Anouk – The Best off Music

Anouk Schemmekes (née Teeuwe, Dutch: [aːˈnuk ˈsxɛməkəs ˈteːu.ə]; born 8 April 1975), professionally known by the mononym Anouk, is a Dutch singer, songwriter and producer. After her 1997 breakthrough rock single “Nobody’s Wife”, she had additional hit records in the Dutch and Belgian charts. Many of her albums topped the Dutch album charts, all of them going Platinum and several debuting in the number 1 position. Anouk has a total of 15 number 1 albums, the most for any solo artist in the Netherlands. Her most famous singles include “Nobody’s Wife”, “Michel”, “It’s So Hard”, “R U Kiddin’ Me”, “Girl”, “Lost”, “Modern World”, “Three Days in a Row”, “Birds”, and “Woman”.

Anouk had released fifteen studio albums by 2025, a mix of anglophonic rock, pop and adult contemporary; one of which was recorded in the U.S., produced by Glen Ballard. In recent years, she has expanded into Dutch, more folky lyrics. Her 2022 album, was titled Trails of Fails.

Anouk 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 time since 2004 for the Netherlands, finished 9th with 114 points, and scored her another big hit.

Anouk Teeuwe was born on 8 April 1975, in The Hague, Netherlands. As a teenager, she used drugs and ended up living in several care homes after she ran away from her family at the age of fourteen. Anouk’s interest in music was triggered through her mother, who was a blues singer. Anouk gave her first performance at fifteen and sang at weddings and parties with the band Shotgun Wedding. She started attending the Rotterdam Conservatory in 1994, but dropped out two years later. In the same period, her then-husband and manager Edwin Jansen introduced Anouk to Golden Earring frontman Barry Hay. Hay believed her to have talent and offered to write some songs for her. One of those songs was “Mood Indigo”; written in collaboration with fellow Golden Earring member George Kooymans.
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