Niels Geusebroek (; born 4 August 1979) is a Dutch singer and songwriter.

In Silkstone

In 1996, he formed the Dutch pop group Silkstone becoming the vocalist of the band in partnership with guitar player Frans van Essen. There were many changes in line-up with various members that included earlier on Daniel van Luipen (bass), Paul van Twisk (keyboards), Boxie van Gerrisheim and Jeroen Vrolijk (drums). At later stages, the band was composed of Geusbroek and van Essen, in addition to the new line-up of Niels Bik (drums), Dave Besse (bass) and Marco Kuypers (keyboards). After initial success, the band signed with BMG releasing two albums, ''What's the Reason'' in 2003 and ''Here in Your World'' in 2008. Various hit singles by Silkstone included "Ready", "Rain Has Come" and "Blue X-mas" all in 2002, "What's the Reason" and "Lost" in 2003 and "Here in Your World" in 2008. He have also done a cover version of the British pop band

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in 2013 in the Netherlands talkshow De Frank en Vrijdag Show. Silkstone also toured to US and Russia. The band broke up in 2009 after more than 13 years.

In ''Voice of Holland''

Geusebroek continued on a solo career, taking part in 2011 in the second season of '' The Voice of Holland'' as a contestant in Team Angela (

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). During his run, three of his interpretations became minor hits appearing on the Dutch "Single Top 100" charts, namely for "Save the World", "Old and Wise" (an Alan Parsons project song) and "Titanium" (from David Guetta). He reached the semi-finals before getting eliminated in week 6 finishing in the 5th to 8th bracket.

Solo career

In November 2012, he teamed up with Wildstylez with a massive hardstyle hit called "Year of Summer" where he was featured on the vocals of the popular dance hit and reaching #3 on

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. The single was certified gold in January 2013.

Discography

Albums

;As part of Silkstone *2003: ''What's the Reason'' (BMG, peaked NED #43 on Album Top 100) *2008: ''Here in Your World'' (BMG, peaked NED #36 on Album Top 100)

Singles

;as part of Silkstone *2002: "Ready" (peaked at #40 on

) *2003: "What's the Reason" (reaching Tip 3 just below the Top 40) *2008: "Here in Your World" (peaked at #36 on Dutch Top 40) ;Solo, during ''The Voice of Holland'' ;featured in

Duets

*2016: "All I want" (with Sam Bettens)

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Geusebroek, Neils 1979 births Living people Musicians from Amsterdam 21st-century Dutch male singers 21st-century Dutch singers