Alizée

Alizée
Alizée at Les Enfoirés 2013 in Paris
Born	Alizée Jacotey (1984-08-21) 21 August 1984 (age 32) Ajaccio, Corsica, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Singer, dancer, DJ
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	Jérémy Chatelain (2003–2012) Grégoire Lyonnet (2016-present)
Children	Annily Chatelain (born 2005)
Musical career
Genres	World, chanson, pop, rock, hip-hop, electronica, dance
Instruments	Vocals, synthesizer
Labels	Universal Music, Polydor, RCA, Wisteria Song, Sony Music Entertainment
Associated acts	Mylène Farmer, Tal, Laurent Boutonnat, Madonna, Jenifer, Alain Chamfort, Olly Murs
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Alizée Lyonnet (born Alizée Jacotey; 21 August 1984), known professionally as Alizée (French pronunciation: ​[a.li.ze]), is a French singer, dancer and voice actress. She was born and raised in Ajaccio, Corsica.

She was discovered by Mylène Farmer, following her winning performance in the talent show, Graines de Star, in 1999. While collaborating with Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat, she followed it with a series of albums that attained immense popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on NRJ, Europe 1, MTV, Virgin Radio, and many others. Throughout her career, many of her songs have been in top 25 hit lists on the record charts, including "Moi... Lolita", "L'Alizé", "J'en ai marre!", "Gourmandises", "Mademoiselle Juliette", her cover version of "La Isla Bonita", "Parler Tout Bas", "Les collines" and "À cause de l'automne".

According to the IFPI and SNEP, Alizée is one of the best-selling female French artists of the 21st century, and is also the singer with most exports out of France. Alizée entered the music business in 2000. She has since released six studio albums, the first two of which were composed by Laurent Boutonnat and written by Mylène Farmer. Her first album was Gourmandises, which received Platinum certification within three months of release. After its international launch in 2001, Gourmandises was a success both in France and abroad, earning Alizée the distinction of being the highest selling female French singer in 2001. The album featured her most successful single "Moi... Lolita" which reached number one in several countries in Europe and East Asia, in the UK the song was acclaimed by the New Musical Express who recognised it with a "Single of the Week" award. It became a rare example of a foreign-language song to chart highly in the UK, peaking at number 9.