Christophe Maé

Christophe Maé
Background information
Birth name	Christophe Martichon
Born	(1975-10-16) 16 October 1975
Origin	Carpentras, France
Genres	Pop Folk pop Soft Rock Singer-Songwriter Adult contemporary
Instruments	Guitar Violin Harmonica
Years active	2007—present
Labels	Warner Bros.
Website	http://www.christophe-mae.fr/home

Christophe Maé (born 16 October 1975 in Carpentras, Vaucluse) is a French pop singer.

Career

Maé learned to play the violin at age 6, and later began playing the guitar and harmonica at age 16 after he was immobilised from a chronic illness. He has stated that this was the time when he became inspired by Stevie Wonder. In 2005 he rose to fame by playing the role of Monsieur, brother of King Louis XIV in the musical "Le Roi Soleil".

Releases

Maé's first album was entitled Sa Danse Donne, and released in 2002–2003. This album is not considered his first studio album. He released his first studio album, Mon paradis (My Paradise) on 19 March 2007, with the singles "On s'attache", "Parce qu'on sait jamais" and "Ça fait mal". His fourth single is "Belle Demoiselle". Mon Paradis was France's second best-selling album of 2007 after Life in Cartoon Motion by Mika, selling more than 1 600 000 albums to date.

Maé opened for Seal at the Grand Rex in Paris and for Cher at the Zénith de Paris, both in 2004. In 2010, Maé's second studio album, On trace la route, was released. It has sold more than 600,000 units to date.

Musical style

Maé's music is largely acoustic. He has cited Bob Marley, Ben Harper, Tracy Chapman, and Jack Johnson as well as French singer-songwriters Francis Cabrel and Gérald De Palmas as musical influences. He allegedly began to learn harmonica as a tribute to Stevie Wonder, who is commonly cited as his biggest influence musically.

Personal life

Christophe Mae had a son, Jules, with his longtime girlfriend Nadège Sarron in March 2008.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Information	Charts				Certification
		FR	FR (DL)	BEL (Wa)	SWI
2008	Mon paradis 1st studio album Sortie: 19 March 2007 Format: CD, download	1	1	1	18	France: Diamond
2008	Comme à la maison Acoustic album Sortie: 29 September 2008 Format: Double CD	1	8	1	13	France: 2×Platinum
2010	On trace la route 2nd studio album Sortie: 20 March 2010 Format: CD, download	1	1	1	3	France: Diamond
2011	On trace la route - Le live Live album Sortie: 26 September 2011 Format: Double CD, download	1	6	-	-

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions				Album
		FR	FR (DL)	SWI	BEL (Wa)
2007	"On s'attache"	1	2	27	4	Mon paradis
	"Parce qu'on ne sait jamais"	6	12	52	10
	"Ça fait mal"	-	3	-	16
2008	"Belle Demoiselle"	13	13	74	10
	"C'est ma terre"	-	11	91	18	Comme à la maison
	"Mon p'tit gars"	2	18	-	33
2009	"Dingue, dingue, dingue"	1	3	37	4	On trace la route
2010	"J'ai laissé"	-	2	-	16
	"Je me lâche"	-	16	47	12
	"Pourquoi c'est beau"	-	33	-	-
2011	"La rumeur"	53	-	-	-
	"Un peu de blues"	29	-	-	24
2013	"Tombé sous le charme"	14	-	-	13

Awards

• NRJ Music Award
  • 2007: French revelation of the year
  • 2008: French male artist of the year
  • 2008: French song of the year for "On s'attache"
  • 2009: French male artist of the year
  • 2009: French song of the year for "Belle demoiselle"
• Victoires de la musique
  • 2008: Public revelation of the year
• World Music Awards
  • 2008: French artist of the year
• Others
  • 2008: Winner of song of the year on TF1

External links

• Official Website
• Official Myspace

Preceded by Miss Dominique

Victoires de la Musique Group or artist popular révélation of the year 2008

Succeeded by Sefyu