Why did Alize die? Alizee: biography, best songs, interesting facts
Alize will turn 30 years old. She devoted almost 20 years of her life to the stage. Despite the fact that her last album was released in May of this year, rumors are circulating on the Internet and in the tabloid press that Alize is no more, that she quietly passed away. Many were horrified and despaired by her news, and, naturally, they are burning with impatience to find out how reliable this information is. So is Alize alive or not?
People who personally know and communicate with her are simply discouraged: where could such rumors come from? After all, she doesn’t even have serious health problems. I would like to reassure those who are concerned about this issue: singer Alize is alive and well, recording new CDs, and raising her daughter. However, the singer’s marriage is under threat, although there is no official information about this yet. Perhaps, due to the troubles in her personal life, ridiculous rumors began to circulate about her death, and many fans of the French singer’s talent began to worry about the question of whether Alize was alive or not. Will she continue to delight with her wonderful performances?
short biography
French singer Alizée Jacoté comes from the southern town of Ajaccio, which is located on the coast. Her parents named their daughter after one of the famous winds (in French, “passat” sounds like “alizé”). As a child, she was a very inquisitive and versatile child, she loved to read, play educational games, draw, but most of all she liked dancing. In 1995, at the age of 11, thanks to her drawing on a given topic, she won a prize - a trip to the Maldives. This was the first victory in her life. Soon a string of other creative successes followed her, but this time in a different art form - music. The beginning of the new century was especially successful for Alize. At the age of 16, she took part in the TV show “Aspiring Star” and won a nomination. Mylene Farmer really liked the young singer from Corsica, and she began producing her, and quite successfully. Already in May of the same year, Alize’s first single, “My Lolita,” was released, and then a video of the same name was released. Soon the singer became popular not only in France, but also abroad.
About four million of her discs were sold annually in Europe alone. Every year several of her singles were released, followed by video clips. They immediately won the sympathy of listeners and viewers: “Passat” (2000), Parler tout bas and Gourmandises (2001).
The year 2002 brought her a significant victory and world recognition at the World Music Award in Monte Carlo, and a year later she received an award from Eurobest, where she met her future husband Jeremy Chatelain. They soon got married in Las Vegas. In 2004, Alize gave her final concert and announced that she was going to leave the stage for an indefinite period.
Ridiculous rumors
What is the reason for the appearance of strange articles on the Internet and in the print press with the titles “Is Alize alive?” Surely this is a consequence of a lack of information, because after the final concert the singer devoted herself to her family: her daughter and husband. She began to lead a closed lifestyle and rarely appeared in public. This may be one of the reasons for the spread of rumors and strange questions about whether Alize is alive or not.
Another reason, apparently, is rumors that the singer has become addicted to drugs and is on the verge of suicide due to a break with Jeremy. People close to the star’s family claim that nothing like this is happening to her, that everything is fine with her health and in her relationship with her husband. In May 2013, in refutation of these ridiculous rumors and in response to the question tormenting fans of her talent about whether Alize is alive or not, the singer released a new album. So believe the popular rumor after this!
In 1984, a wonderful singer named Alize was born. She became and was named after one of the winds, since the girl’s parents loved windsurfing. For several years now, music lovers have been interested in the question of when Alizee died; the date of her death worries many. However, the question remains unanswered. After all, the girl is alive and well, in addition, a new album is expected to be released next year.
Alize was very good from childhood. She grew up in a happy and friendly family. From an early age she studied dancing and fine arts, and then showed herself in a show of young talents. The date of the star’s death has not been published in any source, and all because it is false. Someone to such rumors. This is exactly what the singer’s fans think. Fortunately, Alize does not pay attention to this and works hard on her new project. It should be noted that the first single released by the girl was released in 2000. A month later, a wonderful video was already shot for it, and the composition became popular all over the world.
