Chipz

Infobox musical artist
Name = Ch!pz

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Img_capt = From left to right: Cilla, Kevin, Peter and Rach-L in the music video for "1001 Arabian Nights".
Background = group_or_band
Origin = The Netherlands
Genre = Eurodance, Dance music
Years_active = 2003–present
Label = Universal
URL = [http://www.chipzfanclub.nl Ch!pz Fanclub] nl icon
Current_members = "Rach-L" (Rachel van Hoogen)
"C!lla" (Cilla Niekoop)
"Peter" (Peter Rost)
"Kev!n" (Kevin Hellenbrand)

Ch!pz is a pop music band from the Netherlands. With catchy lyrics, four number 1 singles in the Netherlands, they target an especially young audience. The group was formed in 2003, after several rounds of tryouts for the Fox Kids Network. The members of Ch!pz are:

*"Rach-L" (Rachel van Hoogen, born November 27, 1983)
*"C!lla" (Cilla Niekoop, b. December 11, 1985)
*"Peter" (Peter Rost, b. April 19, 1984)
*"Kev!n" (Kevin Hellenbrand, b. February 14, 1985)

Career

In the Netherlands, many radio stations did not play the Ch!pz' songs because most of the listeners found their songs too childish. However, thanks to promotions on Fox Kids, Ch!pz became one of the most well-known bands in the Netherlands. Within a year and a half, the band had had three singles at the top of the Dutch singlecharts. Still all of their singles went straight to the number 1 position, except "Captain Hook" and their debut single "Ch!pz in Black". Their debut album "The Adventures of Ch!pz" was released in 2004 in The Netherlands, which went straight to number 1 in the Dutch album chart. In 2005, "The World of Ch!pz" was released, their second album. Singles off it include "1001 Arabian Nights" , "One, Two, Three!" and "Carnival", of which all peaked at the #1 position.

At the beginning of 2005, "Ch!pz in Black", the first single from Ch!pz released in Germany, and climbed to #2 on the German charts. Shortly thereafter, at the beginning of May 2005, their second single, "Cowboy", made it to the second place as well. A week later, it made it all the way to #1 position.

Their videos are all of the same style: The members of the band are in exotic surroundings, and they all wear similar styles of clothing (for example, in Ch!pz in Black, they all wear black outfits). As such, they overcome a horse thief in "Cowboy", aliens who kidnapped their fellow campers in "Ch!pz in Black", a magic lamp thief in "1001 Arabian Nights", and in "One, Two, Three!" they fight against their evil selfs. All of this happens amidst clips of highly stylized dance moves, which inevitably defeat their enemies.

In April 2006, they released a new single in the Netherlands, "Gangstertown". Two months after the release of the single, that peaked at #5 in the Dutch Top 40, an EP was also released, '. A music video was shot for "Waikiki Beach" too, but was never released on single. In late September, their latest single "One Day When I Grow Up" was released. The single entered the Dutch charts at #29 and climbed twenty-two places up to peak at #7. A second EP, ', was released in November 2006.

"Cowboy" was released in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2007, while "Ch!pz in Black" is now slated for a March 26 release.

In December 2007, they released a new song, "Make a big splash", entering at number 3.

After that, they made a Tv programme named Chipz Dance Xperienz, in which they showed their choreoghaphies. After that, to support the programme, in September 2008 they released "CDX" (Chipz Dance Xperienz), their new Cd, preceded by the single "Dance Xperienz" (with the same music that Make a big splash".

Trivia

Something that many fans realized in 2006 was that Rach-L and C!lla always appeared in the middle of the group's pose on the album and single covers.

Discography

Albums

Infobox Discography
Type = studio
Name = The Adventures of Ch!pz
Released = February 4 2004
Label = Universal
Chart position= #1 Netherlands, #6 Germany, #9 Austria, #20 Switzerland, #35 Sweden
Certification =
Sales =
Singles = "Chipz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?)", "Cowboy", "Captain Hook"
Other info = Infobox Discography
Type = studio
Name = The World of Ch!pz
Released = April 1 2005
Label = Universal
Chart position= #1 Netherlands, #5 Germany, #6 Austria, #12 Switzerland
Certification =
Sales =
Singles = "1001 Arabian Nights", "One, Two, Three!", "Carnaval"
Other info = Infobox Discography
Type = EP
Name =
Released = June 23 2006
Label = Universal
Chart position= #5 Netherlands
Certification =
Sales =
Singles = "Gangstertown", "Waikiki Beach"
Other info = Mini album part 1Infobox Discography
Type = EP
Name =
Released = November 11 2006
Label = Universal
Chart position= #19 Netherlands
Certification =
Sales =
Singles = "One Day When I Grow Up", "Christmas Time Is Here"
Other info = Mini album part 2Infobox Discography
Type = compilation
Name = The H!tz Collection
Released = May 4 2007
Label =
Format =
Chart position= #10 Netherlands
Certification =
Sales =
Singles = "Studio 54"
Other info = Infobox Discography
Type = studio
Name = CDX
Released = September 12 2008
Label = Universal
Chart position= #1 Netherlands
Certification =
Sales =
Singles = "Dance Xperienz"
Other info =

