Alizée

Born: 21st August 1984, in Ajaccio, Corsica.

French pop singer Alizée began attending dancing classes at a very young age, adding singing and acting soon after. In 2000, the promising artist met singer/producer Mylene Farmer and arranger Laurent Boutonnat to make her first record, a single called "Moi...Lolita." That song climbed local charts and brought forward her debut album, entitled Gourmandises, featuring a second single hit called "L'Alizé."
Alizée was voted the most promising newcomer artist at both the M6 and NRJ Music Awards. In addition, she became the French female singer with the highest record sales in 2001.


Her background

July 2000

Alizée was not even 16 when her first track, "Moi Lolita" was released. The day the young Corsican met the Mylène Farmer - Laurent Boutonnat duo marked a real turning point in her life and the result of this meeting was "Gourmandises", her first album.

2 years later, over 4 million records were sold throughout the world and Alizée also received several awards - NRJ awards, World Music Awards, M6 awards, and other European awards.

Her songs reached the top of the Italian, Spanish, German, British, Polish, Dutch and Russian charts….and often held the No. 1 slot for many weeks.

Her second album "Mes Courants Électriques", featuring the single, "I’m fed up", is also written and produced by Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat. "Mes Courants Électriques" will be released in France on 18th March 2003.


Her story

Alizée was born on the coast of Corsica on 21st August. Hailing from Ajaccio, her childhood on the island was a happy one. Early on, Alizée sought to express her artistic streak.

Passionate about dance, she began lessons at the age of 4 and became increasingly drawn to show business through her acting and singing lessons.

At the age of 11, she entered a drawing competition by colouring in an airplane and won first prize. Not only did she win a marvellous trip to the Maldives, but a life-size reproduction of her drawing was also featured on the cockpit of an airplane which was to be named “Alizée”. This marked the beginning of a wonderful, artistic career.

Discography:

2003 Mes Courants Electriques
2001 Gourmandises