Vitaa
Encyclopedia
Vitaa is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after...

, Haut-Rhin) is a French pop singer.

Biography

She was discovered by DJ Kost, who organized a duet with Dadoo
Dadoo
Dadoo is a French rapper and also a member of the Toulouse rap group, KDD. He has performed several duets with French singer Vitaa.- Albums :* 1996: Opte Pour Le K...

. It was this song, "Pas à pas" ("Step by Step"), where she was first called Vitaa.

Vitaa worked for several years in collaboration with various rap
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 and R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 artists and eventually with Diam's
Diam's
Diam's is a French-language rap artist of French and Greek Cypriot origin. Her family moved to Essonne in 1984....

 and Pit Baccardi on Oublie, then a solo on the album Première classe RnB with the song "Ma sœur" ("My Sister"). She performed a second duet with Dadoo, "Sur ta route" ("On Your Way"), then made several more duets with various other singers, such as "Mytho" with Mafia K'1 Fry, "Bol d'air" with Rohff
Rohff
Rohff - « Rimeur Original Hardcore Flow Fluide » is a French rapper from Vitry-sur-Seine, in Val-de-Marne, south of Paris. Rohff was born in Comoros and immigrated to the Parisian suburbs in 1985.A fan of 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., NWA, Game, and others, Rohff began rapping around 1994...

 and Jasmin. Vitaa later collaborated with Diam's on the song "Confessions Nocturnes", with which she became known to the general French public.

Since then, Vitaa has appeared on the track "Peur d'aimer" ("Fear of Loving") with Nessbeal and "Ne dis jamais" with Sinik
Sinik
Thomas Idir a.k.a. Sinik is a French-language rap artist. His father is Algerian while his mother is French.His meeting with Diam's at 14 was the turning point of his career...

.

The first artist signed to the label Motown France
Motown Records
Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...

, Vitaa released her debut solo album A fleur de toi on 5 February 2007, which peaked at number one in France. The music video for the album's title track was filmed in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Canada.

Vitaa was the support act for the Paris shows of Rihanna
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...

's Last Girl on Earth Tour
Last Girl on Earth Tour
The Last Girl on Earth Tour was the third concert tour by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna. Visiting Europe, Asia, North America and Australia, the tour supported her fourth studio album, Rated R . The tour was announced through MTV News in December 2009...


Singles

  • 2006: "À fleur de toi" (melody inspired by Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...

    's "Moonlight" Sonata
    Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)
    The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven, popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata , was completed in 1801...

    )
  • 2007: "Ma soeur"
  • 2007: "Toi"
  • 2007: "Pourquoi les hommes?"
  • 2008: "Mon paradis secret"
  • 2009: "Une fille pas comme les autres"
  • 2010: "Pour que tu restes"

Collaborations

  • "Pas à Pas" with Dadoo
    Dadoo
    Dadoo is a French rapper and also a member of the Toulouse rap group, KDD. He has performed several duets with French singer Vitaa.- Albums :* 1996: Opte Pour Le K...

  • "Mytho" with Mafia K'1 Fry
  • "Bol d'air" with Rohff
    Rohff
    Rohff - « Rimeur Original Hardcore Flow Fluide » is a French rapper from Vitry-sur-Seine, in Val-de-Marne, south of Paris. Rohff was born in Comoros and immigrated to the Parisian suburbs in 1985.A fan of 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., NWA, Game, and others, Rohff began rapping around 1994...

  • "Oublie" with Pit Baccardi and Diam's
    Diam's
    Diam's is a French-language rap artist of French and Greek Cypriot origin. Her family moved to Essonne in 1984....

  • "Sur ta route" with Dadoo
    Dadoo
    Dadoo is a French rapper and also a member of the Toulouse rap group, KDD. He has performed several duets with French singer Vitaa.- Albums :* 1996: Opte Pour Le K...

  • "Fille facile" with Dadoo
    Dadoo
    Dadoo is a French rapper and also a member of the Toulouse rap group, KDD. He has performed several duets with French singer Vitaa.- Albums :* 1996: Opte Pour Le K...

  • "C.B" with Casus Belli
  • "Confessions nocturnes" with Diam's
    Diam's
    Diam's is a French-language rap artist of French and Greek Cypriot origin. Her family moved to Essonne in 1984....

    ; it was parodied by Fatal Bazooka
    Fatal Bazooka
    Fatal Bazooka is a French spoof rap group consisting of Michaël Youn, Vincent Desagnat and Benjamin Morgaine. The act originated in a 2002 radio show which its members hosted at the time....

     featuring Vitoo as "Mauvaise foi nocturne" (Pascal Obispo
    Pascal Obispo
    Pascal Michel Obispo is a French singer/songwriter.Pascal Obispo started singing in 1980. He got his first record deal in 1990, Le long du fleuve. With his second album, Plus que tout au monde, selling over 2 million albums, his songs became a popular success...

     is Vitoo)
  • "Ne dis jamais" with Sinik
    Sinik
    Thomas Idir a.k.a. Sinik is a French-language rap artist. His father is Algerian while his mother is French.His meeting with Diam's at 14 was the turning point of his career...

  • "La gomme" with Diams
  • "Peur d'aimer" with Nessbeal
  • "Ma sœur" remix with Mac Tyer
  • "Ma sœur" remix with Diam's
  • "Tu Peux Choisir" Gage's song, Vitaa featured within it.

External links

Official website
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