Kim Kay

{{Short description|Belgian singer (born 1978)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Kim Kay | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Kim Van Hee | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1978|2|22}} | birth_place = Dendermonde, Belgium | death_date =  | death_place = | other_names = | instrument = | genre = Eurodance | occupation = Artist/Singer | years_active = 1998–2004, 2015–present | label = EMI }} '''Kim Van Hee''' (born 22 February 1978), better known by her stage name '''Kim Kay''' is a Belgian pop singer. She is Flemish, though she is known for delivering vocals in French. Kay took part in the Belgian preselection of the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest with a song called The Sun Shines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.last.fm/music/Kim%27Kay|title=Kim'Kay music, videos, stats, and photos|website=Last.fm|access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref> Kim Kay's arguably most famous work is her dance single "Lilali", which was a hit in Europe, beyond Belgium and France, where she booked her overall greatest successes throughout her career.

Kay lives in Wichelen and studies psychology in Ghent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sites.zonien.be/chris_vandenabeele/selektie/2002/selek2002a.htm |last=Vandenabeele |first=Chris |title=Kim Kay – "The Sun Shines" |work=Eurosong – The Belgian Preselection 2002 |publisher=Belgian Eurovision Union |date=20 January 2002 |access-date=10 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814030401/http://sites.zonien.be/chris_vandenabeele/selektie/2002/selek2002a.htm |archivedate=14 August 2009 }}</ref> In 2004, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Kay heeft kanker|publisher=Nieuwsblad|date=26 November 2004|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?articleID=ge0ah0eq|access-date=10 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/944/Celebrities/article/detail/1074896/2010/03/03/Kim-Kay-vecht-tegen-morfineverslaving.dhtml|title=Kim'Kay vecht tegen morfineverslaving|date=3 March 2010|publisher=HLN.be|access-date=13 July 2016|language=Dutch|trans-title=Kim'Kay fighting morphine addiction}}</ref>

== Discography ==

=== Albums ===

* ''La Vie en lilali'' (1998) ** 1. "Lilali" ** 2. "Bam bam" ** 3. "Le Banana Split" ** 4. "Iniminimanimo" ** 5. "Donne-moi" ** 6. "Oui oh oui" ** 7. "Tout simplement" ** 8. "Amoureux solitaires" ** 9. "À nous" ** 10. "99 Luftballons" ** 11. "Je danse" ** 12. "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (remix) ** 13. "Lilali" (speedgarage mix) * ''Hits!'' (2000) ** 1. "Les Sucettes" ** 2. "Bam bam" ** 3. "Hula hop" ** 4. "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" ** 5. "Les Vacances d'été" ** 6. "Touche à tout" ** 7. "Ça plane pour moi" ** 8. "Oui oh oui" ** 9. "Le Banana Split" ** 10. "La Dah-li-danse" ** 11. "Iniminimanimo" ** 12. "Lilali" ** 13. "Bam bam" (speedgarage mix) ** 14. "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (club mix) ** 15. "La Dah-li-danse" (dolly family mix) ** 16. "Lilali" (mellow mix)

=== Singles === * "Lilali" (1998) * "Oui oh oui" (1998) * "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (1998) * "Bam bam" (1999) * "Iniminimanimo" (1999) * "La Dah-li-danse" (2000) * "Les Vacances d'été" (2000) * "Ça plane pour moi" (2000) * "Les Sucettes" (2000) * "Open Your Heart" (2001) * "Direction le soleil" / "The Sun Shines" (2002) * "Abracadabrant" (2003)

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [http://xavprods.free.fr/kimkay/ Unofficial website] * {{IMDb name|0443109|name=Kim Kay}} * {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=kim-kay-mn0002040549|label=Kim Kay}} * {{MusicBrainz artist|id=1317c06c-7dd2-4e99-89ed-587582ec8f88|name=Kim Kay}} * {{Discogs artist|Kim Kay|name=Kim Kay}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kay, Kim}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:People from Dendermonde Category:People from East Flanders Category:Eurodance musicians Category:English-language Belgian singers Category:French-language Belgian singers Category:EMI Records artists Category:21st-century Belgian women singers Category:21st-century Belgian singers