{{Short description|Belgian singer-songwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Bony King | birth_name = Bram Vanparys | alias = | image = File:The Bony King Of Nowhere & Eté 67 @ Fête de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (6181437911).jpg | caption = | image_size = | landscape = | genre = Pop | occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician | birth_date = | birth_place = | origin = Ghent, Belgium | death_date = | years_active = | label = | website = | instrument = Vocals, guitar | associated_acts = | current_members = | past_members = }}
'''Bram Vanparys''', known by his stage name '''Bony King''' or '''The Bony King of Nowhere''', is a Belgian singer-songwriter.
==Biography== Vanparys made his debut under the nickname ''The Bony King of Nowhere'', possibly a reference to either the Radiohead song There, There (from their 2003 album Hail to the Thief) or the children's program Bagpuss. He featured twice at Pukkelpop,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.humo.be/festivalitis/148559/review-the-bony-king-of-nowhere-friends-op-pukkelpop-2012 |title=Review: The Bony King of Nowhere & Friends op Pukkelpop 2012 |author=adv |publisher=HUMO |language=nl |date=16 August 2012 |accessdate=7 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.humo.be/festivalitis/349928/review-bony-king-op-pukkelpop-2015 |title=Review: Bony King op Pukkelpop 2015 |author=jub |publisher=HUMO |language=nl |date=21 August 2015 |accessdate=7 May 2016}}</ref> and once at Folk Dranouter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festivaldranouter.be/nl/info/historiek |title=Historiek |language=nl |publisher=Festival Dranouter |accessdate=7 May 2016}}</ref> He wrote the title track for the film ''22 mei'' by Koen Mortier and the film music for ''The Giants'' by Bouli Lanners.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3973647/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 |title=The Bony King of Nowhere |publisher=IMDb |accessdate=7 May 2016}}</ref> In 2015 he simplified his nickname to ''Bony King''. That year he also brought out the album ''Wild Flowers''.<ref name="alb">{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=Bony%20King&cat=a |title=ultratop.be |language=nl |publisher=Ultratop |accessdate=7 May 2016}}</ref>
== Discography == === Albums === <ref name="alb"/> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !style="width:200px;"|Album(s) with hits in<br> the Flemish Ultratop 50 !style="width:100px;"|Date of<br>appearance !style="width:100px;"|Date of<br>entrance !style="width:70px;"|Highest<br>position !style="width:70px;"|Number<br>of weeks !style="width:200px;"|Remarks |- |align="left"|''Alas my love''||23 February 2009||28 February 2009||9||17||as The Bony King of Nowhere |- |align="left"|''Eleonore''||11 February 2011||19 February 2011||10||14||as The Bony King of Nowhere |- |align="left"|''The Bony King of Nowhere''||22 October 2012||27 October 2012||19||19||as The Bony King of Nowhere |- |align="left"|''Wild flowers''||16 March 2015||28 March 2015||28||24|| |- |align="left"|''Silent Days''||21 September 2018||--||--||--||as The Bony King of Nowhere |- |align="left"|''Everybody Knows''||02 Fevrier 2024||--||--||--||as The Bony King of Nowhere |}
=== Singles === <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?search=Bony%20King&cat=s |title=ultratop.be |language=nl |publisher=Ultratop |accessdate=7 May 2016}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !style="width:200px;"|Single(s) with hits in<br> the Flemish Ultratop 50 !style="width:100px;"|Date of<br>appearance !style="width:100px;"|Date of<br>entrance !style="width:70px;"|Highest<br>position !style="width:70px;"|Number<br>of weeks !style="width:200px;"|Remarks |- |align="left"|''Taxidream''||2009||13 June 2009||tip23||-||as The Bony King of Nowhere |- |align="left"|''Eleonore''||31 January 2011||5 March 2011||tip22||-||as The Bony King of Nowhere |- |align="left"|''Girl from the play''||30 January 2012||18 February 2012||tip60||-||as The Bony King of Nowhere |- |align="left"|''Travelling man''||2012||27 October 2012||tip64||-||as The Bony King of Nowhere |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|3973647}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bony King}} Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Ghent Category:Belgian male singers Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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