Julien Clerc
Paul-Alain Leclerc aka Julien Clerc (born October 4, 1947 in Paris ) is a French chansonnier .
Live and act
He became known in France in 1969 for his role in the French adaptation of the musical Hair . The son of a UNESCO employee and a mother from Guadeloupe sings chansons by Étienne Roda-Gil . He is the half-brother of Gérard Leclerc , political journalist at France 2 .
From 1969 to 1974 he had a relationship with France Gall ; later he was in a relationship with the French artist Miou-Miou , with whom he has two daughters. The following marriage to Virginie Coupérie resulted in a son and daughter. The divorced lives with his partner Hélène Grémillon, a freelance journalist and screenwriter, and their son in Paris.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FR
|
 BE W
|
 CH
|
|||
| 1997 | Julien |
FR3  (61 weeks)FR |
BE W3 (32 weeks) BE W |
- | |
| 2000 | Si j'étais elle |
FR1 (57 weeks)FR |
BE W7th  (20 weeks)BE W |
CH50 (10 weeks) CH |
|
| 2003 | Studio |
FR4th (22 weeks)FR |
BE W2 (11 weeks) BE W |
CH42 (6 weeks) CH |
|
| 2005 | Double enfance |
FR1 × 2
(60 weeks)FR |
BE W2 (52 weeks)BE W |
CH26 (6 weeks) CH |
|
| 2008 | Où s'en vont les avions? |
FR1 × 3
(78 weeks)FR |
BE W1 (45 weeks)BE W |
CH11 (8 weeks) CH |
|
| 2008 | Fou, peut-être |
FR2 × 2
(47 weeks)FR |
BE W1 (48 weeks)BE W |
CH32 (4 weeks) CH |
|
| 2014 | Partout la musique vient |
FR1 (27 weeks)FR |
BE W2 (42 weeks) BE W |
CH34 (8 weeks) CH |
|
| 2016 | À nos amours |
FR6 (36 weeks) FR |
BE W4 (72 weeks) BE W |
CH16 (5 weeks) CH |
|
| 2019 | Duos |
FR14th (19 weeks)FR |
BE W6 (19 weeks) BE W |
CH14 (8 weeks) CH |
|
More studio albums
- 1968 Yann et les dauphins
- 1970 Des jours entiers à t'aimer
- 1971 Niagara
- 1972 Liberté égalité ou la mort (FR:gold)
- 1973 Ca fait pleurer le bon dieu (FR:gold)
- 1974 Terre de France (FR:gold)
- 1975 N ° 7 (FR:gold)
- 1976 A mon âge et a l'heure qu'il est (FR:gold)
- 1978 Jaloux (FR:gold)
- 1980 Clerc Julien (FR:gold)
- 1980 Sans entracte (FR:gold)
- 1982 Femmes indiscrétion et blasphème (FR:platinum)
- 1984 Aime-moi (FR:platinum)
- 1987 Les aventures à l'eau (FR:platinum)
- 1990 Fais-moi une place (FR:platinum)
- 1992 Utile (FR:platinum)
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FR
|
BE W
|
CH
|
|||
| 1997 | Le 4 octobre |
FR33 (10 weeks)FR |
BE W41 (2 weeks) BE W |
- |
Concert for the 30th anniversary of his music career in the Palais des Sports
|
| 2002 | Déménage - Acoustique & Électrique |
FR13 (20 weeks)FR |
BE W11 (9 weeks) BE W |
- | |
| 2009 | Tour 09 |
FR50 (27 weeks) FR |
BE W43 (11 weeks) BE W |
- | |
| 2012 | Symphonique: à l'Opéra National de Paris - Palais Garnier |
FR24 (8 weeks) FR |
BE W23 (24 weeks) BE W |
- | |
More live albums
- 1970: Olympia 70
- 1973: Julien Clerc avec vous
- 1977: Enregistrement public au Palais des sports
- 1981: Vendredi 13
- 1983: Pantin 1983 (FR:gold)
- 1988: Pour les fous d'hier et d'aujourd'hui
- 1991: Amours secretes ... passions publiques (FR:× 2Double gold )
- 1994: Olympia integral 94 (FR:gold)
- 2016: Tour 2015
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FR
