Kevin Kayirangwa

Kevin Kayirangwa
Background information
Born (1991-02-11) 11 February 1991
Origin Belgium
Genres Pop, R&B, Soul, Funk
Instruments Guitar, Vocals
Years active 2011–2013
Labels Sony BMG

Kevin Kayirangwa (born 11 February 1991) also known by the mononym Kevin or Kevin K, is the winner of Idool 2011, in season 4 of the Belgian version of Pop Idol. His first album, Thank You, on Sony BMG released in 2011, reached No. 2 in the Ultratop Belgian Flemish Singles Charts.[1]

In May 2012, he joined Dennis De Neyer, a co-contestant of Kevin in the same series and Dean Delannoit, a winner of Idool 2007 season 3 winner to form the Belgian Flemish boyband 3M8S.

Kayirangwa is of Rwandan descent.[2]

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak positions Notes
BEL
(Vl)
[3]
2011 Thank You 2 Tracklist
  1. "She's Got Moves" (3:19)
  2. "Crashing" (3:23)
  3. "Now or Never" (3:14)
  4. "Don't Let Me Go" (3:30)
  5. "I Won't Leave" (3:56)
  6. "Forget You" (3:42)
  7. "No Words Needed" (3:29)
  8. "Done Deal" (3:24)
  9. "Master Blaster" (3:11)
  10. "Gimme Little Sign" (3:10)

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
BEL
(Vl)
Ultratop
[3]		 BEL
(Vl)
Ultratip*
[3]
2011 "She's Got Moves" 2  – Thank You
"Forget You" 30  –
"Crashing"  – 11
"Done Deal"  – 16

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Other singles
  • 2011: "More to Me" (as part of the Idool 2011 Finalists collective) (peaked at No. 1 in Belgian Ultratop)[4]
  • 2013: "Only 1" (Ian Prada & Gregoir Cruz feat. 2Stars & Kevin K.) (reached No. 78 Ultratip)[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Dean (BE) – Kevin Kayirangwa – Thank You". ultratop.be/nl/. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  2. ↑ Emmy. "After winning the Belgium Idool Kevin Mason Belgian with a Rwandan origin has a big dream to pay a visit to his homeland - Breaking news - inyarwanda.com". eng.inyarwanda.com.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kevin Kayirangwa discography". ultratop.be/nl/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Idool 2011 Finalisten - More To Me". ultratop.be.
  5. ↑ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be.
Preceded by
Dean Delannoit		 Idool
Winner
Season 4 (2011)		 Succeeded by
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