1. Milow released his debut album, The Bigger Picture, in 2006 on his own label Homerun Records.
22 Facts About Milow
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However, it was not until his second self-released album Coming of Age in 2008, that Milow achieved major commercial success all over mainland Europe.
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Milow was born in Borgerhout, near Antwerp in Belgium, as the second of four children, with a Belgian father and a mother from the Netherlands.
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Milow grew up in Wespelaar, Haacht right next to Werchter, a town famous for its Rock Werchter festival, one of the biggest annual rock music festivals in Europe.
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Milow has said that his first concert experience was seeing Pink Floyd in Werchter in September 1994, on the group's final tour.
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Milow has often said in interviews that this time helped him improve his skills writing songs in English and that he always felt he would one day return to California.
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Milow was first heard at Humo's Rock Rally, a prestigious battle of the bands contest for unsigned rock bands in Belgium, organized every second year since 1978 by Belgian magazine HUMO.
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Milow's performance was awarded with a position in the finals but he did not win.
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On 28 June 2007, Milow was the opening act in the Pyramid Marquee on Rock Werchter, which launched his live career in Belgium.
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Milow opted for an acoustic guitar cover version of "Ayo Technology," a song originally written and recorded in 2007 by 50 Cent, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland.
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The album Coming of Age was renamed and repackaged in 2009 as the compilation album Milow and released in 2009 and 2010 in mainland Europe and Canada as Milow's debut album.
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In February 2009, for the second year in a row, Milow was a major winner of the Music Industry Awards in Belgium, winning five MIA Awards: Best Male Artist, Best Pop, Most Downloaded Artist, Best Music Video, and again Song of the Year.
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On 29 September 2009 Milow set a world record by performing in front of 50 mine workers at the bottom of the Pyhasalmi Mine, 1,430 meters below sea level.
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In January 2010, Milow won the first Public Choice Award at the seventh annual European Border Breakers Awards in Groningen, the Netherlands.
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On 2 March 2010, Milow won an award for "Best International Newcomer" at the Swiss Music Awards in Zurich, Switzerland.
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When touring in Europe in 2009 and 2010, Milow started writing new songs and trying them out live at concerts.
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On 1 April 2011 Milow released the album North and South simultaneously in mainland Europe and Canada.
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Just like he predicted in the song, Milow was attacked by right-wing Flemish politicians on Twitter after an interview in newspaper De Standaard, in which he talked about the new album and about Belgian politics.
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On 27 and 28 April 2011, Milow performed two sold-out headline shows in a row in the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium.
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In February 2012, Milow held a five-night residency performing solo at the intimate Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, California.
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Since the start of his career, Milow has been a DIY artist, acting as his own manager, publisher and releasing albums on his own label, Homerun Records.
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On 2 October 2012, Milow played in Beijing, China, marking his first Asian performance.