Patrick Fiori
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Patrick Fiori is a French singer.
father (Jacques Chouchayan) and a Corsican mother (Marie Antoinette Fiori) in Marseille
, France. When he was only 12 years old, he was offered his first role in the musical La légende des santonniers. At the age of 17, he recorded his first single, entitled "Stéphanie". In 1993, Fiori came fourth place in the Eurovision Song Contest
with the song "Mama Corsica
". The following year, his first album was released, entitled Puisque c'est l'heure. His successful audition for the musical Notre Dame de Paris
enabled him to originate the role of Phoebus
both onstage and in the recording studio. With Daniel Lavoie
and Garou
, he recorded the successful song "Belle
". The following year, Patrick signed a contract with Sony
and recorded his 3rd album Prends Moi (Take me). Patrick finally decided to end his role in Notre Dame de Paris in the year 2000 in order to dedicate more time to his fourth album, Chrysalide. Two years after, his fifth album was released and most recently, the album Les choses de la vie in 2008. His 2007 single "4 Mots sur un piano
" was number one in the French charts for 2 weeks.
Biography
Fiori was born to an ArmenianArmenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
father (Jacques Chouchayan) and a Corsican mother (Marie Antoinette Fiori) in Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
, France. When he was only 12 years old, he was offered his first role in the musical La légende des santonniers. At the age of 17, he recorded his first single, entitled "Stéphanie". In 1993, Fiori came fourth place in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
with the song "Mama Corsica
Mama Corsica
"Mama Corsica" was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Corsican and French by Patrick Fiori....
". The following year, his first album was released, entitled Puisque c'est l'heure. His successful audition for the musical Notre Dame de Paris
Notre Dame de Paris (musical)
Notre-Dame de Paris is a sung-through French-Canadian musical which debuted on 16 September 1998 in Paris. It is based upon the novel Notre-Dame de Paris by the French novelist Victor Hugo...
enabled him to originate the role of Phoebus
Captain Phoebus
Captain Phoebus de Chateaupers is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. He is the Captain of the King's Archers. His name comes from Phoebus, the Greek god of the sun , with whom he shares handsome looks and skill at...
both onstage and in the recording studio. With Daniel Lavoie
Daniel Lavoie
Daniel Lavoie is a Canadian singer–songwriter.Lavoie was born in Dunrea, Manitoba, Canada. His mother was a musician and he learned to play piano at a young age...
and Garou
Garou (singer)
Garou , from the French expression "loup-garou", which means "werewolf" and is a transformation of "Garand", his last name; is a Canadian singer from Sherbrooke, Quebec. He is known for his work in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris and the #1 hits "Belle", "Seul", "Sous le vent", and "La Rivière de...
, he recorded the successful song "Belle
Belle (song)
"Belle" is a 1997 song performed by the Francophone singers Patrick Fiori, Daniel Lavoie and Garou, from the musical Notre Dame de Paris. Released as a single in 1998, it was a hit in France and Belgium, topping the charts for many months...
". The following year, Patrick signed a contract with Sony
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
and recorded his 3rd album Prends Moi (Take me). Patrick finally decided to end his role in Notre Dame de Paris in the year 2000 in order to dedicate more time to his fourth album, Chrysalide. Two years after, his fifth album was released and most recently, the album Les choses de la vie in 2008. His 2007 single "4 Mots sur un piano
4 Mots sur un piano
"4 Mots sur un piano" is a 2007 song recorded by French singers Patrick Fiori, Jean-Jacques Goldman, who also had written the lyrics, and Christine Ricol. It was released as the second single - after "Toutes les peines" - from Fiori's album Si on chantait plus fort on July 20, 2007...
" was number one in the French charts for 2 weeks.
