Axelle Red

Axelle Red
Background information
Birth name	Fabienne Demal
Born	February 15, 1968 (1968-02-15) (age 40)
Origin
Genre(s)	Pop music
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	1993–present
Label(s)	Virgin Records
Website	Official website

Axelle Red (born Fabienne Demal in Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium, on 15 February 1968) is a Belgian singer-songwriter.

Biography

Despite being Flemish, she chose to write and perform songs in the French language. She has achieved great critical and popular success in both Belgium and France. Her musical style varies from jazz and soul to piano ballads.

Her musical idols as a youth were the pop group ABBA. Her music, while more pop than straightforward R&B, is notably influenced by Motown and soul music greats as well as by Burt Bacharach. She graduated in law (her father is a lawyer) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, but she nevertheless felt more attracted to music, a passion of her mother (a pianist). Her first album, Sans plus attendre, sold 500,000 copies in Belgium alone (a record). The song "Sensualité" was her breakthrough hit in France. Other hits included "Rester Femme", "Elle danse seule", "Je t'attends", Manhattan-Kaboul, "Parce que c'est toi", and "I had a dream" (featuring Daan). In 1998, she sang with Youssou N'Dour the official song of the 1998 FIFA World Cup during the opening ceremony in Paris of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In 2006, Axelle Red received the French order Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Discography

Main article: Axelle Red discography

Albums

• 1993 : Sans plus attendre
• 1996 : À Tâtons
• 1998 : Con solo pensarlo
• 1999 : Toujours Moi
• 2000 : Alive (in concert)
• 2002 : Face A / Face B
• 2006 : Jardin Secret
• 2008 : Empathie

Compilations and other recordings

• 2003 : Axelle Red (longbox 3 CDs)
• 2004 : French Soul (best-of 2 CDs)
• 2004 : French soul (DVD containing the concert at Bataclan and all her music videos)
• 2007 : Le Tour de mon Jardin Secret (DVD of the 2006/2007 concert tour)

Singles

• 1983 : "Little Girls" (Belgium only, under the name of Fabby)
• 1985 : "Back to Tokyo" (Belgium only, under the name of Axelle)
• 1989 : "Kennedy Boulevard" (under the name of Axelle)
• 1991 : "Aretha et Moi" (under the name of Axelle)
• 1992 : "Elle danse seule"
• 1993 : "Je t'attends"
• 1993 : "Sensualité"
• 1994 : "Le monde tourne mal"
• 1996 : "À tâtons"
• 1997 : "Rien que d'y penser"
• 1997 : "Mon Café" (Belgium only)
• 1997 : "Ma prière"
• 1998 : "À quoi ça sert"
• 1998 : "Rester femme"
• 1998 : "La Cour des grands" (duet with Youssou N'Dour, official song of the FIFA World Cup)
• 1999 : "Ce Matin"
• 1999 : "Faire des mamours"
• 1999 : "Parce que c'est toi"
• 2000 : "Bimbo à moi"
• 2000 : "J'ai jamais dit" (radio mix)
• 2001 : "Aretha et Moi" (live)
• 2002 : "Manhattan-Kaboul" (duet with Renaud Séchan)
• 2002 : "Je me fâche"
• 2003 : "Pas maintenant"
• 2003 : "Venez vers moi" (Belgium only)
• 2003 : "Toujours"
• 2004 : "Gloria"
• 2004 : "Je pense à toi"
• 2005 : "J'ai fait un rêve"
• 2006 : "Changer ma vie"
• 2006 : "Temps pour nous"
• 2007 : "Si tu savais"
• 2007 : "Naïve"
• 2007 : "Romantique à mort" (Belgium only)

Awards

• Victoires de la musique :
  • Female artist of the year (1999)
  • Original song of the year (2003) for Manhattan-Kaboul with Renaud Séchan (lyics: Renaud Séchan - composer/arranger: Jean-Pierre Bucolo)

• NRJ Radio's NRJ Music Awards :
  • Best French song (2003) for Manhattan-Kaboul with Renaud
  • Best French duo (2003) with Renaud

External links

• Official website
• Respect to Axelle : French unofficial website
• Biography of Axelle Red, from Radio France Internationale

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