Ruben Annink
Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1998)
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Ruben Cornelis Lucas Moolhuizen (born in Amsterdam on 13 June 1998), known by his stage name as Ruben Annink, is a Dutch singer-songwriter.
13 June 1998
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| Born | Ruben Cornelis Lucas Moolhuizen 13 June 1998 Amsterdam |
| Website | https://www.rubenannink.com/ |
Career
In 2012, he participated in the second season of The Voice Kids.,[1] but didn't get past the "Battle-round". In 2015, he was a candidate in the fourth season of De beste singer-songwriter in which he became the runner up in the finals[2] against Anna Rune.
On 22 May 2015, Ruben Annink appeared as a guest, with Ali B, in the Dutch TV program De Wereld Draait Door. Here he and Ali performed the song "Terwijl jullie nog bij me zijn",[3] as homage to Ali B his kids. In 2018, Ruben Annink left his record label Trifecta and joined Warner Music Benelux.[4]
On 25 January 2016, he wrote a song about writer Pia de Jong in honor of her book called Charlotte[5] which she presented in De Wereld Draait Door. The day after he performed the song in the same program. Also in 2016 he brought out the single 'Nu of Nooit',[6] together with rapper Johnna Fraser and DJ and vlogger Monica Geuze and wrote the Dutch theme song for Angry Birds: The Movie.[7]
In February 2017, he released the song "Twee Shots"[8] with rapper Keizer, a month later the single "Rokjesdag"[9] followed. Later that year he released the song "Tijdmachine"[10] with Teske De Schepper.
At the end of August 2019, Ruben appeared in the Dutch TV program Beste Zangers[11] and in early 2020 he played at Eurosonic Noorderslag. This performance was the starting point of a club tour of the Netherlands.[12] Unfortunately this tour was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. From that point on Ruben focused on creating new songs, of which he released 'Papa'[13] and 'Dat Het Morgen Lukt'[14] for the multiple champion paralympic snowboarder Bibian Mentel who was fighting cancer. His club tour recommenced in October 2021.
Discography
Singles
| Singles and chartposition(s) in the Dutch Top 40 | Date of release | Date of entry | Highest position | Weeks | Comments |
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| Terwijl jullie nog bij me zijn | 25 May 2015 | 13 June 2015 | 32 | 3 | with Ali B /
Nr. 10 in thee Single Top 100 |
| Nu of nooit | 2016 | 4 June 2016 | tip6 | – | with Monica Geuze & Jonna Fraser /
Nr. 34 in the Single Top 100 |
| Iemand | 2020 | 11 July 2020 | tip22 | – |
| Single and chartposition(s) in the Flemish Ultratop 50 | Date of release | Datum of entry | Highest position | Weeks | Comments |
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| Miljoen | 2017 | 16 September 2017 | tip | – | with StukTV |
| Wie ze was | 2018 | 4 August 2018 | tip | – |