Mathilde Santing is a Dutch singer .

Santing was born in Amstelveen

Amstelveen

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, The Netherlands. She started receiving national attention in 1981 after she appeared with Sonja Barend

Sonja Barend

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 in a Dutch television programme called Sonja Op Maandag.

Over the last 25 years she has released a steady stream of albums, making her a fixture in the Dutch music scene.

In the 2006/2007 theatre season she appeared in the role of Glinda

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 in Joop van den Ende

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's production of the musical The Wiz

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.

On 27 April 2007 Mathilde Santing was knighted by Queen Beatrix (Order of Oranje-Nassau).

Albums

The ranks in this table are from the Dutch Album Top 20/50/75/100.

Title	Release date	Date of entering the charts	Highest rank	Number of weeks in the charts	Remarks
Mathilde Santing	1982	07-08-1982	17	11
Water Under The Bridge	1984	14-04-1984	37	5	with Dennis Duchart
Out Of This Dream	1987	30-05-1987	22	9
Breast And Brow	1989	04-03-1989	23	18	with Mimi Kobayashi
Carried away	1991	30-03-1991	27	9	as Mathilde Santing Ensemble
The Best of Mathilde Santing	1992	25-04-1992	44	5	Compilation album Compilation album A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
Mathilde Santing sings Randy Newman (Texas Girl & Pretty Boy)	1993	08-05-1993	32	17	Tribute to Randy Newman Randy Newman Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
Ballads	1994
		Compilation album
Under A Blue Roof	1994
Mathilde "Choosy" Santing live!	1996	03-02-1996	58	12	Live album
Matilde, Matilde	1997	06-12-1997	21	17	as Matilde Santing / Compilation album
To Others To One	1999	20-03-1999	4	34	as Matilde Santing
New Amsterdam	2001	27-10-2001	91	1
Ne9en Levens	2003	20-12-2003	69	8
Under Your Charms	2006	22-04-2006	13	14
Forty Nine	2008	27-09-2008	25	2*

Singles

The ranks in this table are from the Dutch Top 40.

Title	Release date	Date of entering the charts	Highest rank	Number of weeks in the charts	Remarks
Behind A Painted Smile	1982	28-08-1982	tip13
Beauty Of The Ritual	1989	13-05-1989	tip13
Beautiful People	1997	18-10-1997	21	11
Inspiratie	1997	20-12-1997	tip2
Wonderful Life	1999	20-03-1999	6	13	as Matilde Santing with The Oversoul 13
Lied voor Beslan	2004	30-10-2004	32	3	as a member of Artiesten voor Beslan
Als je iets kan doen		15-01-2005	1(4wk)	9	| als onderdeel van Artiesten voor Azië / Alarmschijf

Singles:

• "You Took Advantage Of Me" (1982)
• "Behind A Painted Smile" (1982)
• "Hand In Hand" (1983)
• "(I'm Not Mending) Broken Hearts" (1984)
• "Too Much" (1985)
• "Love Of The Common Man" (1987)
• "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" (1989)
• "We Could Send Letters" (1989)
• "Beauty Of The Ritual" (1989)
• "The Word Girl" (1991)
• "Overnite" (1991)
• "It's Not Unusual" (1992)
• "A Hazy Shade Of Winter" (1992)
• "Bad News From Home" (1993)
• "Lonely At The Top" (1993)
• "Only A Motion" (1994)
• "Hey Joan" (1994)
• "Carried Away" (1995)
• "De appels op de tafelsprei" (1995)
• "Crescendo" (1996)
• "Just One Victory" (1996)
• "Beautiful People" (1997)
• "Inspiratie" (1997)
• "De appels op de tafelsprei" (1998)
• "I Believe I Can Fly" (1998)
• "Wonderful Life" (1999)
• "The Right Place" (1999)
• "Here, There And Everywhere" (2000)
• "In The Meantime" (2001)
• "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (2002)

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