Benjamin Biolay
born on 20/1/1973 in Villefranche-sur-Saone, Rhône-Alpes, France
Alias B. Biolay
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Benjamin Biolay (French pronunciation: [b.a.m bjo.l]; born 20 January 1973) is a French singer, songwriter, musician, actor and record producer. He is the brother of singer Coralie Clément, whose two albums he wrote and produced, and the ex-husband of Chiara Mastroianni, the daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni.
His low-key vocal style is somewhat similar to French pop star Étienne Daho. With the singer Keren Ann, whose first two albums he co-wrote and produced, he contributed several songs to Chambre avec Vue, the successful comeback album of singer Henri Salvador, and has since worked as a writer, arranger or producer for other icons of French music, including Juliette Gréco, Julien Clerc, Françoise Hardy and Vanessa Paradis.
He wrote or performed most of the songs on the 2004 soundtrack to Clara et Moi by Arnaud Viard, and released the album Home with his wife the same year. After two more rock oriented albums in 2005 and 2007 he was dropped by his record company and began working on his first independent release, La Superbe, released on Naïve records in 2009. This was followed by the soundtrack album Pourquoi tu pleures in 2011 and Vengeance in 2012.
Discography
Albums
- Solo studio albums
| Year | Album | Peak positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [1] |
BEL (Vl) [2] |
BEL (Wa) [3] |
GER [4] |
SPN | SUI [5] |
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| 2001 | Rose Kennedy | 66 | |||||
| 2003 | Négatif | 15 | 9 | ||||
| 2005 | À l'origine | 17 | 27 | ||||
| 2007 | Trash Yéyé | 11 | 23 | 72 | |||
| 2009 | La Superbe | 3 | 7 | 98 | 97 | 61 | |
| 2011 | Pourquoi tu pleures? | 38 | 54 | ||||
| 2012 | Vengeance | 2 | 95 | 6 | 42 | 22 | |
- Joint albums
| Year | Album | Peak positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [1] |
BEL (Wa) [3] |
SUI [5] |
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| 2004 |
Home (with Chiara Mastroianni) |
26 | 98 | ||||
- Compilation albums
| Year | Album | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR [1] |
BEL (Wa) [3] |
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| 2011 | Best Of | 178 | |
EPs
| Year | EP title | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| FR [1] |
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| 20041 | Benjamin Biolay Remix EP |
Soundtracks
| Year | Album | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| FR [1] |
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| 2004 | Clara et Moi | 163 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [1] |
BEL (Wa) ((Ultratop) [3] |
BEL (Wa) ((Ultratip) [3] |
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| 2008 | "Qu'est ce que ça peut faire?" | 14 | |||
| 2010 | "La superbe" | 38 | |||
| "Si tu suis mon regard" | 32 | ||||
| 2011 | "Ton héritage" | 28 | |||
| "Pas la forme" | 25 | ||||
| 2012 | "Aime mon amour" | 60 | 39 | ||
| "Profite" (feat. Vanessa Paradis) |
93 | 24 | |||
| "Ne regrette rien" (feat. Orelsan) |
157 | ||||
| 2014 | "Ton héritage" (rerelease) | 80 | |||
- Featured in
| Year | Single | Peak positions |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR [1] |
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| 2003 | "L'hymne à l'amour" (Aznavour, Boulay, Eicher, Biolay, Macias, Maurane, Foly, Fontaine, Mami, Leroy, Pagny & Badi) |
50 |
References
- 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Benjamin Biolay discography. 'lescharts.com'. Hung Medien. Retrieved on 8 February 2014.
- Benjamin Biolay discography. 'ultratop.be/nl/'. Hung Medien. Retrieved on 8 February 2014.
- 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Benjamin Biolay discography. 'ultratop.be/fr/'. Hung Medien. Retrieved on 8 February 2014.
- Benjamin Biolay discography (German). Media Control Charts. Charts.de. Retrieved on 8 February 2014.
- 5.0 5.1 Benjamin Biolay discography. 'hitparade.ch'. Hung Medien. Retrieved on 8 February 2014.
External links
- Official website (in French) (in English)
- Official MySpace
- Benjamin Biolay discography
- Benjamin Biolay at the Internet Movie Database
- les insulaires ¤ non official message board (in french)
- Review of 'La Superbe' (English)
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