Alain Souchon
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Alain Souchon in 2012
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Alain Édouard Kienast |
| Born | 27 May 1944 Casablanca, Morocco |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genres | Alternative rock French pop Pop rock New wave Synthpop Experimental Chanson Techno |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Labels | RCA (1973–1984), Virgin (1985–present) |
| Associated acts | Laurent Voulzy, Renaud, Maurane, Geoffrey Oryema, Zazie, Michel Jonasz, Catherine Lara |
| Website | alainsouchon.net |
Alain Souchon (fr; born Alain Édouard Kienast fr; 27 May 1944) is a French singer-songwriter and actor. He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films.
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Profile
Alain Souchon was born in Casablanca, Morocco. His family on his mother's side is Swiss, and he has dual French-Swiss nationality. Six months after he was born, his family moved to France. When he was 15 his father died in an accident. His mother sent him to a French high school in England, but due to problems registering he decided to stay in London and work. Upon returning to France he took up guitar, influenced by English and American music. In 1970, he married and had his first son continuing to play in the cabarets and bars in the Rive Gauche of Paris.[citation needed]
Souchon signed his first contract in 1971 with the Pathe-Marconi label but had no success. Bob Socquet, the artistic director of RCA encouraged him to perform his song "L'amour 1830" at the Rose D'Or of Antibes contest. Souchon then began to collaborate with composer/arranger Laurent Voulzy (b. 1948); they would write together, but each released albums under his own name. Souchon's first hit was "J'ai 10 ans" (1974), from the album of the same name.[citation needed]
He continued releasing albums and in 1978 wrote the theme for François Truffaut's 1979 film Love on the Run (L'amour en fuite). At this time his second son was born. In 1980, he was invited to perform at l'Olympia. He also began his acting career, most notably starring in the 1983 film L'été Meurtrier. Following the album 'On avance', he left RCA and signed with Virgin Records at 40 years old. In 1989 "La beauté de Ava Gardner" was voted best title of the year by the Victoires de la Musique.[citation needed]
Then came Souchon's biggest hit "Foule sentimentale" from 1993's million-selling C'est déjà ça. At the 20th anniversary of the Victoires de la Musique in 1995, Alain Souchon received the award for best "Chanson Originale" for his song "Foule Sentimentale." In 1996, he received the "le Prix Vincent Scotto" award given by the SACEM (Societe des Auteurs Compositeurs) for his song "Sous les Jupes des Filles". Souchon returned in 2005 with the hugely successful album La vie Théodore which contained the hit single "...Et si en plus y'a personne".
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Record label | FRA [1][2] |
BEL (Fl) [3] |
BEL (Wa) [4] |
SWI [5] |
Sales |
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| 1974 | J'ai dix ans | RCA | – | – | – | – | |
| 1976 | Bidon | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1977 | Jamais content | 1 | – | – | – | France: Gold (100,000) | |
| 1978 | Toto 30 ans, rien que du malheur... | 1 | – | – | – | France: Gold (100,000) | |
| 1980 | Rame | 5 | – | – | – | France: Gold (100,000) | |
| 1983 | On avance | 16 | – | – | – | France: Gold (100,000) | |
| 1985 | C'est comme vous voulez | Virgin | 108A | – | – | – | |
| 1988 | Ultra moderne solitude | 6 | – | – | – | France: Gold (100,000) | |
| 1993 | C'est déjà ça | 1 | – | 7 | – | France: Diamond (1,000,000+) | |
| 1997 | Sol en si (with Francis Cabrel, Michel Jonasz, Catherine Lara, Maxime le Forestier, Maurane, Zazie) |
3 | – | – | – | ||
| 1999 | Au ras des pâquerettes | 1 | – | 5 | 74 | France: Diamond (1,206,000) | |
| 2005 | La Vie Théodore | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | France: 2xPlatinum (462,100) | |
| 2008 | Écoutez d'où ma peine vient | 1 | – | 2 | 27 | France: Platinum (200,000) | |
