Those of you who follow me here on my channel know that I've
been to France recently, and I still
have some videos from that
trip to post here, so France
and the French culture are
fresh on my mind and because one of the
goals of my channel is to bring a little
bit of the culture of other countries
to you
and because I think music is one of the
main components of a country's
culture, I've decided to make this list with 5
of my favorite (current) French female singers.
Well, I've got to know the work of this singer
very recently, but I liked it so much that she
is already on my list of favorite female
french singers. Her name is Joyce
Jonathan and she released her first album
in 2010
and since her first album, she
became a hit in France and today she has
already released 3 albums and she continues
to be very successful over there. The music
style she sings is French
pop and folk music and an interesting fact
is that she also speaks Mandarin and she
even released an entire CD in Mandarin.
Joyce Jonathan singing "Je Ne Sais Pas"
Many people know Vanessa Paradis
as an actress and as Johnny Depp's ex-wife,
but what many people outside France
don't know is that she began her career
as a singer and she still
sings to this day. The song
that shot her to stardom is the original
version in French of that song
that Angélica used to sing in Brazil:
♫ Vou de táxi, cê sabe ♫
Vanessa Paradis singing "Joe Le Taxi"
Today her songs are more
in a pop rock style.
Vanessa Paradis singing "Divine Idylle"
Among all the singers from my list,
I believe Zaz is the one who has the
"Frenchiest" style of all because she often sings
a music style called gypsy jazz
or "jazz cigano," in Portuguese, which
I think is the music style that
comes to the minds of most people when
we think about French music.
And Zaz released her first CD in
2010 and she has won several awards.
No wonder,
she's got one hell of a voice.
Zaz singing "Je Veux"
Many of you may already know
Carla Bruni who, in fact, was born in
Italy, but she has been living in France for
a long time, and most of her songs
are in French, and she was
even France's First-Lady,
so I think it's fair to consider her
as a French singer.
She was one of the first singers I
began listening to when I started to
become interested in French music and I
love her songs, guys, I really do.
And just like in the case of Joyce Jonathan,
she also sings a style more like
folk music and her songs
are also very sweet and serene.
Carla Bruni singing "Le Plus Beau Du Quartier"
And the last singer in this list who in fact
isn't one, but three, so
3-in-1 is the trio L.E.J.
L.E.J are the
initials of their names, you know? So
Lucie, Elisa and Juliette and they've appeared on
the French music scene
relatively recently, but I'm really
hooked on their songs, so
I've decided to include them on this list
as well and besides their original songs,
they also perform great covers and mashups,
so it's really worth checking out
their work.
L.E.J singing "La Dalle"
Well guys, that was my list of today,
I hope you liked it.
If you're interested in checking out
the work of these
singers, I'll leave the links to their
YouTube channels below in the
description of the video for you to check out. And if
you'd like to continue watching videos
about France and French
culture,
I'll also leave a link here in the
description with a playlist of all the
videos I've made about France
here on my channel, I'm even speaking French in
some of the videos.
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your opinion below: Do you like
French music? And what are
your favorite French singers?
Thank you very much for watching and
au revoir! :)