Alice is a French singer. Alize: how does the singer live and what does she look like now?

Alizee Jocotey was born on August 21, 1984 in Ajaccio in the south of France, on the coast of Corsica. She is the second child in the family. She has brown hair and dark brown eyes. Her parents, big fans of windsurfing, named Alize after one of the winds.

Alize had a happy childhood. She has been dancing since she was four years old and still enjoys dancing most of all. In general, your further career Alize was associated specifically with dancing, although she was always a versatile child. In 1995, at the age of 11, Alize won a drawing competition by coloring an airplane on an order form. Besides the fact that the girl won

a magnificent trip to the Maldives (of which she is still very proud), her drawing was reproduced in life size on the cockpit of the plane, which was named "Alizee"!

In December 1999, Alize appeared in the TV show Graines de Star, promoting young talents, with English song, but did not make it through the qualifying round. A month later, Alize came again, this time with a song by the famous French singer Axelle Red called “My Prayer” (Ma priere), and this time the competition took place. Moreover, it was this song that allowed Alize to win the nomination “Emerging Singer” (Graine de chanteuse) at the final broadcast!

Thanks to this performance, Alize was noticed by Mylene Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat. It was they who took up the promotion of Alize’s career. Several tests in the studio, and she was chosen. Already on May 19, 2000, her first single “I... Lolita” (Moi... Lolita) was released. And in the summer - July 26, 2000 - both the first and one of best clip"Moi... Lolita", which tells about the dreams of a village girl to be in big city. Filming the video took 2 days. Scenes involving hundreds of dancers were filmed in the famous Parisian discotheque "Les Bains Douches". In turn, the barley fields and Lolita's modest house were filmed near the town of Senlis.

The calculation turned out to be accurate, but even its organizers could not imagine such a success. The single remained in the top ten sales for almost six months; as a result, more than 1.5 million copies of the single were sold - even the most popular artists. What is most important is that Alize did not isolate herself within France; her single quickly gained popularity at the box office of radio stations various countries- Japan, Canada, Germany, Russia... November 17, 2000 Alize receives her first professional music award - an award in the "Discovery of the Year" category for the prizes of the French TV channel M6. And according to the results of 2000 - on January 20, 2001, she was awarded the popular music award French radio station NRJ in the same category "Discovery of the Year". Alize became famous overnight.

Meanwhile, active work in the studio ended with the release of the debut album "Gourmandises", which was released on November 28, 2000. The album, entirely written by the same Farmer-Boutonnat duo, turned out to be very solid and complete, with excellent vocals from Alize and very interesting lyrics - according to essentially, sketches from the life of a young girl and descriptions of her dreams. Very light youth musical style and the presence of undoubted dance hits (such as "Moi... Lolita", "Veni Vedi Vici" and "Gourmandises") guaranteed the album popularity not only in France. Only for 3

month of sales, the album went platinum. It sold 300,000 copies and to date, sales total more than 800,000 copies in France. And finally total number Discs with Alize's recordings sold in Europe have already amounted to almost 4 million!!! And this is only in Europe!

At the same time, on November 28, 2000, the second single “Passat” (L"Alize) was released to support the album. It undoubtedly fell into the shadow of the album, and therefore its sales were not so successful, but the video of the same name (directed by - Pierre Steen), released on television on December 6, 2000, contributed greatly to the promotion of the album. The video itself is quite simple, showing Alize laughing surrounded by soap bubbles.

Of much greater interest is the single “Speak Quietly” (Parler tout bas), released on April 24, 2001. The point is not only that a single was released for the first time for a slow lyrical song, but also a wonderful video (released on TV a day later) , again directed by Laurent Boutonnat. A very controversial story about a child growing up and parting with childhood illusions...

Meanwhile, Alize's foreign popularity began to translate into real action. In May 2001, regional branches of "Universal Music" in Japan, Israel, and Holland released localized versions of the album "Gourmandises"; The first publications about Alize began to appear in Russia. On April 17, 2001, radio Europe Plus took place telephone interview with Alize, and on June 1-2, 2001, Alize visited Russia for the first time! She arrived in Moscow on June 1, 2001, and on June 2, 2001, she performed at the “Stopudovy Hit” awards ceremony from Hit-FM radio and at a press conference dedicated to this event, and also gave an interview on MTV-Russia broadcast 3 June 2001

The fourth video, "Gourmandises", was filmed on July 25, 2001. It continues the line of light game clips to support audio productions. The plot is quite simple - Alize and his friends go out into the countryside for a picnic, where they eat, drink and have fun. The video was filmed (directed by Nicholas Hidiroglu) over one day in the outskirts of Paris; the boys and girls playing in the video were specially selected from modeling agencies. Later on August 14, 2001, the fourth single "Gourmandises" was released from the album of the same name. March 6, 2002 Alize receives his next award. She won the World Music Award, held in Monte Carlo, for the best French female performer with highest record sales in 2001 in France and abroad.

Judging by the interview, Alize is an ordinary teenager. She doesn’t think much about her future career yet. Alize herself dreams of starring in a musical comedy. The girl has a wonderful voice and excellent plasticity. Naturally, everyone is interested in the personal life of the pretty “Lolita,” but here she is laconic. Yes, there is a boyfriend, but Alize keeps everything that concerns him secret, and doesn’t even tell meticulous journalists his name. And what he values ​​most in young people is loyalty.

