Biography
1. K3 (pronounced English: Kah-dree, Dutch: Ka-drie) is a Flemish/Dutch girl band with a Dutch repertoire, founded in 1998. The name of the group is derived from the names of the three original members: Karen Damen, Kristel Verbeke and Kathleen Aerts. Kathleen Aerts left the group in 2009. Josje Huisman was chosen as K3's new member on October 3, 2009. Their music is produced by production company Studio 100 and is written by Miguel Wiels, Alain Vande Putte and Peter Gillis. K3 was founded by Niels William. The band became famous without any airplay from the regular music television channels like MTV, instead marketing directly to children via children- and cartoon channels.
Their signature is that the girls in the group all three mostly wear the same outfit. The band is known as one of Europe's longest running girl band.
On the 6th of november 2015 Hanne Verbruggen, Klaasje Meijer en Marthe De Pillecyn were chosen as the new K3 after Karen, Josje and Kristel decided to quit after 17 years.
On May 8 2016 Karen Damen and Kristel Verbeke gave their last show after 17 years and Josje Huisman after 6 Years at the Lotto Arena Antwerpen
In February of 2021, Klaasje Meijer announced she would be leaving the group. In November that same year, Julia Boschman was chosen as her replacement.
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