countries. "Don't Stop the Beat", featuring Chris Brown, was then rumored as the album's second single for an early 2010 release, but this was later denied by Eva. In December 2009, Eva was featured on Brown's song "Pass Out" from his third studio album Graffiti
Graffiti (Chris Brown album)
Graffiti is the third studio album by American R&B and pop recording artist Chris Brown. It is the follow-up to his successful second album Exclusive . The album was produced during 2008 to 2009 by several record producers, including Polow Da Don, Swizz Beatz, The Runners, and Brian Kennedy...
. The song was going to be released as a single, but its release was later canceled.
In May 2010, Jessica Sutta
Jessica Sutta
Jessica Lynn Sutta is an American dancer, showgirl, singer, recording artist, model, and actress. She is best known as a member of the American pop girl group and dance ensemble, the Pussycat Dolls. She left the group in January 2010 to embark her solo career. She is currently finishing up her...
of The Pussycat Dolls confirmed that she had collaborated with Simons on a song. Eva later confirmed that her second single would be a song called "Look But Don't Touch" featuring Jessica Sutta
Jessica Sutta
Jessica Lynn Sutta is an American dancer, showgirl, singer, recording artist, model, and actress. She is best known as a member of the American pop girl group and dance ensemble, the Pussycat Dolls. She left the group in January 2010 to embark her solo career. She is currently finishing up her...
. Another song, "Take Over Control" featuring Afrojack, was later rumored to be the album's second single, but it was later confirmed as Afrojack's single and not hers.
Simons' debut studio album, has yet to be given a name and a release date. Simons has been working with producers Afrojack and Kizzo to create the album. She has stated that the album will be personal but still upbeat and danceable. She has been writing a lot of the album's songs.
In late 2010, Simons' website disappeared from the internet, causing much speculation as to why. Though now it is evident that the website was, in fact, removed due to Eva leaving EMI Music.
She appears as a featured artist in "Best Night" a song of album "Sorry for Party Rocking
Sorry for Party Rocking
Sorry for Party Rocking is the second full-length studio album by LMFAO. It was released June 21, 2011 physically and digitally by Interscope Records. The album debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200 with 27,100 copies sold in its first week. "Party Rock Anthem" was the first single released...
" from the duo LMFAO
LMFAO (group)
LMFAO is an American electro pop duo consisting of rappers, producers, dancers, and DJs Redfoo and SkyBlu . The group formed in 2006 in Los Angeles, California. Redfoo is SkyBlu's uncle. Redfoo is also the son of music mogul Berry Gordy, SkyBlu a grandson...
due out June 21, 2011 and will also feature will.i.am
Will.i.am
William James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer...
and GoonRock
GoonRock
David Jamahl Listenbee , better known by his stage name GoonRock, is an American producer and musician. He is perhaps best known for his work with American hip hop group LMFAO, and was a featured artist on their hit single "Party Rock Anthem".Born in Trenton, New Jersey, he moved to Los Angeles,...
on the song, which is rumored to be a single.
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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| NLD 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... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
AUT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
BE- VLG |
GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 2009 | "Silly Boy Silly Boy (Eva Simons song) "Silly Boy" is a song by Dutch pop singer Eva Simons and the debut single released from her debut studio album Rockstar.-Background:The song was recorded by Simons and producer Tearce "Kizzo" Keaz in August 2008. In April 2009 the electro-pop track "Silly Boy" was leaked onto YouTube... " |
13 | 45 | 55 | 12 | 36 | 51 | 149 | Rockstar |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Featured singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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| NLD 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... |
AUS AUS AUS or Aus can refer to: Australia using ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code* Assam University, Silchar* American University of Sharjah* Application Update Service, the service for updating Mozilla products* Aqueous Urea Solution, see AdBlue... |
AUT AUT AUT may refer to:- Autriche - Österreich*The IATA airport code for the airport in Atauro, Indonesia.*The ISO 3166-1 3-letter country code for Austria-Other uses:In education:*Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran... |
BE- VLG |
BE- WAL |
CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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| 2010 | "Take Over Control Take Over Control "Take Over Control" is a song by Dutch producer and DJ Afrojack, featuring vocals from Dutch singer Eva Simons. The song was written by Afrojack, Eva and Ingrid Simons, and Mike Hamilton. It was released in the Netherlands on August 12, 2010... " (Afrojack Afrojack Nick van de Wall, born 9 September 1987, commonly known by his stage name Afrojack, is a Grammy Award winning Dutch music producer and DJ. Born and raised in Spijkenisse, Netherlands, He was listed as number 7 on DJ Mags top 100 DJs of 2011... featring Eva Simons) |
12 | 17 | 46 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 78 | 24 | 41 | Non-album song |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Album appearances
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| NLD 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... |
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| 2009 | "Pass Out" (Chris Brown featuring Eva Simons) |
— | Graffiti Graffiti (Chris Brown album) Graffiti is the third studio album by American R&B and pop recording artist Chris Brown. It is the follow-up to his successful second album Exclusive . The album was produced during 2008 to 2009 by several record producers, including Polow Da Don, Swizz Beatz, The Runners, and Brian Kennedy... |
| 2010 | "Mr & Mrs Smith" (M. Pokora M. Pokora Matthieu Tota in Strasbourg, France commonly known as M. Pokora or Matt Pokora, is a French singer and songwriter.-Early life:... featuring Eva Simons) |
— | Mise à Jour Mise à Jour -Charts:-Release history:-Updated:Updated is the international version of Mise à Jour released on March 14, 2011 containing English versions of the songs of the album.... |
| 2010 | "What Do They Know" (Roll Deep Roll Deep Roll Deep are an Urban Music Awards-winning London-based grime music collective. They were founded in 2002, by a group of MCs including Wiley. Roll Deep were also closely associated with Boy Better Know with members in both. Their debut album, In at the Deep End, was released in June 2005... featuring Eva Simons) |
— | Winner Stays On Winner Stays On -Charts:-Release history:... |
| 2011 | "Best Night" (LMFAO LMFAO (group) LMFAO is an American electro pop duo consisting of rappers, producers, dancers, and DJs Redfoo and SkyBlu . The group formed in 2006 in Los Angeles, California. Redfoo is SkyBlu's uncle. Redfoo is also the son of music mogul Berry Gordy, SkyBlu a grandson... featuring will.i.am Will.i.am William James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer... , GoonRock, & Eva Simons) |
— | Sorry for Party Rocking Sorry for Party Rocking Sorry for Party Rocking is the second full-length studio album by LMFAO. It was released June 21, 2011 physically and digitally by Interscope Records. The album debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200 with 27,100 copies sold in its first week. "Party Rock Anthem" was the first single released... |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||
Music videos
Simons' video for "Silly Boy" came out on July 30, 2009.Simons' video for "Take Over Control" came out on October 12, 2010.