Alain Souchon

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Alain Souchon
Synthpop
Experimental
Chanson
Techno
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active1971–present
LabelsRCA (1973–1984), Virgin (1985–present)
Websitealainsouchon.net

Alain Souchon (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ suʃɔ̃]; born Alain Édouard Kienast [alɛ̃ edwaʁ kinas(t)]; 27 May 1944) is a French singer-songwriter and actor. He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films.

Profile

Alain Souchon was born in

Paris.[citation needed
]

Souchon in 1978

Souchon signed his first contract in 1971 with the Pathe-Marconi label but had no success. Bob Socquet, the artistic director of RCA encouraged him to perform his song "L'amour 1830" at the Rose D'Or of Antibes contest. Souchon then began to collaborate with composer/arranger Laurent Voulzy (b. 1948); they would write together, but each released albums under his own name. Souchon's first hit was "J'ai 10 ans" (1974), from the album of the same name.[citation needed]

He continued releasing albums and in 1978 wrote the theme for

l'Olympia. He also began his acting career, most notably starring in the 1983 film L'été Meurtrier. Following the album 'On avance', he left RCA and signed with Virgin Records at 40 years old. In 1989 "La beauté de Ava Gardner" was voted best title of the year by the Victoires de la Musique.[citation needed
]

Then came Souchon's biggest hit "Foule sentimentale" from 1993's million-selling C'est déjà ça. At the 20th anniversary of the Victoires de la Musique in 1995, Alain Souchon received the award for best "Chanson Originale" for his song "Foule Sentimentale." In 1996, he received the "le Prix Vincent Scotto" award given by the SACEM (Societe des Auteurs Compositeurs) for his song "Sous les Jupes des Filles". Souchon returned in 2005 with the hugely successful album La vie Théodore which contained the hit single "...Et si en plus y'a personne".

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Record label FRA
[1][2] 		BEL
(Fl)
[3] 		BEL
(Wa)
[4] 		SWI
[5] 		Sales
1974 J'ai dix ans RCA – – – –
1976 Bidon – – – –
1977 Jamais content 1 – – – France: Gold (100,000)
1978 Toto 30 ans, rien que du malheur... 1 – – – France: Gold (100,000)
1980 Rame 5 – – – France: Gold (100,000)
1983 On avance 16 – – – France: Gold (100,000)
1985 C'est comme vous voulez Virgin 108A – – –
1988 Ultra moderne solitude 6 – – – France: Gold (100,000)
1993 C'est déjà ça 1 – 7 – France: Diamond (1,000,000+)
1997 Sol en si (with Francis Cabrel, Michel Jonasz, Catherine Lara,
Maxime le Forestier, Maurane, Zazie) 		3 – – –
1999 Au ras des pâquerettes 1 – 5 74 France: Diamond (1,206,000)
2005 La Vie Théodore 1 – 1 3 France: 2xPlatinum (462,100)
2008 Écoutez d'où ma peine vient 1 – 2 27 France: Platinum (200,000)
2011 À cause d'elles 8 – 11 90 France: Platinum (200,000)
2014 Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy
(jointly with Laurent Voulzy) 		Parlophone 1 117 1 8
2019 Âme fifties Parlophone 2
[6] 		152 2 6

Live albums

Year Album Record label FRA BEL
(Wa)
[4] 		SWI Sales
1984 Olympia 83
RCA
 – – –
1990 Nickel Virgin 49A – – France: Gold (100,000)
1995 Défoule sentimentale – Live (2 CDs) – 9 – France: 2xGold (200,000)
2002 J'veux du live 29 26 – France: Gold (100,000)
2010 Alain Souchon est chanteur 13 15 –
2016 Le concert
(jointly with Laurent Voulzy)
Columbia
 15
[7] 		– –
2022 Ici & là - En concert au dôme de Paris
Parlophone
 – 58 –
  • A Re-release

Compilations

Year Album Record label FRA BEL SWI Sales
1994 L'Intégral (5 CDs)
RCA
 – – –
1997 20 Chansons (Also known as 20 Sur 20)
BMG
 – – – France: Platinum (300,000)
2001 Collection (1974–1984)
RCA
 – 30 10 France: Platinum (300,000)
Collection (1985–2001) Virgin – – – France: Platinum (300,000)
2002 Par les Sentiments (2 CDs) – – –
2004 Platinum Collection – 13 –
2007 100 Chansons (5 CDs)
EMI France
 – – –

Singles

Year Single FRA BEL
[4] 		Certification Album
1986 "La Ballade de Jim" 24 - C'est comme vous voulez
1989 "Quand je serai k.o. 29 - Ultra moderne solitude
1993 "Foule sentimentale" 1 - FR (SNEP):
Silver (125,000) 		C'est déjà ça
1994 "L'amour à la machine" 21 -
2000 "Tailler la zone" 71 - Au ras des pâquerettes
2001 "Le baiser / Caterpillar" 80 -
2002 "La vie ne vaut rien" 46 - J'veux du live
2005 "Et si en plus y'a personne" 19 12 La vie Théodore
2006 "La vie Théodore" 68 -
2008 "Écoutez d'où ma peine vient" - 7 Ecoutez d'où ma peine vient
2009 "Parachute doré" - 39
2011 "Les filles à quoi ça sert"
(Bénabar / Cabrel / Goldman / Souchon) 		- 3*
(Ultratip)
"Le jour et la nuit" - 2*
(Ultratip)
2014 "Derrière les mots"
(with Laurent Voulzy) 		35 22
"La baie des fourmis"
(with Laurent Voulzy) 		197  –
2019 "Presque" - 39 Âme fifties

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts

Awards

Victoires de la musique

  • 1986: Music Video of the Year (La Ballade de Jim), directed by Philippe Bensoussan
  • 1986: Song of the Year (Belle-Île-en-Mer)
  • 1990: Song of the Year (Quand j'serai KO)
  • 1991: Album of the Year (Nickel)
  • 1994: Male Artist of the Year
  • 1994: Song of the Year (Foule sentimentale)
  • 1996: Album of the Year (Défoule sentimentale)

Globes de Cristal Award

  • 2006 : Best Male Singer

References

  1. ^ lescharts.com – Les charts français Archived 6 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ InfoDisc
  3. ^ Discografie Alain Souchon
  4. ^ a b c Discographie Alain Souchon
  5. ^ Discographie Alain Souchon – hitparade.ch
  6. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 43, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 29 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
  7. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique
    . 10 June 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

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