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What happened to Alize is alive or not. French singer with an unusual name - Alizée Jacotey (Alizée Jacotey). The next difficulties of the singer and the enchanting return to the stage

Alizée - French singer. this moment four studio albums and one live album were officially released. Alize's first single for the song "Moi ... Lolita" ("I ... Lolita") was released on May 19, 2000 and immediately firmly established itself in the top ten hits on the top charts and did not leave them for six months, and copies of the single sold over 1.5 million copies.

Alizee Jacotey was born on August 21, 1984 in Ajaccio in the south of France, on the coast of Corsica. She is the first child in the family. She has brown hair and dark Brown eyes. Parents, big fans of windsurfing, named Alize after one of the winds.
Alize had a happy childhood. She has been dancing since the age of four and still loves dancing the most. In general, Alize connected her further career with dancing, although she was always a versatile child. In 1995, at the age of 11, Alize won a drawing competition by painting an airplane on an order form. In addition to a great trip to the Maldives (which is still very proud of). Her drawing was reproduced in full size on the cockpit of the aircraft, which was named "Alizee"!

In December 1999, Alize appeared in the TV show Graines de Star, which promotes young talents, with an English song, but did not pass the qualifying round. A month later, Alize came again, already with a song by the famous French singer Axelle Red called My Prayer (Ma priere), and this time the competition was held. Moreover, it was this song that allowed Alize to win the nomination Beginner Singer (Graine de chanteuse) on the final show!

Thanks to this performance, Alize was noticed by Mylene Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat. It was they who took up the promotion of Alize's career. Several tests in the studio, and she is selected. Already on May 19, 2000, her first single was released - I ... Lolita (Moi ... Lolita). And in the summer - July 26, 2000 - the first clip Moi ... Lolita was released, which tells about the dreams of a village girl to be in big city. The video shoot took 2 days. Scenes involving hundreds of dancers were filmed at Les Bains Douches, a famous Parisian discotheque. In turn, the barley fields and Lolita's modest home were filmed near Senlis.

The calculation turned out to be accurate, but even its organizers could not conceive of such a success. The single stayed in the top ten for almost half a year; as a result, more than 1.5 million copies of the single were sold - even the most popular artists fall short of such a result. Most importantly, Alize did not close within France, her single quickly gained popularity at the box office of radio stations in various countries - Japan, Canada, Germany, Russia ... November 17, 2000 Alize receives her first professional music award - an award in the Discovery of the Year nomination for the prizes of the French TV channel M6. And according to the results of 2000, on January 20, 2001, she was awarded the popular music award of the French radio station NRJ in the same nomination Discovery of the Year. Alize became famous overnight.

Meanwhile, active work in the studio ended with the release of the debut album Goodies (Gourmandises), which was released on November 28, 2000. The album, entirely written by the same Farmer-Butonna duet, turned out to be very solid and complete, with Alize's wonderful vocals and very entertaining texts - in essence, etudes-sketches from the life of a young girl and descriptions of her dreams. A very light youth musical style and the presence of undoubted dance hits (such as Moi ... Lolita, Veni Vedi Vici and Gourmandises) guaranteed the album popularity not only in France. In just 3 months of sales, the album went platinum. It has sold 300,000 copies and to date, it has sold over 800,000 copies in France. And finally, the total number of discs with Alize's recordings sold in Europe has already amounted to almost 4 million.

At the same time, on November 28, 2000, the second single Passat (L "Alize) was released to support the album. It undoubtedly fell into the shadow of the album, and therefore its sales were not so successful, but the clip of the same name (directed by Pierre Steen), released on television on December 6, 2000, greatly contributed to the promotion of the album.The clip itself is quite simple, it shows Alize laughing surrounded by soap bubbles.
Of much greater interest is the single Speak Quieter (Parler tout bas), released on April 24, 2001. The point is not only that a single for a slow lyrical song was released for the first time, but also in a wonderful video (released on TV a day later), again shot by Laurent Boutonnat. A very controversial story about the growing up of a child and parting with childhood illusions...

