Camélia Jordana
Camélia Jordana | |
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 Camélia Jordana at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Camélia Jordana Aliouane |
| Born | 15 September 1992 Toulon, France |
| Genres | French pop, Chanson, Folk pop |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Sony Music France |
| Website | www.camelia-jordana.com |
Camélia Jordana Aliouane (born 15 September 1992) is a French pop singer. She rose to fame after participating in the television show Nouvelle Star, the French version of Pop Idol, in 2009, where she came third.
Life and career
Camélia Jordana grew up in La Londe-les-Maures[1] with an older sister and a younger brother.[2] Both of her parents are French of Algerian descent.[2]
At the age of sixteen, she decided to audition for the seventh season of Nouvelle Star in Marseille, and managed to convince the jury with her version of Louis Armstrong's What a wonderful world.[3] Camélia Jordana eventually finished third.
After her elimination, she signed a record deal with Sony Music and released her eponymous debut album on 29 March 2010. It sold 10,169 copies in its first week and managed to enter the French SNEP Album Chart at #9.[4]
Although her debut single Non Non Non (Écouter Barbara) was only released as download single in France, it peaked at #3 on the French digital chart. It also charted at #3 in Belgium and #48 in Switzerland.
Camélia Jordana participated on a song on the album So in Love by Nouvelle Star judge André Manoukian in April 2010.
Camélia Jordana was interviewed and played several songs on the TV5Monde programme 'Acoustic' on 7 November 2010.
Philanthropy
On the 27 November 2015, she participated together with Nolwenn Leroy and Yael Naim at the national memorial day for the victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks singing the song “Quand on n'a que l'amour” by Jacques Brel.[5]
Album
Title : Camélia Jordana Year : 2010
- Non non non (Ecouter Barbara)*
- Moi c'est*
- Calamity Jane*
- Tombée de haut
- Little Monsters
- Diva
- J'étais une fille
- La vie en solitaire
- Je pars
- Manhattan
- Mens-moi
- Lettera
- Le mois d'août
- Ou Pas (Bonus)
- Some Say (Bonus)
- Calamity Jane (Acoustic version) (Bonus)
- Bake It (Bonus)
*:single
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Peak Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR[6] | BEL (Wa)[6] |
CH[6] | ||
| 2010 | Camélia Jordana | 7 | 12 | 36 |
| 2014 | Dans la peau | 15 | 29 | 70 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak Position | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR[7] | FR (Downloads) | BEL (Wa)[8] |
CH[9] | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | "Non Non Non (Écouter Barbara)" | — | 3 | 3 | 48 | Camélia Jordana | |||||||||
| "Calamity Jane" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2011 | "Moi c'est" | — | 35 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2014 | "Dans la peau" | 95 | — | — | — | Dans la peau | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||||||
Selected filmography
- All Three of Us (2015)
References
- ^ "Camélia Jordana (biography in French)". shitwest.com. 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ a b "Madame Camélia". illustre.ch. April 19, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ "Camélia Jordana". starwizz.com. April 8, 2009. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ "Disques : Maé en tête, Camelia surprend, Alizée déçoit". ozap.com. April 8, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ Emeline Cazi; David Revault d'Allonnes. "Hommage aux morts des attentats aux invalides" (in French). LeMonde.fr. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ a b c "Camélia Jordana on various European Charts". lescharts.com. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ "Camélia Jordana in the French Single Chart". lescharts.com. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ "Camélia Jordana in the Belgian Single Chart". ultratop.be. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ "Camélia Jordana in the Swiss Single Chart". hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
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