In general, it is not yet clear what will grow out of the new “starlet” - the second Mylene Farmer, Vanessa Paradise or the French Britney Spears. One thing is clear - until Mylene Farmer leaves her, there is a chance that Alize’s music will progress.

Alize's new single was first heard on radio stations on January 7, 2003. At the same time, Alize appears on television again ( whole year nothing was heard about her at all), in just one month more than 10 magazines were published with information about the return of “little Milen” and all kinds of similar friends on a friend interview.

Before the release of the new single, Alize shoots a video, which was first shown on February 19, 2003, on the M6 ​​and MCM channels. The clip turns out to be quite controversial, and to be honest, at first glance, not very successful. The video for the song “I've had enough” (J"en ai marre) was filmed over 2 days in a studio in Paris. The design of the video is quite simple: a huge glass box 3 by 3 meters, which acts as an aquarium. The video was filmed in two versions: French and English languages. U English version The clip has a slightly different edit. The video takes place in an aquarium slightly filled with water. Alizee plays the role of the goldfish, of course! Following the clip comes great interview"Stories of the return of Alizee" (Histoires d'un retour attendu Alizee) with many video inserts from her performances, etc.

And finally, on February 25, 2003, the long-awaited single appeared on the shelves of French stores. The single immediately hits second place in the charts, but, alas, does not stay there for long; after a week it begins to fall and no longer occupies high positions in the charts. Sales of the single are currently quite meager - only a few hundred thousand copies in France. More and more often Alize “appears on TV” in various programs, gives an interview.

Meanwhile, the studio is completing work on the release of the second album, “My Electric Discharges” (Mes courants electriques), which was released on March 19, 2003. The cover of the disc is quite interestingly designed: here you will see a classic disco pop music, practically untouched by time and progress since the late 1970s. The French-language version of the album "Mes courants electriques" includes 11 tracks. But for abroad there is a slightly different version with 4 English songs. The album also includes new instruments: electric guitar, etc. In general, the album turned out in the standard style of Mylene Farmer, but at the same time it is not at all similar to Alize’s first album. The girl has grown up, and her songs have become more mature, but on the other hand, having listened to such songs as: “Toc de mac”, “Youpidou” and “J”en ai marre”, we can say that she is still a child, although she herself is and doesn't hide it.

Alizee Jocotey was born on August 21, 1984 in Ajaccio in the south of France, on the coast of Corsica. She is the second child in the family. She has brown hair and dark brown eyes. Her parents, big fans of windsurfing, named Alize after one of the winds.

Alize had a happy childhood. She has been dancing since she was four years old and still enjoys dancing most of all. In general, Alize connected her future career with dancing, although she was always a versatile child. In 1995, at the age of 11, Alize won a drawing competition by coloring an airplane on an order form. Besides the fact that the girl won

a wonderful trip to the Maldives (of which she is still very proud), her drawing was reproduced life-size on the cockpit of the aircraft, which was named "Alizee"!

In December 1999, Alize appeared in the TV show Graines de Star, promoting young talents, with an English song, but did not make it through the qualifying round. A month later, Alize came again, this time with a song by the famous French singer Axelle Red called “My Prayer” (Ma priere), and this time the competition took place. Moreover, it was this song that allowed Alize to win the nomination “Emerging Singer” (Graine de chanteuse) at the final broadcast!

Thanks to this performance, Alize was noticed Mylene Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat. It was they who took up the promotion of Alize’s career. Several tests in the studio, and she was chosen. Already on May 19, 2000, her first single “I... Lolita” (Moi... Lolita) was released. And in the summer - July 26, 2000 - the first and one of the best video "Moi... Lolita" was released, telling about the dreams of a village girl to end up in a big city. Filming the video took 2 days. Scenes involving hundreds of dancers were filmed in the famous Parisian discotheque "Les Bains Douches". In turn, the barley fields and Lolita's modest house were filmed near the town of Senlis.

The calculation turned out to be accurate, but even its organizers could not imagine such a success. The single remained in the top ten sales for almost six months; as a result, more than 1.5 million copies of the single were sold - even the most popular performers do not reach this result. What is most important is that Alize did not isolate herself within France, her single quickly gained popularity at the box office of radio stations in various countries - Japan, Canada, Germany, Russia... On November 17, 2000, Alize received her first professional music award - an award in the "Discovery" category of the Year" for the prizes of the French TV channel M6. And according to the results of 2000 - on January 20, 2001, she was awarded the popular music award of the French radio station NRJ in the same category "Discovery of the Year". Alize became famous overnight.

Meanwhile, active work in the studio ended with the release of the debut album “Gourmandises”, which was released on November 28, 2000. The album, entirely written by the same Farmer-Boutonnat duo, turned out to be very solid and complete, with wonderful vocals from Alize and very entertaining texts - essentially sketches from the life of a young girl and descriptions of her dreams. A very light youth musical style and the presence of undoubted dance hits (such as "Moi... Lolita", "Veni Vedi Vici" and "Gourmandises") guaranteed the album popularity not only in France. Only for 3

month of sales, the album went platinum. It sold 300,000 copies and to date, sales total more than 800,000 copies in France. And finally, the total number of discs with Alize's recordings sold in Europe has already reached almost 4 million!!! And this is only in Europe!

At the same time, on November 28, 2000, the second single “Passat” (L"Alize) was released to support the album. It undoubtedly fell into the shadow of the album, and therefore its sales were not so successful, but the video of the same name (directed by - Pierre Steen), released on television on December 6, 2000, contributed greatly to the promotion of the album. The video itself is quite simple, showing Alize laughing surrounded by soap bubbles.