Meanwhile, Alize's foreign popularity began to translate into real deeds. In May 2001, Universal Music regional offices in Japan, Israel, Holland released localized versions of Gourmandises; the first publications about Alize began to appear in Russia. On April 17, 2001, a telephone interview with Alize took place on radio Europe Plus, and on June 1-2, 2001, Alize visited Russia for the first time! She arrived in Moscow on June 1, 2001, and on June 2, 2001, she performed at the Stopudovy Hit award ceremony from Hit-FM radio and at a press conference dedicated to this event, and also gave an interview on MTV-Russia broadcast on June 3, 2001 G.

The fourth Gourmandises clip was filmed on July 25, 2001. It continues a line of light game clips to support audio productions. The plot is quite simple - Alize and her friends go out into nature for a picnic, where they eat, drink and have fun. The clip was filmed (directed by Nicolas Hidiroglu) within one day in the suburbs of Paris; the boys and girls playing in the video were specially selected from modeling agencies. Later, on August 14, 2001, the fourth single Gourmandises was released from the album of the same name.

March 6, 2002 Alize receives her next award. She won the World Music Award ceremony held in Monte Carlo for the best French female artist with the highest record sales in 2001 in France and abroad.

The return of Alizee or the album "Mes courants electriques"

After a long break, one of the sexiest singers in the world of pop music returns to us not only with her new single, but also with a brand new album.
The second album was produced by Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat, who helped Alizee record the first album. The first single from the disc was the French song "I've had enough" (J" en ai marre!), And its English version "I" m fed up!

The single "J" en ai marre" was first heard on radio stations on January 7, 2003. At the same time, Alize will appear on television again. In just one month, more than 10 magazines were released with information about the return of "little Milen" and all kinds of similar interviews.
Before the release of the new single, Alize shoots a video, which is shown for the first time on February 19, 2003, on M6 and MCM channels. The video for the song "J" en ai marre" was filmed for 2 days in a studio in Paris in two versions: in French and English. The English version of the video has a slightly different editing. The clip takes place in an aquarium filled with water. Alizee plays the role of a goldfish. Following the clip, there is a big interview "The History of the Return of Alize" (Histoires d "un retour attendu Alizee) with many video inserts from her speeches, etc.

In the meantime, work on the release of the second album "My electrical discharges" (Mes courants electriques) is being completed in the studio. The new album "Mes Courants Electriques" was released in two versions: French and international. The release in France took place on March 18 and immediately took second place in the national chart, and the international release took place on April 15 by Universal Music. The French version of the album "Mes courants electriques" includes 11 tracks. For abroad there will be a slightly different version with 4 English songs. The cover of the disc is quite interestingly designed: here you will see a classic disco stage, practically untouched by time and progress since the late 70s. The album also includes new instruments: electric guitar, etc. In general, the album turned out in the standard style of Mylene Farmer, but at the same time it is not at all like Alize's first album. The girl grew up, and her songs became more mature.

At the end of March 2003, Alize participates in the Eurobest 2003 ceremony, where the winners of Star Factories from 9 European countries, including Russia, gather. At this ceremony, Alize, together with Pasha Artemiev (soloist of the Roots group), performs his most famous song, "I ... Lolita." Hall applauds...

Without hesitation, on May 21, 2003, in support of the upcoming concert tour in Europe, the next video "I'm not 20 years old" (J "ai Pas Vingt Ans) is released, followed by a new single on the store shelves on June 3, 2003 for the same name composition.

Further, Alize is intensively preparing for her first concert tour. The tour begins on August 26, 2003 from Paris, where Alize gives seven concerts in a row in the Olympia Hall. After the wonderful shows at Olympia, Alize sets off for three months to travel with concerts not only throughout France, but also in Belgium and Switzerland. The apogee of the tour was a concert at Le Zenith (Paris) on January 17, 2004 ... A real colorful show, as Alize herself says. Against the backdrop of an unusual decoration in the form of a pink shoe, Alize gives the audience her 17 songs from two albums every evening.

Much more interesting than the previous one (in terms of plot) is the next Alize video for the song "A contre-courant", which is released on October 1, 2003. The clip was filmed over 2 days in Belgium. The clip takes place in a long-abandoned coal processing plant (currently used by firefighters for drills). The person shown in the clip is a real acrobat from the circus. Literally a week after the clip was shown, on October 7, 2003, the next, already the third single, "Oncoming Currents" (A contre-courant), was released. The release of this single is very important for Alize. For the first time, cd maxi and vinyl are not released with the single, their release is scheduled for November 12, 2003.

