Mike Brant

Mike Brant ( Hebrew מייק בראנט; * February 2, 1947 in Nicosia , Republic of Cyprus ; † April 25, 1975 in Paris , France ; actually Moshe Mikael fire ) was a very popular Israeli song - singer . From 1970 to 1975 he was one of the most successful singers in France. His voice was voluminous and expressive. Brant mainly recorded records in French, but also in German or English. At the height of his career, he ended his life himself.

Life

In 1970 Brant published his first super hit in France with Laisse-moi t'aimer . This was followed by number one hits like Qui saura , C'est ma prière (1972), Rien qu'une larme , Tout donné, tout repris (1973) and Dis-lui (1975, a French cover of Feelings by Morris Albert ).

In 1970 he took first place at the Grand Prix RTL International with the chanson Mais dans la lumière ; With this, he also made it into the German charts once in 1970 (position 34). After that he recorded singles like Liebe wants more or Au revoir for the German market, but was not very successful in doing so, in contrast to his colleague Mireille Mathieu . In 1973 he was voted singer of the year in France.

After his suicide in 1975 Brant was buried in Haifa , Israel . Numerous compilations of his music are still published today .

Discography

Albums

• 1970: Mike Brant (FR: platinum)
• 1974: Toutes les couleurs
• 1974: 74
• 1975: Special disque d'or
• 1976: Mike Brant (different track list than the 1970 album of the same name)
• 2000: Laisse-moi t'aimer - Le meilleur de Mike Brant (release: April 14th)
• 2009: Talents (release: March 16)
• 2009: Master série (release: August 10th)
• 2010: L'intégrale (release: April 30th)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FR
2002	L'essentiel	FR76 (1 week) FR	First published: February 2002
2011	Disque d'or	FR141 (6 weeks) FR	First published: November 11, 2011
2012	Éternel	FR88 gold (4 weeks)FR	First published: April 23, 2010
2013	Les plus grandes chansons	FR65 (2 weeks) FR	First published: January 2013
	Laisse-moi chanter!	FR111 (7 weeks) FR	First published: March 29, 2013
2014	L'inoubliable	FR31 (38 weeks) FR	First published: October 31, 2014
2018	Un grand bonheur - Best Of	FR85 (4 weeks) FR	Double CD First release: May 25, 2018

More compilations

• 1972: L'album d'or
• 1995: 20ème anniversaire (release: March 24th , FR:× 2Double platinum )
• 2008: Platinum Collection (release: March 14th)
• 2009: Best Of (3 CDs; release: April 3rd)
• 2020: Anthology (CDs; release: May 29)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		DE	CH
1970	Corn dans la lumière	DE34 (5 weeks) DE	-	First published: December 1970
1972	C'est ma prière	-	CH2 (14 weeks) CH	First published: December 1972

Awards for music sales

Golden record  France 1978: for the album ? 1990: for the album 15ème Anniversaire 2005: for the album Qui Saura 2006: for the album Opération Premium Toupargel 2006: for the video album Mike Brant Forever 2 × gold record  France 2001: for the album 25ème Anniversaire

Platinum record  France 1980: for the album Rien Qu'une Larme 1995: for the album Master Série - Vol. 1 2008: for the video album Qui Saura 2 × platinum record  France 1994: for the video album 15ème Anniversaire 2004: for the video album Laisse Moi T'Aimer

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)
France (SNEP)	8 × gold8th	10 × platinum10	2,435,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
All in all	8 × gold8th	10 × platinum10

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1. ↑ Chart sources: Singles FR
2. ↑ Chart sources: DE CH

Web links

• Mike Brant in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Mike Brant at Discogs (English)