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Françoise Madeleine Hardy (born January 17 1944 in Paris) is a French singer and actress.
Biography Françoise Hardy signed her first contract with the record label Vogue in November 1961. In April 1962, shortly after finishing school, her first album Oh oh Chéri appeared, with the title song written by Johnny Hallyday's writing duo. The flip side of the record, "Tous les garçons et les filles" became a huge success, with 2 million copies sold. She had long hair and usually wore jeans with a leather jacket while accompanying her songs on the guitar. She sang in French, English, Italian, Spanish, and German occasionally. In 1963, she represented Monaco in the Grand Prix d'Eurovision de la Chanson with "L'amour s'en va" and took fifth place. In 1968, she received the Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy. In 1981, she married her long-time companion Jacques Dutronc, with whom she had already had a son (Thomas Dutronc) in 1973. In May 2000, she had a comeback with the album Clair Obscur. Her son played the guitar, and her husband sang the duet "Puisque vous partez en voyage." Iggy Pop and Étienne Daho participated, as well. She currently lives near Paris while the love of her life lives in Monticello, Corsica surrounded by more than 50 cats (!). She's an iconic figure in many aspects (fashion, music style, personnality..) in the Francophone world and acclamed Québecois director Denys Arcand loves to repeat that he's obsessed with her. Young French singer Élodie Fregé completely inspires herself from her idol for her wardrobe and a bit musically in her last album. She's one of the muses of Nicolas Ghesquière, at the head of the couture house Balenciaga. Most popular songs Selected discography Selected filmography | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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