Jacqueline Govaert


Jacqueline Govaert is a Dutch singer, songwriter, and pianist. She is best known as the leader of Dutch band Krezip.
After Krezip disbanded in 2009, Govaert started a solo music career. She released her debut album Good Life in August 2010.

Musical career

Krezip

Govaert wrote her first songs on the piano at age 12. She graduated from the Dutch Rockacademy in Tilburg. Prior to that, she had started the band Krezip in high school. The band released their first EP in 1999; it was an independent release. In 2000, the band was signed by Warner Music and played at Lowlands and Pinkpop. In the same year their first LP came out, gaining considerable success that continued until they disbanded in 2009.
Govaert was the band's main songwriter. She was also the band's pianist until guitarist Annelies Kuijsters was forced to take over this role, having lost her ability to play guitar after a severe injury. Govaert enjoyed giving up her role as pianist, noting "...now I can concentrate on my performance."
Govaert served as a featured artist on tracks of the music project Ayreon, Dutch band Relax, Armin van Buuren and Fernando Lameirinhas.
In 2006, Govaert contributed on a theme song for the TMF Awards of 2006. For this song, she collaborated with Dutch bands The Partysquad, Extince and Caprice. They performed the song at the opening of the award ceremony.
Govaert also co-wrote, with singer Alain Clark, the song 'Wherever I Go, which was used in the Dutch Senseo commercial and then released as a single.

Solo career

After quitting Krezip, Govaert announced that she would be pursuing a solo music career.
She released her debut solo album, Good Life, in August 2010. She worked on the album with Jan Peter Hoekstra, Joost Zweegers, Tjeerd Bomhof and Alex Callier. Musicians on Good Life were Mario Goossens, Simon Casier, Jan Peter Hoekstra and Remko Kühne.
The album entered the Dutch Album Charts on 3 September 2010 at number three.

Personal life

Govaert resides in Haarlem with her partner.
On 29 October 2008, Govaert announced that she was expecting a child, and that she was taking a hiatus from the music industry. Govaert gave birth to a son, on 26 March 2009.
Govaert's second child, a daughter, was born on 10 November 2010. Jacqueline is the older sister of Onno Govaert, who is a drummer mainly active in the field of improvised music.

Discography

Albums with Krezip

Chart positions

Albums

Singles

Guest appearances