Pascal Obispo
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Pascal Michel Obispo |
| Born | January 8, 1965 |
| Origin | Bergerac, Dordogne, France |
| Genres | Pop, rock, progressive rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocalist |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Epic/Sony |
| Associated acts | Florent Pagny, Zazie, Johnny Hallyday, Jenifer Bartoli and Natasha St-Pier |
| Website |
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Pascal Michel Obispo (born 8 January 1965) is a French singer-songwriter.
Career
Pascal Obispo was born in Bergerac, Dordogne, France, and started singing in 1980. He got his first record deal in 1990. The record deal was Le long du fleuve. With his second album, Plus que tout au monde, selling over 5 million albums, his songs became a popular success. Some of his most famous songs are "Plus que tout au monde", "Laurelenn", "Tombé pour elle", "L'important c'est d'aimer", "Personne" and "Fan".
With his 2007 release of Les Fleurs du Bien (a play on Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal) he makes allusions to Rosa Parks, Pablo Picasso and others. He is also well known for his various escapades, his unconservative behavior, his haircut, etc. His name is an anagram of painter Pablo Picasso's name. Most of his albums have now sold more than 1 million copies.
Obispo used his popularity to help with charity work and particularly for fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS. He has worked with many other well-known artists such as Jean-Jacques Goldman, Florent Pagny, Johnny Hallyday, Patricia Kaas, Amel Bent, and Natasha St-Pier.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Certification | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [1] |
BE (Fl) [2] |
BE (Wa) [3] |
SWI [4] | |||
| 1990 | Le long du fleuve | |||||
| 1992 | Plus que tout au monde | |||||
| 1994 | Un jour comme aujourd'hui | 17 | — | 27 | — | |
| 1996 | Superflu | 2 | — | 2 | 47 | Diamond[5] |
| 1999 | Soledad | 2 | — | 4 | 38 | Platinum[5] |
| 2004 | Studio Fan – Live Fan (2-CD set, one a studio album, the other live album) |
1 | — | 1 | 9 | Platinum[5] |
| 2006 | Les fleurs du bien | 1 | — | 1 | 8 | |
| 2009 | Welcome to the Magic World of Captain Samourai Flower | 2 | — | 1 | 52 | Gold[5] |
| 2011 | Adam & Eve - La seconde chance (musical) | 18 | — | 54 | — | |
| 2013 | Millésimes | 1 | 82 | 1 | 18 | 2× Platinum[5] |
| Le grand amour | 3 | 130 | 2 | 25 | 2× Platinum[5] | |
| 2016 | Billet de femme | 1 | 65 | 1 | 11 | |
Live albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Certification | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [1] |
BE (Wa) [3] |
SWI [4] | |||
| 1998 | Live 98 | 1 | 2 | — | |
| 2001 | Millésime / Live 00/01 | 2 | 1 | 28 | |
| 2004 | Live Fan (NB: Refer to studio albums section) |
N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2007 | Les Fleurs de forest | 10 | 2 | 76 | |
| Millésimes - Live 2013-14 | 6 | 4 | – | ||
| 2016 | Billet de femme - Le concert symphonique | 50 [6] |
30 | – | |
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [1] |
BE (Wa) [3] |
SWI [4] | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | "Plus que tout au monde" | 33 | — | — | Plus que tout au monde | ||||||||||
| 1993 | "Tu vas me manquer (les mains qui se cherchent)" | 16 | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1995 | "Tombé pour elle" | 12 | 37 | — | Un jour comme aujourd'hui | ||||||||||
| 1996 | "Tu compliques tout" | 21 | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Personne" | 9 | 26 | — | Superflu | |||||||||||
| 1997 | "Il faut du temps" | 40 | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Lucie" | 6 | 14 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Les meilleurs ennemis" (with Zazie) |
39 | 20 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | "Assassine" | 18 | 14 | — | Live 98 | ||||||||||
| "Tombé pour elle (Live)" | 80 | 40 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | "L'important c'est d'aimer" | 32 | 12 | — | Soledad | ||||||||||
| 2001 | "Pas besoin de regrets" | 43 | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Ce qu'on voit, allée Rimbaud" | 29 | 26 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | "Millésime" | 3 | 2 | — | Millésime Live 00/01 | ||||||||||
| "So Many Men" (with Youssou N'Dour) |
35 | 27 | 85 | Nothing's In Vain (Coono Du Réér) | |||||||||||
| 2003 | "Fan" | 1 | 1 | 15 | Studio Fan – Live Fan | ||||||||||
| "Zinedine" | 8 | 4 | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | "Mourir demain" (with Natasha St-Pier) |
7 | 4 | 18 | L'Instant d'après | ||||||||||
| "Y'a pas un homme qui soit né pour ça" (with Florent Pagny & Calogero) |
20 | — | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | "1980" (with Melissa Mars) |
5 | 3 | 43 | Les Fleurs du bien | ||||||||||
| 2007 | "Les fleurs du bien" | 18 | 32 | — | |||||||||||
| "Nouveau voyage (C'est la vie)" (feat. Baby Bash) |
— | 10 | — | Les Fleurs de Forest | |||||||||||
| 2009 | "Le drapeau" | 6 | 7 | — | Welcome to the Magic World of Captain Samouraï Flower | ||||||||||
| "Idéaliste" | — | 18 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | La valse des regrets" | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2012 | "Tu m'avais dit" | 62 | 30 | — | MillésimeS | ||||||||||
| 2013 | "Millésime" (rerelease) | 79 | — | — | |||||||||||
| "D'un Avé Maria" | 33 | 28 | — | Le Grand Amour | |||||||||||
| "Le Grand Amour" | 175 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | "Arigatô" | 134 | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Où et avec qui tu m'aimes" | 78 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | "Le secret perdu" | 93 | — | — | Billet de femme | ||||||||||
| 2016 | "Je ne sais plus, je ne veux plus" | 198 | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Je laisse le temps faire" | 198 [7] |
— | — | Billet de femme - Le concert symphonique | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||||||
Musicals
- 2000: Les Dix Commandements – Music: Pascal Obispo, Book and Lyrics: Lionel Florence and Patrice Guirao
- 2012: Adam et Ève : La Seconde Chance - musical at the Palais des Sports in Paris, France.
Philanthropy
Obispo is a member of the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 1997.[8]
External links
- (in French) Official website
- (in English) Biography of Pascal Obispo, from Radio France Internationale
References
- 1 2 3 lescharts.com Pascal Obispo discography
- ↑ Ultratop.be/nl/ Pascal Obispo discography
- 1 2 3 Ultratop.be/fr/ Pascal Obispo discography
- 1 2 3 lescharts.com Pascal Obispo discography
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 http://www.snepmusique.com/les-disques-dor/?awards_cat=0&awards_awd=0&awards_year=0&awards_artist=Pascal+Obispo&awards_title=&awards_edit_distrib=&awards_sort=date_certif-desc&awards_nb=30&submitAdvanced=Rechercher
- ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 49, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 50, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ↑ "Pascal Obispo" (in French). Enfoires.com. Retrieved 23 February 2017.