Of much greater interest is the single “Speak Quietly” (Parler tout bas), released on April 24, 2001. The point is not only that a single was released for the first time for a slow lyrical song, but also a wonderful video (released on TV a day later) , again directed by Laurent Boutonnat. A very controversial story about a child growing up and parting with childhood illusions...

Meanwhile, Alize's foreign popularity began to translate into real action. In May 2001, regional branches of "Universal Music" in Japan, Israel, and Holland released localized versions of the album "Gourmandises"; The first publications about Alize began to appear in Russia. On April 17, 2001, a telephone interview with Alize took place on Radio Europe Plus, and on June 1-2, 2001, Alize visited Russia for the first time! She arrived in Moscow on June 1, 2001, and on June 2, 2001, she performed at the “Stopudovy Hit” awards ceremony from Hit-FM radio and at a press conference dedicated to this event, and also gave an interview on MTV-Russia broadcast 3 June 2001

The fourth video, "Gourmandises", was filmed on July 25, 2001. It continues the line of light game clips to support audio productions. The plot is quite simple - Alize and his friends go out into the countryside for a picnic, where they eat, drink and have fun. The video was filmed (directed by Nicholas Hidiroglu) over one day in the outskirts of Paris; the boys and girls playing in the video were specially selected from modeling agencies. Later on August 14, 2001, the fourth single "Gourmandises" was released from the album of the same name. March 6, 2002 Alize receives his next award. She won the World Music Award, held in Monte Carlo, for the best French female artist with the highest record sales in 2001 in France and abroad.

Judging by the interview, Alize is an ordinary teenager. She doesn’t think much about her future career yet. Alize herself dreams of starring in a musical comedy. The girl has a wonderful voice and excellent plasticity. Naturally, everyone is interested in the personal life of the pretty “Lolita,” but here she is laconic. Yes, there is a boyfriend, but Alize keeps everything that concerns him secret, and doesn’t even tell meticulous journalists his name. And what he values ​​most in young people is loyalty.

In general, it is not yet clear what will grow out of the new “starlet” - the second Mylene Farmer, Vanessa Paradise or the French Britney Spears. One thing is clear - until Mylene Farmer leaves her, there is a chance that Alize’s music will progress.

Alize's new single was first heard on radio stations on January 7, 2003. At the same time, Alize appeared on television again (for a whole year nothing was heard about her at all), in just one month more than 10 magazines were released with information about the return of “little Milen” and all sorts of similar interviews.

Before the release of the new single, Alize shoots a video, which was first shown on February 19, 2003, on the M6 ​​and MCM channels. The clip turns out to be quite controversial, and to be honest, at first glance, not very successful. The video for the song “I've had enough” (J"en ai marre) was filmed over 2 days in a studio in Paris. The design of the video is quite simple: a huge glass box 3 by 3 meters, which acts as an aquarium. The video was filmed in two versions: in French and English. The English version of the clip has a slightly different edit. The action of the clip takes place in an aquarium, a little filled with water. Of course, Alizee plays the role of the goldfish! Following the clip, there is a large interview with “The Return of Alize” (Histoires d'un retour attendu). Alizee) with many video inserts from her performances, etc.

And finally, on February 25, 2003, the long-awaited single appeared on the shelves of French stores. The single immediately hits second place in the charts, but, alas, does not stay there for long; after a week it begins to fall and no longer occupies high positions in the charts. Sales of the single are currently quite meager - only a few hundred thousand copies in France. More and more often, Alize “appears on TV” in various programs and gives interviews.

Meanwhile, the studio is completing work on the release of the second album, “My Electric Discharges” (Mes courants electriques), which was released on March 19, 2003. The cover of the disc is quite interestingly designed: here you will see a classic disco pop music, practically untouched by time and progress since the late 1970s. The French-language version of the album "Mes courants electriques" includes 11 tracks. But for abroad there is a slightly different version with 4 English songs. The album also includes new instruments: electric guitar, etc. In general, the album turned out to be in the standard style of Mylene Farmer, but at the same time it is not at all similar to Alize’s first album. The girl has grown up, and her songs have become more mature, but on the other hand, having listened to such songs as: “Toc de mac”, “Youpidou” and “J”en ai marre”, we can say that she is still a child, although she herself is and doesn't hide it.

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Biography

Alizee Jacotey was born on August 21, 1984 in Ajaccio in the south of France, on the coast of Corsica. She is the first child in the family. She has brown hair and dark brown eyes. Her parents, big fans of windsurfing, named Alize after one of the winds.

Alize had a happy childhood. She has been dancing since she was four years old and still enjoys dancing most of all. In general, Alize connected her future career with dancing, although she was always a versatile child. In 1995, at the age of 11, Alize won a drawing competition by coloring an airplane on an order form. In addition to a wonderful trip to the Maldives (which I am still very proud of). Her drawing was reproduced in life-size on the cockpit of the plane, which was named “Alizee”!

In December 1999, Alize appeared in the TV show Graines de Star, promoting young talents, with an English song, but did not make it through the qualifying round. A month later, Alize came again, this time with a song by the famous French singer Axelle Red called My Prayer (Ma priere), and this time there was a competition. Moreover, it was this song that allowed Alize to win the Emerging Singer (Graine de chanteuse) nomination at the final broadcast!

