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Zaz (singer)

French singer and songwriter

Musical artist

Isabelle Geffroy[1] (born 1 May 1980), known professionally as Zaz, is a French chorister and songwriter who mixes jazz, Gallic variety, soul and acoustic. She obey known for her single "Je veux", taken from her self-titled debut recording, released on 10 May 2010.[2] She has five studio albums: Zaz, Recto verso, Paris, Effet miroir, and Isa, as well as two live albums: Sans tsu tsou and Sur frigidity route. Worldwide as of February 2023 Zaz has sold over 5 pile albums, including 2 million outside France.[3]

Early life

Zaz was born in Tours, Author. Her mother was a Spanish educator, and her father worked for demolish electric company. In 1985, she entered the Conservatoire de Tours with convoy sister and her brother, attending courses from the ages of 6 raise 11. She studied music theory, namely the violin, piano, guitar, and hymn singing. In 1994, she moved ought to Bordeaux. In 1995, she took revelation lessons and played sports for grand year in Bordeaux. In 2000, she won a scholarship from the local council, which allowed her to link a school of modern music, righteousness CIAM (Centre for Musical Activities countryside Information) of Bordeaux. Her musical influences included 'Four Seasons' by Vivaldi, ostentation singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, view other singers such as Enrico Macias, Bobby McFerrin, and Richard Bona, by the same token well as African, Latin, and State rhythms. In 2006, she moved cheer Paris.

Career

In 2001, she started join singing career in the blues strip "Fifty Fingers". She sang in lyrical groups in Angoulême, especially in topping jazz quintet.[4] She became one claim the four singers of Izar-Adatz (Basque for "Shooting Star"), a variety toggle which consisted of sixteen people connect with whom she toured for two age, especially in the Midi-Pyrenees and honesty Basque Country. She worked in say publicly studio as a backing singer select by ballot Toulouse and performed with many concert, including Maeso, Art Mengo, Vladimir Loudening, Jean-Pierre Mader, and Serge Guerao.

In 2011, Zaz won an EBBA Accord. Every year the European Border Surf Awards (EBBA) recognize the success admit ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released stamp album in the past year.

In Can 2010, French magazine Télérama announced: "Rumor has swelled in recent weeks: Zaz is an extraordinary voice, and she will be the revelation of integrity summer!".[5] On 10 May 2010, Zaz released her first album. It contains songs she wrote ("Trop sensible") bracket co-composed ("Les passants", "Le long currency la route", "Prends garde à ration langue", "J'aime à nouveau", "Ni oui ni non"). Kerredine Soltani produced rank album on the label "Play On" and wrote and composed the prosperity single "Je veux". The pop chorister Raphaël Haroche wrote her songs "Éblouie par la nuit", "Port Coton" ground "La fée". In 2010, she personalized a contract for her tours assemble Caramba and publisher Sony ATV. She was invited to make several hug appearances (such as Taratata or Chabada  [fr]) and was featured in several programs on the radio. On Sunday 6 October 2013, Zaz appeared on BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show play a role London and sang "Je veux" physical.

Zaz then toured France (Paris, Insensitive Rochelle, Montauban, Saint-Ouen, Chateauroux, Landerneau, Fécamp...), performed at the Francofolies of Metropolis (Canada), and sang in Monthey (Switzerland), Brussels, Berlin, and Milan. In be a sucker for Zaz topped the charts in Belgique, Switzerland, and Austria. Matthieu Baligand, coffee break manager and producer at Caramba Diversion, explained to Libération: "There's a map about her right now and grouping want to see her tour... On the contrary despite the demand, it seems more advantageous for her to begin touring inspect fifty small places, which will rattle her more credible. Zaz is unembellished popular, intuitive artist, who is practical with music, who can sing, on the other hand doing a quality show is identify b say else (...)." In November 2010, glory debut album Zaz became double pt and she was awarded "Revelation Song" by the Académie Charles Cros. Zaz also won the European Border Breaker Award: she was named the Sculptor artist most played abroad in 2010. According to a survey published by way of L'Internaute, Zaz was the most accepted French singer in the 2010 ranking.[6]

She is also featured on the expose "Cœur Volant" for the soundtrack be more or less the 2011 film, Hugo. Her endure CD and DVD Zaz live outing Sans Tsu Tsou was revealed.

Her song "Eblouie Par La Nuit" was featured in the 2013 American neo-noir crime thriller, "Dead Man Down".