In February 2004, Voici magazine publishes information that Alize and her friend Jeremy Chatelain (Jeremy Chatelain), a native of the same French Star Factory (Star Academy), secretly got engaged during their trip to Las Vegas in November 2003 This news shocked the public, and even more so the fans, who took the news sharply negatively.

After a long wait, on October 4, 2004, the double album "Gourmandises / Mes Courants Electriques" is released, and on October 18, 2004, a "live" DVD and CD "En concert" is released, which presents a complete "live" video concert of Alize, collected from her autumn tour 2003. The presentation is scheduled at the Virgin hypermarket, but Alize is not there, thus disappointing the fans who came. At the same time, the single "Amelie m" a dit "and the video for this song are released, which is often played on radio and television, but soon it disappears from the charts.
2004

On January 17, 2004, Alize gave her final concert at the Le Zenith concert hall in Paris, giving the audience a colorful show and performing her seventeen songs from two albums.

After the final concert, starting in February 2004, Alize took a creative break for an indefinite period.

2005-2008
Since Alize suspended her musical activities due to her pregnancy in February. Its official website has not been functioning since the summer of 2005. During this time, there was a lot of news regarding the return of Alize and the continuation of her career, most of which eventually turned out to be false.

However, on April 3, 2006, the webmaster of one of the singer's fan sites received a handwritten message signed by Alize that the singer was working on her third album. Here is the translated version of the message into Russian:

Hi all!

I just want to let you know that I'm in the studio at the moment...
The new songs are great!!
Kisses to all and hope to see you soon!
Promise.

On July 7, 2006, a show on the French TV channel Europe 2 called "Le JT de la musique" announced that Alize "is no longer collaborating with her former producer and lyricist Mylene Farmer" and is currently working on the creation of a third album. It was also announced that Jean Faulques was writing the lyrics for the new songs. Jeremy Chatelain is also linked with the new album, which he confirmed in his interview.

In September 2007, Alize signed a contract with the RCA Records / Sony BMG record label, and on September 30 her new single "Mademoiselle Juliette" was released. On November 19, a video for this single will be released.

On December 3, 2007, Alize's third studio album Psychédélices was released. It went gold in 4 days, reaching sales of 80,000 copies. Meanwhile, sales results are more than unsatisfactory: the album reaches only 16th position in the French charts (approximately 11,000 copies sold in the first week), 33,000 copies have already been sold today, which is much less than RCA studio planned (100,000 copies). By the spring of 2008, about 500,000 copies of this album had been sold.

In the period from January 23 to 28, 2008, Alize took part in the charity concert "Stupid" (fr. Les Enfoirés) which was held in Strasbourg in the Zenith Hall. RCA is also reporting upcoming performances in Mexico and France during 2008.

In March, Alize visited Mexico for the first time. An autograph signing was scheduled for March 5, but it was canceled due to security concerns. Alize spoke in an impromptu press conference to apologize to her fans. And she promised to fix it, if possible, on her next visit to Mexico, which will take place during a big tour.

Starting May 18, 2008, Alize starts a big tour called "Psychédélices Tour". The first point of which is Moscow, after which concerts in Mexico follow in June. The track list of the tour includes 20 songs, including songs from the new album, as well as mixes of hits from past years.

2009 - present
After participating in Les Enfoirés font leur cinéma in January 2009, Alize disappears from view. But according to the singer's twitter, she is actively working in the studio on her new album. In general, 2009 is very quiet, only sometimes the Internet press explodes about the new album and rumors about Alize's personal life.

The first single of the new album "Les Collines (Never Leave You)" was released on February 17, 2010. The presentation of the album, whose name is "Une enfant du siècle" ("Child of the Century"), took place on March 29, 2010 at 18:00 Paris time. The new album contains 10 songs.

Personal life

While Alize, after the release of her first album, in her creative image appeared to the public as Lolita with a sexy appearance and defiant clothes, in fact, Alize was "a modest quiet person and an ordinary city teenager"

Timid and shy Alize loved to be the center of attention of her fans. Gradually, growing up, and also with the release of the second album, Alize changed her “Lolita image” to the “grown-up girl image”, and the meaning of the songs became more “adult”.

