Nancy Coolen

Nance
Background information
Birth name	Nancy Anna Francina Coolen
Born	(1973-09-10) 10 September 1973 (age 51)
Origin	Asten, Netherlands
Occupation(s)	Singer, television presenter
Years active	1989–present
Website	www.nance.nl

Nancy Anna Francina Coolen, known as Nance (born 10 September 1973 in Asten, North Brabant, Netherlands) is a Dutch singer and television presenter, and the former lead vocalist of Eurodance act Twenty 4 Seven.

At the age of 15, Nance was discovered in a club by dance producer Ruud van Rijen, who created the dance-act Twenty 4 Seven around her and rapper Captain Hollywood, who was later replaced by Stay C. The act scored several hits, most notably Slave to the Music.

In 1996, Nance left Twenty 4 Seven to embark on a solo career. Around the same time she began working as a presenter for Dutch television by occasionally hosting the Dutch Top 40 for TMF Nederland. Nance moved on to various game shows, such as Liefde is... for RTL 5 and Rappatongo for TROS, before taking over as the host of Lingo, which she presented until 2005.

Singles with Twenty 4 Seven

Year	Single	Peak chart positions														Certifications (sales thresholds)	Album
		AUS [1]	AUT [2]	FRA [2]	BEL (Vl) [3]	ITA [4]	GER [5]	NED [2]	NOR [2]	FIN [6]	NZ [2]	SUI [2]	SWE [2]	UK [7]	EUR [8]
1989	"I Can't Stand It"	—	2	39	38	2	3	17	—	—	22	2	5	7	1	GER: Gold[9] ITA: Gold SPA: Gold	Street Moves
1990	"Are You Dreaming?"	—	22	—	—	8	16	18	—	6	—	4	—	17	8
1992	"It Could Have Been You"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—
1993	"Slave to the Music"	2	—	—	23	—	8	6	5	7	—	14	4	—	20	AUS: Platinum[10] GER: Gold[9] POL: Gold	Slave to the Music
	"Is It Love"	20	9	—	11	—	5	6	—	—	—	24	7	—	11	GER: Gold[9]
1994	"Take Me Away"	52	28	—	24	—	14	11	—	20	—	41	23	—	25
	"Leave Them Alone"	89	23	—	41	—	36	9	—	17	—	—	34	—	39
	"Oh Baby"	—	—	—	27	—	33	26	—	—	—	37	—	—	—		I Wanna Show You
1995	"Keep on Tryin'"	—	—	—	32	—	—	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a title that did not chart.

Solo

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		NED Top 100 [11]	NED Top 40 [12]
"Love Is..."	1995	11	13	Singles only
"Big Brother is Watching You"	1996	14	10
"Kiss It"		19	36
"He's My Favourite DJ"	1997	38	36
"Miss You!"	1998	—	—
"De Laatste En De Eerste"	1999	53	—
"If U Wanna Dance"	2003	43	—
"Higher"	2013	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

1. Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
   • Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Discography Twenty 4 Seven". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
   • Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
   • "Take Me Away": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 21 Aug 1994". ARIA. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
   • "Leave Them Alone": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 23 Oct 1994". imgur.com. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
2. International peaks
3. "Radio2 top 30: 16 april 2016". Archived from the original on 9 April 2012.
4. Peak positions for Italy
5. "Home – Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Archived from the original on 14 January 2015.
6. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
7. "Official Charts > Twenty 4 Seven". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
8. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 563. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
9. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Twenty 4 Seven)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
10. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
11. "Discografie Nance - dutchcharts.nl".
12. "Nance".

External links

• Official website (in Dutch)