Benjamin Biolay
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Partner(s) | Vanessa Paradis (2012–2015) Anna Mouglalis (2015) |
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Benjamin Biolay (French pronunciation: [bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ bjɔlɛ]; born 20 January 1973) is a French singer, songwriter, record producer, musician and actor. He is the brother of singer Coralie Clément—whose first three albums he wrote and produced—and the ex-husband of Chiara Mastroianni, the daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni.
His low-key vocal style is somewhat similar to French pop star Étienne Daho. With the singer Keren Ann, whose first two albums he co-wrote and produced, he contributed several songs to Chambre avec Vue, the successful comeback album of singer Henri Salvador, and has since worked as a writer, arranger or producer for other icons of French music, including Juliette Gréco, Julien Clerc, Françoise Hardy and Vanessa Paradis.
He wrote or performed most of the songs on the 2004 soundtrack to Clara et Moi by Arnaud Viard, and released the album Home with his wife the same year. After two more rock oriented albums in 2005 and 2007 he was dropped by his record company and began working on his first independent release, La Superbe, released on Naïve records in 2009. This was followed by the soundtrack album Pourquoi tu pleures in 2011 and Vengeance in 2012.
Personal life[]
Benjamin was married to actress and singer Chiara Mastroianni from 2002 to 2005; they have a daughter, Anna, born 22 April 2003.
Discography[]
Albums[]
- Solo studio albums
Year | Album | Peak positions | |||||
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FR [1] |
BEL (Fl) [2] |
BEL (Wa) [3] |
GER [4] |
SPN | SWI [5] | ||
2001 | Rose Kennedy | 66 | – | – | – | – | – |
2003 | Négatif | 15 | – | 9 | – | – | – |
2005 | À l'origine | 17 | – | 27 | – | – | – |
2007 | Trash Yéyé | 11 | – | 23 | – | – | 72 |
2009 | La Superbe | 3 | – | 7 | 98 | 97 | 61 |
2011 | Pourquoi tu pleures? | 38 | – | 54 | – | – | – |
2012 | Vengeance | 2 | 95 | 6 | – | 42 | 22 |
2015 | Trenet | 19 | 174 | 12 | – | – | – |
2016 | Palermo Hollywood | 3 | 107 | 6 | – | – | 17 |
2017 | Volver | 3 [6] |
129 | 1 | – | – | 12 |
2020 | Grand Prix | 1 [7] |
110 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
- Joint albums
Year | Album | Peak positions | |||||
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FR [1] |
BEL (Wa) [3] |
SWI [5] | |||||
2004 | Home (with Chiara Mastroianni) |
– | 26 | 98 |
- Compilation albums
Year | Album | Peak positions | |
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FR [1] |
BEL (Wa) [3] | ||
2011 | Best Of | – | 178 |
EPs[]
Year | EP title | Peak positions |
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FR [1] | ||
2001 | Benjamin Biolay Remix EP | – |
Soundtracks[]
Year | Album | Peak positions |
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FR [1] | ||
2004 | Clara et Moi | 163 |
Singles[]
Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | ||
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FR [1] |
BEL (Wa) [3] |
BEL (Wa) Tip [3] | |||
2008 | "Qu'est ce que ça peut faire?" | – | – | 14 | |
2010 | "La superbe" | – | 38 | – | |
"Si tu suis mon regard" | – | – | 32 | ||
2011 | "Ton héritage" | – | – | 28 | |
"Pas la forme" | – | – | 25 | ||
2012 | "Aime mon amour" | 60 | 39 | – | |
"Profite" (feat. Vanessa Paradis) |
93 | – | 24 | ||
"Ne regrette rien" (feat. Orelsan) |
157 | – | – | ||
2014 | "Ton héritage" (rerelease) | 80 | – | – | |
"Pas besoin de permis" (with Vanessa Paradis) |
35 | – | – | ||
2016 | "Palermo Hollywood" | 161 | – | – | |
2017 | "Roma (Amor)" (with Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas) |
136 [8] |
– | – |
Featured in
Year | Single | Peak positions |
Album |
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FR [1] | |||
2003 | "L'hymne à l'amour" (Aznavour, Boulay, Eicher, Biolay, Macias, Maurane, Foly, Fontaine, Mami, Leroy, Pagny & Badi) |
50 |
Other charted songs[]
Year | Song | Peak positions | Album |
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FR [1] | |||
2017 | "Retiens la nuit" | 80 [9] |
On a tous quelque chose de Johnny |
Selected filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Stella | Stella's father | Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
2010 | The Pack | The Spack's son | |
2013 | Under the Rainbow | Maxime Wolf | |
2014 | The Easy Way Out | Gérard | |
2015 | The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun | Michel Caravaille | |
2016 | Encore heureux | Antoine | |
Irréprochable | Gilles | ||
Mathieu Verron | |||
2017 | Number One | Marc Ronsin | |
2017 | Memoir of War | ||
2020 | The Eddy | ||
2021 | France | Fred de Meurs | Completed |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Benjamin Biolay discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ "Benjamin Biolay discography". ultratop.be/nl/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Benjamin Biolay discography". ultratop.be/fr/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ "Benjamin Biolay discography" (in German). Media Control Charts. Charts.de. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Benjamin Biolay discography". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 21, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Top Albums (Week 27, 2020)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 21, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 27 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 47, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
External links[]
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Villefranche-sur-Saône
- French male singer-songwriters
- French singer-songwriters
- French male film actors
- 21st-century French male actors
- 21st-century French singers
- 21st-century male singers
- Naïve Records artists
- Virgin Records artists