Hélène Ségara

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Hélène Ségara (French pronunciation:

Esmeralda in the French musical Notre Dame de Paris
. She has sold over 10 million records.

Biography

Childhood in the French Riviera

Hélène Ségara was born on 26 February 1971 on her grandfather's farm in Six-Fours-les-Plages. Her father, Bernardo Rizzo, is of Italian descent and her mother, Therese Kasbarian, is Armenian. She has cited her parents' divorce when she was eight and the death of her grandfather when she was 16 as defining moments of her childhood.[1]

As she wanted to become a singer, she left school and family at the age of 14. As a teenager, her jobs included performing in the piano bars of the French Riviera.[citation needed]

At 18, she gave birth to Raphael, her first son. Drawing on many musical influences she was a prolific songwriter during this period, and her repertoire grew to over a thousand songs in seven languages.[citation needed] In 1993, her first single, "Loin", was released, but failed to achieve success.[citation needed]

Life in Paris

Helene segara

In 1996, accompanied by her young son, she moved to Paris, where she met Christian Loigerot, who became one of her composers. She also met the famous producer Orlando Gigliotti, Dalida's brother, who gave new impetus to her career. Although impressed by the experience and professionalism of this mentor, she was still under contract with her first producer.

Ségara's first success came with "Je vous aime adieu," the first single from her debut album,

Noa. "When fate knocks at the door for a second time, we must not let it get away," said Ségara.[citation needed
]

However, her career was jeopardized after she was diagnosed with a cyst on her

vocal cords
although she continued to perform. During a show in Canada, she lost her voice. Her producer then resold her contract to Orlando, while a laser operation was carried out to treat her vocal cords.

A new start

Segara-la-vie-avec-toi

After her recovery, she recorded her second album, Au Nom d'une femme in 2000 which topped the charts in France. Five singles were released from the album. Ségara then began a concert tour that lasted about two years. A video recording of the concert she gave at the

Olympia
in Paris on this occasion was released. According to a poll made by the IFOP, Segara was the French people's favourite French singer at the time.

In March 2003, she released a third album, Humaine, including "On n'oublie rien, on vit avec", a duet with Laura Pausini and "L'Amour est un soleil", composed by Romano Musumarra. The album sold around 700,000 copies. She began another tour in late 2003 but was forced to stop her performances because of a difficult pregnancy. In August 2003, Ségara married Mathieu Lecat (son of journalist Didier Lecat) in Ajaccio, with whom she had two further children: Matteo and Maïa.[citation needed]

Her fourth studio album, Quand l'éternité ... came out in 2006. The first single from this album, "Méfie-toi de moi", was followed by "Rien n'est comme avant". This album has a different style from previous ones, with more pronounced rock influences, with lyrics largely written by the singer, discussing issues such as absence, death and hope. The album eventually achieved gold status three months after its release for more than 200,000 copies sold. In early 2007, she began a new concert tour in France, including the

Palais des Sports
in Paris.

In 2007, having finished the first part of her tour, two other songs from the album received radio play, despite not being released as singles: "Tu ne seras jamais libre" and "Father". In late 2007, several editions came out: a box set with of 3 CDs (Les 50 plus belles chansons d'Hélène Segara), two boxes consisting of two CDs with a new cover (Cœur de verre + Au Nom d'une femme, Humaine + Quand l'éternité...) and a CD 'Prestige' with 15 tracks. In February 2008, she released "La Moitié de nous", a duet with Bruno Pelletier, with a percentage of profits given to the charity Rêves.[2] The tour "Quand l'éternité..." ran until summer 2008, in France and abroad.

Il Divo

In 2014 Hélène performed the song "

A Musical Affair (2014).[3]

Other activity

  • In 1998, Ségara performed with Garou a duet for the album Ensemble contre le sida (Eng: Together Against AIDS). The song is a cover version of "L'amour existe encore", composed by Luc Plamondon and Richard Cocciante for Celine Dion.
  • She is a supporter of the charities Rêves, Les Restos du Cœur, Les Enfants de la Terre et e-enfance.
  • She sang on the album Le Cœur des femmes in aid of the Association Laurette Fugain, as well as charity programs on France 3.
  • She is also godmother of the charity Suisse, Espace Adoption, which supports adoptive families and adopted children.
  • Hélène Ségara has been ambassador of the association Rêves since 1998.
  • On 4 November 2006, Hélène took part in the Concert for Tolerance in Agadir, Morocco, where she performed alongside artists including
    Zucchero, Pascal Obispo, Florent Pagny, Faudel, Cheb Mami, Lorie and Amiina
    .

Awards

Discography

Main article: Hélène Ségara discography

Albums

  • 1996: Cœur de verre
  • 1998:
    Notre Dame de Paris (musical)
  • 2000:
    Au Nom d'une Femme
  • 2001: En concert à l'Olympia
  • 2002: Hélène (in Spanish-language)
  • 2003: Humaine
  • 2004:
    Le Best of
  • 2006: Quand l'éternité...
  • 2007: Les 50 plus belles chansons
  • 2007: Collection prestige
  • 2008: Mon pays c'est la terre
  • 2011: Parmi la foule
  • 2013: Et si tu n'existais pas
  • 2014: "Tout commence aujourd'hui"
  • 2016: "Amaretti" (in Italian-language)
  • 2021: "Karma"

Singles

[3]

Preceded by Victoires de la Musique
Female artist of the year
2001 		Succeeded by

External links

References

  1. ISBN 2226142991
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  2. ^ Statement on the official website of the association Archived 24 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c peopleinside.fr (ed.). "IL DIVO : NOUVEAU CLIP POUR L'ALBUM " A MUSICAL AFFAIR " MAINTENANT DISPONIBLE". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014.
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