Alizee |
Alizée Jacotey, known professionally by name
Alizéeis is a
French singer. Alizée was discovered by Mylène Farmer, following her winning performance in the
talent show, the Graines de Star in 1999. While collaborating with Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat,
Alizée released two
albums, which were hits inside and outside France.
Alizée entered the
music business in 2000. She has since released four albums, the first two, which were composed by Laurent Boutonnat and written by Mylène Farmer. HER first album wasGourmandises, whichreceived Platinum certification within three months after publication.
At its international launch in 2001,Gourmandiseswas a success as delicacies in France and abroad, earning Alizée the distinction of being the best-selling French singer in 2001. The album featured her most successful single "Moi ... Lolita" which reached number one in several countries in Europe and East Asia. Delicacies was followed by another studio album, My Electric Currents in 2003. After its release, Alizée toured in the fall of 2003and performing in43 concerts throughout France,Belgium and Switzerland.
Alizée married
French singer Jérémy Chatelain in late 2003. After her marriage she took a break before returning to sing with a new album,Psychédélices, onDecember 3, 2007. Herfourth album, Une Enfant Du Siècle was released onMarch 29, 2010.
In early 2011 Alizée released her participation in a new album of Alain Chamfortand announced plans for a return to roots studio album for spring2012.
It is also known for HER nickname, "Lili",
Alizée started
dancing early in life,and byage 4years had already experienced. A year later,
Alizée was enrolled in Corsica at the Ecole de Danse Dance Mufraggi Monique, and educated there until the age of 15 years. in 1995 at the age of eleven, she won a coloring organized by the French airline AirOutreMer. HER project won first prize and was playing one of the aircraft of the airlineaircraft. The aircraft was later named after her,and
Alizée won a trip to the Maldives for HERefforts.
In 1999,
Alizée appeared on
TV talent show "Graines de Star ",broadcast on Métropole sixth She initially intended to enter the dance competition program, but this category was reserved for groups only.
Alizée therefore joined the singing category instead, performing the song Ma Prière (asingle released by Axelle Red in1997). She went on to win the "Best grain" price of the young
pop star's most promising of tomorrow.
Her winning performance was seen by veteran songwriters Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat, who were looking for a young, fresh voice to partake in their new project. They approached
Alizée, and she was selected after studio auditions. The duo arranged her debut with a meticulously orchestrated launch, controlling her image and public appearances. In 2000, they produced her maiden album, Gourmandises which was a great success in France, Belgium, Germany, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. The first single was "Moi... Lolita", which some say portrayed
Alizée as a Lolita who was capable of "melting the hearts of the local male population". Others recognized her great variation in tone and artistic talent.
Alizée won the M6 award in 2000. She returned with a follow up album, Mes Courants Électriques, in 2003. This second album was also quite successful, though not to the same extent as Gourmandises. It was followed up with a live album of her countrywide tour.
Although
the album was described HER as a sexy, Lolita-likeimage,
Alizée had "squeaky-clean public image of a perfect teenager" during her adolescence. Although described in a very shy and reserved, she likes performing in front of the public. Although it is a famous singer,
Alizée prefers
dancing, and is very skilled at ballet, jazz, Italian style of dance, tap and flamenco.
Alizée also likes
football.
Alizée is actively involved in
charity work by the Enfoirés, a group of French celebrities who organize fund-raising concerts every year. The proceeds from these concerts will be made Les Restaurants du Coeur. The organization, created by Coluche French, helps to feed the poor.
Alizée participated in these concerts in 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Alizée married fellow
French singer Jérémy Chatelain in late 2003, with whom she has a child Annily.
Alizée was ranked as the No. 2 sexiest woman in the world by readers of the French edition of FHM magazine in 2010.
Alizée debuted in 2000,with an album Gourmandises.It became a hit in Europe and beyond. The album reached the top five in France, Italy, Greece, Germany, Mexico, et al. It 'was followed in 2003 with the album, Mes Electriques Courants, and the live album Alizée En Concert in 2004.
Alizée has sold nearly five million albums and singles worldwide. SHe has participated in various shows and live performances throughout Europe, all over the world from France to Russia. Alizée also starred in Japanese
commercials. Lately SHE HAS BEEN becoming so popular in North America, AS SHE is a large part of Europe, the latest concert tours together with earlier promotion leading to a very strong fan base, especially in the United States and Mexico. SHE 'also very popular in Asia, especially India, China, Bangladesh and Japan.
After her marriage in late 2003,
Alizée took a break from singing, and avoided TO appearin the media, HER
official website went offline in the summer of 2005. SHE 'returns for a new television appearance on
MTV France February 18, 2006, and resumed media appearances in 2007 to promote HER third
studio album, Psychédélices.
Alyson Lee Hannigan (born March 24, 1974) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Willow Rosenberg in the cult classic television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Michelle Flaherty in three American Pie films, and Lily Aldrin on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
Hannigan was born in Washington, D.C. She is the only child of Emilie Posner, a real estate agent, and Al Hannigan, a truck driver. Hannigan is of Irish descent on her father's side and Jewish on her mother's. Her parents divorced when she was two and she was raised mostly by her mother in Atlanta.
Although Hannigan had appeared in an industrial film for "Active Parenting" as a baby, as well as having starred in a commercial for the Duncan Hines cookie mix in 1978, it was not until 1985, when she moved to Los Angeles, California, that she formally began her acting career. Living with her mother and attending North Hollywood High School, she successfully auditioned for agents while visiting her father in Santa Barbara. After attending North Hollywood High School, she attended California State University, Northridge
Hannigan's first major film role was in My Stepmother Is an Alien, a science fiction comedy released in 1988; one of her co-stars in the film was actor Seth Green, who would later join her in the regular cast of Buffy as her on-screen boyfriend. Then in 1989, her first regular role on a TV series came when she was cast in the short-lived ABC sitcom Free Spirit.
Hannigan has dated Ginger Fish of Marilyn Manson. She married actor Alexis Denisof at Two Bunch Palms Resort in Desert Hot Springs, California, on October 11, 2003. (Denisof played Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the Buffy/Angel franchise and also appeared in How I Met Your Mother as Robin's co-anchor Sandy Rivers in the first and sixth season). They bought a house together in Santa Monica, California. Their daughter, Satyana Marie Denisof, was born at home five-and-a-half years later on March 24, 2009, Hannigan's 35th birthday. In December 2011, Hannigan's representative announced that the couple is expecting their second child
