Jasper Steverlinck (born 30 April 1976) is a Belgian Flemish singer and guitarist for

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-based

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. Steverlinck and his band Arid were finalists at Humo's Rock Rally in 1996. In 2000, Arid released their debut album ''Little Things of Venom'' and the follow-up ''All Is Quiet Now'' in 2002. Arid also performed several years at Rock Werchter. In 2002 Steverlinck also started a solo career. His first single, "Life on Mars" in 2003 was a huge success. The single stayed at the top of the Ultratop 50 Official singles chart in Belgium for 8 weeks. His solo album ''

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'' also peaked at number one for 5 weeks. In 2005, he became ill with

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and could not work for a long while. He returned to music in 2008 with Arid's third album ''All Things Come in Waves. ''In 2012, Steverlinck focussed again on his solo career working with his brother. In parallel, he became the singer of the newly-created project

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band

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, by Dutch musician

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(creator of

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among others), in 2009. He was featured in their only album, ''

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'', released in 2009. He also appeared as a guest singer on "Firelight", a song by the Dutch symphonic metal band

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from their seventh studio album ''

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In popular culture

In 2001 Steverlinck went to work as a voice actor when he took on the role of Johnny in the movie Haunted Castle. In 2011–2012, he became one of four coaches in the talent show ''

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''.

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part of his Team Jasper Steverlinck won the inaugural

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of the talent show. In 2013, another of his team contestants Paulien Mathues won again on

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of the show.

Discography

Albums

* ''Songs of Innocence'' (2004) *''Uncut'' (2017), EP *''Night Prayer'' (2018)

Singles

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Steverlinck, Jasper 1976 births Living people English-language singers from Belgium 21st-century Belgian male singers