Key may refer to:

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• Key (lock), device used to open a lock or door
  • Skeleton key or master key, a key altered to bypass wards placed inside a lock
• Key (chart), a guide to colours and symbols used in a data chart, graph, plot or diagram
• Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
• Key (engineering), a type of coupling used to transmit rotation between a shaft and an attached item
• Key (map), a guide to a map's symbology
• Key (tool), tool used to wind a clockwork motor
• A part inserted into aligned slots (key ways) in a shaft and the object (bore) that the shaft is inserted into in order to "lock" the two together rotationally.

Biology[link]

• Identification key, a method of deducing the correct species assignment of a living thing
• Single-access key, a method used for categorizing species using logical choices

Computing[link]

• Computer keyboard keys
• KeY, a software verification tool
• Unique key, a set of fields that uniquely identify any record in a database or registry
• Superkey, a similar concept or idea
• Candidate key, a minimal superkey
• Keychain (Mac OS), the Apple-created utility for the Macintosh that stores passwords
• Key, which make up the key-value pairs of a hash table
• .key, file extension used by Keynote

Fiction[link]

• Key (comics), a DC Comics supervillain
• Key (Marvel Comics), a fictional mutant character
• Key the Metal Idol, Japanese anime OVA series
• Kirby's Epic Yarn (KEY), a 2010 game by Nintendo
• The Keys, Seinfeld episode

Places[link]

• Key Island, Tasmania, Australia
• Florida Keys, an archipelago of about 1700 such islands in the southeast United States

Music[link]

• Key (instrument), musical instruments have keys for tuning and keys for playing; such as on a guitar
• Key (music), a set of notes in music
• Key (singer) (born 1991), South Korean entertainer
• Key (album), an album by Son, Ambulance
• Key pattern (rhythm), an African bell pattern that represents the structural core of a musical piece in an extremely condensed and concentrated form, defining rhythmic structure, as scales or tonal modes define harmonic structure.
• Key signature, in musical notation and tablature
• Keys can be short for keyboards, a type of musical instrument part of the percussion family

Surnames[link]

• Key (surname)
• Keys (surname)
• Keyes (disambiguation)

Companies and organizations[link]

• Key (company), a Japanese visual novel studio
• KeyBank, a bank headquartered in the Key Tower in Cleveland, Ohio
• Key Club, a worldwide student service organization
• House of Keys, the directly elected lower branch of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man

Printing[link]

• Key color (typically black), in the CMYK color model
• Keyline, a dark line separating color elements in four-color printing
• Key plate, a plate which prints the detail in an image, often using the color black
• Chroma key, a method to superimpose several video layers using areas of a defined color as a mask

Other[link]

• Churchkey, various kinds of bottle and can openers
• Clef (from the French for "key"), the symbol that assigns note names to the lines and spaces of the musical staff
• Greek key pattern, a meander pattern
• Key (basketball), also known as the shaded lane in a basketball court
• Keychain, small chain that connects a small item to a keyring
• Key frame, a frame made by an animator from which other frames are derived
• Key light, the primary light source that illuminates an image or scene
• Keys, a truce term used in western Scotland
• Keystone (architecture), the stone at the apex of an arch that holds the arch in place
• Samara (fruit) or key, a type of fruit in which a flattened wing of fibrous, papery tissue develops from the ovary wall
• Subkey (disambiguation)
• Telegraph key, the button used by a telegraph operator

See also[link]

• All pages beginning with "Key"
• All pages with titles containing "Key"
• The Key (disambiguation)
• The Keys (disambiguation)
• Keying (disambiguation)
• Cay, a small, low island
• Quay

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Ilse DeLange
Ilse DeLange in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Ilse Annoeska de Lange
Also known as	Ilse DeLange
Born	(1977-05-13) May 13, 1977 (age 35)
Origin	Almelo, Netherlands
Genres	Country, pop, pop rock
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Warner (1998-2003) Universal (2006-present)
Website	Official website

Ilse Annoeska de Lange (born 13 May 1977) is a Dutch country and pop singer, better known as Ilse DeLange (American spelling).^[1]

Biography[link]

Ilse Annoeska de Lange was born on May 13, 1977 in Almelo, Netherlands. She started her career at the age of 8 as a lip-synching artist, which won her several contests. De Lange drew greater attention after switching to a live repertoire in both regional and national talent shows in Hilversum (the Dutch city where most TV-programs are recorded). This helped her book some live-performances on national television. She formed a duo with guitarist Joop Liefland, who introduced her to country music.

