Hélène Segara

Hélène Ségara poses with Yannick Noah for the Enfants, Ados: l'internet sans danger campaign

Hélène Ségara

Hélène Ségara (* 26. February 1971 in Six-Fours-les-Plages , Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur as Hélène Rizzo ) is a French singer .

biography

Ségara's father is Italian, her mother is Armenian. Her parents divorced when Hélène was eight years old, and since then she has lived with her sister Magali with her mother. At the age of eleven she won a singing competition in which she sang the song "L'amour en héritage" by Nana Mouskouri . She left school at the age of 15 and began singing in various bars on the Côte d'Azur . In 1993 their first single "Loin" came out, but it was not very successful.

After several attempts at various music labels, she met producer Orlando and signed a contract with the East West label. Hélène's first single on this label, "Je vous aime adieu", was released in June 1996 and made it into the French charts. However, she didn't make her breakthrough until a year and a half later. Together with the Italian singer Andrea Bocelli , she recorded a Franco-Italian version of the song "Vivo per lei", which became the number 1 hit in France. At the beginning of 1998 her debut album "Cœur de verre" was released, which rose to number 6 in the album charts and stayed in the charts for over a year. Her next solo single was called "Loin du froid de décembre" and came from the soundtrack of the film Anastasia .

In 1998 she played the role of Esméralda in the original Parisian cast of the musical Notre Dame de Paris . However, after performing in 1999, she lost her voice and had to undergo an operation. But in November of the same year she had her first solo number 1 single with "Il ya trop de gens qui t'aiment". The album that followed, “Au nom d'une femme” just failed at number 1, but was in the charts for over two years and was awarded a diamond. Hélène Segara also became known in Switzerland with this album. There it reached the top 10 and had 59 chart weeks. The most famous songs from this album are “Elle, tu l'aimes”, “Tu vas me quitter”, both top 10 hits in France, and “Parlez-moi de nous”.

At the end of 2001 the live album "En Concert" was released, recorded at the Olympia in Paris . In 2002 she recorded a Spanish version of the album "Au nom d'une femme". And in 2003 the album "Humaine" came out, which continued the previous successes. In France it was number 1, in Switzerland it was number 5 and with “L'amour est un soleil” and “Encore une fois” it contained two songs with which she was also successful in the Swiss single charts this time. Most successful, however, was her duet with Laura Pausini , "On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec", which was her biggest hit in Switzerland so far with 3rd place.

On August 30, 2003 she married Mathieu Lecat and moved with him to France. The relationship resulted in three children; Raphael, Mattéo and Maya.

In November 2004 Segara's first Best Of came out, which featured 15 of her hits plus three new songs.

After a short break, the album "Quand l'éternité ..." was released on September 18, 2006, which immediately entered the French charts at number 1. The first single is called "Méfie-toi de moi" and sounds much harder than their previous recordings. The second single was "Rien n'est comme avant". She then went on tour and performed in various francophone countries, including Morocco , Réunion , Russia , Algeria and China . At the end of 2008 she recorded the duet “La moitié de nous” with the Canadian singer Bruno Pelletier . In November 2008 her concept album “Mon pays, c'est la terre” came out, which contains classical, traditional melodies from folklore. Another international tour followed this album. After a three-year hiatus, she returned in 2011 with her seventh studio album “Parmi la foule”. She sings the released single "Le Monde a l'envers" for the first time with her son Raphael.

The singer was asked by Joe Dassin's sons in 2012 if she would be interested in recording virtual duets with her father. At that time she had other offers, but accepted them because it was her heart's desire to be able to sing with Joe Dassin one day. In 2013 the album was released under the title D'où je viens . She only sings Les Champs-Élysées on it.

Segara regularly participates in the annual Les Enfoirés charity concert , the largest media event in the Francophone world.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE F	CH
1996	Coeur de verre	FR6th platinum (59 weeks)FR	BE F12 (26 weeks) BE F	-
2000	Au nom d'une femme	FR2 diamond (109 weeks)FR	BE F1 platinum (75 weeks)BE F	CH9 gold (59 weeks)CH
2001	En concert	FR4th gold (23 weeks)FR	BE F11 (8 weeks) BE F	-
2002	Hélène	FR135 (1 week) FR	-	-
2003	Humaine	FR1 × 2 Double platinum (68 weeks)FR	BE F3 (32 weeks) BE F	CH5 (16 weeks) CH
2006	Quand l'éternité ...	FR1 gold (38 weeks)FR	BE F4 (26 weeks) BE F	CH28 (7 weeks) CH
2008	Mon pays c'est la terre	FR19 (12 weeks) FR	BE F33 (11 weeks) BE F	-
2011	Parmi la foule	FR9 (14 weeks) FR	BE F5 (16 weeks) BE F	CH58 (2 weeks) CH
2013	Et si tu n'existais pas	FR2 platinum (27 weeks)FR	BE F3 (39 weeks) BE F	CH56 (6 weeks) CH	with Joe Dassin
2014	Tout commence aujourd'hui	FR43 (16 weeks) FR	BE F36 (24 weeks) BE F	-
2016	amaretti	FR7 (13 weeks) FR	BE F13 (18 weeks) BE F	CH57 (1 week) CH

