Milk Inc. is the most successful dance act for many years. With lot of hit singles, concert and awards this duo is at the top of the Belgian dance scene and beyond.

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1997     In April '97 Milk Inc.'s first song (then it was Milk Incorporated) with the name "La Vache" It wasn't a success in Belgium, but in the UK and France, they couldn't get enough of this record! So they performed a lot in those countries! In France, they were under the label Hottracks of Scorpio Music France. Because they had so much success with "La Vache", the record company decided to rename the group into "La Vache", so people could remember it, with this funny name "The Cow"! This is the reason why there are cd-singles with "La Vache - Free Your Mind", "La Vache - Inside Of Me" and "La Vache - In My Eyes" on the cover! In October '97, a second song "Free Your Mind" was released! This wasn't a success at all!

1998     "Inside Of Me" came out in February '98. The clubs played the song a lot, but the commercial success didn't come. In March they released a first album in France, with the name "Apocalypse Cow", still under the name "La Vache"! They finally got a huge hit with "In My Eyes" in December '98. The Belgian breakthrough was a fact.  Strangley enough, France didn't like this song at all and it was the last release in France for Milk Inc.!

1999     "In My Eyes" turned into a gold record and in February they did a tour around France and Spain. In March '99, the next song "Promise" came out and did very well in the Belgian charts. April '99 was a very good month for Milk Inc. because they received the "Donna Award" for "In My Eyes". (Donna is a Belgian Radio station). It was time for an album "Apocalypse Cow" and it came out in May '99. "Oceans", the fifth Milk Inc. song, was released in June '99 and was called out as the summer hit of '99. "Losing Love", number six, was released in November '99. Milk Inc. even did so well that they received the TMF-award for "Best National Dance-Act". They toured a lot in Spain but also in Australia. With the artists from Antler Subway, they performed at a big "TMF Christmas 2000" show. There was also a song together with all the artists, "Antler All Stars", a cover song "Do They Know It's Christmas", but each artist sang a cover song on their own, Milk Inc. made a new Christmas song called "Alone at Christmas".

2000     In April '00 they received a special Donna toffee "Best HolidaySong of The Year". A new song was released "Walk On Water". In May '00, Ann announced that she was going to leave the group because she wanted to start a record company "Benimusa" at Ibiza together with her boyfriend Pat Krimson. She officially left the group at 15 September '00. Meanwhile they searched for a new singer. There was even a rumor that Silvy, from Sylver, would replace Ann. September '00 was an exciting month for the Milk Inc.-fans. The new singer, Linda Mertens, was presented at a show "Hitkracht" together with the newest song "Land Of The Living". In October '00 they gave concerts for 5 days in South-Africa. In Belgium they received the award for "Best National song 'Walk on Water'". In November '00 they released a second album "Land Of The Living".

2001     In February 2001, the single "Livin' A Lie" was released together with a video that was filmed in Brussels and Antwerp. In March Milk Inc. was nominated for the TMF-Awards in The Netherlands. On April 7th they won the award for "Best International Dance-Act" and their show was, as usually, wonderful! In May they even got an offer to go on Tour in Taiwan, but they refused it! Their success in Belgium and The Netherlands was and still is too great! The next single, number eleven, was "Never Again". For this song, there is also a really nice video. It was filmed at a house in Kontich (Antwerp). During the summer, they had a lot of shows in Belgium, The Netherlands and Spain. In September they went to Germany with a Tourbus. The video for "Walk on Water" was shot during that Tour. Meanwhile, they were nominated again for the TMF-Awards from Belgium in 3 categories: "Best Dance National", "Best Single National 'Never Again'" and "Best Video 'Never Again'". There were rumors that the new single would be presented at the TMF-Awards on October 27. They won 2 of the 3 awards. "Best Dance National" and "Best Video National". Linda even cried when they received the award for "Best Dance National". Their performance was again really great and they did present "Wide Awake". On November 3 the newest single "Wide Awake" was released  together with a "Best Of"-Album, with songs from the two other albums but also a cd with all the video's, even the video of "Walk On Water". At TMF there was a Milk Inc. Special in November! They had a lot of shows and completed the successful year with a big show at Sylvester-evening in Madrid (Spain).

