Christine and the Queens
Héloïse Letissier (born June 1, 1988 in Nantes ), known under the stage name Christine and the Queens , is a French singer-songwriter and dancer .
biography
The daughter of a teacher couple learned to play the piano at an early age and discovered her love for the stage as a child. She had to give up her dance lessons due to an injury and turned to modern jazz . After studying acting in Lyon and Paris , Letissier went to London in 2010 , where she befriended a group of singing drag queens who persuaded her to sing.
In 2011 Letissier released her first EP Miséricorde as "Christine and the Queens" , which was followed by two more in 2012 and 2013. Nuit 17 à 52 from the third EP of the same name was her first single in the French charts at number 75 in 2014. In 2012 she appeared in the opening act for Lykke Li , The Dø and Woodkid , and in 2013 with Lilly Wood & the Prick . In 2012 Christine and the Queens won the “Découverte du Printemps de Bourges” and “Adami Premières Francos 2012” awards.
In June 2014 her first album Chaleur humaine was released , which reached number 2 in the French charts. The album was released in Germany in early 2015.
At the Victoires de la Musique on February 13, 2015, Christine and the Queens received two awards, in the categories “Best Singer” and “Best Video Clip” for the clip for the song Saint Claude . She was nominated in five categories.
Musical style
Letissier's music mixes the classic French chanson with modern rhythm and blues , enriched with pop and minimalist electro elements. Your texts alternate between English and French . Her appearances are theatrical performance actions.
Letissier include the American rappers Frank Ocean and Kanye West , the Swedish singer Fever Ray , Beyoncé , the chansonnier Daniel Balavoine , Michael Jackson , but also Lou Reed and the 1972 album Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie .
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||||
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FR | BE W | BE F | DE | AT | CH | UK | |||
2014 | Chaleur humaine |
FR2
diamond
(144 weeks)FR |
BE W1 (136 weeks) BE W |
BE F5
platinum
(119 weeks)BE F |
- | - |
CH7th
platinum
(58 weeks)CH |
UK2
gold
(45 weeks)UK |
First published: June 2nd, 2014
Sales: +650,000 |
2018 | Chris |
FR2
gold
(42 weeks)FR |
BE W1 (25 weeks) BE W |
BE F5 (23 weeks) BE F |
DE36 (1 week) DE |
AT38 (1 week) AT |
CH5 (10 weeks) CH |
UK3
silver
(13 weeks)UK |
First published: September 21, 2018
Sales: + 110,000 |
EPs
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FR | BE W | BE F | DE | AT | CH | UK | |||
2013 | Nuit 17 to 52 |
FR130 (2 weeks) FR |
BE W85 (1 week) BE W |
- | - | - | - | - |
First published: May 30, 2013
|
2020 | La vita nuova |
FR27 (... weeks) FR |
BE W28 (... weeks) BE W |
BE F58 (... weeks) BE F |
- | - |
CH32 (1 week) CH |
UK37 (2 weeks) UK |
First published: February 28, 2020
|
More EPs
- 2011: Miséricorde
- 2012: Mac Abbey
- 2015: iTunes Session
- 2015: Saint-Claude EP (US)
- 2015: intranquality
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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FR | BE W | BE F | CH | UK | |||
2013 | Nuit 17 to 52 Nuit 17 to 52 |
FR75 (6 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | - |
First published: June 3, 2013
|
2014 | Saint Claude Chaleur humaine |
FR4 (87 weeks) FR |
BE W8 (26 weeks) BE W |
- |
CH60 (1 week) CH |
- |
First published: April 14, 2014
|
Christine Chaleur humaine |
FR3 (91 weeks) FR |
BE W1 (44 weeks) BE W |
BE F1 × 2
(35 weeks)BE F |
CH32
gold
(27 weeks)CH |
- |
First published: October 13, 2014
Sales: +95,000 |
|
2015 | Tilted Chaleur humaine |
- | - | - | - |
UK20th
platinum
(21 weeks)UK |
First published: March 3rd, 2015
Sales: + 600,000 |
Paradis perdu Chaleur humaine |
FR19 (73 weeks) FR |
BE W39 (2 weeks) BE W |
- | - | - |
First published: June 2015
|
|
No Harm Is Done Chaleur humaine |
FR118 (3 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | - |
First published: September 8th, 2015
feat. Tunji Ige |
|
Jonathan Chaleur humaine |
FR120 (3 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | - |
First release: October 8, 2015