The singer Alize, whose photographs are now full of magazines, was noticed thanks to the project “Aspiring Star”. It was during this time that she was offered cooperation by two famous producers. In France, fans are simply in the girls' songs. Her first album stayed in the top ten for about six months, and this is a good result. After this, Alize’s songs began to be listened to in countries such as Japan, Germany, Canada and others. After some time, the young performer received her first prize in the “Discovery of the Year” category.
Rumors about Alizee, whose death date was fictitious, spread throughout all the countries in which she was considered popular. At first all the fans were simply shocked. Some did not believe in this, others simply thought that the girl had left show business, others tried to find out the truth (after all, no one announced the cause of death). But, as it turned out, the singer feels great, got married, and has a child. Who came up with the idea to spread such information?
Throughout her career, Alize released albums, shot videos for her songs and simply created. Most liked her music and art. Thanks to this, the producers sent the rising star on a world tour in 2003. It started in the city of Paris, then she gave concerts in Belgium, Switzerland, and some other countries. So who “buried” Alizee? The date of the girl’s death was never announced, and her sudden disappearance is perceived by some as an ordinary PR stunt.
In 2004, the singer decided to take a break from her career and leave the world of music for three years. But she did not disappear without a trace: she is seen at charity events and on television in a completely new image. Perhaps because of the vacation taken, the press was for a long time filled with articles with screaming headlines: “Alizee, date of death of the singer.” But this is all really fiction. Today the singer changed her image, grew her hair and got a piercing in her tongue. Fortunately, we can continue to enjoy her work.
French singer Alize, author of the hit “Moi... Lolita,” is quite active on social networks, constantly posting photos on her Instagram account. The singer, whose voice was known to everyone in Russia, now appears in a new image. Heavy makeup and tattoos bear little resemblance to a teenage girl, a star from the past.In the latest photo of Alize, which the French singer published on her Instagram, it is difficult to recognize the fragile girl, the star of yesteryear. The singer, whose hits such as “J"en Ai Marre”, “Moi... Lolita” or “La Isla Bonita” were broadcast on all radio stations, now looks more determined.
Bangs, heavy makeup and tattoos have little in common with the appearance of the Alize we remember.
She sang her hits in French and English. In 2003, her first hit “J"en Ai Marre” appeared. Then she was 19 years old. International fame quickly came to Alize, and her dance hits could be heard at various latitudes. On April 28, 2005, the singer gave birth to a daughter, Anni- Lee. Alize decided to devote herself to raising her child and disappeared from show business for several years. After a break, she returned to singing and recording albums, but the great success that she had at the beginning could not be repeated. In 2013, Alize took part in the French version "Dancing with the Stars". Today she still tours, is active on social networks, is a happy wife and mother. The singer, two years ago, married Grégoire Lionnet, whom she met on the mentioned dance show.
Alizee Jocotey was born on August 21, 1984 in Ajaccio in the south of France, on the coast of Corsica. She is the second child in the family. She has brown hair and dark brown eyes. Her parents, big fans of windsurfing, named Alize after one of the winds.
Alize had a happy childhood. She has been dancing since she was four years old and still enjoys dancing most of all. In general, Alize connected her future career with dancing, although she was always a versatile child. In 1995, at the age of 11, Alize won a drawing competition by coloring an airplane on an order form. Besides the fact that the girl won
a wonderful trip to the Maldives (of which she is still very proud), her drawing was reproduced life-size on the cockpit of the aircraft, which was named "Alizee"!
In December 1999, Alize appeared in the TV show Graines de Star, promoting young talents, with an English song, but did not make it through the qualifying round. A month later, Alize came again, this time with a song by the famous French singer Axelle Red called “My Prayer” (Ma priere), and this time the competition took place. Moreover, it was this song that allowed Alize to win the nomination “Emerging Singer” (Graine de chanteuse) at the final broadcast!
