Kim-Lian

{{Short description|Dutch singer and actress (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Kim-lian | image = Kim-lian-der-meij-1312212316.jpg | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Kim-Lian van der Meij | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|10|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Beverwijk, Netherlands | instrument = Singing | genre = Pop rock | occupation = Singer-songwriter, actress, tv presenter | years_active = 2003–present | label = CMM Records (2003–2005, 2009–present) Bass Commander Records (2006–2009) | website = [http://www.kim-lian.nl kim-lian.nl] }} '''Kim-Lian van der Meij''' (born 1 October 1980 in Beverwijk) is a Dutch musical actress,<ref name="BV2007">{{cite book|last=BV|first=ANWB|title=De Kampioen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7XG35PpISP4C&pg=PT17|accessdate=27 September 2011|date=January 2007|publisher=ANWB BV|pages=17–}}</ref> presenter and a singer-songwriter.

==Biography== Kim-Lian comes from a musical family. Both her parents were professional dancers. Kim-Lian won a number of dance contests in her childhood{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} and regularly competed in lip-sync shows. She competed in the Dutch TV programme "De Mini Playbackshow" (similar to ''Stars in Their Eyes Kids'') twice, once at the age of 6 and once when she was 11.

When she turned 16 she was signed at several castings and model agencies. She was soon asked to play minor roles in Dutch TV programs such as Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden, Kees & Co and more. After screentesting for the Veronica TV channel she was a hostess of CallTV. From 2001 to 2002 she hosted Puzzeltijd (Puzzletime).

After she quit Puzzeltijd Kim-Lian retreated from publicity. But in 2003 she was asked to host the Kids Top 20 for the children network Jetix. This TV program had audiences of 200,000 children every week. For this program she won the highest award in the Netherlands for a children program: the Gouden Stuiver (The Golden Nickel).<ref>{{Cite web |last=ANP |date=2003-10-24 |title=Hart in Aktie wint Televizier-Ring 2003 |url=https://www.nu.nl/achterklap/223706/hart-in-aktie-wint-televizier-ring-2003.html |access-date=2025-12-23 |website=nu.nl}}</ref>

She ended up hosting the award-show in 2013.

==Music career== ===2003–2005: Balance=== In 2003 she got the chance by CMM Records to record an album. At the end of 2003 the first single "Teenage Superstar" was released. Teenage Superstar became a No. 1 hit in Indonesia and charted in the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden and Italy.

After "Hey Boy!" was released (which also did well in all the charts), Kim-Lian's debut album ''Balance'' was released, which peaked at No. 9 in the Dutch Album Chart.

The third single "Garden of Love" was released to show a more mature side of Kim. Although she was promoted as a children artist, this song had serious lyrics. "Garden of Love" made it into the Top 40 in the Netherlands.

The last single that was released off the album was a cover of Kim Wilde's song "Kids in America". The song became another top 10 hit for Kim in the Netherlands.

At the end of 2004 Kim-Lian released a DVD called ''Balance: The Experience''. The DVD contains the music videos and live performances.

Because they were so impressed with her performance, she was asked to join the presenters cast of ''Top of the Pops'' from ''BBC''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redactie |date=2005-04-05 |title=Singlerelease Kim-Lian in UK; zij mag Britse TOTP presenteren |url=https://www.entertainmentbusiness.nl/muziek/singlerelease-kim-lian-in-uk-zij-mag-britse-totp-presenteren/ |access-date=2025-12-23 |website=Entertainment Business}}</ref>

===2006: Just Do It=== After splitting up with her record label CMM Records, because Kim-Lian refused to sing more children music, she worked on her second album. She wanted to produce it herself and was helped by the Swedish producer (and partner) Daniël Gibson. They built a studio at their home and started to write songs. They wrote with several writers from different countries, such as Sweden, England, the Netherlands and Belgium.

The first single of ''Just Do It'' was "Road to Heaven", it peaked at No. 28 in the Top 40.

On 12 October, she released "In Vain", the second single off the upcoming second album ''Just Do It''. After spending 6 weeks in the Tipparade (Dutch pre-chart) it was expected to chart in the Dutch Top 40 next week. But it did not enter.

Kim-lian had got plans to go abroad with her second and last album to date but it was never confirmed. She went on to record one-off singles, and film-soundtracks.

==Musicals== In 1994 Kim-lian played in the musical ''Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek'' (Crusade in Jeans), based on the children-novel of Thea Beckman. During the first season of the Kids Top 20, Kim-Lian played a role in the musical ''Home''. At the end of 2003 she played in the musical ''Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, mijnheer?'' (Can you tell me the road to Hamelen, sir?). In 2005 Kim-Lian played the role of ''De Kleine Zeemeermin (Little Mermaid)'' along with Belgian singer Kathleen Aerts. In 2007 she starred in the musical ''Doe Maar'' which was based on the experiences of the Dutch band by the same name). This was followed by appearances in adaptations of ''Fame'', ''Footloose'', ''Legally Blonde'' and ''Shrek''.

==Cartoons== Kim-Lian provided the Dutch voice of Smurfette in The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2; she also voiced Rapunzel in the movie of the same name.