In 1994 Ilse performed at the Dutch Country Music Awards. Despite positive reviews, nothing happened with her career. She did get in touch with representatives of Warner Music but it took several years of negotiation before Warner Music decided to offer Ilse a contract. In 1996 DeLange joined the popgroup Wij where the group released the single "De Oorlog Meegemaakt" ("Experienced The War"). However the single did not chart the Dutch Top 40.

[edit] 1998: World Of Hurt

In 1998 while a member of the group Cash On Delivery, she traveled to Nashville, U.S. to record her debut album World Of Hurt with top producer Barry Beckett. She became well known in the Netherlands because her album was recorded in the capital of country music. Her album received big success in her home country, selling 450,000 copies in total. In Holland, Ilse received a TMF Award and an Edison Award for her musical success in 1999. Unfortunately World of Hurt was not released in the States, despite some interest due to guest vocals from Vince Gill, and Ilse's cover of Beth Nielsen Chapman's song "World of Hurt", and Patty Larkin's song "Lonely Too".

[edit] 1999:Dear John

In 1999 Ilse released a live album called: Dear John. Dear John was a limited edition release, on which Ilse covered songs by singer/songwriter John Hiatt as a tribute. She went on a mini-tour in support of the album, which lasted several months during 1999. The album went platinum in the Netherlands (with sales of 80,000 copies).

[edit] 2000: Livin' on Love

Rumors of a new album were heard in mid 2000. The first single "Livin' on Love" was released in October. November saw the release of her sophomore studio album Livin' on Love, which was a musical departure from her debut, leaning more toward pop/rock. The country music scene was not as excited by this album. Although there was a good amount of promotion for the album, it could not compete with the success of World of Hurt, hitting its peak at #5. Livin' on Love still went platinum though.

With this album, Ilse gained even more State-side interest (although not released in the States) due to her covers of 2 songs by popular American singer/songwriters Buddy and Julie Miller (I Still Cry and Ride the Wind to Me), and other songs written by Patty Larkin, Jude Cole and Wayne Kirkpatrick. Alison Krauss also provided guest vocals.

In 2001 DeLange started her Livin' on Love Tour, performing in many theaters and concert halls throughout her home country. Meanwhile, Warner Music attempted to promote this release as her "breakthrough" release in the America. Although "World Of Hurt" was planned to be released in the States, the record labels in America thought the album was too old-fashioned to be released. Ilse set her hopes on the release of "Livin' on Love", but once again the album was not released for unknown reasons,. There were rumours that the American label did not like the sound of the album. Due to the trouble she had in America, DeLange decided to break all cords with the States, and focus more on her career in the BeNeLux region.

She won an Edison Award for best Dutch artist in 2000. Due to all the business problems the singer became physically exhausted. During a performance in Paradiso (Amsterdam), Ilse experienced vocal problems, and emotionally told the fans in the hall that she could not continue the performance. On doctors advice she took a few weeks rest. Several months later she performed at Parkpop.

[edit] 2003: Clean Up

Ilse DeLange at the Zwarte Cross Festival 2011

In March 2002 DeLange and her partner Bart Vergoossen went to America for 9 months to work on a new album. During the recording sessions DeLange took a greater creative role in her music, including receiving song-writing credit for the entire album. In April 2003 she released Clean Up, her third studio album. This album continued with the pop/rock sound she experimented with on Livin' on Love. Her songwriting on Clean Up was autobiographical. Ilse was satisfied with the results and despite the new sound, the album became a big success.

During this time DeLange donated a contribution to the charity foundation War Child. Together with Trijntje Oosterhuis and Jacqueline Govaert she performed "Because" during a "Friends of Warchild" concert.