Studio albums
| Year | Album | 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... |
BE Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
CH Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Puisque c'est l'heure | – | – | – | |
| 1995 | Le cœur à l'envers | – | – | – | |
| 1998 | Prends-moi | 17 | 14 | – | France: 2xGold (200,000) |
| 2000 | Chrysalide | 11 | 8 | 47 | France: Gold (100,000) |
| 2002 | Patrick Fiori | 6 | 8 | 37 | France: 2xGold (200,000) |
| 2005 | Si on chantait plus fort | 4 | 14 | 59 | France: Gold (100,000) |
| 2008 | Les choses de la vie | 7 | 7 | – | France: 21,470 |
| 2010 | L'instinct masculin | 3 | 5 | 56 |
Compilations
| Year | Album | 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... |
BE Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
CH Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 Mots | – | 11 | 69 | France: Gold |
Singles
| Year | Single | 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... |
BE Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
CH Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
SNEP | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | "Stephanie" | - | - | - | Non-album single | |
| 1989 | "Le coeur a fleur d'amour" | - | - | - | Non-album single | |
| 1993 | "Mama Corsica Mama Corsica "Mama Corsica" was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Corsican and French by Patrick Fiori.... " |
40 | - | - | Puisque c'est l'heure | |
| 1994 | "Un goutte d'eau" | - | - | - | ||
| 1998 | "Belle Belle (song) "Belle" is a 1997 song performed by the Francophone singers Patrick Fiori, Daniel Lavoie and Garou, from the musical Notre Dame de Paris. Released as a single in 1998, it was a hit in France and Belgium, topping the charts for many months... " (with Daniel Lavoie Daniel Lavoie Daniel Lavoie is a Canadian singer–songwriter.Lavoie was born in Dunrea, Manitoba, Canada. His mother was a musician and he learned to play piano at a young age... & Garou Garou (singer) Garou , from the French expression "loup-garou", which means "werewolf" and is a transformation of "Garand", his last name; is a Canadian singer from Sherbrooke, Quebec. He is known for his work in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris and the #1 hits "Belle", "Seul", "Sous le vent", and "La Rivière de... ) |
1 | 1 | - | Diamond (750,000) | Notre dame de Paris |
| "Prends-moi" | - | - | - | Prends-moi | ||
| "Elle est" | 9 | 12 | - | Silver (125,000) | ||
| 1999 | "J'en ai mis du temps" | 38 | - | - | ||
| "Terra umana" | 48 | - | - | Chrysalide | ||
| 2000 | "Que tu reviennes" | 13 | 10 | - | ||
| "Juste une raison encore" | 45 | 13 | - | |||
| 2002 | "Marseille" | - | - | - | Patrick Fiori | |
| 2003 | "Je sais où aller" | 13 | 2 | 86 | ||
| "Sans bruit" | - | - | - | |||
| 2005 | "Il parait" | - | - | - | Si on chantait plus fort | |
| "Je ne serai jamais" | - | - | - | |||
| "Toutes les peines" | 11 | 2 | 37 | |||
| 2007 | "4 Mots sur un piano 4 Mots sur un piano "4 Mots sur un piano" is a 2007 song recorded by French singers Patrick Fiori, Jean-Jacques Goldman, who also had written the lyrics, and Christine Ricol. It was released as the second single - after "Toutes les peines" - from Fiori's album Si on chantait plus fort on July 20, 2007... " (with Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman is a Grammy Awards-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday.- Biography :... & Christine Ricol) |
1 | 7 | 40 | Silver (175,000) | |
| "Yoenai" | - | 16 | - | |||
| 2008 | "Liberta" | - | 16 | - | Les choses de la vie | |
| 2009 | "Merci" | - | 9 | - | ||
| 2010 | "Peut-être que peut-être" | - | - | - | l'Instinct Masculin |
External links
- Official website
- Biography of Patrick Fiori, from Radio France InternationaleRadio France InternationaleRadio France Internationale was created in 1975 as part of Radio France by the Government of France, and replaced the Poste Colonial , Paris Mondial , Radio Paris , RTF Radio Paris and ORTF Radio Paris...
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