Damien Lauretta
Damien Lauretta (born 7 January 1992, in Toulon) is a French singer, record producer, songwriter and actor.
Life and career
[edit]He participated in several music programs, such as the Bataille des chorales (TF1), and Le Grand show des enfants (TF1). But his first real appearance on television was when he participated at The X Factor (M6) in 2011. He joined the group “2nd Nature” before being eliminated in 6th prime.
In 2014, he return on the screen, play one of the main role in «Dreams : 1 Rêve 2 Vies», series recorded in Saint Martin and broadcast on NRJ 12.
From 2014 to 2015, he played Clément/Alex in the third season of the famous Disney Channel Original Latin American series Violetta. He is the first French to work with Disney Channel International. He lived for one year in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In 2016 his first music is “Fall in Love” with 1 000 000 views on YouTube. The video clip was filmed in Bogota (Colombia).
The same year, for the tribute album of Daniel Balavoine ; Balavoine(s), he made a cover of "Quand on arrive en ville" a song extract of the French musical Starmania
His 2017’ single "Dreamin" has been #1 of charts in Canada. (Québec) [1]
In 2019 he released a single "Calle Verdi".[1]
Then, Damien Lauretta released 1 new singles: “La Mer” (March 13, 2020).
He released his first album solo on January 14, 2022 titled "French Riviera"
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | X-Factor | Himself | Participant |
| 2014 | Dreams: 1 Rêve 2 Vies [2] | Luka | Main role |
| 2014–2015 | Violetta | Clément / Alex | Main role (season 3) |
Discography
[edit]| Year | Title | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Fall in Love | Universal Music France | |
| 2017 | Dreamin’ | Universal Music France | Number One in Canada’s charts |
| 2019 | Calle Verdi | Sony Music France and LRTA Music | |
| 2020 | La Mer | Sony Music France and LRTA Music | |
| 2021 | Paradoxal | LRTA Music | Number 15 in Canada’s charts |
| 2021 | Plexyglass | LRTA Music | |
| 2021 | Ose-moi | LRTA Music | Number 15 in Canada’s charts |
| 2022 | French Riviera | LRTA Music | First album solo |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Damien Lauretta en interview : " Je veux montrer que je peux prendre des risques "". aficia (in French). 28 March 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ Kadri, Julia (5 March 2016). "Ce Français fait hurler les ados du monde entier, mais vous ne le connaissez pas (encore)". Le Huffington Post (in French). Retrieved 6 August 2019.