(I'm) singing: je chante
singing (partciple) : chantant(e)
you say: chanter
Singing in the rain: Chanter sous la pluie.
Il chante means he sings in French.
a male singer: un chanteura female singer: une chanteuse
Avril Lavigne sings and does not speak french.
Celine Dion for one
french afair
LaBelle
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destiny child
If it comes from the verb 'chantar' = to put on; to give a piece of your mind, 'chante' = 'put (it) on', 'speak your mind/say what you think' (It means 'sings' in French, of course).
No she can sing in french though in her song bad romance she sings in french