Alizee Dance & Vocals Aug 01, 2008 15:05:53
Alizée
Quite apart from the educational aspect of it, the fact is that an awful lot of good music is produced in non-English speaking countries and it seems a shame that British people are not given the opportunity to hear any of it, presuma...
Aliz饠debuted in 2000 with the album?Gourmandises. It went on to become a hit both in Europe and outside. The album reached top five in charts in France, Germany, Mexico, Asian Countries and others. It was followed up with a studio album in 2003,?Mes Courants ɬectriques, and a live album—Aliz饠En Concert—in 2004. ?
Aliz饠has sold nearly five million albums & singles around the globe. She has taken part in various stage shows and live performances throughout Europe and Russia, in addition to starring in a Japanese commercial. More recently, she has been becoming just as popular in NorthAmerica as she is in much of Europe; the latest concert tours together with earlier promotion leading to a very strong fan base in mainly The United States of America and in Mexico. In addition, Aliz饧s dance from "J'en Ai Marre" has also had influence in the Night Elf female dance in Blizzard Entertainment's best-selling game?World of Warcraft?released in 2004.[11]
Following her marriage in late 2003, Aliz饠had taken a hiatus from singing and had avoided appearing in the media since, with her older official site being offline since summer of 2005. Her first television appearance since then was on MTVFrance on?February 18,?2006. She has since resumed media appearances beginning in the second half of 2007 for promotion of her third studio album,?Psych餩lices.
The song "Moi... lolita" went on to become one of the top selling singles in recent chart history. Alizee had become an overnight popsuccess. After a string of promotional appearances to plug the single, Alizee recorded the albumGourmandises, written by Farmer from the point of view of a teenage girl going through typical adolescent growing pains.?
The album proved to be a phenomenal smash and hot on the heels of "Moi... lolita", went platinum in France in just three months. The next single "L'Alize," released in conjunction with the album, also achieved major salesuccess in her native country and abroad.?
Having established herself in France, Germany and The Netherlands, Alizee went international in 2001, withGourmandises?being released to greater Europe, including Russia, as well as Canada and Japan. In England, her debut single was given significant airplay without the benefit of a translated version, a rarity in the fickle UK market.?