2002     In January, they were nominated for the award "Best International Dance-Act". They didn't win this award! In February, Milk Inc. was nominated again for "Beste Dance Act International" at the Hitkrant Awards in The Netherlands! They didn't win this award either! Linda came in the "Notenclub" to prove she can really sing! For the Dutch TMF Awards they weren't nominated at all. Would this be a less good year for Milk Inc.? They didn't let it get to their hearts and played together with Sylver at Donna's 10th birthday! Here they performed the greatest hits of ABBA and were also dressed like them! In March, they started a tour in Canada! A video was made for "In My Eyes" in the UK! In May there was also a video made for "Sleepwalker" in Portugal! On May, 13, the single was finally available! They started their conquest of the UK with "In My Eyes" and reached the top 10 of the charts! In July, they made a video for the second single in the UK, "Walk on Water"! During the summer months they toured a lot in Belgium, The Netherlands and Spain! In September "Walk on Water" was released in the UK, and also an album "Milk Inc.". The promotion began in the UK! But they also performed a lot in Spain. "Walk on Water" also reached the top 10 of the charts! They got nominated for the Belgian TMF Awards for "Best Dance Act" and "Best Video - Sleepwalker". On October, 26, they received the award for "Best Dance Act" and they performed their newest song "Breathe without You"! From October, 27, they toured with the Smash Hits Tour in the UK, together with big stars! Land Of The Living became a top10 hit in the UK. They also worked on a Dutch song, for a good cause together with other Belgian artists, called "Feest voor iedereen". After touring in Belgium and abroad, Milk Inc. had a successful year.

2003 started with a short vacation for Milk Inc.! After that, they began touring again, in Belgium and abroad. At the end of April, the newest single "Time" was presented at Radio Donna's 11th birthday. A first visit to Scandinavia was a fact. In August the new single "The Sun Always Shines on TV" was presented and it was released in September. The next release for Germany was "Time" and "Breathe without You". Thanks to their newest hit, they had a lot of performances on TV, like 'Tien Om Te Zien', Top of The Pops,... This year, Milk Inc. was nominated for 3 TMF Awards. And again, they won the award for Beste Dance. The opening of this event was also really special, they performed "Insomnia" by Faithless together with Lasgo and Sylver. This performance was so great everybody was ready for the show. Milk Inc.'s performance was, as usual, a big success. On October 6th, their newest album Closer was released. 14 songs, from which 6 already released. Some highlights on this album are the ballad "November", the duet between Linda and Silvy which is called "I Don't Care", the duet between Regi and Linda called "Maybe", but also the only instrumental song on the album called "Blown Away" is a nice piece of art. Of course, the other songs are completely songs like we are used to, all with the special Milk Inc. sound. During their performance at Base Pop, Milk Inc. had the chance to perform for the French part of Belgium. In October, an almost worldwide release for "The Sun Always Shines on TV" started. The album Closer also was released in several countries. On JimTv the fans could see a program about Milk Inc., how one of their days looks like. In November, Linda posed for a 3rd time for the magazine P-Magazine. To promote their work, they performed in Poland. The last month of the year was also really busy. Performing in Germany and Spain, visiting the Big Brother house, a showcase at JimTv, TV performance for Hitparty 2004,... This year was a very good one for Milk Inc., the year reviews were the prove of their success.

2004     At the beginning of 2004, "The Sun Always Shines on TV" was released in several countries like Germany, Switzerland, Australia,... Their next single was "I Don't Care", the duet with Silvy (from Sylver). In Poland, the album Closer was released. Furthermore, "I Don't Care" almost reached the top of the Belgian charts, but it couldn't get higher than the 3rd position. In March, they were nominated for the Dutch TMF Awards, the award for Best Dance International went to Special D. In April, they performed 3 shows in America and also once at a big dance event in Russia. In the UK, the Sun Always Shines on TV was released on 12" with 2 brand new remixes. On May 31st, www.milkinc.be became the official Milk Inc. site. Like every summer, their agenda was full with performances in Belgium and The Netherlands. Several times, there were duo shows together with Sylver, including their hit "I Don't Care". In August, a Best Of 3cd box was released in Australia. In September, they released "Whisper" with a nice video. This song became another number 1 hit on the day they received the award for "Best Dance Act" and the "Life Time Achievement award" during the TMF Awards 2004. The very first DVD with all the videos and an acoustic set was released after the TMF Awards in October. The promotion for "Whisper" went on and the DVD also had a lot of media attention, many TV shows (like Swingpaleis, Kids Top 20, Top Of The Pops,...) and radio programs invited Milk Inc. to present this DVD. On Christmas Eve there was a special (prerecorded) TV performance Swingpaleis Christmas edition where they performed "Do they know its Christmas time" together with other dance artists and on sylvesterevening a prerecorded TV performance at Tien Om Te Zien and Hitparty 2005.

2005     At the beginning of 2005, Milk Inc. supported the Tsunami 1212 show in Belgium. They performed a lot in Belgium and Spain. On March 1, "The Sun Always Shines on TV" was released in the USA. At the end of March, a big dance event BelgaDance was organized. Milk Inc. performed Blind for the very first time and Regi won the award for Best Producer. "Blind" was promoted on TV and radio on several shows. In May, Milk Inc. had a 2 day tour in Norway. In June, "Time" was released in the USA. The summer was very busy, with performances in Belgium and abroad. In August, the album Closer was released in the USA. As every year, they got nominated for "Best Dance Act" at the annual TMF Awards. On October 1, they won their 10th TMF Award and also presented their newest single "Go To Hell". In October, "Go To Hell" was released together with a smashing new video. Also another Best Of album was released, called Milk Inc. Essential. At the end of November, they were the "warm up act" at the Junior Eurosong Festival. To end another great year, in December, Milk Inc. performed in Norway, Spain, Scotland and of course Belgium.