In October Ilse released a compilation album called: Here I Am - 1998/2003. The album went Platinum and contained DeLange's best work in a single release.

[edit] 2006: The Great Escape

In the beginning of 2004 Warner Music dropped all Dutch artists, including Ilse, from their label, similar to what happened with the band Krezip. Shortly after this she received another Edison Award, this time for Clean Up.

In April 2004 she collaborated on a single with Italian singer Zucchero. The song was called "Blue" and was a moderate hit in the Netherlands. There was no information about a new record deal, but Ilse stated that she was working on her future.

In the end of 2005, DeLange went on tour (without a new album) and every concert was sold out. Meanwhile in America she began working with producer Patrick Leonard (known for his work with Madonna) on a new album called The Great Escape. This album was released on June 16, 2006. The first single was the title track The Great Escape, and was released in May, peaking at #11 in the Dutch Top 40. A week after its release (debuting at #1) the album went Gold, and in August 2006 it went Platinum. In September her second single was released "The Lonely One" which peaked at #18. In October she received her second TMF Award.

Ilse DeLange at Parkpop in 2006

Ilse was a special guest of the concerts of Marco Borsato which took place in Arnhem. In December she performed a mini-tour, which sold out.

Her third single, "I Love You", was released in February 2007. It peaked at #23. The song was included on the soundtrack for the Dutch movie adaptation of Steel Magnolias (based on the movie with Julia Roberts).

[edit] 2008 - 2010: Incredible and Next to me

In mid-2008 Ilse released Incredible, a #1 album certified 5x platinum. In August 2010, Ilse hit the top 10 with her new single "Next to Me", the first single off her new album by the same name, which debuted at #1. Following singles have been "High Places", "Beautiful Distraction" and "Carousel". In early 2011, Next to Me has been certified 2x Platinum.

[edit] 2011 - present: Doluv2luvu and Without you

In march 2011, Ilse had 2 concerts in the Gelredome, a big stadium in her hometown Arnhem. They were sold out within hours. In November 2011 Ilse released her new single Doluv2luvu. This song was, again, in a different style then the other albums of her. The song was the theme-song of 3FM Serious Request, a big charity-event in the Netherlands. Later in 2012 Ilse will release a new single, Without you (acoustic) and a new album, of which the name is unknown. In September 2012 she will be in the Gelredome again, having 3 concerts. They were planned for March, but with the death of Ilse's father, they were moved to September.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Live albums[link]

Compilation albums[link]

Singles[link]

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Ilse DeLange (official website)

Paul de Leeuw
Born	Paul Henri de Leeuw (1962-03-26) March 26, 1962 (age 50) Rotterdam, Netherlands
Residence	Blaricum, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation	Actor, comedian, singer, television presenter
Employer	VARA
Spouse	Stephan Nugter
Children	Kas and Tobey (both adopted)
Website
www.pauldeleeuw.nl

Paul Henri de Leeuw (born March 26, 1962 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor.

De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA. Though satire was only a part of these shows and much of its humour was essentially harmless, he came into publicity with satire about Dutch show business personalities who were often ridiculed. Besides, many obscure musical acts were featured in his shows, many of which managed to gain national fame after they had been in De Leeuw's show (e.g. Twarres and René Klijn, a former boyband member who contracted AIDS).^{[citation needed]} VARA has since continued his shows apart from a few interruptions, often with considerable success.

In the early nineties, Paul de Leeuw also had some shows celebrating the new year. In the 1993-1994 show he satirized the new commercial television station RTL 5 by announcing another new station, "RTL 6" (RTL six, beter dan niks (lit. better than nothing)). This led to a lawsuit by the RTL company, who demanded that De Leeuw withdraw his joke.

He and his husband, Stephan Nugter, have adopted two children: son Kas (adopted in October 2001) and son Tobey (adopted in December 2002).

Paul de Leeuw has had many hit singles in The Netherlands.^{[citation needed]} He is most famous for: Vlieg met me mee (#2), Ik wil niet dat je liegt / Waarheen, waarvoor (#1), and 'k Heb je lief (#3). Since the beginning of his television and singing career he released albums and singles, always becoming a big success.

