Grégoire_(musician)

Grégoire (musician)

Grégoire (musician)

French singer-songwriter and composer (born 1979)


Grégoire (born Grégoire Boissenot[1] on 3 April 1979[2] in Senlis, France) is a French singer-songwriter and composer. He has released three albums to date and has had a number of successful singles in France, Belgium and Switzerland.

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Career

In December 2007[2] Gregoire signed a contract with the young label My Major Company, which gives subscribers the possibility of becoming music producers. Grégoire's first album was produced by 347 producers, forty of whom feature in the music video of his first single, "Toi + Moi".[3] The song was subsequently played on NRJ and RTL radio stations[4] and became a hit in Belgium and Switzerland and in the French digital chart.

In 2008 Grégoire was nominated at the NRJ Music Awards in the category 'French revelation of the year'. A second single, "Rue des Étoiles", was played on the radio in November 2008 and was released in December, then a third single, "Ta Main", the video for which was shot in March 2009 with the actress Inès Sastre.[5] In September 2009 a fourth single, "Nuages", was broadcast. The music video was broadcast on television but the song was only available digitally.

Personal life

Grégoire had four brothers. As indicated in the music video, the song "Ta Main" was dedicated to Ludovic (1969–2002) and Nicolas (1974–2007), his two deceased brothers. Grégoire has a degree in Applied Languages (LEA) English and German.

Philanthropy

Grégoire has been a member of the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 2010.[6]

Discography

Albums

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Singles

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(Did not appear in Ultratop main chart, but in "bubbling under" Ultratip charts. Position in table reflects position in Ultratip plus 50 positions added)

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References

  1. Grégoire, on Virgin Mega Virginmega.fr Archived 13 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 16 May 2009)
  2. Présentation, MyMajorCompany.com (in French, retrieved 29 February 2012)
  3. "Grégoire : un artiste produit par les internautes", Chartsinfrance, Cédric Beaufils, 21 August 2008 Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved 16 May 2009)
  4. "Grégoire, une voix en or", RTL Rlt.fr (Retrieved 16 May 2009)
  5. "Grégoire veut vous prendre par la main...", NRJ, 16 April 2009 Nrj.fr Archived 20 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 16 May 2009)
  6. "Grégoire" (in French). Enfoires.com. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  7. Grégoire's discography and peak positions in France Lescharts.com (Retrieved 16 May 2009)
  8. Grégoire's discography and peak positions in Belgium (Vlanders) Ultratop.be (Retrieved 27 September 2009)
  9. Grégoire's discography and peak positions in Belgium (Wallonia) Ultratop.be (Retrieved 16 May 2009)
  10. Grégoire's discography and peak positions in Switzerland Ultratop.be (Retrieved 16 May 2009)
  11. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 48, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

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