Martin Solveig

Martin Solveig

Solveig at Peter Pan in Misano Adriatico
Background information
Born September 22, 1976 (1976-09-22) (age 35)
Paris, France
Genres House, pop, funk
Occupations Producer, DJ
Instruments Turntable, Vocals
Years active 1994–present
Labels Mixture Stereophonic, Ministry of Sound Australia
Website www.martinsolveig.com

Martin Picandet, better known under his stage name Martin Solveig (born September 22, 1976) is a French electronic music DJ and producer from Paris. He also hosts a weekly radio show called "C'est La Vie" on stations worldwide including FG DJ Radio in his homeland. His label is called Mixture Stereophonic.

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Early history

Martin chose his pseudonym as an homage to the French actress Solveig Dommartin.[1]

In 2011, Solveig has been officially named as one of the producers for Madonna's as of yet untitled new studio album.[2]

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Peak chart positions
FRA
[3]
BEL (FLA) BEL (WAL) SWI
[4]
2002 Sur la Terre
  • First studio album
  • Released: June 17, 2002
2003 Suite
  • Second studio album
  • Released: June 24, 2003
84
2005 Hedonist
  • Third studio album
  • Released: September 12, 2005
43 99
2008 C'est La Vie
  • Fourth studio album
  • Released: October 28, 2008
16 99 23 59
2011 Smash 18 37 77

Compilations

Year Album Peak chart positions
FRA
[3]
BEL (WAL) SWI
[4]
2006 So Far
  • First Compilation album
  • Released: 2006
38 100 85

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
FRA
[3]
AUS
[6]
AUT
[7]
BEL (FL)
[8]
BEL (WA)
[9]
CAN
[10]
GER
[11]
NLD
[12]
SWI
[4]
UK
[13]
US
[14]
2003 "Madan" (vs. Salif Keita) 37 64 87 66 Sur La Terre
"Rocking Music" 47 39 54 64 82 35
"Heartbeat" [A]
2004 "I'm a Good Man" 57
2005 "Everybody" 37 33 28 27 22 Hedonist
2006 "Jealousy" 36 30 40 60 62
"Something Better" 64
2007 "Rejection" (featuring Jay Sebag) 34 57 52 55
2008 "C'est La Vie" 53 59 63 C'est La Vie
"I Want You" (featuring Lee Fields) 59 54 37
2009 "One 2.3 Four" 52 57
"Boys & Girls" (featuring Dragonette) 17 Smash
2010 "Hello" (with Dragonette) 5 13 1 1 2 8 5 1 10 13 46
2011 "Ready 2 Go" (featuring Kele) 20 49 65 40 45 24 70 48
"Big in Japan" (with Dragonette featuring Idoling!!!) 37 22 60
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Other singles

Year Title Album
1996 "Satisfied" (Vinyl only) Non-album single
1999 "Heart of Africa / Afro Deep" Sur La Terre
2000 "Come with Me" (Vinyl only)
"Destiny"
"Edony (Clap Your Hands)" [A]
2001 "Mr. President"
2002 "Linda"
"Someday"

Notes:

References

  1. ^ "Camélia Jordana (biography in French)". web-libre.org. 2009. http://www.web-libre.org/dossiers/martin-solveig,4858.html. Retrieved 2010-09-16. 
  2. ^ "First producer announced for Madonna’s (as MTV calls it) ‘first post-Gaga’ album". 6 July 2011. http://absolutemadonna.com/. Retrieved 12 July 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c "French Charts > Martin Solveig". lescharts.com/. http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Martin+Solveig. 
  4. ^ a b c "Swiss Charts > Martin Solveig". hitparade.ch/. http://hitparade.ch/artist/Martin_Solveig. 
  5. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/smash/id439636826
  6. ^ "Australian Charts > Martin Solveig". australian-charts.com/. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Martin+Solveig. 
  7. ^ "Austrian Charts > Martin Solveig". austriancharts.at/. http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Martin+Solveig. 
  8. ^ http://www.ultratop.be/en/search.asp?cat=s&lang=nl&search=martin+solveig
  9. ^ http://www.ultratop.be/en/search.asp?cat=s&lang=nl&search=martin+solveig
  10. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100
  11. ^ "Germany Charts > Martin Solveig". musicline.de. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Martin+Solveig/23881/single. 
  12. ^ "Dutch Charts > Martin Solveig". dutchcharts.nl/. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Martin+Solveig. 
  13. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=92
  14. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/hot-100?chartDate=2011-04-23&order=gainer
  15. ^ "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2011 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.auSINGLEaccreds2011.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-14. 
  16. ^ http://musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssd=7/1/2011&sed=9/1/2011&ssb=Artist
  17. ^ "Italian Singles Chart > Accreditations > 2011 Singles". Federation of the Italian Music Industry. http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Nielsen_week0611.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-25. 
  18. ^ "New Zealand Singles Chart > Accreditations > 2011 Singles". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=61. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
  19. ^ http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/martin-solveig-says-hello-riaa-gold-parisian-electronic-superstars-international-1-hit-1533440.htm

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