Jenifer Bartoli

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Jenifer

Background information
Birth name Jenifer Bartoli
Born November 15, 1982 (1982-11-15) (age 25)
Origin Nice, France
Genre(s) Pop, pop rock, soul, reggae
Years active 2002-present
Label(s) Mercury Records
Universal Music Group
Website Jenifer.com.fr

Jenifer Yaël Dadouche-Bartoli (born on 15 November 1982 in Nice), better known as simply Jenifer, is a pop singer who has, since 2002, had a number of hit singles in the French and Swiss charts.

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[edit] Biography

Jenifer was raised with her younger brother Jonathan, by her mother and father, Michel and Christine Dadouche-Bartoli. Her mother is part Corsican and part Spanish and her father is a French pied noir. She comes from a modest background. She participated in the Graines de star television broadcast in 1997, but this was a failure.

Jenifer decided to go to Paris and attend the casting for the first series of Star Academy in France . She was selected, and eventually won. The hit single "J'attends L'amour" (I'm waiting for love) soon followed. After the tour with her band that followed her victory, she went on the road as a solo artist from October 2002 until January 2003, and eventually performed at the Paris Olympia, which she had dreamed of as a child.

Her debut self-titled album went on to sell over three quarters of a million copies. The album featured a song written by Marc Lavoine and a duet with fellow Star Academy student Mario. The second single "Au Soleil" became one of the "tubes de l'été" (Summer hits) of 2002 in France. The album was re-released later to include two new tracks: "Entre Humains" and "Des Mots Qui Résonnent". The latter became her third top ten single in France and Jenifer stated that it was more her style of music, being more pop/rock. Finally a fourth song, the ballad "Donne Moi Le Temps" was released. The re-released album sold over a million copies.

In 2004 Jenifer returned onto the scene with her second, more personal, melancholy album "Le Passage". Among others, this album contained songs written by Calogero, Kyo, Tina Arena and one song Jenifer co-wrote. This album contains the singles "Ma Révolution" (My Revolution), "Le Souvenir De Ce Jour" (The Memory of This Day), "C'est De L'Or" (It's Golden) and "Serre Moi" (Hold me). The album was supported by an extensive tour across France and was followed by the release of a live album "Jenifer Fait Son Live" and an accompanying DVD.

Jenifer previously lived with Maxim Nucci, the author-composer with whom she has had one child, named Aaron, who was born on 5 December 2003. The couple separated around the end of 2005 but have since reunited. She has stated that she also wants to produce music in English outside of France.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year Album Chart positions Certifications
FR FR (DD) BE CH
2002 Jenifer
  • 1st studio album
  • Released:
    March 2002 (France)
    February 2007 (US)
  • Formats: CD
2
—
1
9
 French sales: 1,000,000+
2004 Le Passage
2
—
3
16
 French sales: 700,000+
2005 Jenifer fait son live
6
10
6
77
 French sales: 100,000+
2007 Lunatique
1
3
2
25
 French sales: 500,000+

[edit] Singles

Year Title Album Chart positions
FR FR (DD) BE CH
2002 "J'attends l'amour" Jenifer 2 — 2
"Au soleil" 2 — 4 67
"Des Mots qui résonnent!" 4 — 3 15
2003 "Donne-moi le temps" 8 — 7 18
2004 "Ma Révolution" Le Passage 9 — 9 21
"Le Souvenir de ce jour" 6 — 7 27
"C'est de l'or" 14 — 17 71
2005 "Serre-moi" 25 — 14 51
2007 "Tourner ma page" Lunatique 3 2 3 37
2008 "Comme un hic" 10 20 17 73
Number one hits 0 0 0 0
Top ten hits 8 1 7 0

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Jenifer Bartoli
Studio albums
Jenifer (2002) · Le Passage (2004) · Lunatique (2007)
Live albums
Singles
"J'attends l'amour" (2002) · "Au soleil" (2002) · "Des Mots qui résonnent!" (2002) · "Donne-moi le temps" (2003) · "Ma Révolution" (2004) · "Le Souvenir de ce jour" (2004)
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