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Susana
Born
Sanne Boomhouwer

(1984-04-08) 8 April 1984 (age 40)
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • Radio host
Years active2005–present
Musical career
Genres
Instrument
  • Vocals
Labels
Websitesusanavocalist.com

Sanne Boomhouwer (born 8 April 1984 in Aalsmeer, Netherlands), who performs as Susana, is a Dutch trance music vocalist, songwriter and radio host.

Early years

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Boomhouwer grew up in the Amsterdam suburb of Aalsmeer[1] and took classical singing lessons in her youth. She attended the De Brug primary school.[2] Boomhouwer was inspired to become a songwriter after hearing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill; other inspirations include Mariah Carey and Tori Amos.[3] As a teenager she sang in the rock band '010?, named after the classroom the band rehearsed in.[4]

Career

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At age 19, a neighbor of Boomhouwer's introduced her to producers Raz Nitzan and Adrian Broekhuyse after seeing her perform live.[4] The meeting led to her singing on "Dark Side of the Moon", a collaboration with Dutch producers Ernesto van der Meij and Edwin Koelewijn (credited as Ernesto vs. Bastian).[5] Under the name "Susana", Boomhouwer provided guest vocals on the song "Shivers" by Armin van Buuren; the album of the same title reached the charts in the Netherlands.[2]

Susana then signed with Armada Music. She released her solo debut, Closer, on Armada in 2010, followed by Brave in 2012.[2][6] She contributed vocals to "Without You" by Egyptian trance duo Aly & Fila, and performed the song live at the pyramids of Giza in 2015.[7] She has also provided guest vocals for Metropole Orchestra at the Tomorrowland Festival and for Rex Mundi.[1][8]

Susana hosts two radio shows in which she showcases trance music, V2V and Press Play.[4][9]

She won the Trance Podium Award for Best Vocalist five years in a row from 2014 to 2018.[1]

She has ten songs listed in the top 1000 trance songs of all time, published by A State of Trance in 2021 and provided vocals for the #1 song "Shivers" and the #10 song "RAMelia".[10][11][12] She appeared in-studio with Armin van Buuren during the ASOT 1000 broadcast, accepted an award from Armin, and performed "Shivers" live.

On September 2, 2021, she appeared in-studio with Armin Van Buuren during the ASOT 1032 broadcast in celebration of the release of his album "A State of Trance Forever". She performed their song "Home with You" live, which he included in the album as an homage to "Shivers".

In late 2021 she debuted her own record label, Susa Records.

Discography

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Albums

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Albums
Year Title Publisher Notes
2010 Closer Armada Music
2011 Closer (The Remixes) Armada Music
2011 Closer (The Extended Versions) Armada Music
2012 Brave Armada Music
2012 Brave (Extended Mixes) Armada Music
2014 Press Play, Vol 1 Raznitzan Music (RNM)
2014: Press Play, Vol 2 Raznitzan Music (RNM)
2015 Press Play, Vol 3 Raznitzan Music (RNM)
2017 Press Play, Vol 4 Raznitzan Music (RNM)
2021 Vocal Trance Rewind 2014-2020 Raznitzan Music (RNM)

EPs

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EPs
Year Artist(s) Title Publisher Notes
2010 Susana, Bart Claessen If I Could Armada Music
2010 Susana ft. Tenishia The Other Side Armada Music
2010 Susana, Mike Shiver Give Me Faith Armada Music
2012 Susana, Rex Mundi All Time Low Armada Music
2012 Susana, Shogun Only You Armada Music
2012 Susana with Max Graham Down to Nothing exclusive license to Armada Music
2012 Susana Brave Armada Records
2014 Susana Never Let You Down Raznitzan Music (RNM)
2018 Susana with Neev Kennedy The Promise (The Remixes) Raznitzan Music (RNM)
2021 Aurosonic, Susana Weather the Storm Raznitzan Music (RNM)
2021 Susana, Raz Nitzan Fall Into Trust Raznitzan Music (RNM)

