Stanislas (singer)

Stanislas
Stanislas
	Stanislas in 2013
Background information
Birth name	Louis Stanislas Renoult
Born	29 May 1972 (age 52)
Origin	France
Genres	Pop music
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Polydor, Universal Music
Website	Official site

Louis Stanislas Renoult (born 29 May 1972), just known as Stanislas, is a French singer. After several musical collaborations since 2000, he met success in 2008 with his first solo album L'Équilibre instable.

Biography

He was born in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, the son of François Renoult, a musician who had worked with Antoine, notably on the song "Je l'appelle Canelle".

Stanislas entered the Conducting program at the École Normale de Musique de Paris when he was 19. Three years later, he left the school with honors and became the assistant of musical director of the Orchestra of Massy Dominique Rouits where he regularly continues to direct classical works. He also composed, works on arrangements and produced many pop singles for artists such as Daniel Levi, Calogero (with whom he recorded a duet), Charles Aznavour, Maurane, Kool Shen, Céline Dion.

In 2000, Stanislas formed with Gioacchino (Calogero's brother) the band Pure Orchestra and signed with Atletico Records, the label of Pascal Obispo. Their first single "U&I" was aired on radio in summer 2001 and the album Singing' dog was released in February 2002. In 2004, Stanislas began to write his first solo album and decided to start a new collaboration with his brother Thibaud. They recorded Thibaud's first studio album, entitled Les Pas perdus, then Stanislas' debut album L'Équilibre instable released in late 2007 (Polydor/Universal). His first single "Le Manège" achieved success in France.^[1] It was followed by "La Belle de Mai", then by "La débâcle des sentiments", a duet with Calogero.

After a great success of his two concerts at the Alambra of Paris in March 2008, Stanislas was on stage in France and Belgium in November and December 2008 (Massy, Lille, Nantes, Tours, the Olympia of Paris, Ludres, Aix-en-Provence, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Troyes, Brussels, Sanary, Lyon).

He revealed that he first wanted to participate as a contestant in the French version of Star Academy.^[2] A fourth single off the album was released, "Les lignes de ma main" in March 2009.^[3]

Stanislas was nominated at the 2009 NRJ Music Awards in the categories 'French group/duet of the year' and 'Music video of the year' for his single "La débâcle des sentiments", but did not win.^[4]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Information	Charts
Year	Album	Information	FR^[5]	BEL (WA)^[6]
2007	L'Équilibre instable	First studio album Date of release : 19 Novembre 2007	10	8
2010	Les Carnets de la vigie	Second studio album Date of release : 4 January 2010	36	19
2011	Top hat	Universal France Date of release : 27 September 2011	177	93
2014	Ma solitude	Universal France Date of release : 28 April 2014	58	55

Singles

Year	Single	Charts			Album
Year	Single	FR^[5]	FR (DL)	BEL (WA)^[6]	Album
2007	"Le Manège"	2	10	15	L'Équilibre instable
2008	"La Belle de mai"	19	26	—
2008	"La débâcle des sentiments" ¹	2	11	3
2009	"Les Lignes de ma main"	—	—	—
2010	"Fou d'elle"	—	—	35	Les Carnets de la vigie

¹ Duet with Calogero

References

^ "Stanislas : L'équilibre Instable inclut "La Débâcle Des Sentiments" avec Calogero". Musique Radio (in French). Retrieved 25 July 2009.
^ "Stanislas avait pensé faire la Star Academy". Chartsinfrance (in French). Retrieved 25 July 2009.
^ "Stanislas dévoile les lignes de sa main". Chartsinfrance, Thierry Cadet, 6 March 2009 (in French). Retrieved 25 July 2009.
^ "NRJ Music Awards 2009 : le palmarès complet". Ozap, Julien Lalande, 18 January 2009 (in French). Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
^ ^a ^b Stanislas' discography and peak positions in France Lescharts.com (Retrieved 17 September 2008)
^ ^a ^b Stanislas' discography and peak positions in Belgium (Wallonia) Ultratop.be (Retrieved 17 September 2008)