Thanks to this performance, Alize was noticed by Mylene Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat. It was they who took up the promotion of Alize’s career. Several tests in the studio, and she was chosen. Already on May 19, 2000, her first single “I... Lolita” (Moi... Lolita) was released. And in the summer - July 26, 2000 - the first and one of the best video "Moi... Lolita" was released, telling about the dreams of a village girl to end up in a big city. Filming the video took 2 days. Scenes involving hundreds of dancers were filmed in the famous Parisian discotheque "Les Bains Douches". In turn, the barley fields and Lolita's modest house were filmed near the town of Senlis.
The calculation turned out to be accurate, but even its organizers could not imagine such a success. The single remained in the top ten sales for almost six months; as a result, more than 1.5 million copies of the single were sold - even the most popular performers do not reach this result. What is most important is that Alize did not isolate herself within France, her single quickly gained popularity at the box office of radio stations in various countries - Japan, Canada, Germany, Russia... On November 17, 2000, Alize received her first professional music award - an award in the "Discovery" category of the Year" for the prizes of the French TV channel M6. And according to the results of 2000 - on January 20, 2001, she was awarded the popular music award of the French radio station NRJ in the same category "Discovery of the Year". Alize became famous overnight.
Meanwhile, active work in the studio ended with the release of the debut album “Gourmandises”, which was released on November 28, 2000. The album, entirely written by the same Farmer-Boutonnat duo, turned out to be very solid and complete, with wonderful vocals from Alize and very entertaining texts - essentially sketches from the life of a young girl and descriptions of her dreams. A very light youth musical style and the presence of undoubted dance hits (such as "Moi... Lolita", "Veni Vedi Vici" and "Gourmandises") guaranteed the album popularity not only in France. Only for 3
month of sales, the album went platinum. It sold 300,000 copies and to date, sales total more than 800,000 copies in France. And finally, the total number of discs with Alize's recordings sold in Europe has already reached almost 4 million!!! And this is only in Europe!
At the same time, on November 28, 2000, the second single “Passat” (L"Alize) was released to support the album. It undoubtedly fell into the shadow of the album, and therefore its sales were not so successful, but the video of the same name (directed by - Pierre Steen), released on television on December 6, 2000, contributed greatly to the promotion of the album.The video itself is quite simple, showing Alize laughing surrounded by soap bubbles.
Of much greater interest is the single “Speak Quietly” (Parler tout bas), released on April 24, 2001. The point is not only that a single was released for the first time for a slow lyrical song, but also a wonderful video (released on TV a day later) , again directed by Laurent Boutonnat. A very controversial story about a child growing up and parting with childhood illusions...
Meanwhile, Alize's foreign popularity began to translate into real action. In May 2001, regional branches of "Universal Music" in Japan, Israel, and Holland released localized versions of the album "Gourmandises"; The first publications about Alize began to appear in Russia. On April 17, 2001, a telephone interview with Alize took place on Radio Europe Plus, and on June 1-2, 2001, Alize visited Russia for the first time! She arrived in Moscow on June 1, 2001, and on June 2, 2001, she performed at the “Stopudovy Hit” awards ceremony from Hit-FM radio and at a press conference dedicated to this event, and also gave an interview on MTV-Russia broadcast 3 June 2001
The fourth video, "Gourmandises", was filmed on July 25, 2001. It continues the line of light gaming clips to support audio productions. The plot is quite simple - Alize and his friends go out into the countryside for a picnic, where they eat, drink and have fun. The video was filmed (directed by Nicholas Hidiroglu) over one day in the outskirts of Paris; the boys and girls playing in the video were specially selected from modeling agencies. Later on August 14, 2001, the fourth single "Gourmandises" was released from the album of the same name. March 6, 2002 Alize receives his next award. She won the World Music Award, held in Monte Carlo, for the best French female artist with the highest record sales in 2001 in France and abroad.
Judging by the interview, Alize is an ordinary teenager. She doesn’t think much about her future career yet. Alize herself dreams of starring in a musical comedy. The girl has a wonderful voice and excellent plasticity. Naturally, everyone is interested in the personal life of the pretty “Lolita,” but here she is laconic. Yes, there is a boyfriend, but Alize keeps everything that concerns him secret, and doesn’t even tell meticulous journalists his name. And what he values most in young people is loyalty.