Alize continues to dance, in particular, she is fluent in classical dance, jazz dance, ballet and flamenco. She is fond of football and even supports the AC Ajaccio football club. Also, Alize is engaged in Thai boxing, but not to gain boxing experience, but to maintain her physical fitness. Alize also does charity work, being part of a celebrity group called "Les Enfoirés" ("Stupid"). This group gives charity concerts every year, and the income from the concerts goes to "Les Restaurants du Coeur" ("Restaurants of the Heart"), a fund for helping the poor (money goes to feed the poor). Alize participated in these concerts in 2001 and 2002.

Alize is married to Jérémy Châtelain, whom she met at the Eurobest in 2003. Jeremy Chatelain is a graduate of the popular French TV show Star Academy. Their wedding took place in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA) on November 6, 2003.

The family has now bought private house(practically a castle) on the outskirts of Paris.

Alize Jacote (Alizee Jacotey) was born on August 21, 1984 in Ajaccio (Ajaccio) in the south of France, on the coast of Corsica. She is the first of two children in the family. Parents, big fans of windsurfing, named Alize after one of the winds.
Alize had a happy childhood. She has been dancing since the age of four and still loves dancing the most. In general, Alize connected her further career with dancing, although she was always a versatile child. In 1995, at the age of 11, Alize won a drawing competition by painting an airplane on an order form. In addition to the fact that the girl won a magnificent trip to the Maldives (which she is still very proud of), her drawing was reproduced in full size on the cockpit of the aircraft, which was named "Alizee"!

In December 1999, Alize appeared in the TV show Graines de Star, which promotes young talents, with an English song, but did not pass the qualifying round. A month later, Alize came again, already with a song by the famous French singer Axelle Red called "My Prayer" (Ma priere), and this time the competition was held. Moreover, it was this song that allowed Alize to win the nomination "Beginner Singer" (Graine de chanteuse) in the final program!

Thanks to this performance, Alize was noticed by Mylene Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat. It was they who took up the promotion of Alize's career. Several tests in the studio, and she is selected. Already on May 19, 2000, her first single "I ... Lolita" (Moi ... Lolita) was released. And in the summer - July 26, 2000 - the first and one of the best clip "Moi ... Lolita" was released, which tells about the dreams of a village girl to be in a big city. The video shoot took 2 days. The scenes, involving hundreds of dancers, were filmed at the famous Parisian discotheque "Les Bains Douches". In turn, the barley fields and Lolita's modest home were filmed near Senlis.

The calculation turned out to be accurate, but even its organizers could not conceive of such a success. The single stayed in the top ten for almost half a year; as a result, more than 1.5 million copies of the single were sold - a result that even the most popular artists fall short of. Most importantly, Alize did not close within France, her single quickly gained popularity at the box office of radio stations in various countries - Japan, Canada, Germany, Russia ... November 17, 2000 Alize receives her first professional music award - an award in the "Opening of the year" for the prizes of the French TV channel M6. And according to the results of 2000 - on January 20, 2001, she was awarded the popular music award of the French radio station NRJ in the same nomination "Discovery of the Year". Alize became famous overnight.

Meanwhile, active work in the studio ended with the release of the debut album "Goodies" (Gourmandises), which was released on November 28, 2000. The album, entirely written by the same Farmer-Butonna duet, turned out to be very solid and complete, with excellent vocals by Alize and very entertaining texts - in essence, etudes-sketches from the life of a young girl and descriptions of her dreams. A very light youth musical style and the presence of undoubted dance hits (such as "Moi... Lolita", "Veni Vedi Vici" and "Gourmandises") guaranteed the album popularity not only in France. In just 3 months of sales, the album went platinum. It has sold 300,000 copies and to date, it has sold over 800,000 copies in France. And finally, the total number of discs with Alize's recordings sold in Europe has already amounted to almost 4 million !!! And this is only in Europe!

