Belgian superstar singer Natalia Druyts, known simply as Natalia in her homeland, rose to fame on a #Pop Idol-style television show in 2003 and went on to become a chart-topping recording sensation afterward with smash hits such as I've Only Begun to Fight. Born on December 3, 1980, in Westerlo, Belgium, Druyts appeared as a contestant on #Idool 2003, the first season of the Belgian version of #Pop Idol, and proceeded to finish as the runner-up in a closely contested competition with Peter Evrard. Her full-length album debut, This Time (2003), proved tremendously popular, itself becoming a Top Five hit on the Belgian albums chart and spawning four hit singles: Without You (a number two hit on the singles chart), I've Only Begun to Fight (number one), Higher Than the Sun (number two), and I Want You Back (number three). Her follow-up album, Back for More (2004), proved even more popular, as it topped the albums chart, sold well over 100,000 copies in Belgium, and spawned four hit singles: Risin' (number two), Fragile, Not Broken (number 11), Shelter (number 28), and Ridin' By/You Are (number 12). She subsequently collaborated with the Pointer Sisters for a cover of the 1985 Eurythmics/Aretha Franklin hit Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves that went all the way to number two on the singles chart; a ten-date run of concerts in Antwerp featuring Druyts along with the Pointer Sisters followed in January 2006. In 2007 Druyts released her third album, Everything More, another chart-topping success; the album featured the major hits Gone to Stay (number nine) and Glamorous/Where She Belongs (number two). ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi