In 1995, at the age of eleven, she won a coloring competition organised by Air Outre Mer, Her design won first prize and ended up being reproduced on the cabin of one of the airline's aircraft, which was subsequently named after her. For her efforts, Alizée also won a trip to the Maldives.
In 1999, she appeared on the TV talent show "Graines de Star", broadcast on Métropole 6. She initially intended to sign up for the programme's dance contest. However, the dance category was reserved for groups only. Alizée therefore participated in the singing category instead, performing the song Ma Prière. She went on to win the "Meilleure Graine" award for most promising young singing star of tomorrow.
veteran French pop diva Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat, who were looking for a young, fresh voice to partake in their new project, approached Alizée and she was selected after studio auditions. In the year 2000, they produced her maiden album, Gourmandises which was a great success in France. The first single was Moi... Lolita, which set the tone of the album, portrayed Alizée as a Lolita who was capable of "melting the hearts of the local male population". Moi... Lolit enjoyed success throughout most of Europe and parts of east Asia, reaching the number one spot in music charts of most countries it was released in. Indeed, Alizée's image was that of a seductive Lolita character, referring to the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The video for the single, which incidentally was the first to be filmed on her, showed Alizée as a village girl visiting a night-club. [10] The song was later used in the UK trailer of the 2006 film, A Good Year.
Even though the albums have portrayed her to be in a sexy, lolita-like image, Alizée maintains a "squeaky-clean public image as the perfect teenager".A very shy and a reserved person, Although she has a singing career, Alizée prefers dancing. [7] She is quite proficient in classical dance, jazz, ballet, tap and flamenco. [8] Alizée also likes football. [9] She is a supporter of AC Ajaccio, and was once invited to kick off one of their matches.
Moi... Lolita was from her debut album, "Gourmandises", which translates to "Delicacies" in English. sold over 1,300,000 copies in France. It went Platinum in just three months. In 2001, the album, most of whose songs featured "risqué lyrics", was launched internationally, and she became the highest-selling female French singer in 2001. The album went on to sell over 4 million copies worldwide.
Alizée married fellow French singer Jérémy Châtelain, whom she met at the Eurobest awards function in 2003. They had their first child, a girl they named Anny-Lee (Annily), on April 29, 2005. She currently resides in Paris, France.
Since her marriage, Alizée has taken a hiatus from singing. She has avoided appearing in the media since February 2004. Her first television appearance since then was on MTV France on February 18, 2006.
On July 7, 2006, the show Le JT de la musique on French TV channel "Europe 2" reported that Alizée has separated from her former producer and song writer Mylène Farmer and is now working on her third album. It was also reported that the lyrics of the new album are being penned by Jean Faulques. Her husband, Jérémy Châtelain, is also associated with the album. He has since confirmed this information in an interview.
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