At the same time, on November 28, 2000, the second single "Passat" (L "Alize) was released to support the album. It undoubtedly fell into the shadow of the album, and therefore its sales were not so successful, but the clip of the same name (director - Pierre Steen), released on television on December 6, 2000, greatly contributed to the promotion of the album.The clip itself is quite simple, it shows Alize laughing surrounded by soap bubbles.

Of much greater interest is the single "Speak Quieter" (Parler tout bas), released on April 24, 2001. The point is not only that a single for a slow lyrical song was released for the first time, but also in a wonderful video (released on TV a day later) , again shot by Laurent Boutonnat. A very controversial story about the growing up of a child and parting with childhood illusions...

Meanwhile, Alize's foreign popularity began to translate into real deeds. In May 2001, the regional offices of "Universal Music" in Japan, Israel, Holland released localized versions of the album "Gourmandises"; the first publications about Alize began to appear in Russia. On April 17, 2001, a telephone interview with Alize took place on radio Europe Plus, and on June 1-2, 2001, Alize visited Russia for the first time! She arrived in Moscow on June 1, 2001, and on June 2, 2001 she performed at the "Stopudov Hit" awards ceremony from Hit-FM radio and at a press conference dedicated to this event, and also gave an interview on MTV-Russia air 3 June 2001

The fourth clip, "Gourmandises", was filmed on July 25, 2001. It continues a line of light game clips to support the audio production. The plot is quite simple - Alize and her friends go out into nature for a picnic, where they eat, drink and have fun. The clip was filmed (directed by Nicolas Hidiroglu) within one day in the suburbs of Paris; the boys and girls playing in the video were specially selected from modeling agencies. Later, on August 14, 2001, the fourth single "Gourmandises" was released from the album of the same name. March 6, 2002 Alize receives her next award. She won the "World Music Award" ceremony held in Monte Carlo for the best French female artist with the highest record sales in 2001 in France and abroad.

Judging by the interview, Alize is an ordinary teenager. She does not think much about her future career yet. Alize herself dreams of starring in a musical comedy. The girl has a wonderful voice and great plasticity. Naturally, everyone is interested in the personal life of the pretty "Lolita", but here she is laconic. Yes, there is a boyfriend, but Alize keeps everything that concerns him a secret, she doesn’t even tell meticulous journalists the name. And in young people he appreciates devotion most of all. In general, it is not yet clear what will grow out of the new "star" - the second Mylene Farmer, Vanessa Paradise or the French Britney Spears. One thing is clear - until Mylene Farmer leaves her, there is a chance that Alize's music will progress.

Alize's new single was first heard on radio stations on January 7, 2003. At the same time, Alize again appeared on television (for a whole year nothing was heard about her at all), in just one month more than 10 magazines were released with information about the return of "little Milen" and all kinds of similar interviews.

Before the release of the new single, Alize shoots a video, which is first shown on February 19, 2003, on M6 and MCM channels. The clip turns out to be quite controversial, and frankly, at first glance, not very successful. The video for the song "I'm Enough" (J "en ai marre) was filmed for 2 days in a studio in Paris. The design of the video is quite simple: a huge glass box 3 by 3 meters, which acts as an aquarium. The video was filmed in two versions: on in French and English. The English version of the video has a slightly different installation. The action of the video takes place in an aquarium slightly filled with water. Alizee, of course, plays the role of a goldfish! Following the clip, there is a large interview with "The Story of Alize's Return" (Histoires d "un retour attendu Alizee) with many video inserts from her performances, etc.

And finally, on February 25, 2003, the long-awaited single appears on the shelves of French stores. The single immediately hits the second line of the charts, but, alas, it does not stay there for long, after a week it starts to fall and no longer occupies high lines in the charts. Sales of the single to date are quite meager, with only a few hundred thousand copies in France. More and more often, Alize "appears on TV" in various programs, gives interviews.

