Shine (Sarah Bettens album)

Sarah Bettens
Sarah Bettens in 2015
Background information
Born	(1972-09-23) 23 September 1972 (age 44) Kapellen, Belgium
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano
Years active	1993–present
Associated acts	K's Choice
Website	SarahBettens.com

Sarah Bettens (born 23 September 1972) is the lead singer of the Belgian band K's Choice. Sarah and her brother Gert Bettens are the two best-known faces of the band. She is known for her enigmatic, husky voice. The band is popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and has toured in the U.S. with The Verve Pipe, Tonic, Alanis Morissette and the Indigo Girls, as well as on their own. Bettens has maintained a successful solo career as well by providing vocals for movie soundtracks, including Underworld, Wild Things, Zus and Zo and more recently Leef!.

Bettens was born in Kapellen, Belgium. She has had a large lesbian fanbase since the beginning of her career with K's Choice, but it was not until May 2002 that she officially came out to the public.

In 2003 K's Choice split, with siblings Gert and Sarah exploring solo projects. Bettens made a mini-album of her own, called Go. Her first full-length solo album, Scream, was released in Europe on 14 March 2005, and in the USA on 23 August 2005. K's Choice reformed in 2009 as "The new K's Choice".

In March 2007 she released an EP through online music label Fuzz. Her second full-length album, Shine, including new mixes of the tracks from the Fuzz EP, was released in 2007. It was produced by Brad Wood. The full CD was distributed for free with 13 October edition of the Flemish newspaper De Morgen in Belgium, which sold 180,000 copies. Normally this newspaper sells 95,000 copies.