Singles and Collaborations

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Singles and Collaborations
Year Artist(s) Title Publisher Notes
2005 Ernesto vs. Bastian Dark Side of the Moon High Contrast Recordings plus 6 remixes
2005 Armin van Buuren feat. Susana Shivers Armada Music
2006 Re:Locate feat. Susana Escape
2008 Talla 2XLC feat. Susana I Know Breathemusic Digital
2008 Armin van Buuren feat. Susana If You Should Go Armind
2009 Rex Mundi feat. Susana Nothing at All Coldharbour Recordings
2010 Susana & Josh Gabriel Frozen S107 Records Songwriter
2010 Susana & Josh Gabriel Frozen Armada Music Songwriter
2010 Susana feat. Omnia & The Blizzard Closer S107 Records
2010 Markus Schulz feat. Susana Unsaid Armada Music
2010 Susana & Mike Shiver Give Me Faith Armada Music
2010 Susana feat. Tenishia The Other Side Armada Music
2010 Susana & Bart Claessen If I Could S107 Records
2010 Susana feat. Dash Berlin Wired Armada Music
2012 Susana & Shogun Only You S107 Records[13]
2012 Susana & Ernesto vs. Bastian with Wezz Devall Brave S107 Records
2012 Susana & Rex Mundi All Time Low Armada Music[14]
2012 Susana & Max Graham Down to Nothing Re*Brand[15]
2013 Susana & RAM RAMelia (Tribute To Amelia) FSOE Recordings[16]
2013 Lange & Susana Risk Worth Taking Lange Recordings[17]
2013 Aly & Fila & Susana Without You FSOE Recordings
2014 Susana & Hazem Beltagui Silent for So Long RazNitzanMusic (RNM)
2014 Bobina & Susana Play Fire with Fire Magik Muzik plus 6 remixes
2014 Susana Feel You Here RazNitzanMusic (RNM)
2015 Susana & UCast To Another Day RazNitzanMusic (RNM)
2015 Susana & RAM Someone Like You Black Hole Recordings Songwriter
2015 Susana & Photographer Find A Way How Trance Works
2015 Driftmoon, Thomas Coastline & Susana Time To Say Goodbye Driftmoon Audio (Abora Recordings)[18] Songwriter
2016 Aly & Fila meets Roger Shah & Susana Unbreakable FSOE Recordings
2017 Susana and Neev Kennedy The Promise RazNitzanMusic (RNM)
2019 Driftmoon & Susana Because of You Amsterdam Trance Records Songwriter
2020 James Dymond, Susana Is It Too Late RazNitzanMusic (RNM)
2020 Susana Dark Side of the Moon (Ferry Tayle Remix) RazNitzanMusic (RNM)
2020 RAM, Susana, Tales of Life You Are Enough Nocturnal Knights Music
2020 Armin van Buuren feat. Susana Shivers (Marsh remix) Armind
2021 Armin van Buuren feat. Susana Shivers (Mixed) (Live) Armada Music performed live during ASOT 1000, track 46
2021 Armin van Buuren & Susana Home with You Armada Music Songwriter
2021 Armin van Buuren & Susana Home with You (Mixed) (Live) Armada Music performed live during ASOT 1032, track 8[19]
2021 Kojun & Susana Caught in a Memory Serendipity Muzik
2021 Susana A Promise I Can't Keep Susa Records Debut own label
2021 Richard Durand & Susana I Matter to You MAGIK MUSIK (Black Hole) #40 on the A State of Trance Top 50 of 2021, and was the Service For Dreamers in ASOT 1062[20][21]

Songwriter credits per the BMI Songview database.[22]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Aalsmeerse Sanne succesvolle Trance vocaliste (in Dutch)". 10 October 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Biography Susana". Party Flock. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Real Dutch courage with her new album 'Brave'". DMC World. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Holla, Anand. "'It was trance music that found me, not other way around'". Gulf Times. No. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  5. ^ "#252 Ernesto vs. Bastian feat. Susana - Dark Side On The Moon". Trance History. 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  6. ^ "Vocalist Susana Releases Album "Brave" on May 25!". EDM Update. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 6 Feb 2021.
  7. ^ "ALY & FILA MAKE HISTORY AT THE PYRAMIDS". DJ Mag. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  8. ^ "Netherlands-Music-DJ". Getty Images. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Press Play Radio by Susana". SoundCloud. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Armin Van Buuren reaches over 50 million people with massive 1000th ASOT episode". We Rave You. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  11. ^ "ASOT1000 Top 1000 songs list - #1". A State of Trance. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  12. ^ "50 Million People Tuned into A State of Trance's 1000th Episode". Trance Farm. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Susana & Shogun - Only You (Out Now)". EDM Update. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 6 Feb 2021.
  14. ^ "Susana & Rex Mundi - All Time Low (Official Music Video)". EDM Update. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 6 Feb 2021.
  15. ^ "Susana & Max Graham - Down to Nothing". EDM Update. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  16. ^ "ASOT1000 Top 1000 songs list - #10". A State of Trance. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  17. ^ "Out Now: Lange & Susana - Risk Worth Taking". EDM Update. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 6 Feb 2021.
  18. ^ "Spotify - Time To Say Goodbye (Official Trancefusion Anthem)". Spotify. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  19. ^ 1001Tracklists. "Armin van Buuren & Ruben de Ronde & Ferry Corsten - A State Of Trance 1032 (ASOT Forever Special) 2021-09-02". 1001Tracklists. Retrieved 2022-04-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ 1001Tracklists. "Armin van Buuren & Ruben de Ronde & Ferry Corsten - A State Of Trance 1048 (Top 50 Of 2021 Special) 2021-12-23". 1001Tracklists. Retrieved 2022-04-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ 1001Tracklists. "Richard Durand & Susana - I Matter To You [MAGIK MUZIK]". 1001Tracklists. Retrieved 2022-04-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ "Boomhouwer Susana in BMI Songview". BMI. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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