- ME
- Steven Cornillie: keyboards
- Hans Francken: keyboards
- Herman Cambré: Drums
- Bert Embrechts: bass
- Tom Lodewijckx: guitars
- Nina Babette: backings
- Chantal and Steve Kashala: backings
Influences
Natalia loves Madonna, Michael Jackson, Céline Dion, Tina Turner, Anastacia, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, George Michael, Prince
You’ve read too many biographies in which too many mediocre singers are called “soulful” or are credited with having “soul”, in a pathetic attempt to cover up their inadequacies or lend them an air of authenticity.
In this case, however, we’re talking about the real thing: Natalia is a soul chick extraordinaire. For Natalia, singing is a vocation, not a career. Other girls want to be a singer. Natalia sings.
In sharp contrast with so many other female singers, Natalia is not precious, not fake, not a would be femme fatale, not packaged or groomed.
She’s simply a boisterous, jovial, gutsy, charismatic loudmouth. She’s that rarest of things: a natural. She’s flesh and blood in a music industry that thrives on plastic. On stage, she’s spirited and sexy, but never vulgar. She’s the anti-bimbo. There is no act. What you see is what you get.
Natalia has paid her dues. Like so many young girls, she debuted singing Madonna’s “Like a Virgin”. Unlike others, she followed it up by performing live at fourteen, singing a challenging repertoire that included Whitney Houston’s “The greatest love of all”. Lesser mortals choose less taxing songs. She honed her craft fronting a cover band for a couple of years. Then she almost didn’t enter the Belgian “Idol” contest, because “I didn’t feel like queueing at the entrance”. She came second (out of five thousand contestants), and to many people she was the moral victor. Only a couple of years ago, a wide-eyed adolescent Natalia attended a Ricky Martin gig at the Sports Palace in Antwerp. Early 2006, she completed not one but ten gigs of her own at the same venue, with special guests The Pointer Sisters (soul legends who don’t play second fiddle to just anyone). Together, they clocked up over 120.000 punters. By then, “Back for More” earned her double platinum. Says Ruth Pointer: “Natalia has got soul in spades. There’s nothing she can’t handle”.
Natalia and her team are ambitious, but think long term. Her success so far was achieved purely on the basis of a great voice and an irresistible stage presence, not through stunts, gimmicks, gossip or big media campaigns. In 2007, she released her third album “Everything & More” with an extensive summer tour. In January 2008, she did filled the Sports Palace again with En Vogue and Shaggy. In November 2008 she starts her “Glamorous Arena tour” .Beyond that, the sky is the limit.
De nieuwe show was subliem, heb er echt van genoten, ik kom nog ne keer zien in hasselt en de afsluiter ;) Tickets van volgend jaar zijn ook al besteld, acoustisch vind ik heeel speciaal!! Je doet het supergoe, veel plezier nog en tot de volgende!!
Bedankt voor gisteren! Je verrassing was er echt eentje van formaat! :) 'k Vond het geweldig om je te zien stralen! Wat deed me dat deugd! Echt chapeau! Zo'n spektakel! Hopelijk vind je onze verrassing ook een beetje cool! Wij hebben er alvast heel veel plezier aan gehad!
ik was in Oostende toen Natalia met de harlem Globetrotters speelde en ik heb dat gefilmd ! je kan het zien op http://gpauline.skyrock.com veel plezier Pauline
Spijtig dat je maar 1 live concert doet deze zomer:( Maarrrrrrrrr ik zal er zeker bijzijn in Gent,dat concert wil ik natuuurlijk niet missen é, heb de tickets net besteld ;)
Hoi Natalia.... Heb je vorige week nog in Fnac gezien, maar liet je maar gerust. :-) Net de dvd van Sportpaleis opgezet. TOP ! Jammer dat het geen dts geluid is. En wat de boekskes betreft momenteel... lig er ni wakker van en geniet. Hoge bomen vangen nu eenmaal veel wind ! doei, Walter xxx
