Glennis Grace

Glennis Grace, born to Glenda Hulita Elisabeth Batta (Amsterdam, 19 June 1978), is a Dutch singer.



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[hide] *1 early life  ==Life Course[ Edit] == Grace grew up in as a child was the Amsterdam Jordaan and much music. At the age of six she first climbed the stage, 3 years later she got the opportunity to develop her voice in a tiny little Studio that her grandfather had built especially for her in an attic room. Grace said it discovered the power of singing from her mother when she was the single One Moment In Time by Whitney Houston was given and then wanted to be as good as its American example.
 * 1.1 Song festival
 * 1.2 in Dutch
 * 1.3 breakthrough
 * 1.4 Success and appreciation
 * 2 Trivia
 * 3 discography
 * 3.1 Albums
 * 3.2 Singles
 * 3.3 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 3.4 Dvds
 * 4 external link

At the age of eleven did Grace participated in the Unicef Gala for Kids, presented by Audrey Hepburn. Julio Iglesias was also a guest. He was so impressed that he invited her to Grace ' voices to sing a duet in Ahoy, during his concert series. In 1991 she sang some songs for the children's TV series the MiniStars but could not attend due to illness were the songs and recordings with her voice geplaybackt by others.

Grace won in 1994 as a sixteen-year-old the Soundmix show as Whitney Houston. She dragged a recording contract on hold and her first single I'm Gonna Be Strong the same year received the thirteenth place in the Mega Top 50. Her first album Real Emotion from 1995 did, however, rather little. Also the subsequent singles were not guarantee success.

From 1996 onwards, the quieter around the singer. Grace made for the label Koch still the single Goodbye. She moved to Diemen and followed in the period 1998 – 2000 a training at the Frank Sanders Academy in Amsterdam. Grace was sporadic in the spotlight as in 1999 during a medley from the West Side Story together with Frans Bauer in Ahoy '. In 2002, the singer back in Ahoy ', this time as a guest singer In Concert In The Round during of René Froger. She also competed on the duets Gordon & Friends of singer Gordon plate.

In 2003 saw her second album Secrets Of My Soul . Because there are some well-known international names to this album cooperated, there was quite a bit of expected, but the record flopped. Released singles asAlways On My Mind and Absolutely Not did it not good and again hit the singer into oblivion. ===Song festival[ Edit] === Glennis Grace ' Eurovision dress from 2005 during the "May we have your dress, please?!"Sandra Reemer-exhibition for the benefit of the FoundationIn order to revive her career went a Grace in 2005 in on the offer to join the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest. With the ballad My Impossible Dream won the singer eventually the final and if so represent Netherlands in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, where the Eurovision Song Contest that year would take place. In Kiev she came not through the preliminary rounds, making participation in the major European final of the job was.

