Roots of Admiral Freebee

Jonathan Ivo Gilles Vandenbroeck, known professionally as Milow, is a Belgian singer-songwriter. Milow released his debut album, The Bigger Picture, known for his popular song, me and my guitar. in 2006 on his own label Homerun Records. The fourth single from that album, "You Don't Know", became one of the biggest hit singles of the year in Belgium in 2007, and The Bigger Picture stayed on the Belgian albums chart for 110 weeks. However, it was not until his second self-released album Coming of Age in 2008, that Milow achieved major commercial success all over mainland Europe. The album peaked at number three on the German albums chart, at number four in the Swiss Album Top 100, and peaked in the top twenty of many European charts. The album reached platinum in Germany and Switzerland, it reached gold in France, the Netherlands, and Belgium, and it sold over 500,000 copies in mainland Europe and Canada.