Christophe Maé

Christophe Maé
Christophe Maé during NRJ Music Awards (2012)
Christophe Maé during NRJ Music Awards (2012)
Background information
Birth nameChristophe Martichon
Born (1975-10-16) 16 October 1975 (age 49)
OriginCarpentras, Vaucluse, France
GenresPop, reggae, soul, jazz, blues, funk, rhythm'n blues, country.
Instrument(s)Guitar, violin, harmonica, drums
Years active2005–present
LabelsWarner Bros.
Websitechristophae-mae.fr

Christophe Martichon (French pronunciation: [kʁistɔf maʁtiʃɔ̃]; born 16 October 1975), better known by his stage name Christophe Maé (pronounced [kʁistɔf mae]), is a French pop singer.

Career

Maé learned to play the violin at age five, and later began playing the guitar and harmonica at age 16 after he was immobilised from chronic polyarthritis. He has stated that this was the time when he discovered Stevie Wonder's music which inspired him to take up playing the harmonica. He also discovered Bob Marley's music to whom, years later, he dedicates a song: "Mon père spirituel". It is at the same period that he started playing the guitar.[1] In 2005 he rose to fame by playing the role of Monsieur, brother of King Louis XIV in the musical "Le Roi Soleil", for which he won the NRJ Music Award for revelation of the year 2006.

Releases

Maé's first album was entitled Sa Danse Donne, and released in 2002–2003. This album is not considered his first studio album. He released his first studio album, Mon paradis (My Paradise) on 19 March 2007, with the singles "On s'attache", "Parce qu'on sait jamais" and "Ça fait mal". His fourth single is "Belle Demoiselle". Mon Paradis was France's second best-selling album of 2007 after Life in Cartoon Motion by Mika, selling more than 1 600 000 albums to date.

In 2010, Maé's second studio album, On trace la route, was released. It has sold more than 600,000 units to date.[2]

In 2013, Maé's third studio album "Je veux du bonheur ", was released. It ranked number one of the top French album during its first week of release with 103,680 copies to date.[3] The album was sold more than 500,000 units to date in July 2014.[4]

In 2016, Maé's fourth studio album "L'attrape-rêves ", was released. It ranked number one of the top French album for 5 weeks. Until the end of 2016, it has sold 300,000 units to date.[5]

Musical style

Maé's music is largely acoustic. He has cited Bob Marley, Ben Harper, Tracy Chapman, and Jack Johnson as well as French singer-songwriters Francis Cabrel and Gérald De Palmas as musical influences. As a counter-tenor His voice has a range from A2 to F6 and one fun fact is that he can do whistle notes without even singing them... he's one of the only male French vocalists who actually does this. He allegedly began to learn harmonica as a tribute to Stevie Wonder, who is commonly cited as his biggest influence musically.[6]

Personal life

Christophe Maé has two sons, Jules (born March 2008) and Marcel (born August 2013), with his then-longtime girlfriend Nadège Sarron.[7][8] Sarron operates a dance school which she founded in Aix-en-Provence, where she lives with her sons. Maé works half the week in Paris, and reunited with his family the rest of the time in the South.[9] He finally proposed to Nadège in 2016 through his song "Ballerine", and the couple married in Porto-Vecchio on 29 June 2017.[10]

Philanthropy

Maé has been a member of the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 2008.[11]

Discography

Christophe Maé (2011)

Studio albums

Year Information Charts Certification
FR
[12] 		FR
(DL) 		BEL
(Fl) 		BEL
(Wa)
[13] 		CAN
[14] 		SWI
[15]
2008 Mon paradis
1
1
-
1
-
18
 France: Diamond[16]
2008 Comme à la maison (Acoustic album)
1
8
-
1
-
13
 France: 2× Platinum
2010 On trace la route
1
1
-
1
-
3
 France: Diamond[2]
2013 Je veux du bonheur
1
-
32
1
-
4
2016 L'attrape-rêves
1
-
49
1
9
2
 France: 2× Platinum
2019 La vie d'artiste[17]
2
-
-
2
-
6
2023 C'est drôle la vie
3
[18]
-
-
4
-
11

Live album

Year Information Charts
FR
[12] 		FR
(DL) 		BEL
(Fl) 		BEL
(Wa)
2009 Comme à la maison (Live)
(2-CD set with Mon paradis)
181
-
-
-
2011 On trace la route – Le live
1
6
99
1