In general, it is not yet clear what will grow out of the new “starlet” - the second Mylene Farmer, Vanessa Paradise or the French Britney Spears. One thing is clear - until Mylene Farmer leaves her, there is a chance that Alize’s music will progress.
Alize's new single was first heard on radio stations on January 7, 2003. At the same time, Alize appeared on television again (for a whole year nothing was heard about her at all), in just one month more than 10 magazines were released with information about the return of “little Milen” and all sorts of similar interviews.
Before the release of the new single, Alize shoots a video, which was first shown on February 19, 2003, on the M6 and MCM channels. The clip turns out to be quite controversial, and to be honest, at first glance, not very successful. The video for the song “I've had enough” (J"en ai marre) was filmed over 2 days in a studio in Paris. The design of the video is quite simple: a huge glass box 3 by 3 meters, which acts as an aquarium. The video was filmed in two versions: French and English. The English version of the clip has a slightly different editing. The action of the clip takes place in an aquarium, slightly filled with water. The role of the goldfish is, of course, Alizee! Following the clip, there is a large interview, “Alizee's Return Stories" (Histoires d"un retour attendu Alizee) with many video inserts from her performances, etc.
And finally, on February 25, 2003, the long-awaited single appeared on the shelves of French stores. The single immediately hits second place in the charts, but, alas, does not stay there for long; after a week it begins to fall and no longer occupies high positions in the charts. Sales of the single are currently quite meager - only a few hundred thousand copies in France. More and more often, Alize “appears on TV” in various programs and gives interviews.
Meanwhile, the studio is completing work on the release of the second album, “My Electric Discharges” (Mes courants electriques), which was released on March 19, 2003. The cover of the disc is quite interestingly designed: here you will see a classic disco pop music, practically untouched by time and progress since the late 1970s. The French-language version of the album "Mes courants electriques" includes 11 tracks. But for abroad there is a slightly different version with 4 English songs. The album also includes new instruments: electric guitar, etc. In general, the album turned out to be in the standard style of Mylene Farmer, but at the same time it is not at all similar to Alize’s first album. The girl has grown up, and her songs have become more mature, but on the other hand, having listened to such songs as: “Toc de mac”, “Youpidou” and “J”en ai marre”, we can say that she is still a child, although she herself is and doesn't hide it.
Biography
Childhood
Career Chronography
year 2000
Alize's first single for the song "Moi... Lolita" ("I... Lolita")(the lyrics were written by Mylene Farmer) was released on May 19, and on July 26 her first video clip for this song was released. The video for one of her most popular songs was filmed under the direction of Laurent Bouton in just a few days; the action of the video took place in one of the Parisian nightclubs called "Les Bains Douches" and in a place called Senlis (fr. Senlis). Alize appears in the image of a seductive Lolita ( Lolita- the heroine of the novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov), a village girl who ends up in the big city. Alizee's single was later used in a promotional video for a British film "Good year", released in 2006. The video immediately brought fame to the singer, firmly entrenched in the top ten hits on the top charts and not leaving them for six months, and copies of the single were sold in over a million copies.
Such a successful start to her career did not leave young Alize without awards. On November 17, Alize received her first music award in the category "Discovery of the Year" according to the TV channel "M6".
Meanwhile, on October 1, another Alize video clip called "À Contre-courant" ("Countercurrents"). This clip was shot by the director of the video "L'Alize" Pierre Steen in the Belgian city of Binche (Binche) in two days. Filming took place in an abandoned factory, with the participation of a real circus acrobat who performed various acts on a rope. As usual, following the video, the singer’s single for this song will be released on October 7.
Some time after the end of the concert tour, on October 4, Alize released double album “Gourmandises/Mes Courants Électriques”, which included songs from two previously released albums.
