Birgit Schuurman

Infobox musical artist
Name = Birgit Schuurman


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Birgit Schuurman
Born = Birth date and age|1977|7|1|mf=y
Origin = Utrecht, The Netherlands
Instrument = singing
Genre = rock
Occupation = singer, actress
Years_active = 1995-present
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Label = Virgin Records (-2003) Purple Eye Entertainment (2003-)
URL = [http://www.birgitmusic.com www.birgitmusic.com]

Birgit Schuurman (July 1 1977, Utrecht, Netherlands) (artist name Birgit) is a Dutch rock singer and actress.

Biography

Schuurman was born in Utrecht and raised in Bunnik as the daughter of a Dutch father and a Chinese-Surinamese mother; she's the younger sister of Katja Schuurman. Schuurman started her singing career several years before her graduation. Her first attempt to break into the music business was with some unsuccessful R&B and Dance projects. She also sang in the band Jeunes Turcs alongside her older sister Katja in 1995. [ [http://www.lyonpartners.nl/katja_schuurman.html LyonPartners Evenementen] Biography Katja Schuurman. (Dutch) (Retrieved: September 15, 2006)]

After a short break in her musical career, she released some singles in 1999 which were more successful. "A Little Famous" and "Maybe the Wine" were minor hits and enabled her a certain degree of fame. Also, in the same year, she featured in the video "Onderweg" by Abel and started to present a television program on Fox Kids. Her final breakthrough followed in 2001 with her song "I Know", and the corresponding album "Few Like Me". [ [http://www.popinstituut.nl/biografie/birgit.3004.html Popinstituut.nl] Biography Birgit Schuurmans (Dutch) (Retrieved: September 15, 2006)]

Birgit combined her own dates with a Marlboro-sponsored tour of Lenny Kravitz-covers only. Continuing in this direction, 2002 saw her recording a cover-version of the Skunk Anansie-classic "Weak" for the soundtrack of the movie "Liever verliefd"; it didn't chart.

In September 2003 she signed to a new record label at Purple Eye Entertainment, before releasing her single "Everybody Wants to Be"; the video was shot on location in Miami.

In July 2002 Birgit married film director Kaja Wolffers. The marriage wasn't meant to last and the couple divorced in April 2004. [ [http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/article11061951.ece Telegraaf.nl] Sterker, Monique, "Birgit weer verliefd" (Dutch), 4 jun 2004 (Retrieved: September 15, 2006)] .

At the end of 2004 Birgit played the magician in the movie-adaptation of the 1969 children's series "Floris". Around the same time she performed in the musical "De Jantjes" playing the role of Toffe Jans. Birgit went on to star in the "Lieve Lust" series that debuted in August 2005 at the then-launched television station Talpa; both proved to be short-lived.

During this period Birgit released her "Sticky Tales"-album which was originally scheduled for November 2004; a launch party was held at the Amsterdam Panama. Katja turned up with a few words of praise. "I'm proud of her; she's tough, witty and determined".

In 2006 the sisters became each other's opponent in "Katja vs de Rest"; Birgit who feared lifelong embarrassment, emerging as the better half. She also starred in a self-sung coffee-commercial, apparently made the previous year, alongside Mike Weerts (actor in the Dutch version of Footballers Wives) playing this geezer whose crush ends after meeting Birgit's real-life lover Arne Toonen (director of this commercial and best known for staging pranks in the early 2000s children's show Buya).

In 2007 Birgit released the USA- only "True Stories I Made Up".

Discography

Albums

ingles

References

External links

* [http://www.birgitmusic.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.birgitfanclub.nl/ Official Birgit-fanclub]