Wow (band)

WOW!
From left to right: Naomi Louwerens, Mandy Gruijters, Denise Koopal and Jenske Moermond in 2001
Background information
Origin	Netherlands
Genres	Pop
Years active	1996 (1996)–2001
Labels	B&B (1996-1997) Bunny (1997-1998) Dino (1998-2001)

WOW! was a Dutch girl group in the late 1990's and early 2000's who were produced by the duo Bolland & Bolland.

History

WOW! scored their first hit in 1997 called Keer op Keer, which came from their album Wild + Ondeugend. The group scored another hit with Zomer'. The music video for The Night Before You Came was recorded in the Big Brother house.

The band consisted of Denise Koopal, Jenske Moermond, Joëlle van Noppen, Mandy Gruijters and Naomi Louwerens. After each other, Van Noppen and Koopal left the group in 1999 and 2000 respectively. The band restarted in May 2001 under the new name Blaze. However, this was unsuccessful.

WOW! appeared for the last time in its original line-up once in the radio program Coen and Sander Show.

Members

• Denise Koopal
• Jenske Moermond
• Mandy Gruijters
• Naomi Louwerens
• Joëlle van Noppen

After WOW!

Denise Koopal presented call games for RTL. Mandy Gruijters went to sing in the coverband Broadway and was the finalist of Popstars 2. Joëlle van Noppen died in the Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 plane crash on 12 May 2010.

Discography

Albums

Album with any hit notation (s) in the Dutch Album Top 100	Date of appearance	Date of entry	Highest position	Number of weeks	Comments
Wild en ondeugend	1997	15-11-1997	43	8

Singles

Single with possible hit notation (s) in the Dutch Top 40S	Date of appearance	Date of entry	Highest position	Number of weeks	Comments
Keer op keer	1997	07-06-1997	16	9
Zomer	1997	09-08-1997	28	5
Lekker lang lekker	1997		-	-
Zacht en teder	1997		-	-
Big Beat Boy	1998		-	-
The night before you came	2000		-	-

External links

• muziekencyclopedie.nl entry on Wow!