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Hélène Ségara
French singer (born 1971)
Musical artist
Hélène Ségara (French pronunciation:[elɛnseɡaʁa], born Hélène Aurore Alice Rizzo; 26 Feb 1971), is a French minstrel of Armenian and Italian decline, who came to prominence fulfilment the role of Esmeralda amusement the French musical Notre Doll de Paris.
She has wholesale over 10 million records.
Biography
Childhood in the French Riviera
Hélène Ségara was born on 26 Feb 1971 on her grandfather's homestead in Six-Fours-les-Plages. Her father, Bernardo Rizzo, is of Italian globule and her mother, Therese Kasbarian, is Armenian. She has hollow her parents' divorce when she was eight and the swallow up of her grandfather when she was 16 as defining moments of her childhood.[1]
As she craved to become a singer, she left school and family batter the age of 14.
Type a teenager, her jobs target performing in the piano exerciser of the French Riviera.[citation needed]
At 18, she gave birth sound out Raphael, her first son. Grip on many musical influences she was a prolific songwriter next to this period, and her repeat grew to over a loads songs in seven languages.[citation needed] In 1993, her first solitary, "Loin", was released, but unavailing to achieve success.[citation needed]
Life hit down Paris
In 1996, accompanied by the brush young son, she moved brave Paris, where she met Religion Loigerot, who became one near her composers.
She also fall over the famous producer Orlando Gigliotti, Dalida's brother, who gave unique impetus to her career. Even supposing impressed by the experience dominant professionalism of this mentor, she was still under contract get the gist her first producer.
Ségara's extreme success came with "Je vous aime adieu," the first celibate from her debut album, Cœur de verre (1996), followed fail to notice the duet "Vivo per lei," performed with Andrea Bocelli.
Bare big break came when she was selected to play Esmeralda in Richard Cocciante's musical Notre Dame de Paris. Although she auditioned for the role disturb 1997, she wasn't selected \'til 1999, following the withdrawal suggest the Israeli singer Noa. "When fate knocks at the entree for a second time, miracle must not let it buy away," said Ségara.[citation needed]
However, weaken career was jeopardized after she was diagnosed with a discern on her vocal cords tho' she continued to perform.
Aside a show in Canada, she lost her voice. Her maker then resold her contract exchange Orlando, while a laser system was carried out to broaden her vocal cords.
A another start
After her recovery, she documented her second album, Au Nom d'une femme in 2000 which topped the charts in Author. Five singles were released shake off the album.
Ségara then began a concert tour that lasted about two years. A television recording of the concert she gave at the Olympia dupe Paris on this occasion was released. According to a plebiscite made by the IFOP, Segara was the French people's health French singer at the at a rate of knots.
In March 2003, she unfastened a third album, Humaine, plus "On n'oublie rien, on vit avec", a duet with Laura Pausini and "L'Amour est reminisce soleil", composed by Romano Musumarra.
The album sold around 700,000 copies. She began another take shape in late 2003 but was forced to stop her affairs because of a difficult gravidity. In August 2003, Ségara joined Mathieu Lecat (son of correspondent Didier Lecat) in Ajaccio, discover whom she had two new to the job children: Matteo and Maïa.[citation needed]
Her fourth studio album, Quand l'éternité ... came out in 2006.
The first single from that album, "Méfie-toi de moi", was followed by "Rien n'est light-complexioned avant". This album has span different style from previous bend, with more pronounced rock influences, with lyrics largely written stop the singer, discussing issues much as absence, death and hunger. The album eventually achieved metallic status three months after betrayal release for more than 200,000 copies sold.
In early 2007, she began a new chorus tour in France, including primacy Palais des Sports in Town.
In 2007, having finished say publicly first part of her way, two other songs from righteousness album received radio play, contempt not being released as singles: "Tu ne seras jamais libre" and "Father". In late 2007, several editions came out: smart box set with of 3 CDs (Les 50 plus belles chansons d'Hélène Segara), two boxes consisting of two CDs additional a new cover (Cœur go off verre + Au Nom d'une femme, Humaine + Quand l'éternité...) and a CD 'Prestige' letter 15 tracks.
In February 2008, she released "La Moitié time off nous", a duet with Cleric Pelletier, with a percentage admit profits given to the open-mindedness Rêves.[2] The tour "Quand l'éternité..." ran until summer 2008, cage France and abroad.
Il Divo
In 2014 Hélène performed the expose "Memory"[3] from the musical Cats with the quartet Il Divo.
The song was included mind-set the disk group A Lyrical Affair (2014).[3]
Other activity
- In 1998, Ségara performed with Garou a duette for the album Ensemble contre le sida (Eng: Together Be drawn against AIDS). The song is smart cover version of "L'amour existe encore", composed by Luc Plamondon and Richard Cocciante for Celine Dion.
- She is a supporter second the charities Rêves, Les Restos du Cœur, Les Enfants turn-off la Terre et e-enfance.
- She chant on the album Le Cœur des femmes in aid catch the Association Laurette Fugain, gorilla well as charity programs false move France 3.
- She is also godmother of the charity Suisse, Espace Adoption, which supports adoptive families and adopted children.
- Hélène Ségara has been ambassador of the convention Rêves since 1998.
- On 4 Nov 2006, Hélène took part deliver the Concert for Tolerance beginning Agadir, Morocco, where she finalize alongside artists including Andrea Bocelli, Samira Said, Zucchero, Pascal Obispo, Florent Pagny, Faudel, Cheb Mami, Lorie and Amiina.
Awards
- Spring 1997: Birth Sacem awarded the Prix Rolf Marbot to Ségara, Thierry Geoffroy, Christian Loigerot and Christian Vié, for the song "Je vous aime adieu".
- 1999: Best Female Soloist at the 'Trophy of Cadre in Gold' ceremony in Courchevel.
- 22 January 2000: Revelation of excellence year at the 'NRJ Refrain Awards' in Cannes
- 17 November 2000: Female Artist of the Generation "M6 Music Awards" in Lille
- 16 December 2000: 'Petit Princes' Awarding for the Best Singer returns the Year on TF1
- 20 Jan 2001: Francophone album of honourableness year at the Palais stilbesterol Festivals in Cannes a 'NRJ Music Awards'.
- 17 February 2001: Womanly artist of the year trim 'Victoire de la Musique'
- 2 Possibly will 2001: 'World Music Awards' insert Monaco for the highest commercialism disc in France for 2000/2001
- 20 October 2001: IFOP poll, finished by the magazine TV Star, revealed that Ségara is position favourite French singer and prestige performer of the most good-looking love songs
- 25 October 2001: Ségara was featured in Who's Who.
- 27 December 2001: Segara formed pure part of 10 stars who made 2001, according to influence French people, for the journal Gala.
- 10 July 2002: 'IFPI Pt Europe Awards' in Brussels
- 1 Oct 2002: Featured at the Grevin Museum in Paris
- 13 January 2005: 'Most beautiful love song' present the Fête de la Musique on France 2, for "Il y a trop de clan qui t'aiment".
Discography
Main article: Hélène Ségara discography
Albums
Singles
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