Axelle Red
Axelle Red (* 15. February 1968 in Hasselt as Fabienne Demal ) is a Belgian composer , author , interpreter of songs and actress . Although Axelle Red's mother tongue is Dutch , she sings mainly in French , but still has her greatest successes in the Dutch part of Belgium. Axelle Red's music varies from jazz to piano ballads.
Life
Axelle Red is the daughter of the lawyer Roland Demal, a councilor in the city of Hasselt, a member of the Flemish Liberal Party . She successfully completed her law degree at the Free University of Brussels . Still, she had a fondness for music, her mother's passion. Axelle Red grew up with the music of ABBA and the greats of soul (such as Aretha Franklin , Otis Redding , Sam & Dave or Percy Sledge ), who had a major influence on her music.
Axelle Red achieved her international breakthrough in 1993 with the song Sensualité . Her first album, Sans plus attendre, sold more than 500,000 copies. Other successful chansons are Manhattan-Kaboul ( duet with Renaud ), Elle danse seule , Je t'attends or Parce que c'est toi . With Youssou N'Dour she sang the official anthem of the 1998 Football World Cup during the opening ceremony in Paris.
In 2006, Axelle Red received the " Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres " from the French Ministry of Culture .
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FR | BE W | BE F | CH | |||
1993 | Sans plus attendre |
FR46
platinum
(4 weeks)FR |
BE W19th × 4
(28 weeks)BE W |
BE F16 (46 weeks) BE F |
- |
Chart entry in FR only in 1998
|
1996 | À tâtons |
FR5 × 2
(100 weeks)FR |
BE W6th × 2
(45 weeks)BE W |
BE F3 (51 weeks) BE F |
CH-
gold
CH
|
|
1998 | Con solo pensarlo | - |
BE W5
platinum
(21 weeks)BE W |
BE F1 (35 weeks) BE F |
- | |
1999 | Toujours moi |
FR1
platinum
(79 weeks)FR |
BE W4th × 2
(60 weeks)BE W |
BE F6 (41 weeks) BE F |
CH66
gold
(10 weeks)CH |
|
2000 | Alive |
FR20th
gold
(12 weeks)FR |
BE W23 (11 weeks) BE W |
BE F25 (14 weeks) BE F |
CH96 (2 weeks) CH |
|
2002 | Face A / Face B |
FR13 × 2
(30 weeks)FR |
BE W4th
platinum
(21 weeks)BE W |
BE F4 (22 weeks) BE F |
CH37 (14 weeks) CH |
|
2003 | Long box | - | - |
BE F37 (9 weeks) BE F |
- |
Triple album
|
2004 | French soul |
FR-
gold
FR
|
BE W12 × 2
(21 weeks)BE W |
BE F10 (30 weeks) BE F |
CH45 (7 weeks) CH |
Best of, double album
|
2006 | Jardin secret |
FR6th
gold
(27 weeks)FR |
BE W2 × 3
(52 weeks)BE W |
BE F1 (61 weeks) BE F |
CH44 (4 weeks) CH |
|
2009 | Sisters & Empathy | - |
BE W19th
gold
(17 weeks)BE W |
BE F3 (22 weeks) BE F |
- | |
2011 | Un cœur comme le mien |
FR23 (12 weeks) FR |
BE W7th
gold
(26 weeks)BE W |
BE F4 (26 weeks) BE F |
CH49 (2 weeks) CH |
|
2013 | Rouge ardent |
FR22 (14 weeks) FR |
BE W2
platinum
(68 weeks)BE W |
BE F1 (71 weeks) BE F |
CH73 (1 week) CH |
|
2015 | The Songs (Acoustic) | - |
BE W13 (28 weeks) BE W |
BE F7 (24 weeks) BE F |
- | |
2018 | exile |
FR70 (3 weeks) FR |
BE W5 (17 weeks) BE W |
BE F4 (21 weeks) BE F |
- |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FR | BE W | BE F | CH | |||
1983 | Little girls |
- | - |
BE F35 (4 weeks) BE F |
- |
as Fabby
|
1991 | Kennedy Boulevard |
- | - |
BE F5 (15 weeks) BE F |
- |
as Axelle
|
Aretha et moi |
- | - |
BE F34 (3 weeks) BE F |
- |
as Axelle
|
|
1993 | Elle danse seule Sans plus attendre |
FR2
gold
(46 weeks)FR |
- |
BE F11 (11 weeks) BE F |
- | |
Sensualité Sans plus attendre |
FR2
gold
(46 weeks)FR |
- |
BE F6 (19 weeks) BE F |
- | ||
1994 | Je t'attends Sans plus attendre |
FR13 (17 weeks) FR |
- |
BE F22 (10 weeks) BE F |
- |
Chart entry in FR only in 1995
|
Le monde tourne times Sans plus attendre |
FR38 (10 weeks) FR |
- |
BE F28 (6 weeks) BE F |
- |
Chart entry in FR only in 1995
|
|
1996 | À quoi ça sert À tâtons |
FR45 (10 weeks) FR |
- | - | - |
Chart entry in FR only in 1998
|
Rester femme à tâtons |
FR9
gold
(25 weeks)FR |
BE W20 (5 weeks) BE W |
- | - |
Chart entry in FR only in 1998
|
|
À tâtons À tâtons |
- |
BE W30 (2 weeks) BE W |
BE F35 (4 weeks) BE F |
- | ||
1998 | Déjame ser mujer Con solo pensarlo |
- | - |
BE F22 (12 weeks) BE F |
- | |
La cour des grands |
FR16 (26 weeks) FR |
BE W31 (4 weeks) BE W |
- | - | ||
1999 | Ce matin Toujours moi |
FR17 (14 weeks) FR |
BE W20 (8 weeks) BE W |
- | - | |
Parce que c'est toi Toujours moi |
FR2
gold
(30 weeks)FR |
BE W1
platinum
(23 weeks)BE W |
BE F9 (16 weeks) BE F |
- | ||
Bimbo à moi Toujours moi |
FR44 (15 weeks) FR |
