Sharon Kovacs

Sharon Kovacs (born 15 April 1990),[1] known professionally as Kovacs, is a Dutch singer from Baarlo.[2]

Sharon Kovacs
Background information
Born (1990-04-15) April 15, 1990
Baarlo, Netherlands
Years active2014–present
Websitekovacsmusic.com

Career
Sharon Kovacs live at Rock am Ring 2019.
Sharon Kovacs live at Rock am Ring 2019.

Kovacs studied at Rock City Institute, a vocational school in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. She graduated in 2013. In 2014 she worked with producer Oscar Holleman to record her first EP My Love, which was partly recorded in Cuba. On 1 June 2014, Dutch radio station NPO 3FM named her 3FM Serious Talent.[3] In 2014, she played at various festivals amongst which North Sea Jazz and Lowlands (festival). On October 2 she won the Dutch NPO Radio 6 Soul & Jazz Award in the category 'Best Soul & Jazz Talent'.[4]

Her first album Shades Of Black was released on April 2, 2015, after which she started her Shades of Black club tour and played at various festivals throughout Europe, Turkey and Israel.

On October 29, it was announced that she is the fourth winner of a 2016 European Border Breakers Award.[5]

Discography

Studio Albums

  • Shades of Black (2015)
  • Cheap Smell (2018)

Singles

  • "My Love" EP (2014)
  • "The Devil You Know" (2015)
  • "Sugar Pill" (2017)
  • "Cheap Smell" (2018)
  • "Black Spider" (2018)
  • "Its The Weekend" (ft. Gnash (musician)) (2018)
  • "Mama & Papa (Oct 2018)
  • "Snake Charmer" (2019) (ft. Parov Stelar)
  • "You Again" (2019) (Soundtrack Den Horizont So Nah)
  • "Crazy" (2019) (ft. Metropole Orkest)
  • "Cozy" (2019) (ft. Erameld)

References
  1. "Albums by Kovacs: Discography, songs, biography, and listening guide – Rate Your Music". rateyourmusic.com.
  2. "Kovacs". Kovacs.
  3. Kovacs biografie, 3FM.nl.
  4. "Winnaar Radio 6 Award Beste Soul & Jazz Talent". NPO Radio 6 Soul & Jazz.
  5. "Article".


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