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

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...

, and

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. She is best known as the leader of Dutch band

Krezip Krezip is a Dutch pop, rock, and alternative music band from Tilburg, Netherlands, formed in 1997. Krezip's members formed a cover band while in the midst of highschool, and were still remarkably young when they broke through, playing all origi ...

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

Musical 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''),

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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 Senseo commercial and then released as a single.

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 ( Novastar), 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 Balthazar), Jan Peter Hoekstra (guitar ex-

) and Remko Kühne (keys

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

Personal life

Govaert resides in Haarlem 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) * ''

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'' (2000) * '' Days Like This'' (2002) * '' That'll Be Unplugged'' (2003) * '' What Are You Waiting For?'' (2005) * '' Plug It In'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Sweet High'' (2019)

Solo albums

Chart positions

Albums

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Singles

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

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

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/ #4 in de Single Top 100 , - , align="left", " Never Say Never", , 2009, , 11-07-2009, , 21, , 6, , with

/ #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'' (

, 2003) "Stay" * ''Odeur de Clochard'' (Relax, 2005) "Dream On" * ''Just Like You'' (SMD, 2008) * '' Imagine'' (

, 2008) " Never Say Never"