In the meantime, work on the release of the second album "My electric discharges" (Mes courants electriques), which was released on March 19, 2003, is being completed in the studio. The cover of the disc is quite interestingly designed: here you will see a classic disco stage, practically untouched by time and progress since the late 1970s. The French version of the album "Mes courants electriques" includes 11 tracks. But for abroad - a slightly different version with 4 English songs. The album also includes new instruments: electric guitar, etc. In general, the album turned out in the standard style of Mylene Farmer, but at the same time it is not at all like Alize's first album. The girl grew up, and her songs became more mature, but on the other hand, after listening to such songs as: "Toc de mac", "Youpidou" and "J" en ai marre ", one can say that she is still a child, although she herself and does not hide.At the end of March 2003, Alize participates in the Eurobest 2003 ceremony, where all the winners of Star Factories from 9 European countries, including Russia, gather.At this ceremony, Alize, together with Pasha Artemiev (lead singer of the Korni group), performs his most the famous song "I ... Lolita" The audience applauds ...

Without hesitation, on May 21, 2003, in support of the upcoming concert tour of Europe, the next clip "I'm not 20 years old" (J "ai Pas Vingt Ans) is released, and after it, on June 3, 2003, a new single appears on store shelves on composition of the same name.

Alizee is a French singer who was born on August 21, 1984 in Corsica. Real name - Alize Jakote. From an early age, she was distinguished by her love for dancing and music, so she always participated in various competitions. Alize's path to fame was difficult: she was not noticed at performances, but the aspiring singer did not leave her dream of becoming a real professional. Currently, she has released 6 full-length albums and many clips for them.

Childhood years

The childhood of the future star took place in a sunny city. The girl's parents were not very interested in creativity. My father was a simple computer administrator, and my mother was engaged in business development. Alize is not the only child in the family, besides her, the couple has a son - the younger brother of a celebrity. The name of the girl means "trade wind", that is, a constant south wind. This fully explains the character of the singer: she is just as fast and sunny.

FROM early childhood little Alize was a creative child. Already at the age of 4, her parents sent her to dance, where the girl liked to do it. Each appearance on stage brought her great pleasure, at that time she was considered one of the most gifted children in the dance studio. But her passion for dancing quickly got bored, the future pop star began to study music, trying to develop her voice. By the way, the child, plus dancing and musical skills, was excellent at drawing. At the age of 11, she won a serious competition from the Air Outre Mer airline. It consisted in the development of a logo, the prize was a trip to the Maldives with the whole family. For a long time, the drawing and the name of the winner adorned one of the planes.

Alize as a child younger brother

At the age of 15, Alize decided to try her hand and take part in a musical show that aired on French television. It is noteworthy that she was going to dance in the competition, but only musical groups were accepted there. The young girl quickly changed her mind and performed a song in English. The jury did not mark the performance in any way and did not give a chance to win - this did not prevent them from winning the competition a little later. For a month, Alizee rehearses the song "Ma Prière" by singer Axel Red, again performs at the show and wins it.

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Biography, life story of Alizee

Alizee is a French singer.

Childhood

Alizee Jacotey was born on August 21, 1984 in Ajaccio in southern France, on the coast of Corsica. She is the second child in the family. She has brown hair and dark brown eyes. Parents, big fans of windsurfing, named Alize after one of the winds.

Alize had a happy childhood. From the age of four, she took up dancing and even many years later, she loved dancing most of all. In general, Alize connected her further career with dancing, although she was always a versatile child. In 1995, at the age of 11, Alize won a drawing competition by painting an airplane on an order form. In addition to the fact that the girl won a magnificent trip to the Maldives (which she was very proud of for a long time), her drawing was reproduced in full size on the cockpit of the aircraft, which received the name Alizee!

Career

In December 1999, Alize appeared in the TV show Graines de Star, which promotes young talents, with an English song, but did not pass the qualifying round. A month later, Alize came again, already with a song by the famous French singer Axelle Red called "My Prayer" (Ma priere), and this time the competition was held.

Thanks to this performance, Alize was also noticed by Laurent Boutonnat. It was they who took up the promotion of Alize's career. Several tests in the studio - and it is selected. Already on May 19, 2000, her first single "I ... Lolita" (Moi ... Lolita) was released. And in the summer - July 26, 2000 - the first and one of the best clips "Moi ... Lolita" was released, telling about the dreams of a village girl to be in a big city. The video shoot took two days. Scenes involving hundreds of dancers were filmed at Les Bains Douches, a famous Parisian discotheque. In turn, the barley fields and Lolita's modest home were filmed near Senlis.