Thanks to this performance, Alize was noticed by Mylene Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat. It was they who took up the promotion of Alize’s career. Several tests in the studio, and she was chosen. Already on May 19, 2000, her first single was released - I... Lolita (Moi... Lolita). And in the summer - July 26, 2000 - the first video Moi... Lolita was released, telling about the dreams of a village girl to end up in a big city. Filming the video took 2 days. Scenes involving hundreds of dancers were filmed at the famous Parisian discotheque Les Bains Douches. In turn, the barley fields and Lolita's modest house were filmed near the town of Senlis.

The calculation turned out to be accurate, but even its organizers could not imagine such a success. The single remained in the top ten sales for almost six months; as a result, the single sold more than 1.5 million copies - a result that even the most popular artists do not reach. What is most important is that Alize did not isolate herself within France, her single quickly gained popularity at the box office of radio stations in various countries - Japan, Canada, Germany, Russia... On November 17, 2000, Alize received her first professional music award - an award in the Discovery of the Year category for prizes French TV channel M6. And at the end of 2000 - on January 20, 2001, she was awarded the popular music award of the French radio station NRJ in the same category Discovery of the Year. Alize became famous overnight.

Meanwhile, active work in the studio ended with the release of the debut album of Delicacies (Gourmandises), which was released on November 28, 2000. The album, entirely written by the same Farmer-Boutonnat duo, turned out to be very solid and complete, with excellent vocals from Alize and very entertaining texts - essentially, sketches from the life of a young girl and descriptions of her dreams. A very light youth musical style and the presence of undoubted dance hits (such as Moi... Lolita, Veni Vedi Vici and Gourmandises) guaranteed the album popularity not only in France. In just 3 months of sales, the album went platinum. It sold 300,000 copies and to date, sales total more than 800,000 copies in France. And finally, the total number of discs with Alize's recordings sold in Europe has already reached almost 4 million.

At the same time, on November 28, 2000, a second single, Passat (L'Alize), was released to support the album. It undoubtedly fell into the shadow of the album, and therefore its sales were not so successful, but the video of the same name (directed by Pierre Steen), released on television on December 6, 2000, significantly contributed to the promotion of the album. The clip itself is quite simple; it shows Alize laughing surrounded by soap bubbles.

Of much greater interest is the single Speak More Quietly (Parler tout bas), released on April 24, 2001. The point is not only that a single was released for the first time for a slow lyrical song, but also a wonderful video (released on TV a day later), again directed by Laurent Boutonnat. A very controversial story about a child growing up and parting with childhood illusions...

Meanwhile, Alize's foreign popularity began to translate into real action. In May 2001, regional branches of Universal Music in Japan, Israel, and Holland released localized versions of the album Gourmandises; The first publications about Alize began to appear in Russia. On April 17, 2001, a telephone interview with Alize took place on Radio Europe Plus, and on June 1-2, 2001, Alize visited Russia for the first time! She arrived in Moscow on June 1, 2001, and on June 2, 2001, she performed at the Stopudovy Hit awards ceremony from Hit-FM radio and at a press conference dedicated to this event, and also gave an interview on MTV-Russia broadcast on June 3, 2001 G.

The fourth Gourmandises video was filmed on July 25, 2001. It continues the line of light gaming clips to support audio productions. The plot is quite simple - Alize and his friends go out into the countryside for a picnic, where they eat, drink and have fun. The video was filmed (directed by Nicholas Hidiroglu) over one day in the outskirts of Paris; the boys and girls playing in the video were specially selected from modeling agencies. Later on August 14, 2001, the fourth single Gourmandises was released from the album of the same name.

March 6, 2002 Alize receives his next award. She won the World Music Award, held in Monte Carlo, for the best French female artist with the highest record sales in 2001 in France and abroad.

The return of Alizee or the album “Mes courants electriques”

After a long break, one of the sexiest singers in world pop music returns to us not only with her new single, but also with a fresh album.

The producers of the second album were Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat, who helped Alizee during the recording of the first album. The first single from the record was french song“I’ve had enough” (J’en ai marre!), and her English version"I'm fed up!"

The single “J’en ai marre” was first heard on radio stations on January 7, 2003. At the same time, Alize appeared on television again. In just one month, more than 10 magazines were released with information about the return of “little Milen” and all sorts of similar interviews.

Before the release of the new single, Alize shoots a video, which was first shown on February 19, 2003, on the M6 ​​and MCM channels. The video for the song “J’en ai marre” was filmed over 2 days in a Paris studio in two versions: in French and English. The English version of the video has a slightly different edit. The video takes place in an aquarium slightly filled with water. Alizee plays the role of the goldfish. Following the clip, there is a large interview “The History of Alizee’s Return” (Histoires d’un retour attendu Alizee) with many video inserts from her performances, etc.

Meanwhile, work on the release of the second album, “My Electric Discharges” (Mes courants electriques), is being completed in the studio. The new album “Mes Courants Electriques” was released in two versions: French and international. The release in France took place on March 18 and immediately took second place in the national chart, and the international release took place on April 15 via Universal Music. The French-language version of the album “Mes courants electriques” includes 11 tracks. For abroad there will be a slightly different version with 4 English songs. The cover of the disc is quite interestingly designed: here you will see a classic disco pop music, practically untouched by time and progress since the late 70s. The album also includes new instruments: electric guitar, etc. In general, the album turned out to be in the standard style of Mylene Farmer, but at the same time it is not at all similar to Alize’s first album. The girl grew up, and her songs became more adult.

