Nancy Coolen

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.

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

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)