{{Short description|Belgian singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Dana Winner | image = Dana winner-1578748462.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Winner by Filip Naudts | birth_name = Chantal Vanlee | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|02|10}} | birth_place = Hasselt, Belgium | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Singer | years_active = 1989–present | website = {{url|https://danawinner.com/}} }}
'''Dana Winner''' (born '''Chantal Ernestine Vanlee''' on 10 February 1965) is a Belgian singer. She mainly sings in Dutch but has also released singles in English, French,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://frontview-magazine.be/nl/nieuws/exclusief-dubbelconcert-dana-winner-frans-bauer|title=Exclusief dubbelconcert: Dana Winner & Frans Bauer {{pipe}} FrontView Magazine}}</ref> German,<ref>{{Cite web | title=Dana Winner {{!}} KIK Productions | url=https://www.kikproductions.nl/artiesten/dana_winner/#:~:text=In%202007%20schrijft%20Dana%20in,haar%20nog%20nooit%20heeft%20voorgedaan. | access-date=17 August 2025 | website=www.kikproductions.nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frontview-magazine.be/nl/nieuws/dana-winner-releast-platinum-collection-in-duitsland|title=Dana Winner releast 'Platinum Collection' in Duitsland {{pipe}} FrontView Magazine}}</ref> and Afrikaans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gozuidafrika.com/news.php?newsID=6753|title=Dana Winner komt weer naar Zuid-Afrika met haar Bloom Tour {{pipe}} Go Zuid-Afrika}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hbvl.be/nieuws/dana-winner-staat-versteld-van-haar-prestaties-in-zuid-afrika/34070433.html|title=Dana Winner staat versteld van haar prestaties in Zuid-Afrika|date=22 February 2000|website=HBVL}}</ref>
==Biography== Vanlee was born in 1965 in Hasselt, Belgium.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography – Dana Winner |url=https://danawinner.com/en/biography/ |website=danawinner.com |date=10 September 2024}}</ref> In 1990, she released her first single ''Op het dak van de wereld'', (Dutch: "On the roof of the world"), a cover of the Carpenters' ''Top of the World'' from 1973. In 1993 she became popular with ''Woordenloos'' (Dutch: "Without words"). However, it was only in 1995 that she released her only hit single so far to reach the Dutch Top 40, ''Westenwind''. This was a cover of the hit ''One Way Wind'' by the Volendam group The Cats, and featured Les Claypool on bass, Gene Hoglan on drums, and Bruce Springsteen on guitar, with backing vocals from George Fisher
After her first success, Dana Winner also became well known in Estonia, Germany, Liberia, and South Africa. At the end of the 1990s, she began singing in other languages and did not release an album in Dutch between 2000 and 2006.
==Discography== *''Op Het Dak Van De Wereld...'' (1989) *''Adios'' (1991) *''Regenbogen'' (1993) *''Mijn Paradijs'' (1994) *''Regen Van Geluk'' (1995) *''Waar Is Het Gevoel?'' (1996) *''Wo Ist Das Gefühl?'' (1997) *''Geef Me ze Doom'' (1997) *''In Love with You'' (1998) *''Yours Forever'' (1999) *''Ergens in Mijn Hart'' (1999) *''Mein Wein...'' (1999) *''Licht En Liefde'' (2000) *''Rainbows of Love'' (2001) *''Unforgettable'' (2001) *''Unforgettable Too'' (2002) *''One Way Wind'' (2003) *''Märchenland Der Gefühle'' (2003) *''Beautiful Lie'' (2005) *''Het Laatste Nieuws'' (2005) *''Als Je Lacht'' (2006) *''Tussen Nu En Morgen'' (2008) *''Parels Uit De Noordzee'' (2010) *''Kerst Met Dana Winner'' (2011) *''One Moment in Time'' (2016) *''Puur'' (2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/167335-Dana-Winner|title=Dana Winner Discography at Discogs|publisher=Discogs}}</ref>
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== External links == *{{Official website}}
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