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Dutch singer
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Gender
Male
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Place of birth
Mariahout, Laarbeek, North Brabant, Netherlands
Age
52 years
Education
Tilburg University,
Awards
Golden Harp
Televizier Aanstormend Talent Award
(2011)
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Biography
Gustaaf Stephanus Modestus "Guus" Meeuwis (born 23 March 1972) is a Dutch singer-songwriter. As part of the band Vagant, he scored several hits in the Netherlands and Flanders during the 1990s and first decade of the 2000s. On 24 May 2015, Meeuwis became the first Dutch language performing artist ever to play a fully booked concert at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Biography
Guus Meeuwis was born at a monastery in Mariahout, a small village in the municipality of Laarbeek where his parents were living temporarily. He attended Stella Maris College, and went on to study jurisprudence in Tilburg. It quickly became apparent that Meeuwis was musically talented while at school. Following a romantic weekend in Bruges with his girlfriend Valérie he wrote the song Het is een Nacht ("It is a Night"), with which, in 1994, he won a prize at the AHC-Studentensongfestival in Leiden. He and his backing band were awarded a record contract, under the name "Guus Meeuwis & Vagant", after a café they frequented. Marc Meeuwis, Jan Willem Rozenboom, Hugo van Bilsen, Robin van Beek en Dirk Oerlemans. At the end of 2001 the group decided to split and Meeuwis continued on as a solo artist.
Honours
- Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau (2013)
Guus Meeuwis & Vagant discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | BEL(FLA) | |||
| Verbazing |
| 1 | 41 |
|
| Schilderij |
| 14 | — |
|
| 1 voor allen |
| 34 | — | |
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLTop 40 | NLTop 100 | BEL(FLA) | ||||
| "Het is een nacht..." | 1995 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Verbazing | |
| "Per spoor (Kedeng kedeng)" | 1996 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| "Zo ver weg" | 3 | 4 | 47 | |||
| "Verliefd zijn" | 36 | 37 | — | |||
| "Ik tel tot 3" | 1997 | 16 | 23 | — | Schilderij | |
| "'t Dondert en 't bliksemt" | 1998 | 12 | 15 | — | ||
| "Ik wil met je lachen" | 19 | 21 | — | |||
| "Ze houdt gewoon van mij" | 1999 | — | 50 | — | 1 voor allen | |
| "Je hoeft niet veel van me te houden" | — | 53 | — | |||
| "Denk nou eens na" | 2000 | — | 74 | — | ||
| "Op straat" | 2001 | — | 62 | — | ||
| "Haven in zicht" | — | 86 | — | |||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||
Guus Meeuwis discography
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | BEL(FLA) | |||
| Guus Meeuwis |
| 25 | — | |
| Wijzer |
| 5 | — |
|
| Hemel nr. 7 |
| 1 | — |
|
| NW8 |
| 1 | — |
|
| Armen open |
| 1 | — |
|
| Het kan hier zo mooi zijn |
| 2 | 170 |
|
| Hollandse meesters |
| 1 | 188 |
|
| Morgen |
| 1 | 49 |
|
| Geluk |
| 1 | 35 |
|
| Deel zoveel |
| 1 | 164 | |
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | ||||
| Tien jaar levensecht |
| 1 |
| |
| Het beste van Guus Meeuwis |
| 2 |
| |
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | BEL(FLA) | |||
| Live in het Philips Stadion |
| 6 | — |
|
| Groots met een zachte G — Live in het Philips Stadion 2007 |
| 13 | — | |
| Groots met een zachte G — Live in het Philips Stadion 2008 |
| 4 | — |
|
| Groots met een zachte G 2010 |
| 2 | — |
|
| Groots met een zachte G 2013 |
| 2 | 193 | |
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLTop 40 | NLTop 100 | BEL(FLA) | ||||
| "Leve het leven" | 2002 | — | 70 | — | Non-album single | |
| "Eerste lief" | — | 85 | — | Guus Meeuwis | ||
| "Brabant" | 2003 | — | 28 | — | ||
| "Ik wil je" | — | 30 | — | |||
| "Hé zon" | — | 94 | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Waar moet 'ie in? (Daar moet 'ie in)" | 2004 | 17 | — | — | ||
| "Toen ik je zag" | — | 39 | — | 10 jaar levensecht | ||
| "Geef mij je angst" | 2005 | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| "De weg" | 7 | 8 | — | Wijzer | ||
| "Jouw hand" | 2006 | 30 | 28 | — | ||
| "Ik wil dat ons land juicht" | 5 | 2 | — | Live in het Philips Stadion 2006 | ||
| "Tranen gelachen" | 2007 | 1 | 1 | — | Hemel nr. 7 | |
| "Proosten" | 3 | 1 | — | |||
| "Genoten" | — | 58 | — | |||
| "Ik wil nog niet naar huis" | 2008 | 33 | 10 | — | Groots met een zachte G — Live in het Philips Stadion 2008 | |
| "Dat komt door jou" | 2009 | 11 | 4 | — | NW8 | |
| "Ik ook van jou" | 32 | 39 | — | |||
| "Laat mij in die waan" | — | 6 | — | |||
| "Schouder aan schouder" | 2010 | 2 | 1 | — | Groots met een zachte G 2010 | |
| "Majesteit" | — | 2 | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Dit lied" | 2011 | 22 | 8 | — | Armen open | |
| "Armen open" | — | 1 | — | |||
| "Als ze danst" | — | 97 | — | |||
| "Nergens zonder jou" | 5 | 5 | — | |||
| "Het kan hier zo mooi zijn" | 2013 | 26 | 4 | — | Het kan hier zo mooi zijn | |
| "Zeeën van tijd" | — | 62 | — | |||
| "Als de liefde" | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Zonder jou" | 2014 | — | 33 | — | ||
| "Jij bent de liefde" | 2015 | — | 64 | — | Morgen | |
| "Dankjewel" | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLTop 100 | ||||||
| "This is a Night (Het is een nacht)" | 2011 | 70 | Strings 'n' Stripes | |||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||
Other appearances
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLTop 40 | NLTop 100 | BEL(FLA) | ||||
| "Als je iets kan doen" | 2005 | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| "Koningslied" | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 41 | ||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||
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