Frank Van Herwegen (born in Schoten, Belgium on December 10, 1970) better known as DJ F.R.A.N.K., sometimes DJ Frank, DJ F.R.A.N.K or Dj F.r.a.n.k. is a Belgian DJ and record producer with great number of charting hits in Belgium, and at times in the Netherlands, France and Finland.
He started at 16, DJing at social events and worked as a record seller in Antwerp working for 4 years. In 1995, he opened a private DJ store with his a DJ colleague, AJ Duncan and DJed at DIXIES Brasschaat.
His most lucrative period came when in the early 2000s, when he was included in the Belgian-German dance group The Underdog Project as the band's remixer. The 4-member band also included Crag Smart and Vic Krishna on vocals and AJ Duncan on keyboards. It released the commercially successful album It Doesn't Matter that reached number 2 in both German and Australian albums charts.
The project enjoyed big hits like "Summer Jam", "Saturday Night", "Tonight, "Girls of Summer" amongst many others. "Summer Jam" was certified gold in France and Germany, and double platinum in Belgium and the Netherlands. "Saturday Night" became a pan-European hit charting in Belgium, Finland, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
The single "My Arms Keep Missing You" in the summer of 2006 was a big charting hit in collaboration with Danzel, a Belgian musician of house, techno and dance. Between 2006 and 2008, he also released hits with the pseudonym Frank Ti-Aya in cooperation with Yardi Don, an alter ego name for artist Craig Smart. He reached the top of the Belgian Ultratop chart in 2011 with "Discotex! (Yah!)", his highest charting solo hit.
Solo and collaborations
| Year | Single | Peak positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (Fl) [1] | BEL (Wa) [2] | FR [3] | NED [4] | |||
| 2000 | "Story" | 4* (Ultratip) | 48 | |||
| 2004 | "Nu Nu" (feat. Vick Krishna) | 5 | 9* (Ultratip) | 48 | ||
| 2010 | "Missing 2010" | 21* (Ultratip) | ||||
| 2011 | "Discotex! (Yah | )" | 1 | 5 | 89 | 45 |
| "Put the Light on the Lady" (featuring Michael Houston) | 16 | 41 | ||||
| "It's Like That" | 36 | |||||
| 2012 | "Blu Sky Holiday" (feat. Craig Smart) | 46 | 24* (Ultratip) | |||
| 2013 | "Yes You Run!" (feat. Miss Autumn Leaves) | 24 | 3* (Ultratip) | |||
| "Burning It Up" (feat. Craig Smart & Tom-E) | 26 | 21* (Ultratip) | ||||
| "From the Left to the Right" | 36 | |||||
| 2014 | "Good Life" (feat. Craig Smart) | 47* (Ultratip) | ||||
| "Alles kapput" | 83* (Ultratip) | |||||
| "Salvation" (feat. Jessy) | 35 | |||||
as part of The Underdog Project(selective)
See more details and chart positions in discography of The Underdog Project article
As Frank Ti-Aya
| Year | Single | Peak positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (Fl) | BEL (Wa) | FIN [5] | |||
| 2006 | "One Love, World Love" (feat. Yardi Don) | 12 | 7* (Ultratip) | 6 | |
| 2007 | "Unity" (feat. Yardi Don) | 42 | 5 | ||
| 2008 | "It's da Music" (feat. Yardi Don) | 24* (Ultratip) | |||
Featured in recordings
| Year | Single | Peak positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (Fl) | BEL (Wa) | FR | NED | |||
| 2005 | "In da Club" (Cüva feat. DJ F.R.A.N.K.) | 13 | 11* (Ultratip) | 57 | 71 | |
| "Anybody Out There" (Cüva feat. DJ F.R.A.N.K.) | 25 | |||||
| 2006 | "My Arms Keep Missing You" (Danzel vs. DJ F.R.A.N.K.) | 15 | 2* (Ultratip) | |||
| 2013 | "Pump It Up 2k14" (Danzel vs. DJ F.R.A.N.K.) | 31* (Ultratip) | ||||
| 2015 | "All By Myself" (DJ F.R.A.N.K. vs. Sonic Solutions) | 77* (Ultratip) | ||||