Sarah Bettens

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Sarah Bettens at the Utah Pride Festival 2006
Sarah Bettens-Wills (born September 23, 1972, Kapellen) is the former lead singer of the Belgian band K's Choice. She, with her brother Gert Bettens, is the face of the band. She is known for her enigmatic, smoky, raspy, husky voice. The band was popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and had toured in the U.S. with The Verve Pipe, Tonic, Alanis Morissette and the Indigo Girls, as well as on their own. Sarah had maintained a successful solo career as well by providing vocals for music soundtracks, including "Wild Things", "Zus and Zo" and more recently "Leef!".
In 2003 K's Choice decided to split ways for a while, with siblings Gert and Sarah exploring solo projects. Sarah made a mini-album of her own, called Go. Her first full-length solo album, Scream, was released in Europe on March 14, 2005, and in the USA on August 23, 2005. Sarah currently lives in the USA.
Sarah has had a large lesbian fanbase since the beginning of her career with K's Choice, but it wasn't until recently that she came out. She discusses this on FaceCulture.nl, as well as on AfterEllen.com.
One of her - European - singles off "Scream", Come Over Here, has been licensed for the American series L Word for episode 409 of season 4. (Sarah will be playing at the L-Word party at the Dinah Shore Weekend.) The song also appears on the premier Music With a Twist compilation (Sony). Sarah is also working on another solo album with producer Brad Wood (Placebo, Smashing Pumpkins, Sunny Day Real Estate, Ben Lee), planned for release sometime in 2007. Working title of the new CD is "Shine!".
After having played Michigan's Womyn's Music Festival in 2006 solo, she's putting together an all female band for her performance planned in 2007 (the exact date is yet to be announced).