MYLENE FARMER

Mylène Farmer, whose real name is Mylène Gautier, born September 12, 1961 in Pierrefonds, Canada, is a French singer. Mylène Farmer is a character in the world of French song. Very big selling albums of the past 20 years, she is also a significant success outside the country, particularly in Russia and Eastern Europe, and retreats into a silence that his fans do not always understand. The star refuses interviews, television passages, promotions of any kind. It is made from a mythology of his world illustrated his clips made by the mysterious Laurent Boutonnat. Atmospheres gothic, libertine desire, sexual provocation, religious paraphernalia, despair disenchanted. His fans are fans who purchase any of his records collector edited prints limited. Mysterious, it rarely appears in the media and has built a unique world, particularly through his music and spectacular concerts. It will for the first time in his career a concert at the Stade de France September 12, 2009, the date of his 48th birthday, becoming the first French singer to perform in such a room. BIOGRAPHY IN ENGLISH: Mylène Farmer Mylène Jeanne Gautier born (born 12 September 1961 Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a French singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author. She has sold more than 45 million records and is Among the MOST successful recording artists of all time in France. Farmer was born in Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada, a suburb (now borough) of Montreal. Her Parents Moved from France in the late 1950s as Farmer's father, Max, Pursued an engineering contract on a dam. Her family returned to France When She was eight, settling in the Parisian suburb of Ville d'Avray. In her teenage years, Farmer was passionate about horse-riding, qualifying as a riding instructor at the equestrian center in Saumur. At 17, however, Farmer Discovered acting and she abandoned the stables to take a three-year course at the Cours Florent, a drama school in Paris. Changing her name to Mylène Farmer as a tribute to her idol, 30s Hollywood actress Frances Farmer, she Began to earn a living as a model acting in several TV ads. In 1984, Farmer puts Laurent Boutonnat, a young movie aussi student enrolled in Cours Florent, When she replied to a newspaper ad for a year for small movie actress he was working on. Farmer and Boutonnat Became friends and forged a creative partnership, writing and Producing the music. Boutonnat, Whose ambition was to Become a film director, was the power behind Mylène's videos. Much of Farmer's fame and success can be Attributed to elaborate and theatrical music videos are seen as Which short films. Her concerts and videos are Compared to Those of Michael Jackson and Madonna ("Provided they are soft" lasts 17 minutes, while "California" was directed by Abel Ferrara and cost $ 700,000). Farmer Gained fame with songs featuring shocking yet poetic lyrics, and explicit music videos: "Maman a tort" was about the love of a young girl for her female hospital nurse. "Provided they are soft" contains hints of sodomy, the video, set in the 18th century, featured a caning. "Libertine" is the first feature Said to full frontal nudity appearance by a singer on a major music video. "Let my heart loose" with condoms was about love in the age of AIDS, the video for the song features a scene in Which God tells Jesus he will not send him to Earth again Because the last time "it was a disaster." Farmer is the MOST provocative and successful female French recording artist, she is goal aussi very discreet and mysterious. She is the only artist to Have each Stock of her studio albums Gaining platinum status in France. She aussi popular in Belgium, Switzerland, Russia and parts of Eastern Europe. Among her best-known songs are "Disenchanted", "Provided they are soft," "Without counterfeiting", "Libertine", "California", "It's a beautiful day", "Dreaming" and "Words" .