Maxime Le Forestier

Maxime Le Forestier (2013)

Maxime Le Forestier (* 10. February 1949 in Paris as Bruno Le Forestier ) is a French cabaret singer .

Life

Le Forestier's father came from England , where his mother had also lived for a long time. He was born the third child after his two sisters. He attended the Lycée Condorcet in Paris. Maxime began his musical training like his sister Catherine on the violin .

The first record with two songs was made in 1969. In 1972, the first album ( Mon frère ) followed. To date, over 20 other albums have been released, including live recordings and new recordings of Georges Brassens' chansons . Le Forestier celebrated its greatest successes in the 1970s and 1980s, with tours in France, Russia and Canada, among others .

He regularly takes part in the annual “ Les Enfoirés ” charity concert , the largest media event in the Francophone world.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
1972	Mon frère	FR76 (6 weeks) FR	BE W86 (1 week) BE W	-	Chart entry in FR and BEW only in 2011
1994	Passer ma route	FR- gold FR	BE W16 (18 weeks) BE W	-	Chart entry in BEW only in 1995
1997	Sol en si	FR3 (17 weeks) FR	-	-	Various artists
2000	L'écho des étoiles	FR28 gold (25 weeks)FR	BE W32 (12 weeks) BE W	-
2008	Restons amants	FR2 gold (44 weeks)FR	BE W2 (29 weeks) BE W	CH42 (5 weeks) CH
2013	Le cadeau	FR2 (44 weeks) FR	BE W8 (43 weeks) BE W	CH64 (4 weeks) CH
2019	Paraître ou ne pas être	FR7 (24 weeks) FR	BE W11 (21 weeks) BE W	CH26 (3 weeks) CH

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More studio albums

• Le Steak (1973)
• Saltimbanque (1975)
• Hymne à sept temps (1976, FR:gold)
• Maxime Le Forestier n ° 5 (1978)
• Les Rendez-vous manqués (1980)
• Dans ces histoires ... (1981)
• Les Jours Meilleurs (1984)
• After Shave (1986)
• Né quelque part (1988, FR:× 2Double gold )
• Say you fou (1991)

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
1996	Chienne de route	FR11 (7 weeks) FR	BE W25 (8 weeks) BE W	-
2002	Plutôt guitare	FR10 × 2 Double gold (46 weeks)FR	BE W17 (22 weeks) BE W	-
2009	Casino de printemps	FR38 (11 weeks) FR	BE W34 (13 weeks) BE W	-
2014	Olympia 2014	FR83 (5 weeks) FR	BE W56 (14 weeks) BE W	-

More live albums

• Olympia 74 (1974)
• Bataclan 1989 (1989, FR:× 2Double gold )

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
1996	12 nouvelles de Brassens (Petits bonheurs posthumes)	FR15 (18 weeks) FR	BE W29 (11 weeks) BE W	-
1997	Essentials	FR147 (1 week) FR	BE W17 (16 weeks) BE W	-	Chart entry in FR only in 2011
1998	Le cahier - 40 chansons de Brassens en public	FR21 (16 weeks) FR	BE W35 (4 weeks) BE W	-
2005	Le Forestier chante Brassens - L'intégrale 1er et 2ème cahiers	FR54 (14 weeks) FR	-	-
2009	Master série (2009)	FR183 (1 week) FR	-	-	Chart entry in FR only in 2011
	Les 100 plus belles chansons	-	BE W196 (1 week) BE W	-	Chart entry in BEW only in 2014
2011	Les 50 plus belles chansons	-	BE W69 (1 week) BE W	-

More compilations

• Collection "Master Série Collection" (1987)
• Le Forestier (Master Série) (1989)
• Longbox (2004)
• Les 50 Meilleures Chansons (2008)

Tributes to George Brassens

• Maxime Le Forestier chante Brassens
• Petits bonheurs posthumes
• Le Cahier récré
• Le Cahier (40 pieces, live)
• Le Cahier (84 pieces, live)
• Le Forestier chante Brassens (full compilation)
• Le Forestier chante Brassens (2ème Cahier) (2006)

Singles (selection)

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		FR	BE W
1972	Mon frère Mon frère	FR177 (1 week) FR	-	Chart entry in FR only in 2013
1988	Né quelque part Né quelque part	FR26 (11 weeks) FR	-
	Ambalaba Ne quelque part	FR32 (12 weeks) FR	-
1995	Passer ma route Passer ma route	FR25 (12 weeks) FR	-
2008	Restons amants Restons amants	-	BE W37 (1 week) BE W
2012	C'est bientôt la fin	FR137 (2 weeks) FR	-	with Grégoire , Jenifer , Goldman , Zazie , Alizée , Elsa , Lara, MC Solaar & Les Enfoirés
2013	Le p'tit air Le Cadeau	FR91 (2 weeks) FR	-

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Awards for music sales

Golden record  France 1979: for the album Sage Platinum record  France 1980: for the album Maxime Le Forestier 72 1980: for the album Maxime Le Forestier 73 1998: for the album Master Série - Vol. 1 2003: for the video album Plutôt Guitare

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
France (SNEP)	11 × gold11	4 × platinum4th	2,195,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
All in all	11 × gold11	4 × platinum4th

Web links

• Official website (French)

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: FR BEW CH