|
BE W
|
CH
|
|||
| 1998 | Si on chantait 1968-1997 |
FR- × 2
|
BE W25 (28 weeks) BE W |
- | |
| 2004 | Platinum Collection | - |
BE W7 (19 weeks) BE W |
- | |
| 2006 | 100 chansons | - |
BE W56 (4 weeks) BE W |
- | |
| 2009 | Live 74, 77, 81 & 09 |
FR77 (4 weeks) FR |
- | - | |
| Best Of - 3CD | - |
BE W63 (32 weeks) BE W |
- | ||
| 2016 | Fans, je vous aime |
FR21 (20 weeks) FR |
BE W6 (50 weeks) BE W |
- | |
| 2018 | anthology | - |
BE W59 (5 weeks) BE W |
- | |
More compilations
- 1977: Julien Clerc (FR:gold)
- 1979: 36 Front populaire (comédie musicale)
- 1990: Pierre et le Loup de Prokofiev (voix off)
- 1994: Ce N'est Rien 1968/1990 (FR:platinum)
- 1998: Integrals 68-98
- 1999: Aimer (ses plus belles chanson d'amour) + Danser + Partir
- 2000: Préférences (FR:× 2Double gold )
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FR
|
BE W
|
|||
| 1978 | Ma préférence Jaloux |
FR170 (1 week) FR |
- |
Chart entry in FR only in 2014
|
| 1984 | La fille aux bas nylon Aime-moi |
FR18 (12 weeks) FR |
- | |
| 1985 | Mélissa Aime-moi |
FR2  (27 weeks)FR |
- | |
| 1987 | Hélène Les aventures à l'eau |
FR11 (19 weeks) FR |
- | |
| 1990 | Fais-moi une place Fais-moi une place |
FR8 (14 weeks) FR |
- | |
| 1992 | Utile Utile |
FR112 (2 weeks) FR |
- |
Chart entry in FR only in 2016
|
| 1994 | La belle est arrivée Utile |
FR42 (1 week) FR |
- | |
| 1997 | Assez ... assez Julien |
FR42 (3 weeks) FR |
- | |
| 1998 | Le phare des vagabondes Julien |
FR38 (11 weeks) FR |
- | |
| 2001 | On serait seuls au monde / Si j'étais elle Si j'étais elle |
FR60 (8 weeks) FR |
- | |
| Quelques mots en ton nom Si j'étais elle |
FR35 (14 weeks) FR |
- |
with Assia
|
|
| 2003 | L'envie d'aimer |
FR114 (1 week) FR |
- |
with Patrick Fiori , Catherine Lara & Liane Foly
chart entry in FR only in 2012 |
| 2005 | Double enfance Double enfance |
FR35 (16 weeks) FR |
- | |
| 2006 | Quel jeu elle joue Double enfance |
FR41 (13 weeks) FR |
- | |
| 2008 | La jupe en laine Où s'en vont les avions? |
- |
BE W20 (10 weeks) BE W |
|
| 2011 | Hôtel des Caravelles Fou, peut-être |
FR98 (1 week) FR |
BE W41 (3 weeks) BE W |
|
| 2014 | Laissez-nous chanter (Live) |
FR196 (1 week) FR |
- |
Various artists
|
| On ne se méfie jamais assez Partout la musique vient |
FR88 (2 weeks) FR |
- | ||
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Awards for music sales
|
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
silver |
gold |
platinum
|
Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
|||||
 Belgium (BEA)
|
- |
4 × gold4th
|
- | 90,000 | ultratop.be |
|
France (SNEP)
|
silver1
|
21 × gold21st
|
18 × platinum18th
|
8,335,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
| All in all |
silver1
|
25 × gold25th
|
18 × platinum18th
|
||
Web links
Commons : Julien Clerc - collection of images, videos and audio files
swell
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clerc, Julien |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leclerc, Paul-Alain (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French singer and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |