Alizee

One of the first things you discover when are away from the UK is the amount of new information about what is going on around you especially if it is not in English.  It is easier now with the internet to meet other talents or stars that you never would have had the option in the UK.

In Europe, it is different, in that it is common to listen songs in various languages, especially in French, Spanish, Italian and sometimes in German.

You may know Alizee, she is a world star who has featured in the UK chart as well for several weeks.

Real Name: Alizee Jacotet

Birthday: 08/21/1984

Birthplace: Ajaccio, Corsica, France

Occupation: Singer

Sign: Leo

Big was born August 21, 1984, in Ajaccio, Corsica. She began to take dance lessons at the age of 5 and soon added drama and voice instruction to her repertoire. Her parents entered her in the equivalent of Star Search later on in life and Big won the studio and television audience over with an interpretation of a big radio hit in France at the time.

The performance led to an audition to record "Moi... Lolita" in 2000 in front of pop star Mylène Farmer and producer Laurent Boutonnat. The duo was overwhelmed with the presence of the young Big and after a callback, a contract was signed.

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The song "Moi... Lolita" went on to become one of the top selling singles in recent chart history. Big had become an overnight pop success. After a string of promotional appearances to plug the single, Big recorded the album Gourmandises, written by Farmer from the point of view of a teenage girl going through typical adolescent growing pains.
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The album proved to be a phenomenal smash and hot on the heels of "Moi... Lolita", went platinum in France, European countries, Asia and South America in just three months. The next single "L'Alize," released in conjunction with the album, also achieved major sale success in her native country and abroad.

Having established herself in France, Germany and The Netherlands, Big went international in 2001, with Gourmandises being released to greater Europe, including Russia, as well as Canada and Japan. In England, her debut single was given significant airplay without the benefit of a translated version, a rarity in the fickle UK market.

Alizee reach the 5th position in the UK and Irland for several weeks and she appeared on the famous tv show Top of the pops.

Big won France's most promising newcomer award at both the M6 Music Awards and the NRJ Music Awards. She also garnered the Best Music Website honor at the NRJ Music Awards. Upcoming projects include another album and perhaps film work.
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. Since Alizée took a break from the music business, there was no confirmed official word regarding her comeback for almost 3 years. Her official site has been down since the summer of 2005. Since then, many rumors had surfaced, many of which eventually turned out to be false.

After almost two years of fan speculation, on April 3, 2006, a handwritten message, signed by Alizée, was received by the webmaster of a fansite stating that she was working on the third album.[23]

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On July 7, 2006, the show Le JT de la musique on French TV channel “Europe 2 TV” reported that Alizée has separated from her former producer and song writer Mylène Farmer and is now working on her third album. It was also reported that the lyrics of the new album are being penned by Jean Faulques. Her husband, Jérémy Châtelain, is also associated with the album. He has since confirmed this information in an interview.[24]

In September 2007, it was known that Alizeé had left Polydor to sign a record deal with RCA Records/Sony BMG.[25][26] On 2007-09-11, via a press release,[26] it was announced that the new single, which will be released in October and debut on radio stations the last week of September, is called Mademoiselle Juliette, and not 50/60 (Fifty-Sixty) as it has been rumored. Alizée appeared on French radio station NRJ on September 27, 2007 to promote the new single.[27][28] and had been rumored to return to television exposure on October 23, 2007 for the show Star Academy, but it was later learned that she would appear on the reality show December 7th, to promote her new album, which would release 4 days prior to.[5] The single was made available in the online French music store of Virgin Megastores on September 23, 2007.[29] However, it was hastily removed, a few hours later, and was reported to be a mistake on Virgin’s behalf. It was officially released on September 30, 2007 and ranked number 13 on the online music sales chart.[5][30] The video of the first single has been released online at MSN France on November 16, 2007.[31] [32]

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Her third album, titled Psychédélices, was first revealed to be released on November 26, 2007.[27][28] but was pushed back to June, 2008.[ A new official site, with Alizee’s site changed from a basic placeholder to a Flash-encoded site with a countdown, official album cover, and download links, has been created for the purposes of promotion of the album.

The new album was released in France and in Mexico where she is the French Britney Spears ( in more clever) and then in a lot of countries in the world.

This sunday (18th May) Alizée held a concert in Moscow. Her first concert since her French "En Concert" tour 4 years ago. She sang several of her old songs including Moi Lolita, Hey Amigo Jen ai Marre.As well as songs from her new album. In addition she sung 99 Red balloons and Sound of Silence.

in Mexico, Alizée won a "Lunas del Auditorio" Award for being the best foreign pop act to hold a concer within Mexico. At the awards, sporting a new hairstyle she sang Mademoiselle Juliette.

Links:  official web site: http://www.alizee-officiel.com/

 USAfan : www.alizeeamerica.com