Calogero

Calogero ( born July 30, 1971 in Échirolles at Grenoble), born Calogero Maurici, is a French singer and musician.

Biography

Calogero was born in 1971, the son of Sicilian parents in Échirolles. As a child, he started together with his three- year-older brother with the flute play. Later, other instruments such as organ, piano and guitar followed. Together with his brother and his girlfriend, he founded the band Les Charts 1986. The trio of France Gall was supported. Between 1989 and 1997 published Les Charts five albums and disbanded in the late 1990s on.

Back in 1992, Calogero was heard as background singers on the second album by Pascal Obispo. This resulted in a friendship between two musicians developed. In the late 1990s Calogero began working for other artists to write songs, including Florent Pagny for, Ismaël Lô, Hélène Segara and Patrick Fiori. In 2000, Calogero released his debut album " Au milieu des autres ", in which his brother and his girlfriend participated. In 2002 the second album " Calogero " and the single " En apesanteur " reached number 13 appeared the French charts. In 2003 he was awarded as the best singer with the " Victoire de la musique ". After a live album released in 2005, he retired to Tuscany, where he wrote the songs for the 2007 released album " Pomme C". The sales figures remained at around 400,000 copies when compared with the previous albums and stadium tour did not prove as successful as expected. Against this background, Calogero separated from his partner, with whom he has two children, and suffered from depression. 2008 He worked the entire year of material for his new album, which was released in spring 2009.

Discography

• L' Océan sans fond (1989 )
• Notre Monde à nous (1991 )
• Hannibal (1994 )
• Acte 1 (1995 )
• Changer (1997)

• Au milieu des autres (1999)
• Calogero (2002)
• 3, (2004)
• 1.0 Live ( live album, 2005)
• Pomme C ( 2007)
• L' Embellie (2009)