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On November 17, 2000, Alize received his first professional music award - an award in the "Discovery of the Year" nomination for the prizes of the French TV channel M6. And according to the results of 2000, on January 20, 2001, she was awarded the popular music award of the French radio station NRJ in the same nomination "Discovery of the Year". Alize became famous overnight.

Meanwhile, active work in the studio ended with the release of the debut album "Goodies" (Gourmandises), which was released on November 28, 2000. The album, entirely written by the same duo -Butonna, turned out to be very solid and complete, with Alize's wonderful vocals and very amusing lyrics - essentially etudes-sketches from the life of a young girl and descriptions of her dreams. A very light youth musical style and the presence of undoubted dance hits (such as Moi ... Lolita, Veni Vedi Vici and Gourmandises) guaranteed the album popularity not only in France. In just three months of sales, the album went platinum. It sold 300,000 copies, and a little later sales amounted to more than 800,000 copies in France. And, finally, the total number of discs sold in Europe with Alize's recordings amounted to almost four million !!! And this is only in Europe!

At the same time, on November 28, 2000, the second single "Passat" (L "Alize) was released to support the album. It undoubtedly fell into the shadow of the album, and therefore its sales were not so successful, but the video of the same name (director - Pierre Steen), released on television on December 6, 2000, greatly contributed to the promotion of the album.The clip itself is quite simple, it shows Alize laughing surrounded by soap bubbles.

Of much greater interest is the single "Speak Quieter" (Parler tout bas), released on April 24, 2001. The point is not only that a single for a slow lyrical song was released for the first time, but also in a wonderful video (released on TV a day later), again shot by Laurent Boutonnat. A very controversial story about the growing up of a child and parting with childhood illusions...

Meanwhile, Alize's foreign popularity began to translate into real deeds. In May 2001, Universal Music regional offices in Japan, Israel, Holland released localized versions of the Gourmandises album; the first publications about Alize began to appear in Russia. On April 17, 2001, a telephone interview with Alize took place on Europe Plus radio, and on June 1-2, 2001, Alize visited Russia for the first time! She arrived in Moscow on June 1, 2001, and on June 2 she performed at the "Stopudov Hit" awards ceremony from Hit-FM radio and at a press conference dedicated to this event, and also gave an interview on MTV-Russia (broadcast June 3, 2001).

The fourth clip of Gourmandises was filmed on July 25, 2001. It continues a line of light game clips to support audio productions. The plot is quite simple - Alize and her friends go out into nature for a picnic, where they eat, drink and have fun. The clip was filmed (directed by Nicolas Hidiroglu) in one day in the suburbs of Paris; the boys and girls playing in the video were specially selected from modeling agencies. Later, on August 14, 2001, the fourth single Gourmandises was released from the album of the same name.

March 6, 2002 Alize receives her next award. She won the World Music Award in Monte Carlo as the best French female artist with the highest record sales in 2001 in France and abroad.

Judging by the first interviews, Alize was an ordinary teenager. At that time, she did not particularly think about her future career. Alize herself then dreamed of starring in a musical comedy. According to media reports, the girl even then had a wonderful voice and excellent plasticity.

In general, then it was still not clear what would grow out of a new star - the second, Vanessa Paradise or French.

Alize's new single was first heard on radio stations on January 7, 2003. At the same time, Alize began to appear on television again (for a whole year nothing was heard about her at all). In just one month, more than 10 magazines were released with information about the return of the "small" and all kinds of similar interviews.

Before the release of the new single, Alize shoots a video, which is first shown on February 19, 2003, on M6 and MCM channels. The clip turns out to be quite controversial and at first glance not very successful. The video for the song "I've had enough" (J "en ai marre) was filmed over two days in a Paris studio. The design of the video is quite simple: a huge glass box three by three meters, which acts as an aquarium. The video was filmed in two versions: on French and English. The English version of the video has a slightly different installation. The action of the video takes place in an aquarium slightly filled with water. Alizee, of course, plays the role of a goldfish! Following the clip comes a large interview with "The Story of the Return of Alize" (Histoires d "un retour attendu Alizee) with many video inserts from her performances,

February 25, 2003 the long-awaited single appears on the shelves of French stores. The single immediately hits the second line of the charts, but, alas, does not stay there for long. A week later, he begins to fall and no longer occupies high lines in the charts. The sales of the single were quite meager - only a few hundred thousand copies in France. More and more often, Alize appeared on TV in various programs, gave interviews.

