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Alen J. Matković (born 20 July 1970), known professionally as Alan Michael, is a Yugoslav-born Polish-Dutch singer, songwriter and record producer. He is known for his participation in the 1987 Sopot International Song Festival and for being one of the songwriters of the Dutch Eurovision Song Contest entries "One Good Reason" (Шаблон:Escyr) and "One More Night" (Шаблон:Escyr).

Biography

Matković was born on 20 July 1970 in Rijeka, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia to a Polish mother and a Yugoslav father.[1] He moved to the Netherlands in his early childhood and grew up in Zandvoort, North Holland.[2] Matković began playing piano at the age of six, and recorded his first single when he was twelve years old.[1][2] His second single, "Is That You", was released by the record label WEA in 1987.[1][3]

In the same year, he represented the Netherlands in the Sopot International Song Festival with the song "Romeo and Juliet", alongside Maywood with the song "Stay with Me".[4] For his performance, he was awarded the "FIDOF Award".[1][4] Due to his participation in the Sopot Festival, Matković gained popularity in Poland, and "Romeo and Juliet" was released on single by the Polish record label Шаблон:Ill.[3][4][5] One year later, he released his self-titled debut album with the Polish record label Pronit.[1][3] The songs "Sandy" and "Dreams of Love" from this album also appeared on his second album The Winning Edge, and were released on single by CBS Records International in 1989.[3]

Following the release of The Winning Edge, Matković was signed to the Hilversum-based record label Шаблон:Ill.[1] In 1992, a third studio album, titled One for a While, was released.[1][3] Despite successes in Eastern Europe, such as a gold record in Poland, Matković never broke through as a singer in the Netherlands.[6][7] In April 1993, he featured in the television documentary Шаблон:Lang ("Hooray, a hit") by the Dutch broadcaster VARA, which documented his efforts to produce a hit in his home country.[2][7][8]

A few days before the documentary was broadcast, Matković had competed in the Nationaal Songfestival – the Dutch national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest – as one of the songwriters of the entry "Шаблон:Lang", which finished in fourth place.[9][10] He subsequently began pursuing a career as a songwriter and founded his own recording studio, AM Studios, in Zandvoort.[1] Between 1997 and 2005, he competed in the Nationaal Songfestival six times, winning it twice as a songwriter of the entries "One Good Reason" (1999) and "One More Night" (2003).[11] The songs finished in 8th and 13th place in the Eurovision Song Contest, and "One More Night" received a Marcel Bezençon Award for the best entry according to previous winners of the contest.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details
Alan Michael
The Winning Edge
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: CBS
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette
One for a While
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Red Bullet
  • Format: CD

Singles

Title Year Album
"Is That You" / "Love Hit Me" 1987 rowspan="2" Шаблон:Non-album singles
"Romeo and Juliet" / "Now Is the Time"
"Say You Love Me" / "Шаблон:Lang" 1988 Alan Michael
"Sandy" / "Dreams of Love" 1989 The Winning Edge
"Tenderness" (with Sophie Proix)
"Don't Dream It's Over" 1992 One for a While
"The One You Love"
"Шаблон:Lang" 1993 Шаблон:Non-album single

Songwriting discography

Charting singles

Title Year Artist Peak chart positions[12] Co-written with
NLD (100) NLD (40)
"Шаблон:Lang" 1998 Noomen 92 — Belinda Anholt
"One Good Reason" 1999 Marlayne 30 24 Tjeerd van Zanen
"Шаблон:Lang" Cristina 74 — Cristina Power
"So Much Love" 2001 Ebonique 54 — Tjeerd van Zanen
"If I Had You" Boy Band 40 — —
"One More Night" 2003 Esther Hart 26 — Tjeerd van Zanen
"Dance Dance Dance" Шаблон:Ill & Alessandra da Silva 45 — Alessandra da Silva
"She'll Take Your Breath Away" 2004 Charly Luske 40 — Charly Luske

Eurovision Song Contest entries

Year Country Song Artist Result Marcel Bezençon Awards
Place Points
Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Esc "One Good Reason" Marlayne 8 171 —
Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Esc "One More Night" Esther Hart 13 45 Artistic Award

Шаблон:Lang entries

Year Song Artist Co-written with Result
Place Points
Шаблон:Center "Шаблон:Lang" Ruth Jacott Gerrit den Braber 4 63
Шаблон:Center "Шаблон:Lang" Mrs. Einstein Tjeerd van Zanen 5 57
Шаблон:Center "One Good Reason" Marlayne Tjeerd van Zanen 1 248
Шаблон:Center "So Much Love" Ebonique Tjeerd van Zanen 2 54
Шаблон:Center "One More Night" Esther Hart Tjeerd van Zanen 1 170
Шаблон:Center "She'll Take Your Breath Away" Charly Luske Charly Luske 4 59
Шаблон:Center "When Forever Ends" Johnny Rosenberg Johnny Rosenberg 3 47

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Cite news
  3. ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 Шаблон:Cite web
  4. ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 Шаблон:Cite news
  5. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  7. ↑ 7,0 7,1 Шаблон:Cite news
  8. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  9. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  10. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  11. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  12. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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