Madame Monsieur
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| Origin | France |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
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Madame Monsieur is a French duo consisting of vocalist Émilie Satt and producer Jean-Karl Lucas. They will represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Mercy".
History
Émilie Satt, sies ya Émilie Sattonet, and Jean-Karl Lucas first met in 2008, and formed Madame Monsieur in 2013.[2][3][4][5] In 2015, they composed the song "Smile" for the French rapper Youssoupha, and later participated in Taratata.[6] The duo released their debut album Tandem on 4 November 2016.
On 1 January 2018, they were confirmed to be taking part in Destination Eurovision, the French national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Mercy".[7][8][9] They qualified from the second semi-final on 20 January to the final held on 27 January.[10][11][12] In the final, they placed third with the international juries but placed first with the French public, amassing a high enough amount of combined points to win the competition. They will now represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 held in Lisbon, Portugal.[13]
Musical style
The group's musical style has been likened by The Huffington Post and Wiwibloggs to avant-pop singer-songwriter Christine and The Queens.[14][15]
Members
- Émilie Satt — lead vocals
- Jean-Karl Lucas — production, backing vocals
Discography
Albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||||||||||||||
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| FRA [16] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tandem |
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| Vu d'ici |
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39[17] |
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| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||||||||||
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| FRA [16] |
BEL (Wa) [19] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| "You Make Me Smile" | 2015 | — | — | Tandem | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Égérie" | 2016 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| "See Ya" (featuring S.Pri Noir) |
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| "Morts ou vifs" (featuring Jok'Air and Ibrahim Maalouf) |
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| "Partir" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Tournera" (featuring Youssoupha) |
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| "Mercy" | 2018 | 3 | 33 | Vu d'ici | ||||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Kourouvanis, Fotis. "France 2018: Get to Know Madame Monsieur". Infenetwork. 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Nice-Matin n°2015-07-24 vendredi - Page 10 - 11 - Nice-Matin n°2015-07-24 vendredi - Nice-Matin - régional / internationale - générale - Actualité - 1001mags - Magazines en PDF à 1 € et GRATUITS !". fr.1001mags.com. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "INTERVIEW – MADAME MONSIEUR". Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "[Interview] Madame Monsieur : un duo chic ? | Juste 1 Question" (in French). Juste 1 Question. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "L'interview du prof #5 - Madame Monsieur The Chemistry Magazine : Online magazine covering music, art, fashion and more". the-chemistry.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "TARATATA N°500". mytaratata.com (in French). Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ Herbert, Emily (29 December 2017). "France: Malo Confirmed as First Act For Destination Eurovision". Eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ Adams, William Lee (30 December 2017). "DESTINATION EUROVISION: WILL JUNE THE GIRL BE FRANCE'S SINGER IN MAY?". Wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ Weaver, Jessica (7 January 2018). "France: Last 9 Destination Eurovision 2018 acts unveiled". Esctoday.com. Esctoday. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ Senkishev, Georgi (20 January 2018). "France: Results of the second semi-final of Destination Eurovision 2018". ESCToday.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (21 January 2018). "France: Destination Eurovision Viewing Figures Fall By 400,000". eurovoix.com.
- ^ Tas, Robin (21 January 2018). "Madame Monsieur wins and joins Malo' in French Destination Eurovision final". escdaily.com.
- ^ Savage, William (27 January 2018). "Madame Monsieur win Destination Eurovision". EuroVisionary.com. EuroVisionary. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ Erondel, Baptiste (17 July 2016). "Madame Monsieur, le duo qui puise sa musique pop dans la culture urbaine". www.huffingtonpost.fr. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ Waïotte, Etienne (20 January 2018). "DESTINATION EUROVISION: SEMI-FINAL 2 IS A ROLLERCOASTER OF CHOICES". wiwibloggs.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Discographie Madame Monsieur". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums - SNEP". SNEP (in French). 1 November 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Top Albums : Maître Gims toujours en tête, Sting et Shaggy dans le top 5". chartsinfrance.net. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Discographie Madame Monsieur". Belgium (Wallonia) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.