| 2011 | À cause d'elles | 8 | – | 11 | 90 | France: Platinum (200,000) | |
| 2014 | Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy (jointly with Laurent Voulzy) |
Parlophone | 1 | 117 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2019 | Âme fifties | Parlophone | 2 [6] |
152 | 2 | 6 |
Live albums
| Year | Album | Record label | FRA | BEL (Wa) [4] |
SWI | Sales |
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| 1984 | Olympia 83 |
RCA
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– | – | – | |
| 1990 | Nickel | Virgin | 49A | – | – | France: Gold (100,000) |
| 1995 | Défoule sentimentale – Live (2 CDs) | – | 9 | – | France: 2xGold (200,000) | |
| 2002 | J'veux du live | 29 | 26 | – | France: Gold (100,000) | |
| 2010 | Alain Souchon est chanteur | 13 | 15 | – | ||
| 2016 | Le concert (jointly with Laurent Voulzy) |
Columbia
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15 [7] |
– | – | |
| 2022 | Ici & là - En concert au dôme de Paris |
Parlophone
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– | 58 | – |
- A Re-release
Compilations
| Year | Album | Record label | FRA | BEL | SWI | Sales |
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| 1994 | L'Intégral (5 CDs) |
RCA
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– | – | – | |
| 1997 | 20 Chansons (Also known as 20 Sur 20) |
BMG
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– | – | – | France: Platinum (300,000) |
| 2001 | Collection (1974–1984) |
RCA
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– | 30 | 10 | France: Platinum (300,000) |
| Collection (1985–2001) | Virgin | – | – | – | France: Platinum (300,000) | |
| 2002 | Par les Sentiments (2 CDs) | – | – | – | ||
| 2004 | Platinum Collection | – | 13 | – | ||
| 2007 | 100 Chansons (5 CDs) |
EMI France
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– | – | – |
Singles
| Year | Single | FRA | BEL [4] |
Certification | Album |
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| 1986 | "La Ballade de Jim" | 24 | - | C'est comme vous voulez | |
| 1989 | "Quand je serai k.o. | 29 | - | Ultra moderne solitude | |
| 1993 | "Foule sentimentale" | 1 | - | FR (SNEP): Silver (125,000) |
C'est déjà ça |
| 1994 | "L'amour à la machine" | 21 | - | ||
| 2000 | "Tailler la zone" | 71 | - | Au ras des pâquerettes | |
| 2001 | "Le baiser / Caterpillar" | 80 | - | ||
| 2002 | "La vie ne vaut rien" | 46 | - | J'veux du live | |
| 2005 | "Et si en plus y'a personne" | 19 | 12 | La vie Théodore | |
| 2006 | "La vie Théodore" | 68 | - | ||
| 2008 | "Écoutez d'où ma peine vient" | - | 7 | Ecoutez d'où ma peine vient | |
| 2009 | "Parachute doré" | - | 39 | ||
| 2011 | "Les filles à quoi ça sert" (Bénabar / Cabrel / Goldman / Souchon) |
- | 3* (Ultratip) |
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| "Le jour et la nuit" | - | 2* (Ultratip) |
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| 2014 | "Derrière les mots" (with Laurent Voulzy) |
35 | 22 | ||
| "La baie des fourmis" (with Laurent Voulzy) |
197 | – | |||
| 2019 | "Presque" | - | 39 | Âme fifties |
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts
Awards
- 1986: Music Video of the Year (La Ballade de Jim), directed by Philippe Bensoussan
- 1986: Song of the Year (Belle-Île-en-Mer)
- 1990: Song of the Year (Quand j'serai KO)
- 1991: Album of the Year (Nickel)
- 1994: Male Artist of the Year
- 1994: Song of the Year (Foule sentimentale)
- 1996: Album of the Year (Défoule sentimentale)
- 2006 : Best Male Singer
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- Biography of Alain Souchon, from Radio France Internationale
- Alain Souchon at the Internet Movie Database
| Preceded by | Victoires de la Musique Male artist of the year 1994 |
Succeeded by MC Solaar |
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- ↑ lescharts.com – Les charts français Archived 6 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ InfoDisc
- ↑ Discografie Alain Souchon
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Discographie Alain Souchon
- ↑ Discographie Alain Souchon – hitparade.ch
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