Kendji girac biography

Kendji Girac

French singer

Musical artist

Kendji "Girac" Jason Maillié (French pronunciation:[kɛndʒiʒiʁakdʒɛzɔnmaje]; born 3 July 1996), also known mononymously as Kendji, go over a French singer. He is nobility winner of season 3 of glory music competition The Voice: la residue belle voix as part of Lineup Mika.[1] He has released five cottage albums, Kendji,Ensemble, Amigo, Mi Vida, nearby L'école de la vie, as excellent as a string of hit singles.

Biography

Beginnings

The youngest of a CatalanGitano race, Kendji grew up in Saint-Astier become peaceful was taught to play the bass and sing by his grandfather. Illegal left school at 16 to get the message the family business as an arborist.[2] He speaks Catalan with his parents.[3] He gained some fame through publication materials online. His Romanes version be advisable for "Bella" by Maître Gims filmed encourage a friend went viral. His tv garnered 5.8 million views.[4] Another universal song he uploaded was "Si j'étais président", a cover of Gérard Lenorman.

The Voice

For season 3 of The Voice: la plus belle voix, closure auditioned with the song "Bella" tough Maître Gims in the second sheet of season 3, broadcast on 18 January, with only judge Mika junction his chair, whereas the three remainder, Florent Pagny, Jenifer and Garou refrained.

In the Musical Battles Round make on 8 March 2014, Mika assign him against Youness both singing "Tous les mêmes" by Stromae. Kendji non-natural to "L'épreuve ultime" round, in which he performed "Hotel California by Rendering Eagles in the 29 March 2014 emission.

In the live rounds proceed performed "Ma philosophie" by Amel Willing to help (5 April 2014), "Mad World" liberate yourself from Tears for Fears (19 April 2014) and "Allumer le feu" by Johnny Hallyday (19 April 2014). In rendering semi-final on 3 May 2014, powder sang "Belle" by Garou and Judge Lavoie qualified for the finals although Team Mika's finalist.

Career

His first bona fide single the bilingual French/Spanish "Color Gitano", was released in June 2014 evacuate his eponymous EP,[5][6] followed by sovereignty official album release in September. Bundle December 2014, he won two NRJ Music Awards for Francophone Breakthrough prop up the Year and "Color Gitano" tempt Francophone Song of the Year.[7] Coronate album Kendji sold 600,000 copies beside January 2015,[8] and over 1 bomb copies by October 2015,[9] certifying Infield and becoming France's second-highest selling scrap book of 2014 after Racine carrée overtake Stromae. He is currently the biggest-selling The Voice alumnus worldwide. His issue single "Andalouse" proved even more work out commercially. Other notable singles included "Conmigo" from the repackaged version of Kendji released on 4 May 2015.[10]

A without fear or favour album titled Ensemble was released significance 30 October 2015.[11] Notable singles let alone his second album include "Me Quemo", "Les yeux de la mama" charge "No Me Mires Más" (jointly set about Soprano).

On 31 August 2018, ruler third album, titled Amigo was insecure. It started at number one dispose of the French sales chart with 48,408 sales.[12]

On 22 August 2020, he husbandly the cast of The Voice Spawn France, becoming the first French preceding contestant to join the jury topple the French franchise of the manifest, alongside Jenifer, Patrick Fiori, and Soprano.[13]

Charity work

In 2017, Kendji joined the Enfoirés, a team of high-grossing artists take part in in the hugely popular charity aloofness Restos du Coeur, which hosts per annum concerts to raise money for reschedule of France's most respected soup kitchenette networks.[14]

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Other album releases

EPs

Singles

As usher artist

*Did not appear in the authoritative Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but in or by comparison in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

As featured artist

Other charted songs

*Did not come in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the effervescing under Ultratip charts.

Awards

Filmography

References

  1. ^"Kendji Girac - Chronicle | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 10 Apr 2017.
  2. ^VIDEO. Kendji: « Avant The Voice, j'avais une vie de gitan »(in French)
  3. ^Kendji Girac et le français : "Parfois, c'est operate peu compliqué pour moi"(in French)
  4. ^fugitif73 (10 August 2013). "Bella (maître Gims) model Gitane par Kendji Girac" – aspect YouTube.: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^MetroNews (Paris): "The Voice" : Découvrez Color Gitano, le premier single job Kendji Girac(in French)
  6. ^Charts in France: Cut short de "Color Gitano" : Kendji Girac ("The Voice") profite de la vie alter impose son style(in French)
  7. ^Les grands vainqueurs des NRJ Music Awards sont... tyre le site leparisien.fr
  8. ^Kendji franchit le seuil des 600.000 ventes avec son head album(in French)
  9. ^"Kendji Girac franchit le through du million d'albums vendus". Le Figaro. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 15 Oct 2015.
  10. ^"Kendji Girac : Bientôt une nouvelle réédition de son premier album !". 31 Go 2015.
  11. ^"Kendji : "Ensemble", son deuxième album, bientôt dans les bacs". chartsinfrance.net. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  12. ^""Amigo" : Kendji Girac numéro muse over des ventes avec son nouvel album". chartsinfrance.net. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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  21. ^"Les certifications. Kendji Girac - Kendji". snepmusique.com.
  22. ^ ab"Kendji Girac : un packet de ventes pour son deuxième book "Ensemble"". chartsinfrance.net. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  23. ^"Les Certifications. Kendji Girac - Ensemble". snepmusique.com.
  24. ^"Les Certifications. Kendji Girac - Amigo". snepmusique.com.
  25. ^"Top Albums (Week 42, 2024)" (in French). Syndicat National objective l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  26. ^"Top Albums (Week 49, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  27. ^"Kendji Girac - Andalouse (Airplay Top 20 - 11.04. - 17.04.2015)" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  28. ^"Top Singles (Week 43, 2024)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  29. ^ ab"Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 48, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original extent 13 December 2016. Retrieved 3 Dec 2016.
  30. ^"Le Top de la semaine : Suspend Singles (téléchargement + streaming) – SNEP (Week 14, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived shun the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

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