At the end of March 2003, Alize participates in the Eurobest 2003 ceremony, where the winners of Star Factories from 9 European countries, including Russia, gather. At this ceremony, Alize, together with Pasha Artemyev (lead singer of the group “Korni”), performs his most famous song"I... Lolita." The audience applauds...

Without hesitation, on May 21, 2003, in support of the upcoming concert tour in Europe, another video “I'm not 20 years old” (J'ai Pas Vingt Ans) was released, followed by a new single on the store shelves on June 3, 2003. composition.

Next, Alize is intensively preparing for her first concert tour. The tour begins on August 26, 2003 in Paris, where Alize gives seven concerts in a row at the Olympia Hall. After wonderful shows at Olympia, Alize goes on a three-month tour with concerts not only throughout France, but also Belgium and Switzerland. The climax of the tour was the concert at Le Zenith (Paris) on January 17, 2004... A real colorful show, as Alize herself says. Against the backdrop of an unusual decoration in the form of a pink shoe, Alize presents the audience with her 17 songs from two albums every evening.

Much more interesting than the previous one (in terms of plot) is Alize’s next video for the song “A contre-courant”, which was released on October 1, 2003. The video was filmed over 2 days in Belgium. The video takes place in a long-abandoned coal processing plant (currently used for fire training). The man shown in the video is a real circus acrobat. Literally a week after the video was shown, on October 7, 2003, the next, already third single, “Countercurrents” (A contre-courant), was released. The release of this single is very important for Alize. For the first time, cd maxi and vinyl will not be released along with the single; their release is scheduled for November 12, 2003.

In February 2004, Voici magazine published information that Alize and her friend Jeremy Chatelain, a native of the same French Star Academy, secretly got engaged during their trip to Las Vegas in November 2003. This news shocked the public and even more so the fans, who perceived this news sharply negatively.

After a long wait, on October 4, 2004, the double album “Gourmandises/Mes Courants Electriques” was released, and on October 18, 2004, the “live” DVD and CD “En concert” was released, which presented Alize’s full “live” video concert, collected from her autumn tour 2003. The presentation is scheduled at the Virgin hypermarket, but Alize does not show up there, thereby disappointing the fans who came. At the same time, the single “Amelie m’a dit” and a video for this song were released, which was often played on radio and television, but soon disappeared from the charts.
2004

On January 17, 2004, Alize gave her final concert in concert hall Paris "Le Zenith", giving the public a colorful show and performing his seventeen songs from two albums.

After the final concert, starting in February 2004, Alize took a creative break for an indefinite period.

2005-2008

Since Alize suspended her musical activity due to pregnancy in February. Its official website has not been operational since the summer of 2005. During this time, there was a lot of news regarding Alize's return and career continuation, most of which eventually turned out to be false.

However, on April 3, 2006, the webmaster of one of the singer’s fan sites received a message, handwritten and signed by Alize, stating that the singer was working on her third album. Here is the Russian translated version of the message:

Hi all!

Just wanted to let you know that I am currently in the studio...
The new songs are wonderful!!
Kisses to everyone and hope to see you soon!
I promise.

On July 7, 2006, a show called “Le JT de la musique” on the French TV channel “Europe 2” announced that Alize “is no longer collaborating with her former producer and the author of the words of her songs Mylene Farmer” and is currently working on creating a third album. It was also announced that the lyrics for the new songs were being written by Jean Faulques. Jeremy Chatelain is also involved with the new album, which he confirmed in his interview.

In September 2007, Alize signed a contract with the RCA Records/Sony BMG record label, and on September 30, her new single “Mademoiselle Juliette” was released. A video for this single will be released on November 19.

The third one was released on December 3, 2007. studio album Alizée Psychedélices. It went gold within 4 days, achieving sales of 80,000 copies. Meanwhile, the sales results are more than unsatisfactory: the album only reaches 16th position in the French charts (approximately 11,000 copies were sold in the first week), today 33,000 copies have already been sold, this is much less than the RCA studio planned (100,000 copies). By the spring of 2008, about 500,000 copies of this album had been sold.

From January 23 to January 28, 2008, Alize took part in the charity concert “The Stupid” (French: Les Enfoirés) which was held in Strasbourg at the Zenith Hall. RCA also announces upcoming performances in Mexico and France throughout 2008.

In March, Alize visited Mexico for the first time. A book signing was scheduled for March 5, but was canceled due to security concerns. Alize spoke at an impromptu press conference to apologize to her fans. And she promised to correct this, if possible, during her next visit to Mexico, which will take place during a big tour.

Starting on May 18, 2008, Alize begins a large tour called the “Psychédélices Tour”. The first point of which is Moscow, followed by concerts in Mexico in June. The tour's track list includes 20 songs, including songs from the new album, as well as mixes of hits from past years.

2009 - present

After participating in Les Enfoirés font leur cinéma in January 2009, Alizée disappeared from view. But according to the singer’s Twitter, she is actively working in the studio on her new album. In general, 2009 is going very quietly, only occasionally the Internet press explodes about the new album and rumors about personal life Alize.

The first single of the new album, “Les Collines (Never Leave You),” was released on February 17, 2010. The presentation of the album, whose title is “Une enfant du siècle” (“Child of the Century”), took place on March 29, 2010 at 18:00 Paris time. IN new album included 10 songs.

Personal life

While Alize, after the release of her first album in her creative image, appeared to the public as a Lolita with a sexy appearance and provocative clothes, in reality Alize was “a modest, quiet person and an ordinary city teenager”

Timid and shy Alize loved to be the center of attention of her fans. Gradually, growing up, and also with the release of her second album, Alize changed her “Lolita image” to “the image of a matured girl,” and the meaning of the songs became more “adult.”

