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Milow
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Jonathan Ivo Gilles Vandenbroeck (; born 14 July 1981), known professionally as Milow, is a Belgian singer-songwriter. Milow released his debut album, The Bigger Picture, known for his popular song, me and my guitar. in 2006 on his own label Homerun Records. The fourth single from that album, "You Don't Know", became one of the biggest hit singles of the year in Belgium in 2007, and The Bigger Picture stayed on the Belgian albums chart for 110 weeks. However, it was not until his second self-released album Coming of Age in 2008 (in 2009 renamed and repackaged as Milow), that Milow achieved maj
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Improved reproductions
- Keith Milow
- One hundred drawings 1988-1989
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Belgium
- Active from
- 1981
Discography
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Milow is the stage name of Belgian singer-songwriter Jonathan Vandenbroeck (born 14 July 1981 in Borgerhout). He is one of the most successful DIY musicians in Europe Combining folk with acoustic pop elements and beginning in 2003, Milow released his debut album, The Bigger Picture, in 2006 on his own label Homerun Records. The fourth single from that album, "You Don't Know," became one of the biggest hit singles of the year in Belgium in 2007. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Milow">Read mo
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Milow
- Musical artist.image
- Milow-2016.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Milow
- Musical artist.image_size
- 220
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Jonathan Ivo Gilles Vandenbroeck
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Borgerhout, Belgium
- Musical artist.origin
- Belgium
- Musical artist.occupation
- Singer-songwriter
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2004–present
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gilles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Borgerhout
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- folk rock
- Instrument
- acoustic guitar
- Official website
- www.milow.com
- Image
- Jonathan Vandenbroeck aka Milow.jpg
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- Commons category
- Milow (vocalist)
- date of birth
- 1981-07-14
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- social media followers
- 92500
- pseudonym
- Milow
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Music career
- ''The Bigger Picture'' (2005–2007)
- ''Coming of Age'' / ''Milow'' & ''Ayo Technology'' (2008–2010)
- ''North and South'' (2011–2014)
- 2014–present: ''Silver Linings'' and ''Modern Heart''
- Live band
- Discography
- Awards
- Awards in Belgium
- Radio 2
- TMF-awards
- Music Industry Awards (MIA)
- Awards outside Belgium
- MTV Europe Music Awards
- European Border Breakers Award
- Swiss Music Awards
- ECHO Awards
- References
- External links
Jonathan Ivo Gilles Vandenbroeck (; born 14 July 1981), known professionally as Milow, is a Belgian singer-songwriter. Milow released his debut album, The Bigger Picture, known for his popular song, me and my guitar. in 2006 on his own label Homerun Records. The fourth single from that album, "You Don't Know", became one of the biggest hit singles of the year in Belgium in 2007, and The Bigger Picture stayed on the Belgian albums chart for 110 weeks. However, it was not until his second self-released album Coming of Age in 2008 (in 2009 renamed and repackaged as Milow), that Milow achieved major commercial success all over mainland Europe. The album peaked at number three on the German albums chart, at number four in the Swiss Album Top 100, and peaked in the top twenty of many European charts. The album reached platinum in Germany and Switzerland, it reached gold in France, the Netherlands, and Belgium, and it sold over 500,000 copies in mainland Europe and Canada.
Milow's international breakthrough came with the release of the single "Ayo Technology", a song originally written and recorded by 50 Cent, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, from the album Milow. The single peaked at number one in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, peaked at number two in Germany, Spain, Austria, and peaked in the top ten in France, Italy and Finland. The song was a huge commercial success, receiving a platinum certification in Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Denmark and gold certification in Spain and the Netherlands.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Milow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.