Kim Kay

{{Short description|Belgian singer (born 1978)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

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| name = Kim Kay

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| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Kim Van Hee

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1978|2|22}}

| birth_place = Dendermonde, Belgium

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| genre = Eurodance

| occupation = Artist/Singer

| years_active = 1998–2004, 2015–present

| label = EMI

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Kim Van Hee (born 22 February 1978), better known by her stage name Kim Kay is a Belgian pop singer. She is Flemish, though she is known for delivering vocals in French. Kay took part in the Belgian preselection of the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest with a song called The Sun Shines.{{Cite web|url=https://www.last.fm/music/Kim%27Kay|title=Kim'Kay music, videos, stats, and photos|website=Last.fm|access-date=15 December 2019}} Kim Kay's arguably most famous work is her dance single "Lilali", which was a hit in Europe, beyond Belgium and France, where she booked her overall greatest successes throughout her career.

Kay lives in Wichelen and studies psychology in Ghent.{{cite web|url=http://sites.zonien.be/chris_vandenabeele/selektie/2002/selek2002a.htm |last=Vandenabeele |first=Chris |title=Kim Kay – "The Sun Shines" |work=Eurosong – The Belgian Preselection 2002 |publisher=Belgian Eurovision Union |date=20 January 2002 |access-date=10 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814030401/http://sites.zonien.be/chris_vandenabeele/selektie/2002/selek2002a.htm |archivedate=14 August 2009 }} In 2004, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer.{{cite web|title=Kim Kay heeft kanker|publisher=Nieuwsblad|date=26 November 2004|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?articleID=ge0ah0eq|access-date=10 February 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/944/Celebrities/article/detail/1074896/2010/03/03/Kim-Kay-vecht-tegen-morfineverslaving.dhtml|title=Kim'Kay vecht tegen morfineverslaving|date=3 March 2010|publisher=HLN.be|access-date=13 July 2016|language=Dutch|trans-title=Kim'Kay fighting morphine addiction}}