Alize continues to dance, in particular, she has excellent skills classical dances, jazz dancing, ballet and flamenco. She is interested in football and even supports football club AC Ajaccio. Also, Alize is engaged in Thai boxing, but not to gain boxing experience, but to maintain her physical fitness. Also, Alize is involved in charity work, being part of a group of celebrities called “Les Enfoirés” (“Stupid”). This group gives charity concerts every year, and the income from the concerts goes to “Les Restaurants du Coeur” (“Restaurants of the Heart”) - a fund to help the poor (the money goes to feed low-income people). Alize participated in these concerts in 2001 and 2002.

Alizée is married to Jérémy Châtelain, whom she met at the Eurobest awards in 2003. Jeremy Chatelain is a graduate of the popular French TV show “Star Academy”. Their wedding took place in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA) on November 6, 2003.

Currently the family has bought private house(practically a castle) on the outskirts of Paris.

On last photo Alize, which the French singer published on her Instagram, is difficult to recognize the fragile girl, the star of yesteryear. The singer, whose hits such as “J"en Ai Marre”, “Moi... Lolita” or “La Isla Bonita” were broadcast on all radio stations, now looks more determined.

Bangs, heavy makeup and tattoos have little in common with the appearance of the Alize we remember.

She sang her hits in French and English. In 2003, her first hit “J"en Ai Marre” appeared. Then she was 19 years old. International fame quickly came to Alize, and her dance hits could be heard at various latitudes. On April 28, 2005, the singer gave birth to a daughter, Anni- Lee Alize decided to devote herself to raising her child and disappeared from show business for several years. After a break, she returned to singing and recording albums. great success, which was at the beginning, it was not possible to repeat it. In 2013, Alize took part in the French version of Dancing with the Stars. Today he still tours, actively works on social networks, is happy wife and mother. The singer, two years ago, married Grégoire Lionnet, whom she met in the aforementioned dance show.

Alizee Jacotey was born on August 21, 1984 in Ajaccio in the south of France, on the coast of Corsica. She is the first child in the family. She has brown hair and dark brown eyes. Parents, big fans of windsurfing, named Alize in honor of one of the winds (L "Alize).

Alize had a happy childhood. She has been dancing since she was four years old and still enjoys dancing the most. In general, Alize connected her future career with dancing, although she was always a versatile child. In 1995, at the age of 11, Alize won a drawing competition by coloring an airplane on an order form. Besides the fact that the girl won a great trip to the Maldives (which she is still very proud of), her drawing was reproduced life-size on the cockpit of the plane, which was named "Alizee"!

In December 1999, Alize appeared in the TV show “Graines de Star”, promoting young talents, with an English song, but did not make it through the qualifying round. A month later, Alize came again with a song by the famous French singer Axelle Red called “My Prayer” (Ma priere), and this time the competition took place. Moreover, it was this song that allowed Alize to win the nomination “Emerging Singer” (Graine de chanteuse) at the final broadcast!

Thanks to this performance, Alize was noticed by Mylene Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat. It was they who took up the promotion of Alize’s career. Several tests in the studio, and she was chosen. Already on May 19, 2000, her first single “I... Lolita” (Moi... Lolita) was released. And in the summer - July 26, 2000 - the first and one of the best video "Moi... Lolita" was released, telling about the dreams of a village girl to end up in a big city. Filming the video took 2 days. Scenes involving hundreds of dancers were filmed in the famous Parisian discotheque "Les Bains Douches". In turn, the barley fields and Lolita's modest house were filmed near the town of Senlis.

The calculation turned out to be accurate, but even its organizers could not imagine such a success. The single remained in the top ten sales for almost six months; as a result, more than 1.5 million copies of the single were sold - even the most popular performers do not reach this result. What is most important is that Alize did not isolate herself within France, her single quickly gained popularity at the box office of radio stations in various countries - Japan, Canada, Germany, Russia... On November 17, 2000, Alize received her first professional music award - an award in the "Discovery" category of the Year" for the prizes of the French TV channel M6. And according to the results of 2000 - on January 20, 2001, she was awarded the popular music award of the French radio station NRJ in the same category "Discovery of the Year". Alize became famous overnight.

Meanwhile, active work in the studio ended with the release of the debut album “Gourmandises”, which was released on November 28, 2000. The album, entirely written by the same Farmer-Boutonnat duo, turned out to be very solid and complete, with wonderful vocals from Alize and very entertaining texts - essentially sketches from the life of a young girl and descriptions of her dreams. A very light youth musical style and the presence of undoubted dance hits (such as "Moi... Lolita", "Veni Vedi Vici" and "Gourmandises") guaranteed the album popularity not only in France. In just 3 months of sales, the album went platinum. It sold 300,000 copies and to date, sales total more than 1,000,000 copies in France. And finally, the total number of discs with Alize's recordings sold in Europe has already reached almost 4 million!!! And this is only in Europe!

At the same time, on November 28, 2000, the second single “Passat” (L"Alize) was released to support the album. It undoubtedly fell into the shadow of the album, and therefore its sales were not so successful, but the video of the same name (directed by - Pierre Steen), released on television on December 6, 2000, contributed greatly to the promotion of the album. The video itself is quite simple, showing Alize laughing surrounded by soap bubbles.

