Ameerah (singer) should not be confused with Amira (singer).
| Ameerah | |
| Birth Name: | Astrid Roelants |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1983 |
| Origin: | Leuven, Belgium |
| Years Active: | 2003–present |
| Label: | Sony Music |
Astrid Roelants (pronounced as /nl/; born 18 April 1983), known professionally as Ameerah, is a Belgian singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, United States.[1]
Roelants was raised by adoptive parents in Leuven, Flemish Brabant.[2] [3] She is of Tunisian and Algerian descent.[2]
In 2003, Roelants was a contestant in the first season of, the Belgian version of the Idol franchise.[4] [5] She participated in the live shows and got a record deal right after. In 2004, she competed to represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Don't Stop the Music", placing seventh in the national final.[4] [5] With the song she achieved chart success in Belgium.[4]
In 2009, her single "The Sound of Missing You" became an international hit, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart in the United States.[4] [5] A remixed version by Wildboyz released in 2010 charted in Belgium, the Netherlands and Romania.[6]
In 2010, Roelants appeared as a featured artist on the single "Freaky Like Me" by the Norwegian duo Madcon.[4] The song charted in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Romania and the United Kingdom, and reached number one on the Norwegian singles chart. She achieved a golden record in Germany and went double platinum in Norway. [6] Roelants has also featured in songs by Regi, Turbo B and Schiller.
In November 2022, Roelants was announced as one of seven participants in Eurosong 2023, the Belgian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.[5] Her candidate entries "Armageddon" and "The Carnival" were both co-written with American singer-songwriter Zac Poor and produced by Morgan Taylor Reid.[7] She ultimately selected "The Carnival" as her entry for the final, to be held on 14 January 2023.[8]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (FL) | US (HDA) | |||
| "Don't You Stop the Music" (as Astrid) | 2004 | 20 | — | |
| "However" (as Astrid) | Tip(7) | — | ||
| "The Sound of Missing You" | 2009 | — | 3 | |
| "Tears to Dust" (with Regi) | 2010 | — | — | |
| "The Carnival" | 2023 | — | — | |
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (FL) | BEL (WA) | AUT | FIN | GER | NED | NOR | ROM | SWI | UK | UK (R&B) | |||
| "The Sound of Missing You" (Wildboyz featuring Ameerah) | 2010 | 22 | Tip(11) | — | — | — | 44 | — | 2 | — | — | — | |
| "Freaky Like Me" (Madcon featuring Ameerah) | Tip(12) | — | 11 | 9 | 9 | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 14 | ||
| "We Be Hot" (Regi & Turbo B featuring Ameerah) | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dancing in the Dark" (Schiller featuring Ameerah) | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |