French singer-songwriters

The list French singer-songwriters includes Avril Lavigne, Carla Bruni, Vanessa Paradis, Marion Cotillard and Françoise Hardy. The list consists of 257 members and 4 sublists.

French chansonniers
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French women singer-songwriters
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French male singer-songwriters
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French singer-songwriters by century
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1.

Avril Lavigne

Canadian singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and actress (born 1984)

Overview: Avril Ramona Lavigne ( AV-ril lə-VEEN; born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is considered a key musician in the development of pop-punk music, as she paved the way for fem ...

Date of birth: 27 September 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

Partner: Nate Smith (Dating)

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21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters 590T

Canadian women fashion designers 35T

French women fashion designers 92T
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Marion Cotillard

French actress (born 1975)

Overview: Marion Cotillard (born 30 September 1975) is a French actress. She has appeared in independent films and blockbusters in both European and Hollywood productions and her accolades include an Academy Award ...

Date of birth: 30 September 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: French

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Chopard Trophy for Female Revelation winners 23T

French women songwriters 12T

21st-century French women singers 243T
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Carla Bruni

Italian and French musician and model (born 1967)

Overview: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (born Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi; 23 December 1967) is an Italian-French singer and fashion model. In 2008, she married Nicolas Sarkozy, then president of France.

Date of birth: 23 December 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Nicolas Sarkozy (Married)

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Love Da Records artists 29T

Models from Turin 8T

Naïve Records artists 32T
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Vanessa Paradis

French singer, model and actress

Overview: Vanessa Chantal Paradis (born 22 December 1972) is a French singer, model and actress. Paradis became a star at the age of 14 with the international success of her single "Joe le taxi" (1987). At age ...

Date of birth: 22 December 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: French

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Samuel Benchetrit (Married)

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Actresses from Île-de-France 143T

Actors from Île-de-France 255T

Best Actress Jutra and Iris Award winners 21T
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Françoise Hardy

French, Singer

Overview: Françoise Madeleine Hardy (17 January 1944-11 June 2024) was a French singer-songwriter and actress. Mainly known for singing melancholic sentimental ballads, Hardy rose to prominence in the early 1960s ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1944

Date of death: 11 June 2024

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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2024 deaths 3,781T

Vogue Schallplatten artists 15T

Italian-language singers of France 7T
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Mylène Farmer

French recording artist

Overview: Mylène Jeanne Gautier (born 12 September 1961), known professionally as Mylène Farmer (), is a Canadian-born French singer, lyricist, occasional actress, writer, and entrepreneur. Having sold more than ...

Date of birth: 12 September 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: French

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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French women children's writers 62T

French women in electronic music 12T

French women singer-songwriters 78T
7.

Serge Gainsbourg

French musician and actor (1928–1991)

Overview: Serge Gainsbourg ( born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French musician, singer-songwriter, actor, author and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop ...

Date of birth: 2 April 1928

Date of death: 2 March 1991

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Television controversies in France 2T

20th-century French male singers 160T

20th-century French male pianists 23T
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Julie Delpy

French and American actress and filmmaker (born 1969)

Overview: Julie Delpy (born 21 December 1969) is a French-American actress, film director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She studied filmmaking at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and has directed, written ...

Date of birth: 21 December 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: French

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Naturalized citizens of the United States 585T

People with acquired American citizenship 984T

Women film directors 559T
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Louise Verneuil

French singer-songwriter

Overview: Paulina Luisa Benattar (born 14 December 1988), better known as Louise Verneuil

Date of birth: 14 December 1988

Age: 36

Nationality: French

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Partner: Alex Turner (Dating)

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21st-century French women singers 217T

French women singer-songwriters 28T

French women pop singers 96T
10.

Christine and the Queens

French singer (born 1988)

Overview: Héloïse Adelaïde Letissier (born 1 June 1988), professionally known as Christine and the Queens or simply Chris, is a French singer, songwriter and producer. Letissier has been signed to the independent ...

