Sharon den Adel

Sharon Janny den Adel born on July 12 1974 in Waddinxveen Netherlands is the lead singer and one of the lyricists of the Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation and was previously a member of the group The Circle In 1998 she was invited by Arjen Lucassen to take part in the Ayreon progressive rock projects album Into the Electric Castle where she performed the role of Indian In 2002 she contributed to Timo Tolkkis of Stratovarius solo album Hymn to Life performing the vocal part on the ballad Are You the One She also appeared on two albums by Avantasia Tobias Sammets project and on the debut album of Delain the band founded by former Within Temptation keyboardist Martijn Westerholt On December 7 2005 she gave birth to a daughter Eva Luna whose father is Robert Westerholt the guitarist of Within Temptation In 2008 she collaborated with Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren on the track In and Out of Love featured on his album Imagine She performed a duet with Anneke van Giersbergen on the song Somewhere a cover of a Within Temptation track for Annekes album Pure Air in January 2009 On February 22 2009 it was announced on the official website that she was expecting her second child On June 1 2009 she gave birth to a son Robin Aiden Her new album An Acoustic Night at the Theatre was released on October 30 2009 featuring a new song Utopia performed with Chris Jones On March 28 2011 Within Temptation released their new album The Unforgiving Two days later on March 30 2011 Sharon announced on the bands official website the birth of her third child Logan