French music?

Question

i'm looking for good french music something like yael naim

Answer 1

Ok, I love french music, so let me recommend you some song and singers:

la vie en rose

edith piaf

I love paris

101 strings orchestra

Douce france

Charles Trenet

A paris

yves mondand

La mer

Charles Trenet

Can Can

101 strings orchestra

well those above are classics, below are more modern songs:

fleur de saison

emilie simon

le marin

babet

fils de charm

tete

cergy

anis  (great rythm, a mix between american songs and european)

voila

jeanne cherhal (I know her!, from university, and her song rocks, not saying that cos' I know her lol)

Answer 2

well but yael naim is from israel !

other answers spoke abt old french music (piaf, hallyday... are 1960s !). but nowadays, there are some french singers called the "french new stage" ("nouvelle scène française") that sounds close to yael naim :

- carla bruni (you know the french first lady...) : 1st CD is better

- vincent delerm

- anaïs ("the cheap show")

- keren ann (great !!!)

- camille

- constance verluca

- coco rosie ("la maison de mon bonheur" or sthg like that)

- ridan

Answer 3

it depends..do you like rock, pop, hip hop..

you must go in more detail about your favorite genre...

i prefer ballads..

Answer 4

Pls be more specific: modern or more the good old J. Halliday...

Answer 5

Bonjour Hannah

and very interesting question !

congrats.

My name is Frederic, I am french, living in Paris and teaching French to foreigners.

Let me help you with my answer ( based upon my daily life in France and Paris).

Charles Aznavour, Piaff, and othe rnames are a lil bit "old".

New scene ( nouvelle scène) is made of :

- Zazie ( for "Rodeo"  and " Totem" )

- superbus ( for " Je reste encore" , " Le loup" )

-Vanesse Paradis ( " for Joe le Taxi" + "Tandem" + "Divinidille")

- Julien Doré

- Jennifer

- Amel Bent

- Christophe Wilem ( for " Double Jeu )

- Alizée ( for "Lolita" )

- Mylène Farmer ( for " Libertine ")

- Johnny Halliday ( will retire in 2009 but he is THE french star for ......too many songs. But try " Allumer le feu", " Le pénitencier")

=> all those names are big big sellers in France and  you can listen them on french radio.  They all have won Prices for thei hits !

I gave you differents styles so you can listen to them but they are all big sellers.

Hope those lines were helpful to you.

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Answer 6

Ginette Reno is a fabulous French Canadian singer and is very popular in France.  She has a fabulous voice.

Answer 7

Music in French language?  Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Patrick Fiori (Chrysalide), Carla Bruni, Maurice Chevallier, Bruno Pelletier, Johnny Halliday (but definitely not his son David).

Answer 8

You have:

Emilie simon : "Flowers", "desert", "I wanna be your dog (Iggy Pop)"

She is the music producer of "The Emperor's Journey"

Answer 9

new french wave like gerald depalmas, renan luce, mauss & charlie, indochine, Tryo, and don't forget Daft Punk and david guetta (all are french singers) !