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
FR
[12] 		FR (DL) SWI BEL
(Fl) 		BEL
(Wa)
[19]
2007 "On s'attache" 1 2 27 - 4 Mon paradis
"Parce qu'on ne sait jamais" 6 12 52 - 10
"Ça fait mal" 138 3 85 - 16
2008 "Belle Demoiselle" 13 13 74 - 10
"C'est ma terre" - 11 91 - 18 Comme à la maison
"Mon p'tit gars" 2 18 - - 33
2009 "Je n'attendais que vous"
(Maé, Lara, Maurane, Bruel, La Chorale des Voisins du Dessus) 		- - - - 38
"Dingue, dingue, dingue" 1 3 30 - 4 On trace la route
2010 "J'ai laissé" - 2 - - 16
"Je me lâche" - 16 47 - 12
"Pourquoi c'est beau" - 33 - - -
2011 "La rumeur" 53 - - - 4
(Ultratip)
"Un peu de blues" 29 - - - 24
2013 "Tombé sous le charme" 11 - 38 82
(Ultratip) 		7 Je veux du bonheur
"Je veux du bonheur" 90 - - - 4
(Ultratip)
"La poupée" 40 - - - 2
(Ultratip)
"Ne t'en fais pas" 200 - - - -
2014 "Ma douleur, ma peine" 144 - - - -
2016 "Il est oú le bonheur" 4 - 70 - 14 L'attrape-rêves
"La vallée des larmes" 199 - - - -
"La Parisienne" 111
[20] 		- - - 30
2017 "Marcel" 95
[21] 		- - - -
2019 "Les gens" 160
[22] 		- - - 11 La vie d'artiste
2021 "Y'a du soleil" - - - - 23
2022 "Pays des merveilles"
(with Ceuzany) 		- - - - 20

Awards

  • NRJ Music Award
    • 2007: French revelation of the year
    • 2008: French male artist of the year
    • 2008: French song of the year for "On s'attache"
    • 2009: French male artist of the year
    • 2009: French song of the year for "Belle demoiselle"
    • 2013: NRJ Award of Honor
    • 2016: Video of the year for "Il est où le bonheur"
  • Victoires de la musique
    • 2008: Public revelation of the year
  • World Music Awards
    • 2008: French artist of the year
  • Others
    • 2008: Winner of song of the year on TF1
    • 2014: Winner of song of the year on TF1

References

  1. ^ Christophe Mae He started his career as a baker in his parents' bakery in Carpentras before leaving to start performing in resorts' bars until the age of 30 and participated in galas, in reggae, soul and blues styles. At 22, he took part in the French tv program "Graines de star" interpreting the Jamiroquai's song Virtual Insanity. Maé opened for Seal at the Grand Rex in Paris and for Cher at the Zénith de Paris, both in 2004. In 2003, he sang the song "Back to Bornsville" in the movie Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose? of Kad et Olivier. Archived 2 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "Du diamant pour Christophe Maé - NRJ Music Awards.fr". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Christophe Maé enchaîne avec le titre "Je veux du bonheur", son nouveau single".
  4. ^ "Christophe Maé: "Je tweete une photo à la fin de chaque concert"". 12 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Les albums 2016 : Christophe Maé cherche le bonheur sur "L'attrape-rêves"".
  6. ^ L'@ttitude Web. "Intellego : soutien scolaire (cours, exercices, fiches de révision, BAC, BREVET)". Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Christophe Maé est papa !". Paperblog. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Christophe Maé et Nadège : Parents d'un petit Marcel !". Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  9. ^ "CHRISTOPHE MAÉ HUSBAND FILLED : THAT IS NADÈGE SARRON HIS WIFE ?". Paperblog. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Christophe Maé et Nadège ont célébré leur mariage en Corse, au bord de l'eau". Paperblog. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Christophe Maé" Archived 24 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in French). Enfoires.com. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  12. ^ a b c LesCharts.com Christophe Maé discography
  13. ^ "Discographie Christophe Maé". Ultratop. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Christophe Maé Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  15. ^ "Christophe Maé – La vie d'artiste". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Musique sur Disque en France (SNEP) : Top 50, telechargement legal, droit d'auteur". Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
  17. ^ "La vie d'artiste by Christophe Maé on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  18. ^ @snep (24 March 2023). "En exclusivité, voici les 10 premiers du Top Albums de la semaine ! 💿 Classement complet lundi" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 March 2023 – via Twitter.
  19. ^ "Discographie Christophe Maé". Ultratop. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 51, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  21. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 22, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  22. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles (téléchargement + streaming) – SNEP (Week 44, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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