Of much greater interest is the single “Speak More Quietly” (Parler tout bas), released on April 24, 2001. The point is not only that a single was released for the first time for a slow lyrical song, but also a wonderful video (released on TV a day later) , again directed by Laurent Boutonnat. A very controversial story about a child growing up and parting with childhood illusions...

Meanwhile, Alize's foreign popularity began to translate into real action. In May 2001, regional branches of "Universal Music" in Japan, Israel, and Holland released localized versions of the album "Gourmandises"; The first publications about Alize began to appear in Russia. On April 17, 2001, a telephone interview with Alize took place on Radio Europe Plus, and on June 1-3, 2001, Alize visited Russia for the first time! She arrived in Moscow on June 1, 2001, and on June 2, 2001, she performed at the “Stopudovy Hit” awards ceremony from Hit-FM radio and at a press conference dedicated to this event, and also gave an interview on MTV-Russia broadcast 3 June 2001

The fourth video, "Gourmandises", was filmed on July 25, 2001. It continues the line of light game clips to support audio productions. The plot is quite simple - Alize and his friends go out into the countryside for a picnic, where they eat, drink and have fun. The video was filmed (directed by Nicholas Hidiroglu) over one day in the outskirts of Paris; the boys and girls playing in the video were specially selected from modeling agencies. Later on August 14, 2001, the fourth single "Gourmandises" was released from the album of the same name. March 6, 2002 Alize receives his next award. She won the World Music Award in Monte Carlo as the best French artist with the highest record sales in 2001 in France and abroad.

Alize's new single was first heard on radio stations on January 7, 2003. At the same time, Alize began to appear on television again (for a whole year nothing was heard about her at all), in just one month more than 10 magazines were released with information about the return of “little Milen” and all sorts of similar interviews.

Before the release of the new single, Alize shoots a video, which was first shown on February 19, 2003 on the M6 ​​and MCM channels. The clip turns out to be quite controversial, and to be honest, at first glance, not very successful. Video for the song "I've had enough!" (J"en Ai Marre!) (in the English version I"m Fed Up!) was filmed over 2 days in a Paris studio. The design of the clip is quite simple: a huge glass box 3 by 3 meters, which acts as an aquarium. The video was filmed in two versions: in French and English. The English version of the video has a slightly different edit. The video takes place in an aquarium slightly filled with water. Alizee plays the role of the goldfish, of course! Following the clip, there is a large interview “The History of Alize’s Return” (Histoires d’un retour attendu Alizee) with many video inserts from her performances, etc.

And finally, on February 25, 2003, the long-awaited single appeared on the shelves of French stores. The single immediately hits second place in the charts, but, alas, does not stay there for long; after a week it begins to fall and no longer occupies high positions in the charts. Sales of the single are currently quite meager - only a few hundred thousand copies in France. More and more often, Alize “appears on TV” in various programs and gives interviews.

Meanwhile, the studio is completing work on the release of the second album, “My Electric Discharges” (Mes courants electriques), which was released on March 19, 2003. The cover of the disc is quite interestingly designed: here you will see a classic disco pop music, practically untouched by time and progress since the late 1970s. The French-language version of the album "Mes courants electriques" includes 11 tracks. But for abroad there is a slightly different version with 4 English songs. The album also includes new instruments: electric guitar, etc. In general, the album turned out to be in the standard style of Mylene Farmer, but at the same time it is not at all similar to Alize’s first album. The girl has grown up, and her songs have become more mature, but on the other hand, having listened to songs such as: “Toc de mac”, “Youpidou” and “J”en ai marre!”, we can say that she is still a child, although she herself He doesn’t hide this.

At the end of March 2003, Alize participates in the Eurobest 2003 ceremony, where all the winners of Star Factories from 9 European countries, including Russia, gather. At this ceremony, Alize, together with Pasha Artemyev (lead singer of the Korni group), performs his most famous song “I... Lolita”. The audience applauds... Without hesitation, on May 21, 2003, in support of the upcoming concert tour in Europe, the next video “I'm not 20 years old” (J"ai Pas Vingt Ans) was released, and followed by June 3, 2003 on the shelves a new single for the composition of the same name appears in stores.

And in October 2003, Alizee’s third single from the album “Mes courants electriques” was released, entitled “A contre-courant” (In a countercurrent). The video was filmed in Belgium over two days. The backdrop for the video was a huge coal processing plant, which has been inactive and abandoned for many years. The man who appears in the video is a real plastic circus acrobat. The video was directed by Pierre Steen, who shot the video "L"Alize" for Alizee.

In February 2004, Alizee attracted the attention of correspondents from the French tabloid magazine "Voici". They released several issues in a row in which they reported that Alize had broken her contract with her record company and her producers, including Mylene Farmer. But the most shocking statement was made by "Voici" in their 850th issue. They announced that during their November trip to Las Vegas, Alizee and her boyfriend Jeremy got married!! The wedding date is given as November 6, 2003. The magazine's correspondents even provided a marriage certificate. This event caused confusion among fans as it was unexpected. However, there was no official confirmation from Alize...

A few weeks later, a refutation of rumors about her appears on Alize’s official website. It says that Alize has not terminated her contract with Mylene and her company, and that she just wants to relax, and therefore is taking a 3-year break, while Mylene Farmer celebrates her 20th career anniversary and releases a new album.

