Waylon (singer)

Waylon
Waylon
	Waylon in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Willem Bijkerk
Born	20 April 1980 (age 46); Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Genres	Country; pop; rock; soul;
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1997–present
Formerly of	The Common Linnets, Santa Rosa, Millstreet
Website	waylon.nl

Willem Bijkerk (born 20 April 1980), known as Waylon, is a Dutch singer. He represented the Netherlands with Ilse DeLange as part of The Common Linnets at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, finishing in second place in the final. He represented the Netherlands again as a solo artist in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Outlaw in 'Em [en]" and finished in 18th place.

Discography

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	NL	BEL (FL)
Wicked Ways [nl]	Released: 7 August 2009 Label: Entertainment-NL, Universal Music Format: Digital download, CD	3	—
After All	Released: 3 November 2011 Label: Entertainment-NL, Universal Music Format: Digital download, CD	8	—
Heaven After Midnight [nl]	Released: September 2014 Label: Waymore Music, Warner Music Format: Digital download, CD	1	—
Seeds	Released: 18 November 2016 Label: Waymore Music, Warner Music Format: Digital download, CD	7	—
The World Can Wait	Released: 13 April 2018 Label: Waymore Music, Warner Music Format: Digital download, CD	1	107
Human	Released: 29 November 2019 Label: Waymore Music, Warner Music Format: Digital download, CD	6	—
Gewoon Willem	Released: 21 October 2022 Label: Nrgy Music Format: Digital download, CD	33	—
Time Jumper	Released: 14 November 2025 Label: Bright Up Records Format: Digital download, CD	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
Title	Year	NL	BEL (FL)	Album
"Wicked Way [nl]"	2009	8	—	Wicked Ways
"Hey [nl]"	2010	43	—
"Happy Song [nl]"		46	—
"Nothing to Lose"		—	—
"The Escapist [nl]"	2011	27	—	After All
"Lose It"	2012	43	—
"Lucky Night"	2012	—	—
"Grasping Song"	2014	42	—	Non-album single
"Giving Up Easy"		—	—	Heaven After Midnight
"Love Drunk"		68	—	Heaven After Midnight
"Mis je zo graag"	2016	72	73	Non-album single
"Our Song"	2016	—	66	Seeds
"Outlaw in 'Em [en]"	2018	40	90	The World Can Wait
"I Should Be Loving You"	2019	—	—	Human
"Samen Zijn" (with Willeke Alberti & Wibi Soerjadi)	2020	—	—	Non-album single
"Het Leven Is Te Kort"	2021	—	—	Gewoon Willem
"Tussen Jou en Mij" (with Jan Smit)	2022	55	—
"Spreekuur"	2022	—	—
"Nog 1 nacht"	2023	—	—	Non-album single
"Let's Get This Over With"	2025	—	—	Time Jumper
"Hoe de liefde gaat" (with Rene Froger)	2026	—	—	Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.