1961-11-06 ( 63 years old ) in Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France
Florent Pagny (born 6 November 1961) is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He records his work in French, as well as in Italian, Spanish and English. His greatest hits include "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer" and "Ma Liberté de penser"—all three were number one in France. As of 2018, he has sold more than 6 million singles and 10 million albums, becoming the 17th best-selling artist of all time in France.
Florent Pagny began his artistic career as an actor in popular films and television dramas. He appeared in La Balance, L'As des as, and A Captain's Honor or Fort Saganne.
In 1987, he wrote his first song titled "N'importe quoi". Pagny's first album, Merci, was released in 1990. The album's songs, mainly written by himself, began to attract controversy, with the press eventually boycotting some of them. This led to a decline in sales, culminating in personal problems. His follow-up album, Réaliste, was also not as successful.
Jean-Jacques Goldman wrote three songs for Pagny under the pseudonym Sam Brewski, and presented to him a new staff. The album Rester vrai marked the beginning of his career as a performer only. Bienvenue chez moi, a semi-compilation released in 1995, was a smash success. Pagny also covered "Caruso", the hit originally performed by Lucio Dalla.
He decided to move to Argentinian Patagonia to flee the French tax authorities and to start a new life with his wife, Azucena, and their children. Recently, Pagny said he had enrolled his children in Miami because he didn't want them to speak Arabic while returning from school. His next album, Savoir aimer, was released in 1997. It was composed by a number of writers, including Jean-Jacques Goldman, Erick Benzi, Jacques Veneruso, Zazie and, Pascal Obispo, who also produced the album. "Savoir aimer" turned out to be an immediate success.
In 1999, Pagny released an album of cover versions of his old song, Recréation. From "Môme Julie" to "Antisocial", he mixed musical styles and dabbled with techno arrangements.
Pagny then alternated studios and cover albums (at least in part) and regularly changed his look. In 2000, he released the album Châtelet Les Halles, whose title song was produced by Calogero. He followed that with 2, an album composed of duets released in 2001. In 2003, he returned with Ailleurs land, whose first single, "Ma Liberté de penser", was composed by Pascal Obispo and Lionel Florence and deals with Pagny's problems with the French treasury. Finally, in 2004, Pagny released Baryton, an album composed of opera songs.
In 2007, Pagny released an album of covers of songs originally composed and performed by Jacques Brel entitled Pagny chante Brel.
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Florent raconte Pagny
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Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA
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40 jours, 4 criollos et du silence
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Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
2021-09-14
Florent Pagny, la voix nue
2021-03-12
Symphonissime
2021-01-23
Le Grand Concert Unis pour le Liban
2020-10-01
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
2019-03-08
Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98
2018-11-23
Michel Sardou – Dernier show
2017-10-21
Céline Dion, le grand show
2012-11-24
Les Enfants de la Pop 80's
2012-10-22
Florent Pagny - Ma liberté de chanter
2011-11-07
Images of Women of the Social Corset
2011-01-05
Blackout
2009-01-01
Muppets TV
2006-10-29
Florent Pagny : Baryton
2005-11-28
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005-11-25
Les Visages d'Alice
2005-03-28
Florent Pagny - Eté 2003 à l'Olympia
2004-01-26
Milady
2004-01-06
The Car Keys
2003-12-10
Quand je vois le soleil
2003-07-16
Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003
2003-06-15
Pascal Obispo - Millésime (Live 00-01)
2001-11-20
Florent Pagny : En concert
2001-03-30
Johnny Hallyday - Live à la Tour Eiffel
2000-06-10
Michel Sardou - Salut !
1997-10-31
Tom est tout seul
1995-01-25
La fille des collines
1990-03-14
Lady Cops
1987-12-16
La nuit du coucou
1987-11-05
François Villon: The Maverick Poet
1987-01-01
The Woman of My Life
1986-10-08
Blessure
1985-08-21
L'embranchement
1985-01-01
Fort Saganne
1984-05-11
Wild Animals
1984-04-18
Fou comme l'oiseau
1983-06-22
Effraction
1983-04-06
A Captain's Honor
1982-12-29
La Balance
1982-11-10
Ace of Aces
1982-10-27
L'Amour nu
1981-10-07
Les surdoués de la première compagnie
1981-02-04
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