Jordy

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This is about the French singer; for other uses, see Jordy (disambiguation).

Jordy
Background information
Birth name	Jordy Lemoine
Born	January 14, 1988 (age 19)
Origin	Caen, Normandy, France
Genre(s)	Pop, dance
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1992–1996, 2006

Jordy Lemoine (born on January 14, 1988 in Caen, Normandy) is a French singer.

Jordy is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest singer ever to have a #1 charted single. He achieved this feat at the tender age of four and a half with the song "Dur dur d'être bébé" ("It's Tough to Be a Baby"). "Dur dur d'être bébé" sold 2 million copies in France and was a dance hit across Europe, Brazil, Bolivia and Japan. It landed at #58 on the US charts.

However, in 1994, the French government banned six-years-old Jordy from television and radio, out of concern that he was being exploited by his parents. Rumors of exploitation were furthered when the Lemoine family opened La Ferme de Jordy (Jordy's Farm), a children's tourist attraction which was a financial failure. In 1996 Jordy's parents divorced; he returned to school and was later emancipated.

Now a teenager, Jordy appears to have an interest in returning to the spotlight. His appearance on the second season of the French television show La Ferme Célébrités 2 on April 30, 2005 was his first public appearance in almost 10 years. He was the final winner of this show on June 28, 2005.

In February 28, 2006 he released his first new single in 12 years, "Je t'apprendrai".