Singles

{| class="wikitable"
- bgcolor="#ebf5ff"! width="30" rowspan="2"| Year! width="175" rowspan="2"| Single! colspan="10"| Chart positions [Chart peak positions:
* [http://www.musicsquare.net/charts/performer/chipz NL, BEL, SUI, AUT, GER, NOR]
* [http://www.apcchart.com/ Eurochart Hot 100]
* [http://dutchcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ch%21pz&titel=Christmas+Time+Is+Here&cat=s Dutch Mega Single Top 100] ] ! width="100" rowspan="2"| Album
- bgcolor="#DDDDDD"! width="30"| NL 40! width="30"| UK! width="30"| NL 100! width="30"| BEL! width="30"| SUI! width="30"| AUT! width="30"| GER! width="30"| SWE! width="30"| NOR! width="30"| EU
- bgcolor="#efefef"
rowspan="2"|2003
"Ch!pz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?)" ¹
align="center"| 2
align="center"| -
align="center"| 1
align="center"| 40
align="center"| 2
align="center"| 2
align="center"| 2
align="center"| 3
align="center"| 19
align="center"| 11
align="left"|"The Adventures of Ch!pz"
- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
"Cowboy" ¹
align="center"| 1
align="center"| 44 ³
align="center"| 1
align="center"| 37
align="center"| 2
align="center"| 1
align="center"| 1
align="center"| 3
align="center"| –
align="center"| 9
align="left"|"The Adventures of Ch!pz"
- bgcolor="#efefef"
rowspan="2"|2004
"Captain Hook" ¹
align="center"| 5
align="center"| –
align="center"| 3
align="center"| –
align="center"| 19
align="center"| 9
align="center"| 14
align="center"| NR
align="center"| NR
align="center"| 34
align="left"|"The Adventures of Ch!pz"
- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
"1001 Arabian Nights" ¹
align="center"| 1
align="center"| –
align="center"| 1
align="center"| –
align="center"| 3
align="center"| 2
align="center"| 3
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="center"| 10
align="left"|"The World of Ch!pz"
- bgcolor="#efefef"
rowspan="2"|2005
"One, Two, Three!" ^{1 2}
align="center"| 1
align="center"| –
align="center"| 1
align="center"| –
align="center"| 47
align="center"| 31
align="center"| 40
align="center"| NR
align="center"| –
align="center"| 93
align="left"|"The World of Ch!pz"
- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
"Carnival" ¹
align="center"| 1
align="center"| –
align="center"| 1
align="center"| –
align="center"| 32
align="center"| 28
align="center"| 28
align="center"| NR
align="center"| NR
align="center"| 87
align="left"|"The World of Ch!pz"
- bgcolor="#efefef"
rowspan="4"|2006
"Gangstertown" ¹
align="center"| 5
align="center"| –
align="center"| 2
align="center"| 38
align="center"| 58
align="center"| 22*
align="center"| 34
align="center"| NR
align="center"| NR
align="center"| 106
align="left"|""
- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
"Waikiki Beach" (Promo single)
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="left"|""
- bgcolor="#efefef"
"One Day When I Grow Up"
align="center"| 7
align="center"| –
align="center"| 2
align="center"| –
align="center"| NR
align="center"| NR
align="center"| NR
align="center"| NR
align="center"| NR
align="center"| 99
align="left"|""
- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
"Christmas Time Is Here"
align="center"| 8
align="center"| –
align="center"| 4
align="center"| –
align="center"| 56
align="center"| 46
align="center"| 73
align="center"| –
align="center"| NR
align="center"| 131
align="left"|""
- bgcolor="#efefef"
rowspan="1"|2007
"Studio 54" (Promo single)
align="center"| 8
align="center"| –
align="center"| 7
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="center"| –
align="left"|"The H!tz Collection"
- bgcolor="#F0F8FF"
colspan=15 style="font-size:85%" | Notes:
*¹ Singles that were released later in Europe and did not chart in that particular year.
*² Officially only released in the Netherlands.
*³ Charted in 2007 in the UK.
* * = Currently charting.
* NR = Not released (yet).

References

External links

* [http://www.chipzfanclub.nl "Ch!pz"' Official Dutch Fanclub] nl icon
* [http://www.chipzworld.de "Ch!pz"' Official Website] de icon
* [http://www.chipz.nl "Ch!pz"' Official Website] nl icon
* [http://www.bubblegumdancer.com/artists/chipz.htm Ch!pz at Bubblegum Dancer]