BE W36 (2 weeks) BE W |
- | - |
Chart entry in FR only in mid-2000
|
|
2002 | Pas maintenant Face A / Face B |
FR61 (7 weeks) FR |
BE W23 (6 weeks) BE W |
- | - | |
Manhattan Kaboul |
FR2
platinum
(41 weeks)FR |
BE W4th
platinum
(29 weeks)BE W |
BE F34 (6 weeks) BE F |
CH37 (16 weeks) CH |
Renaud & Axelle Red
|
|
Je me fâche Face A / Face B |
FR56 (10 weeks) FR |
BE W33 (7 weeks) BE W |
- |
CH80 (7 weeks) CH |
||
2003 | Toujours Face A / Face B |
- |
BE W23 (6 weeks) BE W |
- | - | |
2004 | Je pense à toi French Soul |
- |
BE W12 (15 weeks) BE W |
- | - | |
2005 | J'ai fait un rêve / I Had A Dream French Soul |
- | - |
BE F32 (13 weeks) BE F |
- |
feat. Daan
|
2006 | Temps pour nous Jardin secret |
FR67 (6 weeks) FR |
BE W16 (13 weeks) BE W |
BE F11 (17 weeks) BE F |
- | |
2007 | Naïve Jardin secret |
- | - |
BE F18 (20 weeks) BE F |
- | |
Over 't water |
- | - |
BE F4 (7 weeks) BE F |
- |
with Fixkes
|
|
2011 | La claque Un cœur comme le mien |
- |
BE W29 (1 week) BE W |
- | - | |
2013 | Rouge ardent Rouge ardent |
FR89 (5 weeks) FR |
BE W13
gold
(19 weeks)BE W |
BE F8 (18 weeks) BE F |
- | |
2017 | Who's Gonna Help You? exile |
- |
BE W46 (3 weeks) BE W |
BE F38 (4 weeks) BE F |
- | |
2019 | D'autres que nous |
- |
BE W14 (17 weeks) BE W |
- | - |
with Ycare
Original / Author: Ycare (Assane Attyé) |
2020 | I Don't Care (Je m'en moque) |
- |
BE W39 (... weeks) BE W |
- | - |
with Ycare
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More singles
- 1985: Back to Tokyo (only in Belgium, under the pseudonym Axelle )
- 1992: Elle danse seule
- 1994: Le monde tours times
- 1997: Rien que d'y penser
- 1997: Ma prière
- 1999: Faire des mamours
- 2000: J'ai jamais dit (je serais ton amie)
- 2001: Aretha et moi (live)
- 2003: Venez vers moi
- 2004: Gloria
- 2006: Changer ma vie
- 2006: Si tu savais (Janelle)
- 2011: Un cœur comme le mien
- 2013: Quelque part ailleurs
- 2013: Amour profond
- 2013: Sur la route sablée
- 2014: De mieux en mieux
- 2018: Excusez-moi
- 2018: Signe ton nom
Video albums
- 2004: Live 2004 (FR:gold)
- 2004: French soul (DVD including concert in Bataclan and all video clips)
- 2007: Le Tour de mon Jardin Secret (DVD of the 2006/2007 tour)
Awards for music sales
|
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
---|---|---|---|---|
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
||||
Belgium (BEA) | 3 × gold3 | 19 × platinum19th | 600,000 | ultratop.be |
Europe (IFPI) | - | platinum1 | (1,000,000) | ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) |
France (SNEP) | 9 × gold9 | 5 × platinum5 | 2,810,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
Switzerland (IFPI) | 2 × gold2 | - | 50,000 | hitparade.ch |
All in all | 14 × gold14th | 25 × platinum25th |
Filmography
- Axelle Red starred in the 2004 German-Belgian-Dutch thriller Ellen Calling (original title Ellektra , directed by Rudolf Mestdagh ). For this she received the B-Movie Award for best supporting actress.
- Axelle Red wrote the score for the film Miss Montigny .
Awards
- 1999: Victoires de la Musique
- Best Female Artist of the Year
- 2001: Nomination for the NRJ Music Awards for Best Female Artist of the Year
- 2003: Victoires de la Musique
- Best song of the year for Manhattan Kaboul
- Nomination for Best Female Artist of the Year
- 2003: NRJ Music Awards
- Best French-language song of the year for Manhattan-Kaboul with Renaud
- Best French-speaking duet with Renaud
- 2006: Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature (France), (Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
- 2007: Knight of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), (Ridder in de Kroonorde (België) / Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Couronne (Belgique))
- 2007: Tight madam in Belgium
Web links
- Official website (French, Dutch)
- Axelle Red in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Axelle Red at Discogs (English)
swell
- ↑ cf. ultratop.be
- ↑ Kizzy Van Horne, Geboortestad ligt me na aan het hart , in Het Nieuwsblad , May 19, 2007
- ↑ a b Chart sources: FR BE W BE F CH
- ↑ Awards for music sales: FR BE CH
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Red, Axelle |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Demal, Fabienne (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian chansonnière |
DATE OF BIRTH | 15th February 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hasselt , Belgium |