Christophe Maé

Christoph Maé (2011)

Christophe Maé (born October 16, 1975 in Carpentras ; actually Christophe Guy Frédéric Martichon ) is a French singer whose five solo albums in France all reached first place in the charts.

biography

Since his father is an avid jazz musician, Christophe Maé learned to play drums, violin and singing at the age of six. He was also an excellent athlete until he was bedridden by a serious illness when he was sixteen. He spent the time practicing the guitar and harmonica.

After that, he devoted himself entirely to music, played as a bar musician in the south of France and, at the age of eighteen, had around 200 performances a year. He played a mixture of soul, blues and reggae pieces according to his musical role models Stevie Wonder and Bob Marley .

In 2005 he received a record deal and the single J'ai la aime was created . But he put his solo career on hold for the time being after he had successfully applied for the musical Le Roi Soleil , which is about the Sun King Louis XIV . He got the comic role of Monsieur le frère du Roi , the eccentric brother of the king who was inclined to his own sex. The musical was very successful and helped Maé to great popularity, also through the accompanying album, which sold almost a million times and stayed in the charts for a full two years (104 weeks).

In particular, the pieces Ça marche and Et vice Versailles helped him to be named French New Discovery of the Year at the NRJ Music Awards in January 2007.

Maé then resumed his solo career and released his own album. In March, Mon paradis immediately rose to number two in the French charts and rose to number one there as well as in the Walloon Belgian charts. The release On s'attache also made it to number one in the French single charts in May .

Discography

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Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
2006	Sa danse donne Warner Music France	-	-	-	First published: 2006
2007	Mon paradis Warner Music France	FR1 diamond (136 weeks)FR	BE W1 platinum (81 weeks)BE W	CH18th platinum (63 weeks)CH	First published: March 19, 2007 Sales: + 800,000
2008	Comme à la maison Warner Music France	FR1 × 2 Double platinum (153 weeks)FR	BE W1 platinum (64 weeks)BE W	CH13 gold (20 weeks)CH	First published: September 29, 2008 Sales: + 235,000
2010	On trace la route Warner Music France	FR1 diamond (107 weeks)FR	BE W1 × 2 Double platinum (49 weeks)BE W	CH3 platinum (46 weeks)CH	First published: March 22nd, 2010 Sales: + 570,000
2013	Je veux du bonheur Warner Music France	FR1 × 3 Triple platinum (126 weeks)FR	BE W1 gold (97 weeks)BE W	CH4th gold (32 weeks)CH	First published: June 10, 2013 Sales: +320,000
2016	L'attrape-rêves Warner Music France	FR1 × 2 Double platinum (78 weeks)FR	BE W1 (86 weeks) BE W	CH2 (27 weeks) CH	First published: May 13, 2016 Sales: + 200,000
2019	La vie d'artiste Warner Music France	FR2 platinum (… Where.)FR	BE W2 (... weeks) BE W	CH6 (10 weeks) CH	First published: October 25, 2019 Sales: + 100,000

Awards

• 2007: New Discovery of the Year at the NRJ Music Awards
• 2008: Winning the "Victoire de la Musique" in the category "Le Groupe ou l'Artiste révélation du public de l'année"

Web links

• Official website
• Biography for the NRJ Music Awards 2007
• Biography at RTL.fr
• Tombé sous le charme (PDF; 4.6 MB) Text of the song and worksheet for French lessons in the Francomusiques projectof Cornelsen Verlag and the Institut Français (French)

swell

1. ↑ Interview with Christophe Maé , Signe & sens