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE F	CH
2001	En concert à l'Olympia	FR- × 3 Triple platinum FR	-	CH40 (7 weeks) CH

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE F	CH
2004	Le best of	FR- gold FR	BE F11 (32 weeks) BE F	CH49 (9 weeks) CH
2007	Les 50 plus belles chansons	-	BE F72 (6 weeks) BE F	-

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE F	CH
1996	Je vous aime adieu Cœur de verre	FR13 gold (21 weeks)FR	BE F16 (15 weeks) BE F	-
1997	Vivo per lei (je vis pour elle) Cœur de verre	FR1 platinum (42 weeks)FR	BE F1 platinum (28 weeks)BE F	-	with Andrea Bocelli
1998	Loin du froid de décembre Cœur de verre	FR54 (6 weeks) FR	-	-
	Les vallées de'Irlande Cœur de verre	FR15th gold (31 weeks)FR	BE F27 (12 weeks) BE F	-
1999	Il ya trop de gens que t'aiment Au nom d'une femme	FR1 platinum (36 weeks)FR	BE F1 platinum (23 weeks)BE F	-
2000	Elle, tu l'aimes ... Au nom d'une femme	FR3 platinum (31 weeks)FR	BE F4th platinum (20 weeks)BE F	-
	Parlez-moi de nous Au nom d'une femme	FR15th silver (25 weeks)FR	BE F23 (11 weeks) BE F	-
2001	Tu vas me quitter Au nom d'une femme	FR7th gold (20 weeks)FR	BE F10 (13 weeks) BE F	-
	Au nom d'une femme Au nom d'une femme	FR44 (16 weeks) FR	-	-
2002	Thunder tout	FR15 (18 weeks) FR	BE F20 (9 weeks) BE F	-
2003	L'amour es un soleil Humaine	FR2 gold (19 weeks)FR	BE F14 (8 weeks) BE F	CH13 (13 weeks) CH
	Encore une fois humaine	FR32 (17 weeks) FR	-	CH77 (9 weeks) CH
	On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec Humaine	FR3 gold (30 weeks)FR	BE F2 gold (23 weeks)BE F	CH3 (26 weeks) CH	with Laura Pausini
2004	On ne dit pas humaine	FR26 (21 weeks) FR	-	CH61 (10 weeks) CH
2005	Ailleurs comme ici	FR11 (17 weeks) FR	BE F24 (10 weeks) BE F	CH66 (8 weeks) CH
2006	Méfie-toi de moi Quand l'éternité ...	FR18 (16 weeks) FR	BE F34 (2 weeks) BE F	CH96 (1 week) CH
2007	Rien n'est comme avant Quand l'éternité ...	FR20 (19 weeks) FR	BE F34 (2 weeks) BE F	-
2008	La moitié de nous	FR6 (19 weeks) FR	BE F8 (14 weeks) BE F	-	with Bruno Pelletier
2011	La vie avec toi Parmi la foule	-	BE F48 (2 weeks) BE F	-
2013	Et si tu n'existais pas Et si tu n'existais pas	FR94 (4 weeks) FR	-	-	with Joe Dassin
2014	Tout commence aujourd'hui Tout commence aujourd'hui	FR105 (1 week) FR	-	-
	L'envie d'aimer Tout commence aujourd'hui	FR135 (1 week) FR	-	-	with Liane Foly, Julie Zenatti and Chimène Badi
2016	L'envol Amaretti	FR153 (1 week) FR	-	-

Video albums

• 2005: Regards (FR:gold)

Awards for music sales

Platinum record  Europe 2000: for the album Au nom d'une femme

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	-	225,000	ultratop.be
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	(1,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
France (SNEP)	silver1	9 × gold9	10 × platinum10	diamond1	4,745,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	hitparade.ch
All in all	silver1	11 × gold11	15 × platinum15th	diamond1

swell

1. ↑ Helene Segara - Biography. Retrieved July 30, 2012 . 
2. ↑ HS - Biography at RFImusique. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 21, 2010 ; accessed on August 24, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Biography at AllMusic. Retrieved August 24, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Et si tu n'existais pas. Retrieved November 5, 2014 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources albums: Charts FR Charts BE Charts CH
6. ↑ Chart sources singles: Charts CH Charts FR

Web links

Commons : Hélène Ségara  - collection of images

• Homepage of Segara at Universal (French)
• Official website of the singer (French)