On October 18, after much anticipation from fans, it was released live album Alize. This is a DVD collection of songs recorded live during Alize’s 2003 concert tour, called "Alizee En Concert" (“Alize at a concert”). At the same time, a single and a video clip called "Amelie m'a dit" (“Amelie told me”) for another slow and lyrical song by Alize. The clip is made up of various excerpts from the singer's performances during her concerts.
2004
On January 17, 2004, Alize gave her final concert at the Paris Concert Hall "Le Zenith", giving the public a colorful show and performing his seventeen songs from two albums.
After the final concert, starting in February 2004, Alize took a creative break for an indefinite period.
2005-2008
Since Alize suspended her musical activities in February 2004, there has not been a single official message about her return. Its official website has not been operational since the summer of 2005. During this time, there was a lot of news regarding Alize's return and career continuation, most of which eventually turned out to be false.
However, on April 3, 2006, the webmaster of one of the singer’s fan sites received a message, handwritten and signed by Alize, stating that the singer was working on her third album. Here is the Russian translated version of the message:
On July 7, 2006, a show called "Le JT de la music" announced that Alizee is “no longer collaborating with her former producer and lyricist Mylène Farmer” and is currently working on creating a third album. It was also announced that the lyrics for the new songs were being written by Jean Foc. Jean Faulques). Jeremy Chatelain is also involved with the new album, which he confirmed in his interview.
In September 2007, Alize signed a contract with the RCA Records/Sony BMG record label, and on September 30, her new single “Mademoiselle Juliette” was released. A video for this single will be released on November 19th.
On December 3, 2007, Alizée's third studio album, Psychédélices, was released. It went gold within 4 days, achieving sales of 30,000 copies. Meanwhile, the album only reaches number 16 in the French charts (approximately 11,000 sold in the first week). By the spring of 2008, about 300,000 copies of this album had been sold worldwide.
From January 23 to January 28, 2008, Alize took part in the charity concert “Stupid” (French. Les Enfoires) which took place in Strasbourg in the Zenit hall. RCA also announces upcoming performances in Mexico and France throughout 2008.
In March, Alize visited Mexico for the first time. A book signing was scheduled for March 5, but was canceled due to security concerns. Alize spoke at an impromptu press conference to apologize to her fans. And she promised to correct this, if possible, on her next visit to Mexico, which will take place during a larger tour.
Starting on May 18, 2008, Alize begins a large tour called the “Psychédélices Tour”. The first point of which is Moscow, followed by concerts in Mexico in June. The track list of the tour includes 16 - 19 compositions, including songs from the new album, as well as mixes of hits from past years. The concerts in Mexico became a big event for the singer’s fans and were a resounding success.
2009 - present
In January 2009, Alize participated in a series of charity concerts “Les Enfoirés font leur cinéma”. On April 18 of the same year, she holds the final concert of the “Psychedelices Tour” on the island of San Marcos. But, according to the singer’s Twitter, she is actively working in the studio on her new album. In general, 2009 passes very quietly, only sometimes the Internet press explodes about the new album and rumors about Alize’s personal life.
In January 2010, the singer participated in a series of concerts “Les Enfoires” in a group of famous French artists, held in Nice. On February 17, 2010, the first single from the singer’s new album “Les Collines (Never Leave You)” was released, a month later the video for this song was released, which has more than 1,100,000 views on Youtube, more than half of which it received in a few days. On March 29 of the same year, the presentation of the album “Une Enfant Du Siecle” took place, which was attended by fans of the singer from Greece, Mexico and Russia. The new album includes 10 compositions. Despite good reviews from music critics, the album did not receive high sales ratings. According to various sources, at best, about 30,000 copies of this album were sold.
At the beginning of 2011, Alize and other French pop stars performed the annual charity concerts “Les Enfoires” in the southern city of Montpellier.
On June 28, 2012, a new single “Á cause de l’automne” was released from the new album “”. The singer's fifth studio album was released on March 25, 2013. Participated in the work on the disc