After this disappointment tried to get success with the song Grace still Shake Up The Party. Despite an expensive music video, the song was not picked up by the media. Radio stations refused to run the plate of the singer and Shake Up The Party was yet another flop for Grace. The album My Impossible Dream did it also not good. Because of all her defeats and the lack of the expected success, Grace was then dumped by her record label and broke her manager John van Katwijk cooperation. ===Dutch-Speaking<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2006, CNR Music, the label of Grace, for her to a English album. At first saw the singer it doesn't really, but in the end she chose the challenge and began to work with producer Evert Abbing to songs. In november 2007 the first single from the album with the title How. The song was performed in the RTL 4- Life & Cooking program and was a modest hit. In July 2008, released dance with life, but again it was ' big ' success is not achieved.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The album was titled Glennis in september by CNR Music released in the Album Top 100, but also knew the cd at first not to throw high eyes. Attempt 3 was done with as you sleep, a ballad in which Grace her mother feelings out Anthony for son Shane. Thanks to a performance during Life & Cooking slowly increased the number to end up being number 9 in the Single Top 100. The record label invested in a video clip for extra media attention.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Especially for a recruitment action for the RTL4-program I bet I can, Grace sang a rewritten version of her first Top 10 hit for the campaign Because I'm a girl. For the programthe TV Cafeteria (with Carlo boszhard and Irene Moors in the lead roles) has Grace the eponymous tune Sung. The singer popped up again at the beginning of 2010 the studio to her second English album with producers Eric van Tijn and Jochem Fluitsma. The first single appeared In may If you looks at me again which was written by among others- X Factorwinner Jaap van Reesema. During the one-time tv program Of pop star to Opera star (in which various national artists were trained until singing opera) won the singer with the song Habanera from the opera Carmen. On september 9, received Grace from the hands of Buma Cultuur (part of Buma Stemra) a Buma NL Award for best singer. ===Breakthrough<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">End of March 2011 hit the career of Glennis Grace gained momentum thanks to its participation in the program the best singers of Netherlands. During the second episode in the series Grace sang a version ofFarewell, which was a hit of the former group Xander de Buisonjé [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FVolumia! Volumia!], where the lead singer of was. The concert was very well received in Netherlands, which many new postings of the singer. The action of Grace became a big hit on YouTube, with many thousands of hits in a short time. The song Goodbye was therefore released as digital single and reached within days all the number-one position on the iTunes list.On 8 april 2011 Farewell also came in at number 1 in the Single Top 100, with which Grace scored her first number one hit in Netherlands. On 8 May 2011 she received from the hands of Carlo boszhard a gold record for the single during a live broadcast of the television program Life4You. Soon after the album One Night Only, a live recording of her first concert in Club Dauphine in Amsterdam which was held on 27 april in front of an audience of about 150 people. Launched a dvd of this concert was also the number-one position for weeks the DVD Music occupied Top 30. Within a month and a half since its release knew One Night Only selling 25,000 copies to achieve the status of Gold. On 27, 28 and 29 May of that year she was guest artist during Toppers in Concert in the Amsterdam ArenA. From the album One Night Only was launched in August the number Always, specially for the single release was re-recorded with the Metropole Orchestra. On 29 september, Grace once again voted best singer of Buma by voters of the Netherlands NL Awards. On October 23, gave the singer her first official concerts in collaboration with RTL in Studio 21 in Hilversum. At the last minute, just before Christmas, appeared the number do not want 1 more Night, a duet between Glennis and Edwin Evers. The song – originally an English-language song by country singer Jason Aldean performed together with Kelly Clarkson – was itself modified by Edwards with Dutch texts and when he asked for the demo of Glennis to sing, it was decided to develop it as a duet with a single release. Within hours of the edition was the number 1 on the iTunes chart. In the Single Top 100 do not want 1 more Night reached the 3rd place. During a live broadcast on Radio 538 Evers staat op 's received Grace and Edwin a gold record for sales of 10,000 copies of the single. ===Success and appreciation<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">At the end of may 2012, she published her highly anticipated new studio album This Is My Voice, which serves a selection of English and Dutch among others, contained songs written by Bart van der Weide and Dennis Hammady (Racoon), Edwin Evers and Han Kooreneef. The first single I'm not yours reached number 27 in the Single Top 100; the album itself rose to number 2 in the Album Top 100. For the second time in the middle of may 2012 joined Grace on during the Toppers in Concert series in the Amsterdam ArenA, this time as a guest star. On 15 september, Grace her very first ' big ' live concert in the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam with a registration on cd/dvd next in november. Also she performed in november 2012 on at the Night of the Proms in Rotterdam. By the voters of the singer was the third consecutive year Sterren.nl chosen best singer of Netherlands with receiving a Buma NL Award.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">From February 2013, Stacey was Grace together with non-holiday homes and 538-dj Ruud de Wild as a jury member to see in weekly talent show The Next Pop Talent on SBS 6. In addition held the singer engaged in the realization of a new Dutch-language album. The first single , in spite of everything, (also the title song from the lovesickDutch film) already experienced his first. On 14 september 2013 groomed Grace for the second time a full evening concert in the Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall. Due to many positive reactions to the song If we would do nothing, a duet that performed during the concert to Grace with John Ewbank, it was for that reason, released as a single. They received the award for best singer for the fourth time during the Buma NL Awards. On 15 november 2013 Grace launched its first-ever Christmas album One Christmas Night Only, a recording of a one-off Christmas concert which was held in mid-October the noorderkerk in Amsterdam. In addition to this live album is a corresponding live-dvd. The previously announced English-language album is expected in 2014. The singer also start for the first time in her career in a theatre tour. ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===DVDs<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * Since september 2010, Grace Ambassador of Stop child abuse Foundation.