Axelle Red
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Fabienne Demal |
| Born | 15 February 1968 |
| Origin | Belgium |
| Genres | Pop music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Virgin Records |
| Website | Official website |
Axelle Red (born Fabienne Demal on 15 February 1968) is a Belgian singer-songwriter.
Axelle Red was born as Fabienne Demal on 15 February 1968 in Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium, the daughter of Roland Demal, a solicitor in Hasselt and Councillor for the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) in the City Council.
Nowadays a committed artist and a militant humanist, back in 1993 Axelle graduated from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) as a lawyer, the same year her first album Sans Plus Attendre was released which immediately resulted in her artistic break out in France, Switzerland, Canada and Belgium, where sales alone amounted to more than 200,000.
Her soul album, À Tâtons, recorded in 1996 in Memphis with musicians from the Stax label, including Steve Cropper and Isaac Hayes, is a real eye-opener. Axelle received an International Federation of the Phonographic Industry platinum award for sales of more than 1 million and a year later, she sold out the Paris Olympia for the first time.
Since 1997, Axelle has been an ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) standing up for the rights of children and women in war-torn regions and developing countries. That same year she devoted herself to the Ottawa Convention against land mines and in the poverty-stricken Haiti; she came face to face with children who have been imprisoned in miserable conditions without trial.
In 1998, Axelle married, and sang the official hymn, ‘La Cour des Grands’, with Youssou N'Dour in front of a few billion television viewers at the opening ceremony of the Football World Cup in the Stade de France in Paris. Seven months pregnant with her daughter, Janelle, in her shows devoted to soul and rhythm and blues she was joined by her heroes, Wilson Pickett, Sam Moore, Eddy Floyd, Percy Sledge and Ann Peebles. ‘The Soul of Axelle Red’. Axelle supported Amnesty International’s grand benefit concert in Paris although, under doctor’s orders, 7 months pregnant, she was advised not to perform herself. That same year saw the release of her Spanish album, Con Solo Pensarlo.
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