Guus Meeuwis | |
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Background information | |
Born | Mariahout, Netherlands | 23 March 1972
Genres | Pop |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
Years active | 1995–present |
Website | https://www.guusmeeuwis.nl/ |
Gustaaf Stephanus Modestus "Guus" Meeuwis (born 23 March 1972) is a Dutch singer-songwriter. As part of the band Vagant, he scored several hits in the Netherlands and Flanders during the 1990s and first decade of the 2000s. [1] [2] On 24 May 2015, Meeuwis became the first Dutch language performing artist ever to play a fully booked concert at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Guus Meeuwis was born at a monastery in Mariahout, a small village in the municipality of Laarbeek where his parents were living temporarily. He attended Stella Maris College, and went on to study jurisprudence in Tilburg. It quickly became apparent that Meeuwis was musically talented while at school. Following a romantic weekend in Bruges with his girlfriend Valérie he wrote the song Het is een Nacht ("It is a Night"), with which, in 1994, he won a prize at the AHC-Studentensongfestival in Leiden. He and his backing band were awarded a record contract, under the name "Guus Meeuwis & Vagant", after a café they frequented. Vagant consisted of Marc Meeuwis, Jan Willem Rozenboom, Hugo van Bilsen, Robin van Beek and Dirk Oerlemans. At the end of 2001, the group decided to split and Meeuwis continued on as a solo artist. Marc Meeuwis and Jan Willem Rozenboom are still involved with Meeuwis as of 2023.
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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NL [4] | BEL (FLA) [5] | |||
Verbazing |
| 1 | 41 | |
Schilderij |
| 14 | — |
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1 voor allen |
| 34 | — | |
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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NL Top 40 [10] | NL Top 100 [4] | BEL (FLA) [5] | ||||
"Het is een nacht..." | 1995 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Verbazing | |
"Per spoor (Kedeng kedeng)" | 1996 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
"Zo ver weg" | 3 | 4 | 47 | |||
"Verliefd zijn" | 36 | 37 | — | |||
"Ik tel tot 3" | 1997 | 16 | 23 | — [A] | Schilderij | |
"'t Dondert en 't bliksemt" | 1998 | 12 | 15 | — | ||
"Ik wil met je lachen" | 19 | 21 | — | |||
"Ze houdt gewoon van mij" | 1999 | — [B] | 50 | — | 1 voor allen | |
"Je hoeft niet veel van me te houden" | — [C] | 53 | — | |||
"Denk nou eens na" | 2000 | — | 74 | — | ||
"Op straat" | 2001 | — | 62 | — | ||
"Haven in zicht" | — | 86 | — | |||
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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NL [4] | BEL (FLA) [5] | |||
Guus Meeuwis |
| 25 | — | |
Wijzer |
| 5 | — |
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Hemel nr. 7 |
| 1 | — |
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NW8 |
| 1 | — |
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Armen open |
| 1 | — |
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Het kan hier zo mooi zijn |
| 2 | 170 |
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Hollandse meesters with New Cool Collective |
| 1 | 188 |
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Morgen |
| 1 | 49 |
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Geluk |
| 1 | 35 |
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Deel zoveel |
| 1 | 164 |
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Uit het hoofd |
| 3 | 141 | |
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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NL [4] | ||||
Tien jaar levensecht |
| 1 |
| |
Het beste van Guus Meeuwis |
| 2 |
| |
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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NL [4] | BEL (FLA) [5] | |||