2006     2006, Milk Inc.'s 10th anniversary, announcing a concert to celebrate 10 years Milk Inc.. Touring in Belgium, Norway, The Netherlands,... In June, their newest single Tainted Love was released, a mashup from t he song Tainted Love and It's Gonna Be Alright. This also being a hit again, they were invited several times on the TV show Tien Om Te Zien. With the preparation of their very first concert at the Sportpaleis in mind, they decided to try out their live band with some full live shows during summer. Of course, they also had a busy summer with their usual performances. After the summer, they released their 4th studio album Supersized and a new single Run. Ticket sales for Supersized concert went so good they almost decided to open up a second date, but due to lack of time keeping it to one concert this year. After the Supersized concert, they announced Supersized II 2007, Milk Inc. at the Sportpaleis will start to be a yearly tradition. In October, they won the award for Best Dance one again. JimTv broadcasted the Supersized special and also a 10 years Milk Inc. Special. In November, they toured in Norway, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Namibia,... . To finish the successful year, they released a DVD from the Supersized concert, re-released the Supersized album in a Digipack together with the DVD and released a new single from the album called No Angel.

2007     In February 2007, Milk Inc. received a Golden record for their Supersized album, 15000 copies sold. They continued performing, also with their live band on several festivals. Milk Inc. still has a good connection with The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Poland,... . In May, they even perform in the USA at a big dance event. After almost 11 years, Linda, Regi and Filip decided to leave Antler Subway/EMI. They signed a record deal with ARS Entertainment. Their very first release at this record company was Sunrise released in June, with a nice video recorded at Alicante, Spain. Once again a hit, once again invited for Tien Om Te Zien. In August, the Supersized /Supersized Digipack album turned into a platinum record. New single Tonight was presented at the Supersized II concerts. This year, 3 concerts completely sold old. A new release The Best of and The Best of Limited 2CD, containing all the Milk Inc. hits, after 3 weeks in the charts it turned into a Golden record too. In October, as the yearly tradition seems to want it, Linda, Regi and Filip won the TMF Award for Best Dance. This year, there was only an exclusive Supersized II release with P-Magazine.

2008     This year started in February, winning the MIA award for Best Dance/Electronica. While performing throughout the year, Regi, Filip and Linda managed to find the time to finish the brand new album and single, called Forever. In its second week, the album went to the first place in the album charts and stayed there for 8 weeks. During the summer months, they performed at several festivals like Suikerrock, Lokerse Feesten,... Also at Tien Om Te Zien, they were invited a lot. At one of the Totz shows, they received a golden record for their album Forever. In September single number 29 was Race, including lots of remixes: Matt R, U&M, Wild Ace, Vandøren og Vanhøyland Drøm Remiks, but also a lot of other ones on iTunes or on 12”. Of course, the highlights of the year were the concerts at the sportpaleis, this year 6!! Almost 100000 people bought tickets to see Milk Inc. with their band. The evening before the last show, the annual TMF Awards were held, people could vote for their favorite in each category once again. Milk Inc. was nominated in 3 categories: Best Album, Best Live and, no need to think about this one, Best Dance. Amazing but true, they did win all 3 awards. After their last concert, Milk Inc. was once more surprised, they received a platinum award for 30000 sold copies. In November, Milk Inc. released the DVD with almost a complete registration of the concert at the sportpaleis and a Limited Edition of their album including some live tracks from the concerts and also the DVD. With this re-release, the album obtained the number 1 place again for 2 weeks, making this the best scoring Milk Inc. up until now with 10 weeks number 1. Another album The Best Of turned into a Platinum award on November 11th, 2008, being still in the midprice chart.

2009     2009 started very special, the brand new radio station MNM started their broadcast with a very first song, and it was voted Forever. January was also the nomination month for the MIA’s, with 2 nominations Best Dance/Electronica and Best Song. They won the award for Best Dance/Electronica. Before summer, a new single Blackout was released, the same name as the live concerts at the sportpaleis. During summer, they performed with their live band at several festivals. It was a big surprise when they announced they would perform at the Rock Festival Rock Werchter, although there was much commotion about it, the show was amazing with a full enthusiastic marquee. At the end of September, for the 4th year in a row, we can expect a big party at the Sportpaleis. At the moment, more than 70000 tickets are sold for 5 shows.