Jenifer Bartoli

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Jenifer's third single, "Donne-Moi Le Temps", peaked at #18 in May of 2003

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.

Contents

1 Biography
2 Chart statistics
3 Awards
4 Videos
5 External links

Biography

Jenifer was raised with her younger brother Jonathan, by her mother and father, Michel and Christine Dadouche-Bartoli. 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 d'été" of 2002 in France. The album was re-released later to include two new tracks: "Entre Humains" and "Des Mot's 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" (Hug 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 auteur-compositeur 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.

Chart statistics

Singles

"J'attends L'amour" #2 France
"Au Soleil" #2 France, #63 Switzerland
"Des Mots Qui Résonnent!" #4 France, #15 Switzerland
"Donne-Moi Le Temps", #8 France, the top twenty Switzerland
"Ma Révolution" #9 France, #21 Switzerland
"Le Souvenir De Ce Jour" #6 France, #27 Switzerland
"C'est De L'or" #14 France, #71 Switzerland
"Serre-Moi" #25 France, #51 Switzerland

Albums

Jenifer (March 2002) #2 France, #9 Switzerland
Le Passage (May 2004) #2 France, #16 Switzerland
Jenifer Fait Son Live (October 2005) #6 France, #77 Switzerland
Jenifer Fait Son Live DVD (November 2005)

Awards

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

Videos

External links

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