feat. Perfume Genius |
|
2016 | Here single track |
FR52 (3 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | - |
First published: February 19, 2016
feat. Booba |
2018 | Damn, dis-moi / Girlfriend Chris |
FR61
gold
(19 weeks)FR |
BE W7 (18 weeks) BE W |
BE F21 (10 weeks) BE F |
- |
UK85 (2 weeks) UK |
First published: May 17, 2018
Sales: + 100,000; feat. Dâm funk |
5 dols / 5 dollars Chris |
- |
BE W28 (9 weeks) BE W |
- | - | - |
First published: August 16, 2018
|
|
La marcheuse / The Walker Chris |
FR112 (3 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | - |
First published: August 23, 2018
|
|
2019 | Gone Charli |
- | - | - | - |
UK58 (2 weeks) UK |
First published: July 17th, 2019
with Charli XCX |
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | |||||||
2015 | Chaleur humaine Chaleur humaine |
FR186 (1 week) FR |
- | - | - | - |
Chart entry: February 21, 2015
|
Intranquility Intranquility |
FR54 (3 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | - |
Chart entry: June 20, 2015
|
|
Amazoniaque intranquility |
FR178 (1 week) FR |
- | - | - | - |
Chart entry: November 14, 2015
|
|
Safe and Holy Intranquility |
FR188 (1 week) FR |
- | - | - | - |
Chart entry: November 14, 2015
|
more publishments
- 2013: The Loving Cup
- 2015: Narcissus is Back
- 2018: Doesn't Matter / Doesn't Matter (Voleur de Soleil)
- 2019: Comme si / Comme si on s'aimait
- 2020: People, I've Been Sad
Chart placements as a guest musician
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FR | BE W | BE F | CH | UK | |||
2019 | Minuit 13 single track |
FR49 (2 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | - |
First published: March 1st, 2019
Hamza feat. Christine and the Queens & Oxmo Puccino |
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | diamond | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Belgium (BEA) | - | - | 3 × platinum3 | - | 90,000 | ultratop.be |
France (SNEP) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | diamond1 | 650,000 | snepmusique.com |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | gold1 | - | - | 20,000 | nvpi.nl |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | - | 45,000 | hitparade.ch |
United Kingdom (BPI) | silver1 | gold1 | platinum1 | - | 760,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | silver1 | 5 × gold5 | 5 × platinum5 | diamond1 |
Web links
- Christine and the Queens: Official website (English).
- Klara Fröhlich: Pop by Christine and the Queens: Gender-Bender with Bionic Boogie. In: taz.de . October 11, 2018.
- Reggie Ugwu: Gender Is a Construct. Christine and the Queens Built a Bulldozer. In: The New York Times . September 12, 2018 (English).
- Chart sources: France; Belgium: Wallonia, Flanders; Germany; Austria; Switzerland; UK.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vanessa Thorpe: How London's drag queens gave French star freedom to sing. In: The Observer . June 7, 2014, accessed March 14, 2020.
- ^ A b Philippe Brochen: Portrait: Christine and the Queens, la vie scène. In: Liberation . May 29, 2014, accessed March 14, 2020 (French).
- ↑ a b Chart source: Discography Christine And The Queens. In: LesCharts.com. France, accessed March 14, 2020.
- ^ Prize announcement: Prix Découvertes, et le gagnant est. In: Printemps de Bourges. April 2012, accessed on March 14, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Lena Bopp: The flowers withered, the lover cold. In: FAZ.net . February 21, 2015, accessed March 14, 2020.
- ^ Announcement: Aux Victoires de la musique, une photo de famille de la chanson française. In: Le Monde . February 14, 2015, accessed on March 14, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Klara Fröhlich: The queen of "strange pop". In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung . August 12, 2014, accessed March 14, 2020.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Christine and the Queens |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Letissier, Héloïse (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French singer-songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1988 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nantes , France |