Jenifer Bartoli

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Jenifer
Background information
Birth name	Jenifer Bartoli
Born	15 November 1982 (1982-11-15) (age 27)
Origin	Nice, France
Genres	French Pop, Pop, pop rock, Adult Contemporary
Years active	2002-present
Labels	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.

Biography

Jenifer was raised with her younger brother Jonathan, by her mother and father, Michel Dadouche and Christine Bartoli. Her mother is part Corsican and part Spanish; her father is a Jewish-Algerian 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.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards

• NRJ Radio's NRJ Music Awards :
  • Best French newcomer (2003)
  • Best French album (2005)
  • Best French female artist (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009)
• MTV Europe Music Awards
  • Best French artist (2004)

Videos

• Jenifer - Serre Moi (Fête De La Musique 2005)
• Jenifer & Ginie Line (Fête De La Musique 2005)
• Jenifer - Medley (Star Academy)

References

External links

• (French)Jenifer's official site
• Biography of Jenifer, from Radio France Internationale
• (French)Fansite
• (French)Another Fansite
• (French)1st Forum on Jenifer
• (French)2nd Forum on Jenifer
• (French)Space devoted to Jenifer: Biography, anecdotes, and homages