On Koninginnedag 2007 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.

25th Anniversary[link]

Paul de Leeuw until mid-2009 hosted the weekly chat and comedy show Mooi! Weer De Leeuw. On November 29, 2008 he celebrated his 25th television anniversary by staging a 12-hour marathon. Not forgetting the reason Mooi! Weer De Leeuw happened, he invited his one-time collaborator Jack Spijkerman (whose Kopspijkers-show previously filled the Mooi! Weer De Leeuw time slot, before a row prompted VARA to cancel it with immediate effect) to reprise one item from Kopspijkers; other guests included comedians Herman van Veen and Brigitte Kaandorp, and singer/musical actor Danny de Munk.

Eurovision Song Contest 2006 incident[link]

De Leeuw is, despite being famous for a long time in the Netherlands, best-known internationally for presenting the results of the Dutch televote in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. De Leeuw was supposed to present the televote by simply thanking the presenters, performers and fans, before giving the result, but instead the openly gay De Leeuw gave his mobile number to the male presenter Sakis Rouvas live on-air, and made other comments which somewhat lengthened the Dutch results.^[1]

De Leeuw also remarked that Rouvas and his female co-presenter Maria Menounos reminded him of Will & Grace. As the results were live and required for the contest to continue, De Leeuw could not be cut off until he finished giving the voting results.

De Leeuw's actions resulted in negative comments from the commentators, with the BBC's Terry Wogan calling the act "pathetic" and asking "Who selected this eejit?" during the United Kingdom coverage of the contest. Other commentators, like the Portuguese Eládio Clímaco, didn't translate properly the gay remarks and said "he was saying that they really look like Greeks". De Leeuw presented the votes again for the Netherlands at the 2007 contest, and that time did not cause quite as much of a stir as he did the year before.

Animal rights dispute and controversy[link]

During a 2008 episode of Mooi! Weer De Leeuw, a vegan streaker wanting to draw attention to animal suffering managed to enter the sound stage. His body was covered in slogans such as "Stop animal suffering" and "Meat is murder". De Leeuw stopped security from escorting him from the stage in order to talk with him. De Leeuw proceeded to pull the man onto his lap and started poking at his underwear, insisting on "seeing his meat". As the man stood up, De Leeuw pulled down and eventually ripped off his underwear, saying, "then you must properly streak; off with those briefs."

The streaker later filed a police report, although the molestation charges have since been dropped. Some parents were shocked by the incident as the show was targeted at families as well.^[2][3]

Israëlean broadcast commotion[link]

De Leeuw identifies as a strong Eurovision Song Contest follower with his own perspectives and beliefs. He presented the Dutch Eurovision occasionally as a host and commentator in 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006 en 2007. In 1998 and 1999 together with Linda de Mol. In 1995 a lot of commotion came out of this because he had started a tirade and outburst against the Israëlean broadcasting 'Amen'. ^[4]

Works[link]

In 2005, De Leeuw wrote the introduction to the Dutch edition of The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History by John Kennedy O'Connor.

Discography[link]

• Voor u majesteit (1991)
• Van u wil ik zingen (1992)
• Plugged (1993)
• ParaCDmol (1994)
• Filmpje (1995)
• In heel Europa was er niemand zoals zij (1995)
• Encore (1996)
• Lief (1997)
• Stille liedjes (1999)
• Kerstkransje (2001)
• Zingen terwijl u wacht (2001)
• Metropaul (2004)
• Duizel mij (2005)
• Mooi! Weer Een Cd (2006)
• Het wordt winter (2008)
• Honderd uit één (2009)
• Paul (2012)

Filmography[link]

List of films in which Paul de Leeuw performed as an actor:^[5]

• Jan Rap en z'n maat (1989)
• Filmpje! (1995)
• Heerlijk duurt het langst (1998)
• De Pijnbank (1998)
• Max Lupa (1999)
• Yes Nurse! No Nurse! (2002)
• K3 en het magische medaillon (2004)
• Alles is liefde (2007)
• Spion van Oranje (2009)
• Alle tijd (2011)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Paul de Leeuw
• Paul de Leeuw at the Internet Movie Database