Live in het Philips Stadion |
| 6 | — |
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Groots met een zachte G — Live in het Philips Stadion 2007 |
| 13 | — | |
Groots met een zachte G — Live in het Philips Stadion 2008 |
| 4 | — |
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Groots met een zachte G 2010 |
| 2 | — |
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Groots met een zachte G 2013 |
| 2 | 193 | |
Groots met een zachte G 2022 – Live in het Philips Stadion |
| 17 | — | |
Groots De Laatste – Live in het Philips Stadion |
| — | ||
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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NL Top 40 [10] | NL Top 100 [4] | BEL (FLA) [5] | ||||
"Leve het leven" | 2002 | — | 70 | — | Non-album single | |
"Eerste lief" | — | 85 | — | Guus Meeuwis | ||
"Brabant" | 2003 | — [D] | 28 | — | ||
"Ik wil je" | — [E] | 30 | — | |||
"Hé zon" | — | 94 | — | Non-album singles | ||
"Waar moet 'ie in? (Daar moet 'ie in)" (with Edwin Evers) | 2004 | 17 | — | — | ||
"Toen ik je zag" | — | 39 | — | 10 jaar levensecht | ||
"Geef mij je angst" | 2005 | 1 | 1 | — | ||
"De weg" | 7 | 8 | — | Wijzer | ||
"Jouw hand" | 2006 | 30 | 28 | — | ||
"Ik wil dat ons land juicht" | 5 | 2 | — | Live in het Philips Stadion 2006 | ||
"Tranen gelachen" | 2007 | 1 | 1 | — | Hemel nr. 7 | |
"Proosten" | 3 | 1 | — | |||
"Genoten" | — [F] | 58 | — | |||
"Ik wil nog niet naar huis" | 2008 | 33 | 10 | — | Groots met een zachte G — Live in het Philips Stadion 2008 | |
"Dat komt door jou" | 2009 | 11 | 4 | — | NW8 | |
"Ik ook van jou" | 32 | 39 | — | |||
"Laat mij in die waan" | — [G] | 6 | — | |||
"Schouder aan schouder" (with Marco Borsato) | 2010 | 2 | 1 | — [H] | Groots met een zachte G 2010 | |
"Majesteit" (with Youp van 't Hek) | — | 2 | — | Non-album single | ||
"Dit lied" | 2011 | 22 | 8 | — | Armen open | |
"Armen open" | — [I] | 1 | — [J] | |||
"Als ze danst" | — [K] | 97 | — | |||
"Nergens zonder jou" (with Gers Pardoel) | 5 | 5 | — | |||
"Het kan hier zo mooi zijn" | 2013 | 26 | 4 | — | Het kan hier zo mooi zijn | |
"Zeeën van tijd" | — [L] | 62 | — | |||
"Als de liefde" | — [M] | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
"Zonder jou" | 2014 | — [N] | 33 | — | ||
"Jij bent de liefde" | 2015 | — [O] | 64 | — | Morgen | |
"Dankjewel" | — [P] | — | — | |||
"Kus van mij" | 2016 | — [Q] | — | — | ||
"Tabee 2016 with Diggy Dex" | — [R] | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"Je staat niet alleen" | 2018 | — | — | — | Geluk | |
"Je moet het voelen" | — [S] | — | — | |||
"Kom we gaan" | 2019 | — [T] | — | — | Geluk | |
"Nooit niet verliefd with Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano" | — [U] | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"Nacht with Kraantje Pappie" | 2020 | 25 | 17 | — | Deel zoveel | |
"Was je maar hier" | — [V] | — | — | |||
"Echte Mannen" | — [W] | — | — | |||
"Net als dansen" | 2021 | — [X] | — | — | Non-album single | |
"Hoe dan ook with Acda & De Munnik" | 2023 | — [Y] | — | — | Uit het hoofd | |
"Wat Ik Ook Ga Doen" | 2024 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"In Oranje" | 2024 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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NL Top 100 [4] | ||||||
"This is a Night (Het is een nacht)" (The Baseballs featuring Guus Meeuwis) | 2011 | 70 | Strings 'n' Stripes | |||
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | ||||
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NL Top 40 [10] | NL Top 100 [4] | BEL (FLA) [5] | ||||
"Als je iets kan doen" (charity single by supergroep Artiesten voor Azië) | 2005 | 1 | 1 | — | ||
"Koningslied" (single by various Dutch artists for the investiture of Willem-Alexander) | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 41 | ||
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
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