Kate Ryan

About

Kate Ryan (born Katrien Verbeeck on 22 July 1980 in Tessenderlo, Belgium) is a Belgian dance-pop and eurodance singer who broke through across continental Europe in 2002 with her French-language cover of Mylène Farmer's "Désenchantée". She has sold 3.5 million records, earned multiple platinum and gold awards, and won the World Music Award (IFPI) for Best Selling Benelux Artist Worldwide twice - in 2002 and 2004. In 2006 she represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest with "Je t'adore".

500M+

total streams (all platforms, per official website)

3.5M

records sold

154K

YouTube subscribers (official channel)

2×

World Music Award (IFPI) wins for Best Selling Benelux Artist Worldwide

What's new

2025
Kate Ryan performed at the Paradise City Festival in 2025, where her set was reviewed by De Standaard under the headline "Kate Ryan op Paradise City: absoluut een icoon".
2025-10
Kate Ryan's Spotify profile surpassed 350 million total streams and 1.9 million monthly listeners by October 2025.
2025
Kate Ryan announced the "Génération Désenchantée | 25th Anniversary Tour" with confirmed dates in Berlin and Warsaw.
2025
Kate Ryan announced the Illuminate Tour for 2025, with dates in Belgium and the Netherlands including RTM Stage in Rotterdam.
2023-03
Oliver Heldens released an "EuroRave Mix" of Kate Ryan's "Désenchantée" on Spinnin' Deep, bringing the 2002 classic to a new generation of festival audiences.