Nolwenn Leroy

Nolwenn Leroy at the 2013 NRJ Music Awards

Nolwenn Leroy [ nɔlvɛn lɘʀwɑ ] (born September 28, 1982 in Saint-Renan , Brittany , as Nolwenn Le Magueresse ) is a French singer , songwriter and musician .

biography

Nolwenn Leroy 2011 at the Festival de Cornouaille

After early discovery of her musical talent, Leroy, daughter of Muriel Leroy and professional footballer Jean-Luc Le Magueresse , took violin lessons during school . When she was eleven, her parents divorced, and Nolwenn lived with her mother with her sister Kay, who was born in 1990. She later adopted their last name to avoid confusion with the French singer Nolwen . In 1998 she spent a year as an exchange student in the USA ( Cincinnati , Ohio) and on her return enrolled at the Conservatory of Music in Vichy . In 2001 she began studying law at the University of Clermont-Ferrand with the aim of pursuing a diplomatic career. Animated by the first episode of the Star Academy , a French version of the talent show in the early 2000s, she took singing lessons from the singing teacher Armande Altaï, who became famous through the show .

A possible musical career, for which she had successfully applied, she turned down and took part in the second season of the Star Academy. At the end of December 2002 she was the winner.

With her first single Cassé she was able to place in the French and Swiss charts. Her first album Nolwenn also sold very well in French-speaking countries, reaching number 1 and double platinum in France (more than 600,000 records sold) and number 2 in Switzerland and Belgium . In 2004 she was recognized as a "French-speaking Newcomer" at the NRJ Music Awards .

After an extensive tour and publications in the French-speaking part of Canada , she returned in 2006 with another number one hit Nolwenn Ohwo! back, written by Alain Souchon and Laurent Voulzy . Laurent Voulzy also produced the second album Histoires Naturelles, which was released a little later . She received platinum again for the sale of over 400,000 records. The songs from Histoires Naturelles and Nolwenn were performed on the "Histoires Naturelles Tour", which started in September 2006. The first live album Nolwenn Leroys was released in late October 2007.

Le Cheshire Cat & Moi was a project that started in 2007. The songs are mainly from Leroy and Teitur Lassen , with additional contributions from Jonatha Brooke , Rupert Hine , Michelle Featherstone and Mike Errico . Teitur Lassen produced the album and the songs were recorded in Sweden and the Faroe Islands . The result was a completely acoustic album, which was released in December 2009. The tour entitled "Le Cheshire Cat & Vous" started in 2010.

On December 6, 2010, Leroy's album Bretonne was released with mostly traditional songs from Brittany, Great Britain and Ireland. It became Leroy's most successful album with over 1.2 million copies sold. In addition to number 1 in France and Belgium, one of her albums also reached the German charts for the first time and made her known beyond the French-speaking world. The Bretonne Tour (over 100 concerts) started in 2011.

On November 26th, 2012 her fifth studio album, Ô Filles de l'eau , was released, produced by Jon Kelly. The first single Juste pour me souvenir was released in advance. The album was released in Germany on March 29, 2013.

On May 13th 2017 she released the first single Gemme from her next studio album.

Personal

Since January 2008 she has had a relationship with the former French tennis player Arnaud Clément . They have one son.

Discography

Nolwenn Leroy at a concert organized by SOS Racisme

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	title	FR	BE ^W	CH	DE	Remarks
2003	Nolwenn / Nolwenn Leroy	FR1 × 2 Double platinum (56 weeks)FR	BE ^W1 platinum (14 weeks)BE ^W	CH2 gold (12 weeks)CH	-
2005	Histoires Naturelles	FR3 platinum (69 weeks)FR	BE ^W7th gold (43 weeks)BE ^W	CH44 (9 weeks) CH	-
2009	Le Cheshire Cat et Moi	FR26th gold (17 weeks)FR	BE ^W32 (16 weeks) BE ^W	-	-
2010	Bretonne	FR1 × 2 Double diamond (175 weeks)FR	BE ^W1 × 2 Double platinum (79 weeks)BE ^W	CH20th gold (27 weeks)CH	DE13 (17 weeks) DE
2012	Ô filles de l'eau	FR5 × 3 Triple platinum (83 weeks)FR	BE ^W5 gold (61 weeks)BE ^W	CH35 (10 weeks) CH	DE60 (3 weeks) DE
2017	Gem	FR3 gold (42 weeks)FR	BE ^W3 (29 weeks) BE ^W	CH15 (4 weeks) CH	-
2018	Folk	FR6th gold (41 weeks)FR	BE ^W5 (25 weeks) BE ^W	CH28 (3 weeks) CH	-

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	title	FR	BE ^W	CH	Remarks
2007	Histoires Naturelles Tour	FR25 (7 weeks) FR	BE ^W21 (7 weeks) BE ^W	-
2014	Ô Tour de l'eau	FR26 (19 weeks) FR	BE ^W36 (21 weeks) BE ^W	-