Date of birth: 1 June 1988

Age: 36

Nationality: French

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

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21st-century French LGBT people 96T

French non-binary people 6T

Pansexual non-binary people 29T
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Matthieu Chedid

French musician (born 1971)

Overview: Matthieu Chedid (born 21 December 1971), better known by his stage name -M-, is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player. He holds the gold place in number of Victoires de la Musique awards, with ...

Date of birth: 21 December 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: French

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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21st-century male singers 6,386T

French male guitarists 134T

21st-century guitarists 1,266T
12.

Uffie

American singer-songwriter

Overview: Anna-Catherine Hartley (born December 9, 1987), known professionally as Uffie (), is an American-French singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ, and fashion designer formerly signed to French electronic music record ...

Date of birth: 9 December 1987

Age: 37

Nationality: French

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Singer-songwriters from Florida 231T

Because Music artists 72T

American women in electronic music 361T
13.

Claude François

Singer-songwriter

Overview: Claude Antoine Marie François (1 February 1939 – 11 March 1978), also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, music producer, drummer and dancer. François co-wrote ...

Date of birth: 1 February 1939

Date of death: 11 March 1978

Age: 39 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Phonogram artists 1T

20th-century male singers 5,297T

French people of Calabrian descent 3T
14.

Benjamin Biolay

French actor and musician

Overview: Benjamin Biolay (20 January 1973) is a French singer, songwriter, musician, actor and record producer. He is the brother of singer Coralie Clément—whose two albums he wrote and produced—and the ex-husband ...

Date of birth: 20 January 1973

Age: 52

Nationality: French

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Naïve Records artists 25T

21st-century male singers 6,386T

French male singer-songwriters 18T
15.

Charles Aznavour

singer

Overview: Charles Aznavour ( AZ-nə-VOOR, born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, Armenian: Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրյան, Shahnur Vaghinak Aznavuryan; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist ...

Date of birth: 22 May 1924

Date of death: 1 October 2018

Age: 94 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Ulla Thorsell (Married)

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César Honorary Award recipients 87T

2018 deaths 9,212T

2018 deaths 7,472T
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Zaz

French singer-songwriter and bandleader

Overview: Isabelle Geffroy (born 1 May 1980 in Tours, France), better known by the nickname Zaz, is a French singer-songwriter who mixes jazzy styles, French variety, soul and acoustic. She is famous for her hit ...

Date of birth: 1 May 1980

Age: 45

Nationality: French

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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21st-century French women singers 211T

21st-century women singers 8,568T

French women pop singers 96T
17.

Nolwenn Leroy

French singer

Overview: Nolwenn Le Magueresse (born 28 September 1982 in Saint-Renan, Brittany, France), known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy is a French singer-songwriter, musician and voice actress.

Date of birth: 28 September 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: French

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Partner: Arnaud Clément (Long-Term)

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21st-century French women pianists 4T

21st-century French women violinists 5T

Electropop musicians 47T
18.

Fabrice Morvan

French singer, dancer, and model (born 1966)

Overview: Fabrice Maxime Sylvain Morvan (born 14 May 1966) is a French singer, dancer, and model who was half of the pop duo Milli Vanilli, along with Rob Pilatus. It was later revealed that the duo had not actually ...

Date of birth: 14 May 1966

Age: 59

Nationality: French

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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20th-century French male singers 175T

21st-century French male singers 196T

Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! participants 70T
19.

Julien Doré

French singer

Overview: Julien Doré (born July 7, 1982) is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actor.

Date of birth: 7 July 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: French

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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21st-century male singers 6,386T

21st-century French singers 404T

French male composers 409T
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Gilbert Bécaud

French musician

Overview: Gilbert Bécaud (24 October 1927 – 18 December 2001) was a French singer, composer, pianist and actor, known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances. His best-known hits are "Nathalie" ...

Date of birth: 24 October 1927

Date of death: 18 December 2001

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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20th-century male singers 5,297T

20th-century French singers 381T

Pathé Records artists 33T