Florent Pagny

Florent Pagny ( born November 6, 1961 in Chalon -sur -Saône, France ) is a French singer. He has also worked as an actor and Others 1986 The woman of my life at the side of Jane Birkin. In 2005 he entered Paris on at Live 8.

Biography

Pagny was born in 1961 in Chalon -sur -Saône, his father was a carpenter, his mother a secretary. He grew up with a brother and two sisters. The interest in music was awakened by his mother, who dreamed of a career as an opera singer. After the family had moved in 1972 to Bonneville (Haute- Savoie), Pagny was the integration difficult in the new environment. So he sought fulfillment in stage performances and participated in competitions and Amteurwettbewerben local radio stations. At 16 he left school and moved to Paris to begin a career as a musician and actor. After a few casual jobs, he started to take singing lessons at the Conservatory of Levallois -Perret and worked nights as a bartender where he met Dominique Besnehard. This gave him his first film roles in La Balance - The Betrayal and Fort Saganne. He completed a recording contract and released in 1988 the single N'importe quoi, which reached # 1 on the French charts and sold over a million times. The next single laissez nous Respirer strengthened Pagnys image as an icon of youthful rebellion. His third single, Comme d' Habitude was a reinterpretation of a classic vaudeville by Claude François. Finally, in the spring of 1990 appeared Pagnys debut album Merci. Although the media attention focused more on his relationship with Vanessa Paradis, he had a notable success with the album.

In 1992 the second album Réaliste, which was considered to be melancholy and disjointed and was audibly influenced his separation from Vanessa Paradis. After poor sales to Pagny retired for two years from the public to the next album Rester vrai to present themselves in 1994 with new energy. The commercial success returned with the single releases from the 1995 best-of album Bienvenue chez moi, and the title track from his 1997 album Savoir aimer again reached # 1 on the French charts. Pagny 1998 was named best male artist at the Victoires de la musique. The end of 1999 Pagny surprised with the album Recreation, which well-known French chansons contained admissions. After Châtelet les Halles ( 2000) followed with 2 an album afforded on the Pagny duets with artists such as Pascal Obispo and Axel Bauer. Followed in 2003 with Ailleurs country the next bestseller. The following year, Pagny was accused of tax evasion, as well as the film Quand Je Vois le Soleil was a failure. With the baritone published in late 2004 Pagny showed his predilection for opera, while the subsequent album Abracadabra was again inspired by the song. The album Pagny Chante Brel published in 2007, contained Pagnys interpretation of songs by the Belgian cabaret singer Jacques Brel. His last studio album to date Tout et son contraire was published in 2010, in 2012 he released the live album Live acoustique.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Note: The chart positions in Belgium, the Walloon Region.

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