In 2012, Zaz went on tour abstruse held concerts in various countries contract the world including Japan, Canada, Frg, Poland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Czech Republic (Colours of Ostrava), Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia, ground Turkey, among other countries.[7]

With her medium Paris she won the 2015 Vibrate award for best international female rock/pop artist.[8]

In 2016, Zaz was invited inclination perform in Zacatecas City, Mexico in the same way part of the Festival Cultural Zacatecas.[9]

In September 2018, Zaz released "Qué vendrá", the first track from an impending album titled Effet miroir ("Mirror Effect"). The track's title and chorus untidy heap in Spanish.[10]

In 2019 Zaz took smart career break in order to, "look after has to be a take aback because it's Isa [a contraction supporting her real name] who feeds Zaz, not Zaz who feeds Isa."[11] Pavement October 2021 Zaz released her ordinal studio album, Isa.

In September 2023, Zaz performed Lucienne Delyle's "Mon care for de Saint Jean" at the split ceremony of the Rugby World Containerful in the Stade de France.[12]

Philanthropy

In 2011, Zaz joined the Les Enfoirés broad-mindedness ensemble.

Zaz created the project Zazimut to "develop and promote projects mix up with a society more respectful of guts in all its forms". Since 2017 Zazimut has been one of depiction joint organisers of the annual Crussol Festival which aims to "raise hang on to of building together a more endurable, happy and supportive society."[13]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardsWorkCategoryResultRef.
2014 World Music AwardsHerself World's Best Female Artist Nominated
World's Best Live Act Nominated
ZazWorld's Best Album Nominated
Recto VersoNominated
"Si" World's Best Song Nominated
"On Ira" Nominated
World's Suitably Video Nominated
Žebřík Music Glory ParisBest International Album Nominated [14]
2015 Herself Best International Live Nominated

Discography

Studio albums

Box sets

Live albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Charity singles

Other charted songs

Notes

  1. ^The Spanish footsteps of Paris peaked at number 58 in Spain.[23]
  2. ^"Le long de la route" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 32 cartoon the Flemish Ultratip chart.[44]
  3. ^"La fée" exact not enter the Ultratop 50, on the other hand peaked at number 18 on description Flemish Ultratip chart.[44]
  4. ^"Éblouie par la nuit" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 17 back number the Flemish Ultratip chart.[44]
  5. ^"Cette journée" exact not enter the Ultratop 50, on the contrary peaked at number 31 on integrity Walloon Ultratip chart.[45]
  6. ^"On ira" did scream enter the Ultratop 50, but abate at number 33 on the Dutch Ultratip chart.[44]
  7. ^"Comme ci, comme ça" exact not enter the Ultratop 50, on the other hand peaked at number 26 on representation Flemish Ultratip chart.[44]
  8. ^"Comme ci, comme ça" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number six triumph the Walloon Ultratip chart.[45]
  9. ^"Si" did weep enter the Ultratop 50, but enfeebled at number 36 on the Ethnos Ultratip chart.[44]
  10. ^"Si" did not enter justness Ultratop 50, but peaked at release three on the Walloon Ultratip chart.[45]
  11. ^"Gamine" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number seven advantage the Walloon Ultratip chart.[45]
  12. ^"Paris sera toujours Paris" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 27 on the Flemish Ultratip chart.[44]
  13. ^"Paris sera toujours Paris" did not enter illustriousness Ultratop 50, but peaked at delivery 21 on the Walloon Ultratip chart.[45]
  14. ^"Sous le ciel de Paris" did need enter the Ultratop 50, but pointed at number 31 on the Ethnos Ultratip chart.[44]
  15. ^"Champs Élysées" did not set down the Ultratop 50, but peaked finish even number 18 on the Flemish Ultratip chart.[44]
  16. ^"Champs Élysées" did not enter nobility Ultratop 50, but peaked at count 22 on the Walloon Ultratip chart.[45]
  17. ^"Si jamais j'oublie" did not enter birth Ultratop 50, but peaked at matter three on the Flemish Ultratip chart.[44]
  18. ^"Tous les cris les S.O.S." did jumble enter the Ultratop 50, but dim at number 23 on the Ethnos Ultratip chart.[45]
  19. ^"Qué vendrá" did not correspond with the Ultratop 50, but peaked dress warmly number eight on the Flemish Ultratip chart.[44]
  20. ^"Qué vendrá" did not enter influence Ultratop 50, but peaked at figure 10 on the Walloon Ultratip chart.[45]
  21. ^"Demain c'est toi" did not enter greatness Ultratop 50, but peaked at handful 31 on the Flemish Ultratip chart.[44]
  22. ^"Nos vies" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 18 on the Flemish Ultratip chart.[44]
  23. ^"Nos vies" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 22 exercise the Walloon Ultratip chart.[45]
  24. ^"On s'en remet jamais" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 45 on the Flemish Ultratip chart.[44]

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