Jacqueline Govaert (; born 20 April 1982) is a Dutch singer,

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, and

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. She is best known as the leader of Dutch band

Krezip Krezip is a Dutch pop rock band from Tilburg, North Brabant, formed in 1997. The band was formed while its members were in high school and has had four consistent core members, centered around lead singer and songwriter Jacqueline Govaert. Sign ...

. After Krezip disbanded in 2009, Govaert started a solo music career. She released her debut album ''Good Life'' in August 2010.

Career

Krezip

Govaert wrote her first songs on the piano at age 12. She graduated from the Dutch Rockacademy in

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. Prior to that, she had started the band

in high school. The band released their first EP in 1999; it was an independent release. In 2000, the band was signed by

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and played at Lowlands and Pinkpop. In the same year their first LP came out, gaining considerable success that continued until they disbanded in 2009. Govaert was the band's main songwriter. She was also the band's pianist until guitarist Annelies Kuijsters was forced to take over this role, having lost her ability to play guitar after a severe injury. Govaert enjoyed giving up her role as pianist, noting "...now I can concentrate on my performance." Govaert served as a featured artist on tracks of the music project

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, Dutch band Relax (on the album ''Odeur de Clochard''), Armin van Buuren and Fernando Lameirinhas. In 2006, Govaert contributed on a theme song for the TMF Awards of 2006. For this song, she collaborated with Dutch bands

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and Caprice. They performed the song at the opening of the award ceremony. Govaert also co-wrote, with singer

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, the song "Wherever I Go", which was used in the Dutch

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commercial and then released as a single. In 2019, Krezip reunited and performed at Pinkpop. At first, Krezip reunited only with the intention to play at Pinkpop and to do a reunion concert. However, they have since kept touring and have released two albums: ''Sweet High'' (2019) and ''Any Day Now'' (2023).

Solo career

After quitting Krezip, Govaert announced that she would be pursuing a solo music career. She released her debut solo album, ''Good Life'', in August 2010. She worked on the album with Jan Peter Hoekstra (guitar

), Joost Zweegers (

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), Tjeerd Bomhof (frontman

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) and Alex Callier (bass and songwriter

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). Musicians on ''Good Life'' were Mario Goossens (drums

, Triggerfinger), Simon Casier (bass

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), Jan Peter Hoekstra (guitar ex-

) and Remko Kühne (keys

). The album entered the Dutch Album Charts on 3 September 2010 at number three.

Other activities

In August 2023, she was named one of the members of the selection committee for . Following this, she was chosen as the Dutch commentator for the contest alongside

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, replacing Jan Smit.

Personal life

Govaert resides in

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with her partner. On 29 October 2008, Govaert announced that she was expecting a child, and that she was taking a hiatus from the music industry. Govaert gave birth to a son, on 26 March 2009.NU.nl: Jacqueline Govaert heeft een zoon
/ref> Govaert's second child, a daughter, was born on 10 November 2010. Jacqueline is the older sister of Onno Govaert, who is a drummer mainly active in the field of

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Discography

Albums with Krezip

* '' Run Around'' (1999) * '' Nothing Less'' (2000) * '' Days Like This'' (2002) * '' That'll Be Unplugged'' (2003) * '' What Are You Waiting For?'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Sweet High'' (2019) * ''Any Day Now'' (2023)

Solo albums

Chart positions

Albums

, - , align="left", ''Good Life'', , 30-08-2010, , 04-09-2010, , 3, , 24, , , - , align="left", ''Songs to Soothe'', , 24-03-2014, , 29-03-2014, , 1, , 19, , , - , align="left", ''Lighthearted Years'', , 20-10-2017, , 28-10-2017, , 9, , , ,

Singles

, - , align="left", "Abraça-Me" / "Omhels me dan", , 2006, , -, , , , , , with Fernando Lameirinhas / #35 in

Single Top 100 The Dutch Single Top 100 or Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales, legal downloads and since July 2013 streaming and composed by Dutch Charts. It is one of the three official charts, the other two being the Du ...

, - , align="left", "TMF Awards Anthem 2006", , 2006, , 16-12-2006, , tip8, , -, , with Partysquad,

, Caprice / #4 in de Single Top 100 , - , align="left", " Never Say Never", , 2009, , 11-07-2009, , 21, , 6, , with Armin van Buuren / #32 in Single Top 100 , - , align="left", "Overrated", , 12-07-2010, , 17-07-2010, , 12, , 11, , #28 in Single Top 100 , - , align="left", "Big World", , 2010, , 27-11-2010, , 29, , 5, , , - , align="left", "Hold Your Fire", , 2011, , 19-02-2011, , tip11, , -, , , - , align="left", "Wherever I Go", , 2011, , 09-04-2011, , tip2, , -, , with

/ #33 in Single Top 100

Guest appearances

* '' Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer'' (Ayreon, 2000) "Temple Of The Cat" * '' 76'' ( Armin van Buuren, 2003) "Stay" * ''Odeur de Clochard'' (Relax, 2005) "Dream On" * ''Just Like You'' (SMD, 2008) * '' Imagine'' ( Armin van Buuren, 2008) " Never Say Never"

Notes

References

External links

*
Jacqueline Govaert - Homepage

Jacqueline Govaert - Discogs Profile

Jacqueline Govaert - LastFm Profile

Jacqueline Govaert - MusicBrainz Profile
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