Florent Pagny

Biography

Florent Pagny (born 6 November 1961) is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He records his work in French, as well as in Italian, Spanish and English. His greatest hits include "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer" and "Ma Liberté de penser"—all three were number one in France. As of 2018, he has sold more than 6 million singles and 10 million albums, becoming the 17th best-selling artist of all time in France. Florent Pagny began his artistic career as an actor in popular films and television dramas. He appeared in La Balance, L'As des as, and A Captain's Honor or Fort Saganne. In 1987, he wrote his first song titled "N'importe quoi". Pagny's first album, Merci, was released in 1990. The album's songs, mainly written by himself, began to attract controversy, with the press eventually boycotting some of them. This led to a decline in sales, culminating in personal problems. His follow-up album, Réaliste, was also not as successful. Jean-Jacques Goldman wrote three songs for Pagny under the pseudonym Sam Brewski, and presented to him a new staff. The album Rester vrai marked the beginning of his career as a performer only. Bienvenue chez moi, a semi-compilation released in 1995, was a smash success. Pagny also covered "Caruso", the hit originally performed by Lucio Dalla. He decided to move to Argentinian Patagonia to flee the French tax authorities and to start a new life with his wife, Azucena, and their children. Recently, Pagny said he had enrolled his children in Miami because he didn't want them to speak Arabic while returning from school. His next album, Savoir aimer, was released in 1997. It was composed by a number of writers, including Jean-Jacques Goldman, Erick Benzi, Jacques Veneruso, Zazie and, Pascal Obispo, who also produced the album. "Savoir aimer" turned out to be an immediate success. In 1999, Pagny released an album of cover versions of his old song, Recréation. From "Môme Julie" to "Antisocial", he mixed musical styles and dabbled with techno arrangements. Pagny then alternated studios and cover albums (at least in part) and regularly changed his look. In 2000, he released the album Châtelet Les Halles, whose title song was produced by Calogero. He followed that with 2, an album composed of duets released in 2001. In 2003, he returned with Ailleurs land, whose first single, "Ma Liberté de penser", was composed by Pascal Obispo and Lionel Florence and deals with Pagny's problems with the French treasury. Finally, in 2004, Pagny released Baryton, an album composed of opera songs. In 2007, Pagny released an album of covers of songs originally composed and performed by Jacques Brel entitled Pagny chante Brel. Source: Article "Florent Pagny" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known For

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Kad Merad on Stage

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Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime

Michel Sarrouz, voltigeur de pointe dit La Ficelle

L'Honneur d'un capitaine

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Fort Saganne

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Jean-Jacques Goldman : la grande soirée anniversaire / la soirée continue

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Les Enfants de la Pop 80's

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Images de femmes ou le corset social

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Boxer

L'As des as

Actor who refuses to film with Laurent

Les Clefs de bagnole

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Unis pour l'Ukraine

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Florent Pagny : Baryton

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La fille des collines

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Florent Pagny - Eté 2003 à l'Olympia

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Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA

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L'embranchement

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Florent Pagny : Le Phénix

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Céline Dion, le grand show

Raphaël

Quand je vois le soleil

Manuel Weiss

Blackout

Nino

Les Fauves

Pierre Louvran

Fou comme l'oiseau

Simoni

La Balance

The man

Les Visages d'Alice

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Michel Sardou - Salut !

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40 jours, 4 criollos et du silence

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Johnny Hallyday - Live à la Tour Eiffel

François Villon

François Villon - Poetul vagabond

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Tom est tout seul

Morgan

Blessure

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Florent raconte Pagny

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Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98

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Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France

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L'Énigme Jean-Jacques Goldman

Jean-Pierre

Les keufs

D'Artagnan

Milady

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Florent Pagny : En concert

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Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003

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La Femme de ma vie

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Michel Sardou – Dernier show

Le premier jeune homme du café

L'Amour nu

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Johnny Hallyday en direct de Bercy, La Soirée Anniversaire

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Pascal Obispo - Millésime (Live 00-01)

Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés

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Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia

Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex

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Le Grand Concert Unis pour le Liban

Baltar, nurse soldier

Les surdoués de la première compagnie

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Symphonissime

Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous

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Muppets TV

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Florent Pagny, la voix nue

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

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Daniel Balavoine 35 ans déjà - sa vie, sa bataille

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Florent Pagny - Ma liberté de chanter

Le jeune plombier pris en otage pour sa voiture

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Eric Bonnot

La nuit du coucou

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Florent Pagny : un homme libre

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Hiba Tawaji à l'Olympia