In the meantime, work on the release of the second album "My electric discharges" (Mes courants electriques), which was released on March 19, 2003, is being completed in the studio. The cover of the disc is quite interestingly designed: here you will see a classic disco stage, practically untouched by time and progress since the late 1970s. The French version of the album Mes courants electriques includes 11 tracks. But for abroad - a slightly different version with four English songs. The album also includes new instruments: electric guitar, etc. In general, the album turned out in a standard style, but at the same time it is not at all like Alize's first album. The girl grew up, and her songs became more mature, but on the other hand, after listening to songs such as Toc de mac, Youpidou and J "en ai marre, one can say that she was still a child, although she herself did not hide it.

At the beginning of 2004, Alize announced that she was temporarily stopping her musical activities. The singer's fans were terribly disappointed, but still wished their favorite have a nice rest. In October 2004, the artist presented a live album consisting of recordings of her songs performed live during her last performance.

In April 2006, information appeared on one of Alize's fan sites that the singer was actively working on her new album. In July of the same year, it became known that Alize had ceased cooperation with

Alize will be 30 years old. She devoted almost 20 years of her life to the stage. Despite the fact that her last album was released in May of this year, rumors are circulating on the Internet and in the tabloid press that Alize is no more, that she has quietly passed away. Many of her news led to horror and despair, and, naturally, they burn with impatience to find out how reliable this information is. So Alize is alive or not?

People who personally know and communicate with her are simply discouraged: where could such rumors come from? After all, she does not even have serious health problems. I would like to reassure those who are concerned about this issue: the singer Alize is alive and well, recording new discs, and raising her daughter. However, the singer's marriage is under threat, although there is no official information about this yet. Perhaps, due to troubles in her personal life, ridiculous rumors about her death began to spread, and many fans of the talent of the French singer began to care about the question of whether Alize was alive or not. Will she continue to please with her wonderful performances?

short biography

French singer Alize Jacote comes from the southern town of Ajaccio, which is located on the coast. Her parents named their daughter after one of the famous winds (in French, “trade wind” sounds like “alizé”). As a child, she was very inquisitive and versatile. developed child loved to read, play educational games, draw, but most of all she liked dancing. In 1995, at the age of 11, thanks to her drawing on a given topic, she won a prize - a trip to the Maldives. It was the first victory in her life. Soon a string of other creative successes followed her, but this time in a different art form - music. The beginning of the new century was especially successful for Alize. At the age of 16, she took part in the TV show "Beginning Star" and won the nomination. The young singer from Corsica really liked Mylene Farmer, and she began to produce her, and very successfully. Already in May of the same year, Alize's first single, "My Lolita", was released, and then the video of the same name was released. Soon the singer became popular not only in France, but also abroad.

About four million of her discs were sold annually in Europe alone. Several of her singles were released every year, followed by video clips. They immediately won the sympathy of listeners and viewers: "Passat" (2000), Parler tout bas and Gourmandises (2001).

2002 brought her a significant victory and worldwide recognition at the World Music Award in Monte Carlo, and a year later she received an award from Eurobest, where she met her future husband, Jeremy Chatelain. They soon got married in Las Vegas. In 2004, Alize gave her final concert and announced that she was going to leave the stage for an indefinite period.

Ridiculous Rumors

What is the reason for the appearance on the Internet and in the print press of strange articles with the titles "Is Alize alive?" Surely this is a consequence of a lack of information, because after the final concert, the singer devoted herself to her family: her daughter and husband. She began to lead a closed life and rarely appeared in public. This, perhaps, is one of the reasons for the spread of rumors and strange questions about whether Alize is alive or not.

Another reason, apparently, are rumors that the singer has become addicted to drugs and is on the verge of suicide due to a break with Jeremy. People close to the star's family claim that nothing like this happens to her, that she is fine both with her health and in her relationship with her husband. In May 2013, in refutation of these ridiculous rumors and in response to the question that torments fans of her talent about whether Alize is alive or not, the singer released a new album. So believe after this folk rumor!