Olivia Ruiz

Olivia Ruiz
Olivia Ruiz at the Eurockéennes of 2007
Background information
Birth name	Olivia Blanc
Born	January 1, 1980 (1980-01-01) (age 29)
Origin	Marseillette, Aude, France
Genre(s)	nouvelle chanson
Occupation(s)	Singer–songwriter
Years active	1992–present
Label(s)	Polydor
Associated acts	Mathias Malzieu
Website	Olivia-Ruiz.com

Olivia Blanc (born 1 January 1980) known as Olivia Ruiz is a female French pop singer of partial Spanish origin belonging to the nouvelle chanson genre.¹

Biography

For her second studio album La Femme Chocolat, Olivia Ruiz was recognised by the Victoires de la Musique as the Female Artist of the Year in 2007. For the live performances accompanying the record, she also received the prize in the category of Musical Show, Tour or Concert of the Year. The album topped the French chart and was certified as a diamond record for selling more than 750,000 copies in France² and made it to the top 50 of the Walloon and Swiss charts.³ Off the album, the music videos of the tracks "J'traine des pieds" and "La femme chocolat" were placed on rotation on the MCM French TV channel in 2006.⁴ The singles made it to the top 50 of the French and Walloon charts.

Olivia Ruiz wrote all the lyrics for her third studio album Miss Météores, co-orchestrated the music and employed a crew of guest stars including the rapper Buck 65, the indie band Noisettes and the folk and dark cabaret project Lonely Drifter Karen and featured the styles of nouvelle chanson, punk, folk and Hispanic rock.⁵⁶ The record topped the French and Walloon album charts in 2009.⁷ Off the album, the single "Elle panique", with the music written by Buck 65 peaked at #2 of the Walloon chart. The music video of the song was placed on rotation on the MCM in May 2009.⁴ Olivia Ruiz has announced a tour of francophone countries lasting from May to December 2009. Her partner is Mathias Malzieu, the lead singer of the band Dionysos

Discography

Albums

• 2003 : J'aime pas l'Amour, produced by Iso Diop & Mitch Olivier
• 2005 : La Femme Chocolat, produced by Alain Cluzeau, Mathias Malzieu (Dionysos) & Olivia Ruiz
• 2007 : Chocolat Show
• 2008 : La Chica Chocolate (La femme chocolat)
• 2009 : Miss Météores

Singles

• 2002 : Paris, songwriter Chet.
• 2003 : J'aime pas l'amour, songwriter Juliette.
• 2003 : Pas si vieille, songwriter Philippe Prohom.
• 2003 : Qui sommes nous ?, songwriter Chet and Jérôme Rebotier.
• 2004 : Le tango du qui, songwriter Stéphane Balmino and Denis Hénault-Parizel.
• 2004 : Les vieux amoureux, songwriter Chet and Jérôme Rebotier.
• 2005 : J'traîne des pieds, songwriter Olivia Ruiz and Ben Ricour.
• 2006 : La femme chocolat, songwriter Mathias Malzieu.
• 2007 : Non dits, songwriter Christian Olivier.
• 2007 : Goutez-moi, songwriter Mathias Malzieu.
• 2007 : Therapie de Groupe
• 2009 : Elle panique

Charts

Albums

Singles

References

External links

• Official Olivia Ruiz Website
• Olivia Ruiz at the Internet Movie Database

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