Lorie

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Lorie performs live.

Laure Pester (born May 2, 1982), known professionally as simply Lorie, is a French pop singer, often referred to as the "Britney Spears" of France (although her image is somewhat more wholesome and family-friendly). In the space of three years she released three albums, working with producer, songwriter and composer Johnny Williams (grandson of 'musette' accordion star André Verchuren) and her father manager André Pester (a former studio manager at French radio station RTL). See also Arnaldo (http://www.fanandco.com)

1 Career
2 Characteristics
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] Career

Despite early dreams of becoming a skater, she turned her attention to music in childhood. Her lightning rise to fame began after her first single, Près de moi, was released on peoplesound.com, a free online distributor of unpublished music. Her success with Internet fans led to Lorie scoring a lucrative record deal with Sony. Her first album was Près de Toi (2001), followed by Tendrement (2002) and the live recording special Live Tour (2003). Attitudes (2004) sold 300,000 copies within the first two weeks of its release and most recently the release of Rester la même(2005).

She also voiced Violet Parr in the French language version of The Incredibles.

[edit] Characteristics

Her image portrays her as a clean-cut and child-friendly teen icon, with little of the overt sexuality displayed by her contemporaries in the French teen-pop market - her relationship with Filipino pop-star Billy Crawford was widely publicized but remained scandal-free. As a result, she has a particularly strong following among schoolchildren.

Musically, she remains a straight pop act, occasionally moving towards pop-rock like many other French female starlets (e.g. Jenifer Bartoli) - the single Week End is an example of this. Her act is characterized by energetic dance routines, with simple music videos that showcase her talents.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

- - Coming Soon** A movie on her in theaters near you

[edit] Singles

- Baby Boum (as Laurie)
Près de Toi
- Près de Moi (2 May 2001)
- Je serai (ta meilleure amie) (16 October 2001)
- Toute seule (19 March 2002)
Tendrement
- J'ai besoin d'amour (01 October 2002)
- À 20 ans (13 January 2003)
- Sur un air latino (19 May 2003)
Attitudes
- Week-end (15 December 2003)
- La positive attitude (05 April 2004)
- Ensorcelée (14 June 2004)
- C'est plus fort que moi (06 December 2004)
Best Of
- Toi & Moi (07 March 2005)
Rester la même
- Rester la même (05 December 2005)
- S.O.S. (27 February 2006)
- Parti pour zouker
- Fashion Victim (23 October 2006)