Camille is a famous French singer who enjoyed huge popularity in the mid-2000s. The genre that made her famous was chanson. The actress is also known for her roles in several French films.
early years
Camilla was born on March 10, 1978. She is a native Parisian. In this city she was born, grew up and lives there to this day. Love for creativity (in its various manifestations) arose in the girl in early childhood. She actively began to study and practice ballet on her own.
At the same time, having seen the recordings of musicals taking place in the United States, she began to get involved in similar performances by artists. This passion for creativity did not end there. The young dancer began to show interest in samba. Her favorite style was bossa nova. At the same time, she does not like dancing to this music, but rhythms. The girl was able to appreciate the unique rhythmic pattern, which showed her musical abilities, namely the ability to feel and understand music.
Youth Camille
Her parents were diligent in her education. She entered one of the prestigious institutions in France - the international lyceum. Here she successfully disaccustomed and received a bachelor's degree. For France (and not only for this country), such education was then considered very important. The girl could start a confident career path. However, by this time, the girl had already dreamed of a musical scene. She put all her strength into becoming a professional singer.
This was greatly facilitated by the fact that Camilla learned to write songs as a teenager. In particular, at the age of 16, she first performed with her own composition. It happened at the wedding of her loved ones. The audience received the song very warmly, which only strengthened the girl's desire to become a singer.
This desire was facilitated by the fact that the girl could freely sing in English. This was the merit of Camilla's mother. As a teacher, she taught her daughter to speak the language well with a minimal accent. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the young singer decided to perform in the clubs and pubs of Paris to show off her talent.
In the hope that some music managers would notice her, she sang on stages in front of foreign audiences several nights a month. This gave its results, but not quite in the direction in which the girl was waiting. She was invited not to record an album, but to star in a feature film. However, the girl did not refuse the offer, and after a few months she had her first film role.
However, a more remarkable event for the singer was the fact that the producers took her song La Viela Nuit as the soundtrack for the film. At the same time, the girl received her higher education at one of the most prestigious universities in the country. However, she did not work in her specialty.
Confession Camille
The girl constantly performed on small Parisian stages, created demos and distributed them to various music labels. She already had a successful soundtrack for a not the most popular, but high-quality French film. In the end, all these steps have paid off. Virgin Records offered Camille her first major contract in 2002.
From that moment, work began on recording singles and the first music album. They were painstaking and unhurried work, so the release came out only two years after the start of cooperation. The work was called Le Sac des Filles and, unfortunately, turned out to be hardly noticeable.
Nevertheless, the performer was noticed by the public. She was offered to work together by the famous group Nouvelle Vaque. The main thing in this collaboration for Camilla was that she got the opportunity to work in a very interesting style for herself. The group performed music in the style of new wave and bossa nova - the very genre that the girl loved very much as a child. The joint work was very successful, and the guys recorded several joint singles.
Camille's popularity
The singer became very popular in 2005 with the release of her second solo disc Le Fill. The well-known British producer MaJiKer worked on the album. An experimental album that was very different from earlier work. An interesting concept was invented especially for the record. One string sound was taken, which was in all the songs from the disc and became a recognizable "handwriting" of the album.
MaJiKer and Camille in the release did their best to study the singer's voice, find all possible details in it and come to the perfect sound. Therefore, the disc cannot be called monotonous, each song in it looks like a challenge to itself, to its own talent. Perhaps this played a decisive role. The album sold well in Europe and was soon certified gold.
The subsequent two discs Le Sac des Filles and Music Hole also sold well. The main singles became hits, they were actively used in advertising and feature films. Since 2008, the singer has become known as the author of many soundtracks for French films. Until now, she has been creating new music and periodically releases singles.
