Maëlle Pistoia (born 4 January 2001), better known as simply Maëlle, is a French singer. She is the winner of the seventh season [fr] of the French version of the talent show The Voice. In April 2019, she released her first single, titled "Toutes les machines ont un cœur" (lit. "All machines have a heart").

Born in January 2001, Maëlle Pistoia is from Tournus in the department of Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]} She has two older sisters.^[1] In her childhood she studied piano.^[1]

Maëlle's musical career started in 2017, when she submitted a video audition for the seventh edition of the French version of The Voice and became a contestant.^{[1][8][9][10]}

At her blind audition, she performed Guillaume Grand's "Toi et moi", accompanying herself on piano.^[1] Three of the four judges, Florent Pagny, Zazie, and Mika turned their chairs. Maëlle chose Zazie as her coach.^{[11][12][13][8][14][9][10]}

For the final audition, she sang Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game".^{[15][16][17][18][19][13][20][9]}

During the duels, Maëlle battled Gulaan singing Sting's "Fragile", and it was she who Zazie chose to advance to the live rounds.^{[3][8][21][9][22]}

During the first live round, she sang Korgis' "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" and was "saved" by the public.^[13] In the quarterfinals, she sang London Grammar's "Wasting My Young Years" and was "saved" by the public.^[13]

In the semifinal, she sang France Gall's "Diego libre dans sa tête" and was chosen by the public for the final over B. Demi Mondaine.^[23][9]

In the final held on 12 May 2018, Maëlle performed first Harry Styles' "Sign of the Times", then Vianney's "Je m'en vais" in duo with him, and finally Michel Berger's "Seras-tu là" in duo with Zazie.^[4][24][25] She won the final with 55,3 % of the public vote, becoming the first female and, at 17 years of age, the youngest candidate to ever win the French talent show.^{[4][24][26][27]}

On 14 July 2018, in Louhans, Maëlle gave her first public concert.^[6]

On 5 April 2019, Maëlle released her first single. Titled "Toutes les machines ont un cœur",^[28][29] it was composed by Calogero (who also produced the recording), with lyrics by Zazie.^[7][30] Three days before her BAC (in Social & Economics Sciences, or SES), she was in Barcelona shooting the music video for this song.^[31][7] Directed by Nur Casadevall, it premiered on YouTube on 29 July 2019.^[32][33]

On 6 September 2019, Maëlle released (on YouTube) a music video for a live version of another track from her forthcoming album, a song titled "L'Effet de masse".^[34] The song entered the French download chart at number 68 (during the week of 13 September).^[35]

On 23 September 2019, she released (on YouTube) a music video for yet another new song from her upcoming album, "Le Pianiste des gares".^[36][37]

At the end of September, Maëlle was nominated for the 2019 NRJ Music Award in the category "French Revelation of the Year".^[38][39]

On 4 October 2019, she released (on YouTube) a music video for the song "Sur un coup de tête".^[40][39] The song entered the French download chart at number 75 (during the week of 11 October).^[41]

Her first album, titled simply Maëlle, was released on 22 November 2019.^[42] The entire album was composed and produced by Calogero.^[7]