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title album	FR	BE ^W	CH	Remarks
2003	Cassé Nolwenn	FR1 (17 weeks) FR	BE ^W1 gold (13 weeks)BE ^W	CH4 (16 weeks) CH
	Une Femme Cachée Nolwenn	FR40 (20 weeks) FR	BE ^W23 (13 weeks) BE ^W	CH78 (8 weeks) CH
	Suivre Une Etoile Nolwenn	FR12 (19 weeks) FR	BE ^W24 (8 weeks) BE ^W	CH44 (12 weeks) CH
2004	Inévitablement Nolwenn	FR31 (11 weeks) FR	BE ^W26 (5 weeks) BE ^W	-
2006	Nolwenn Ohwo! Histoires Naturelles	FR1 (19 weeks) FR	BE ^W3 (13 weeks) BE ^W	CH29 (13 weeks) CH
	Histoire Naturelle Histoires Naturelles	FR30 (11 weeks) FR	BE ^W39 (5 weeks) BE ^W	-
	Mon Ange Histoires Naturelles	-	-	-
2007	J'aimais Tant L'Aimer Histoires Naturelles	-	-	-
2007	Remnants of Encore Histoires Naturelles	-	-	-
2009	Faut-il, Faut-il Pas? Le Cheshire Cat et Moi	-	-	-
2010	Textile schizophrenia Le Cheshire Cat et Moi	-	-	-
	Sudarmoricaine Bretonne Suite	-	-	-
	Mná na h-Éireann Bretonne	-	-	-	Women Of Ireland
	La Jument de Michao Bretonne	FR36 (9 weeks) FR	-	-
2011	Tri martolod Bretonne	FR51 (12 weeks) FR	BE ^W29 (8 weeks) BE ^W	-
	Brest Bretonne	-	BE ^W42 (2 weeks) BE ^W	-
	Moonlight Shadow Bretonne (Deluxe Edition)	FR48 (5 weeks) FR	BE ^W32 (4 weeks) BE ^W	-
2012	Juste Pour Me Souvenir Ô Filles de l'Eau	FR43 (23 weeks) FR	BE ^W13 (6 weeks) BE ^W	-
2013	Sixième Continent Ô Filles de l'Eau	-	-	-
2013	J'ai volé le lit de la mer Ô Filles de l'Eau	-	-	-
2014	La ballade northern irlandaise	FR142 (3 weeks) FR	-	-
2014	Lucie	FR193 (1 week) FR	-	-	with Francis Cabrel
2016	Un enfant assis attend la pluie	FR135 (1 week) FR	-	-
2017	Gem Gem	FR28 (25 weeks) FR	-	-
	Bien plus précieux Gemme	FR92 (1 week) FR	-	-
	Trace clay chemin gem	-	-	-
	Ce que je suis gem	FR95 (1 week) FR	-	-
	Quelque chose de Tennessee On a tous quelque chose de Johnny	FR98 (1 week) FR	-	-

Honors

Since October 2012, a wax figure by Nolwenn Leroy has been on display at the Musée Grévin in Paris .

literature

Patrick Castells, Christophe Abramowitz: Nolwenn Leroy . Editions SW Télémaque, Paris 2005, ISBN 978-2-7533-0024-8 (French).

Individual evidence

^ Nolwenn Leroy - Passeport artist. Radio France Internationale , 2017, accessed January 20, 2018 (French).
^ Sébastien Catroux: Il ya eu Nolwen avant Nolwenn. Le Parisien , March 4, 2003, accessed January 20, 2018 (French).
↑ Due to the same name as the singer Nolwen , the album was subsequently renamed "Nolwenn Leroy"
↑ Prix Bro Gozh 2012. Nolwenn Leroy incontournable. Le Télégramme, June 6, 2012, accessed January 20, 2018 (French).
↑ Véronique Constance: Un live de Nolwenn Leroy tourné vendredi à Saint-Brieuc! Ouest-France , January 28, 2014, accessed January 20, 2018 (French).
↑ "Ô Filles de l'eau": Nolwenn Leroy has released a new album. Universal Music Group , March 29, 2013; accessed January 20, 2018 .
↑ Anthony Verdot Belaval: Nolwenn Leroy et Arnaud Clément: une belle histoire d'amour. Paris Match , July 14, 2017, accessed January 20, 2018 (French).
↑ Chart sources albums: Charts FR Charts BE Charts CH Charts DE
↑ Music Sales Awards: BE1 BE2 BE3 CH FR1 FR2 FR3 FR4 FR5
↑ Chart sources singles: Charts FR Charts BE Charts CH
^ Nolwenn Leroy rejoint Elton John et Brad Pitt au musée Grévin. Le Parisien, October 9, 2012, accessed January 20, 2018 (French).

Web links

Commons : Nolwenn Leroy - collection of images

personal data
SURNAME	Leroy, Nolwenn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Le Magueresse, Nolwenn (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French singer, songwriter and musician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 28, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint-Renan , Brittany , France

[1] Nolwenn Leroy - Passeport artist. Radio France Internationale , 2017, accessed January 20, 2018 (French).

[2] Sébastien Catroux: Il ya eu Nolwen avant Nolwenn. Le Parisien , March 4, 2003, accessed January 20, 2018 (French).

[3] Due to the same name as the singer Nolwen , the album was subsequently renamed "Nolwenn Leroy"

[4] Prix Bro Gozh 2012. Nolwenn Leroy incontournable. Le Télégramme, June 6, 2012, accessed January 20, 2018 (French).

[5] Véronique Constance: Un live de Nolwenn Leroy tourné vendredi à Saint-Brieuc! Ouest-France , January 28, 2014, accessed January 20, 2018 (French).

[6] "Ô Filles de l'eau": Nolwenn Leroy has released a new album. Universal Music Group , March 29, 2013; accessed January 20, 2018 .

[7] Anthony Verdot Belaval: Nolwenn Leroy et Arnaud Clément: une belle histoire d'amour. Paris Match , July 14, 2017, accessed January 20, 2018 (French).

[alben-8] Chart sources albums: Charts FR Charts BE Charts CH Charts DE

[Ausz.-9] Music Sales Awards: BE1 BE2 BE3 CH FR1 FR2 FR3 FR4 FR5

[singles-10] Chart sources singles: Charts FR Charts BE Charts CH

[11] Nolwenn Leroy rejoint Elton John et Brad Pitt au musée Grévin. Le Parisien, October 9, 2012, accessed January 20, 2018 (French).