==Personal life== Kim-Lian is married to Swedish producer Daniel Gibson who wrote ''Teenage Superstar''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-02-18 |title=Zwangere Kim-Lian stopt eerder met 'Fame' |url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/zwangere-kim-lian-stopt-eerder-met-fame~b170fc4a/ |access-date=2025-12-23 |website=Trouw}}</ref> They have a daughter and two sons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Novum |date=2013-07-07 |title=Kim-Lian van der Meij bevallen van zoon |url=https://www.nu.nl/overig/3520187/kim-lian-van-der-meij-bevallen-van-zoon.html |access-date=2025-12-23 |website=nu.nl}}</ref> She has Indonesian roots through her father, whose mother is Chinese-Indonesian and had a Dutch father who was stationed as a KNIL soldier in the Dutch East Indies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dari Mana Kim Lian |url=https://www.indonesie.nl/indonesie/reisgids/inspiratie-indonesie/dari-mana-kim-lian/ |access-date=2025-12-23 |website=Indonesie.nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-01 |title=Alles wat je MOET weten over Kim-Lian van der Meij |url=https://mannenzaken.nl/nieuws/alles-wat-je-moet-weten-over-kim-lian-van-der-meij |access-date=2025-12-23 |website=Mannenzaken |language=nl}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" ! Year || Title || Role |- | 1994 || ''Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek'' || ? |- | 2003 || ''Home'' || Motje |- | 2004 || ''Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, meneer?'' || Prinses Madelein |- | 2005 || ''De Kleine Zeemeermin'' || Little Mermaid |- | 2007 || ''Doe Maar'' || Janis |- | 2008 || ''Fame'' || Carmen Diaz |- | 2009 || ''Footloose'' || Ariel Moore |- |2010–2011 || ''Legally Blonde'' || Elle Woods |- |2011–2012 || ''Daddy Cool'' || Roos |- |2012–2013 || ''Shrek'' || Princes Fiona |}

==Discography==

===Albums===

{| class="wikitable" ! width="23" rowspan="2"| Year ! width="200" rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="2"| Chart positions |- ! width="40"| '''NL''' ! width="40"| '''BE''' |- | 2004 | ''Balance'' *1st studio album *Released: 24 May 2004 *Format: CD | align="center"| 9 | align="center"| |- | 2006 | ''Just Do It'' *2nd studio album *Released: 28 October 2006 *Format: CD+DVD | align="center"|- | align="center"|- |- |2022 | ''The Best Of'' *1st compilation album *Released: 01 February 2022 *Format: Streaming+Digital Download | - | - |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" ! width="23" rowspan="2"| Year ! width="200" rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="6"| Chart positions ! width="150" rowspan="2"| Album |- ! width="30" align="center"| NL ! width="30" align="center"| IND ! width="30" align="center"| BEL ! width="30" align="center"| SWE ! width="30" align="center"| DEN ! width="30" align="center"| TUR |- | 2003 | "Teenage Superstar" |align="center"|4 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|24 |align="center"|26 |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |''Balance'' |- | 2004 | "Hey Boy!" |align="center"|6 |align="center"|- |align="center"|48 |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- | ''Balance'' |- | 2004 | "Garden of Love" |align="center"|19 |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- | ''Balance'' |- | 2004 | "Kids in America" |align="center"|15 |align="center"|- |align="center"|50 |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- | ''Balance'' |- | 2006 | "Road to Heaven" |align="center"|28 |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- | ''Just Do It'' |- | 2006 | "In Vain" |align="center"|33 |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- | ''Just Do It'' |- | 2007 | "Feel" (digital single) |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- | ''Just Do It'' |- | 2009 | "Not That Kinda Girl" (with Linda Bengtzing) |align="center"|32 |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|13 | |- | 2009 | "Gemengde Gevoelens" (with Fouradi) |align="center"|17 |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- | |- | 2010 | "How I Like It" (with The Future presidents) |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|15 |align="center"|15 |align="center"|- | |- | 2012 | "Break the Ice" |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- | |}

==Filmography==

Apart from doing musicals she also acts in some TV-programs.

{| class="wikitable" ! Year || Title || Role |- | 2002 || ''Costa'' || Greetje |- | 2002 || ''Bonbini Beach'' || ? |- | 2002 || ''Kees & Co'' || ? |- | 2005 || ''Chicken Little'' || Malle Abby (voice-only) - Dutch version |- | 2006 || ''Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'' || Nova (voice-only) - Dutch version |}

===Television=== These are the TV-programs she hosted.

{| class="wikitable" ! Year || Title |- | 2000–2002 || ''Call TV'' |- | 2003–2005 || ''Jetix Planet Live Ahoy'' |- | 2005 || ''Christmas Jumbo Gala XL'' |- | 2005 || ''Co-Host Top of the Pops (British Version)'' |- | 2003–2006 || ''Kids Top 20'' |- | 2006–present || ''Nationaal Kids TV'' |- | 2007 || ''Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007'' |- | 2012 || ''Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012'' |}

==Awards and nominations==

{| class="wikitable" |----- bgcolor="#ebf5ff" |- !Award !Category !About !Result |----- bgcolor="#bfd7ff" | colspan=5 align=center | '''2003 till 2012''' |- |Nickelodeon Kids Award |Best Female Singer |Herself |Won |- |John Kraaijkamp Musical Award |Best Leading Female Role |''De Kleine Zeemeermin'' |Nominated |- |John Kraaijkamp Musical Award |Upcoming Talent |''Kunt U Mij De Weg Naar Hamelen Vertellen, Meneer?'' |Nominated |- |De Televizier Ring |De Gouden Stuiver (The Golden Nickel) Best Children Program |Kids Top 20 |Won |- | Rembrandt Award | Best Film Song | ''Achtste Groepers Huilen Niet'' |nominated |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=1357042|name=Kim-Lian van der Meij}} *{{Official website|http://www.kim-lian.nl}} {{in lang|nl}}

Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Dutch television actresses Category:People from Beverwijk Category:Dutch television presenters Category:21st-century Dutch singers Category:21st-century Dutch women singers Category:Dutch women television presenters