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Eva Simons

Eva Simons (born 1984) is a Dutch recording artist. She first came to public attention in 2004 after winning the Dutch version of the reality TV contest Popstars as part of the short lived girlband Raffish. In 2009 the singer embarked on a solo career.

Early career

Simons grew up in part of a family from a long line of musicians with a pianist-father, trumpeter step-father, and vocalist mother. She has been playing piano and composing since she was a small child and graduated from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.[1]

Eva Simons was part of a girlgroup called Raffish. Together with four other girls, she got a number one hit in the Netherlands called "Plaything". She made one album with girlband, How Raffish Are You? and two other singles were released from the album, "Thursday's Child" and "Let Go".[2] The group disbanded in 2006.

In 2009, Eva was the female vocalist on the Dutch editions of Dancing With the Stars and X Factor .

Debut album

In May 2009 Eva Simons uploaded her electro-pop track "Silly Boy" onto YouTube. Since then the song has attracted a large online fan community and became one of the most listened to tracks online, generating over 10 million clicks.[1] The song was originally believed to have been written by Rihanna as a duet with Lady GaGa[3], but the vocals were later revealed to be Eva's.

Now Eva will be officially releasing "Silly Boy" as a single via EMI. "Silly Boy" will be released to a total of 20 EMI territories, beginning on 4th September in Germany, and 7th September in the UK, US, and the rest of Continental Europe.[1]

Billy Mann, President of New Music International and President of Global Artist Management, EMI Music, said, "Eva has taken the internet by storm and she already has a huge fan base that's just waiting for more. 'Silly Boy' captures her fabulous energy and strength of personality."

References

  1. ^ a b c "Eva Simons to release 'Silly Boy' via EMI". EMI. July 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  2. ^ Webmaster (2004). "RTL.NL - .:Welkom op Raffish.nl:". RTL Netherland. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  3. ^ David Balls (2009). "Rihanna 'pens Brown split song'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
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