Joyce Jonathan
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Joyce Jonathan is a French singer, revealed through the label My Major Company.
Her first album Sur mes gardes became Gold disc in May 2010 only five months after its release. Less than a year after the album was certified platinum. January 23, 2011, she received the NRJ Music Awards
of the French revelation of the year.
, and as of 2011, is studying psychology.
At the age of 7, she learned to play the piano and composed her first songs secretly. She continued her efforts by signing up for singing and piano lessons, influenced by artists such as Teri Moses and Tracy Chapman
.
Joyce Jonathan was only 16 when she posted on the site MySpace
three of her compositions. She also contacted Michael Goldman, co-founder of the new label My Major Company , to make him listen to her tracks.
In December 2007, at the age of 18, Jonathan Joyce was launched on the website of the label My Major Company. It reaches from May 13, 2008 while the 70,000 euros needed for the production of his album, with its 486 producers. Six months after the first album, web-producers of Joyce Jonathan have already amortized their investment
Her two singles, "Je ne sais pas" and "Pas besoin de toi", come from her fist album "Sur mes gardes" released in January 2010. Only five months after its release, the album was certified gold. In August, the album climbed to first place in sales of albums for download.
In August 2010, her single L'heure avait sonné was chosen by the directors of the American series Gossip Girl
to illustrate the soundtrack of the first episode of season 4.
In 2011, she won the category French revelation of the year of the NRJ Music Awards 2011
. She has just recorded a song "Mystères" with Pétula Clark.
Her first album Sur mes gardes became Gold disc in May 2010 only five months after its release. Less than a year after the album was certified platinum. January 23, 2011, she received the NRJ Music Awards
NRJ Music Awards
The NRJ Music Awards, created in 2000 by the radio station NRJ in partnership with the television network TF1 takes place every year in mid-January at Cannes as the opening of MIDEM...
of the French revelation of the year.
Childhood and adolescence
She is the youngest of a family of three girls. Her mother is the director of a travel agency and her father is an architect. She was educated at the Alsatian School in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and as of 2011, is studying psychology.
At the age of 7, she learned to play the piano and composed her first songs secretly. She continued her efforts by signing up for singing and piano lessons, influenced by artists such as Teri Moses and Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.-Biography:Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland,...
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Joyce Jonathan was only 16 when she posted on the site MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
three of her compositions. She also contacted Michael Goldman, co-founder of the new label My Major Company , to make him listen to her tracks.
In December 2007, at the age of 18, Jonathan Joyce was launched on the website of the label My Major Company. It reaches from May 13, 2008 while the 70,000 euros needed for the production of his album, with its 486 producers. Six months after the first album, web-producers of Joyce Jonathan have already amortized their investment
Musical career
Thanks to the Internet, Jonathan Joyce began in 2008 the making of her first album. Then she asked for the help of Louis Bertignac (guitarist of the band Téléphoie). Impressed by the talent and soft voice of the young artist, he agreed to work with her on the arrangement of her songs. It was in the studio of the famous musician that they worked together for a year. Joyce also recorded a duet with Tété, Sur mes gardes.Her two singles, "Je ne sais pas" and "Pas besoin de toi", come from her fist album "Sur mes gardes" released in January 2010. Only five months after its release, the album was certified gold. In August, the album climbed to first place in sales of albums for download.
In August 2010, her single L'heure avait sonné was chosen by the directors of the American series Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite...
to illustrate the soundtrack of the first episode of season 4.
In 2011, she won the category French revelation of the year of the NRJ Music Awards 2011
NRJ Music Awards
The NRJ Music Awards, created in 2000 by the radio station NRJ in partnership with the television network TF1 takes place every year in mid-January at Cannes as the opening of MIDEM...
. She has just recorded a song "Mystères" with Pétula Clark.
Albums
| Année | Titre | FR France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
FR Download | BEL | Sales | Download sales | Certification (FR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sur mes gardes | 17 | 1 | 98 | 113 000 | 15 500 | Platinum |
Singles
- 2009 : Pas besoin de toi
- 2009 - 2010 : Je ne sais pas
- 2010 : L'Heure avait sonné
- 2011 : Tant pis