In May 2004, Alize took part in charity events and even appeared on TV several times - in the Laurette show and the Charles Aznavour show. At the first show she performs a song with singer Natasha Saint Pierre, and at the second show she performs a duet with Jennifer. By this time, she had changed her image: she grew her hair and got a piercing in her tongue, which caused different responses from her fans. In June, the singer appears at the concerts of her lover Jeremy...

At the end of August, a video for the song Amelie m"a dit with clips of a concert tour appears on the screens of French music channels. After some time, this video appears on Alizee's official website moi-alizee.com. Such news gave great hope for Alizee's return, especially , that the release of the concert on DVD had long been planned.

October 7. Virgin music hypermarket in the Louvre. At the stroke of midnight, a large party was organized to preview the live DVD for Alize fans. But it's unfortunate to note that only about 50 fans showed up, and only about 20 CDs were sold that night. Alize herself did not want to come to the party. Is this a failure?

On October 18, Alize's concert CD & DVD entitled "En concert" was released. The album immediately flies into the “200 Albums of France” Chart and immediately takes 38th place, in to a greater extent because in the first week Alize fans made a large number of purchases. Then the disc rapidly falls down and after 5 weeks flies out of the chart. The video is shown less and less on TV, and the song Amelie m"a dit is played less and less on the radio. It was a failure!

Many sites explained this by the fact that Mylène Farmer (producer Alize) herself planned to return to the stage with a new album. And indeed, after some time the name of Mylene’s album was announced, and tickets for her concert in 2006 in Bercy began to be sold. Thus, there was no point in waiting for the release of Alize’s new album before 2006...

In November 2004, Voici magazine announced that Alize would be produced by the lead singer of the French group Indochine, Nicolas Sirkis. However, Sirkis himself neither denies nor confirms these rumors.

End of December. And again Voici distinguished itself by stating that Alize is already 4 months pregnant with Jeremy. Continuing this topic, Hit Machine magazine also writes about Alize’s pregnancy and that by the spring of 2005 she and Jeremy should become parents. Then, in mid-January 2005, France Dimanche magazine picked up the pregnancy baton, and a week later, Voici again published a photograph of a pregnant Alize. For most fans, this is a shock, because this event puts an end to their favorite image of Lolita!

Within a couple of months, many famous French magazines and newspapers published reports about Alize's pregnancy, as well as her photos taken on the streets of Paris. The release of a new album is taking a back seat! However, this does not prevent Alize from remaining popular in journalistic circles and her photo increasingly appears on the covers of numerous magazines. Reports of pregnancy also appear in foreign media.

April 28. Evening. Hospital on the outskirts of Paris. Alize and Jeremy have a daughter, Annily, with a height of 51 cm and a weight of 3.4 kg. After discharge, Alize often appears on the Champs Elysees with her daughter. Appear numerous photos paparazzi.

After the birth of the child, rumors began to appear frequently about the resumption of work on Alize's new album, disputes arose regarding songwriting and its production, several candidates were named: Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat, the lead singer of the Indochine group Nicolas Sirkis, as well as Alize's husband Jeremy Chatelain. At the same time, it is reported that the singer's third album will not be released before 2006.

In July 2005, the official Alizee website was closed for an indefinite period. There are different explanations for this event: the site was closed for reconstruction, Alize wants to move to another address, the singer decided to change her image from popular music to heavier rock. However, there has been no official confirmation from record label Universal.

At a press conference regarding the release of the new album of the group Indochine on September 27, 2005, the lead singer of the group, Nicolas Sirkis, was asked the question: “Are you collaborating with Alize?” To which he joked: “Basically I gave her advice on how to escape from the clutches of a spider (meaning Mylene Farmer). (Laughter from the audience). I neither confirm nor deny.”

Increasingly, various fakes of seemingly new Alize songs began to appear on the Internet, song lyrics, song and album titles, album covers, and various release dates for the new album were also announced!

On February 18, 2006, Alize appeared with her husband Jeremy in the TV show "Mouloud TV". In a short report she demonstrates her wedding ring. And already in March of the same year, Jeremy Chatelain in his TV interview dispels and confirms some of the rumors.

Hi all!
I just want you to know that I'm working in the studio right now...
The new songs are just great!
Kisses, see you soon!
I promise.
Alizee.
March 31, 2006

With her message, the singer inspired her fans to wait, because she officially confirmed that she is preparing a new album! Soon a new name became known - Jean Fok would become the author of the lyrics! Jeremy also states that neither Mylène Farmer, nor Laurent Boutonnat, nor Nicolas Sirkis are involved in the recording.

In March 2007, the DVD+CD "En concert" was released in Mexico, immediately reaching number 1 on the Mexican sales chart.

On April 27, 2007, French fans accidentally met Alize on the street, and the singer announced that the album would be released this year, and the single during the summer. Negotiations are also underway with a new record company.

In June, a cover version of the hit “Moi Lolita” appears, performed by the winner of one of the French TV shows, Julien Dore. Mylene Farmer forbade the singer to change the lyrics of the song, so he performs it in the original. The song becomes the 1st single from his album)))

At the end of August it appears on the Internet new song Alize "Fifty-sixty", however, it was officially announced that Alize's new label will be RCA Music (Sony/BMG).

At the beginning of September, SONY/BMG officially announced that the first single from Alize's new album "Psychedelices" will be the song "Mademoiselle Juliette". Soon the song appears online. Also, Alizee’s new official website is now located at: http://www.alizee-officiel.com/

September 27, 2007 Alize appears in live morning show radio station NRJ to present their new single. This was the return of Alize! On September 30, the song became available for official paid download on the Internet!

Alize's story continues...