Thomas Dutronc (French pronunciation: [tɔma dytʁɔ̃]; born 16 June 1973 in Paris)[1] is a French singer and jazz manouche guitarist. His mother is the singer, songwriter, guitarist Françoise Hardy; his father the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and film actor Jacques Dutronc.
Career edit
On 13 February 2008, he received the UNAC award for his song "J'aime plus Paris".[2] It also became the most played French single around the world during 2008.[3]
On 8 March 2008, he was nominated at the 23rd Victoires de la Musique in two categories, as new artist of the year and album of the year.[4]
In 2020, he released the album Frenchy, which features guest performances by artists such as Iggy Pop, Dianna Krall, Billy Gibbons, and Rocky Gresset.
Philanthropy edit
Thomas Dutronc has been a member of the charity ensemble Les Enfoirés since 2009.[5]
Awards edit
- 2008: Globes de Cristal Award - Best Male Singer for "Comme un manouche sans guitare"
- 2009: Victoires de la Musique (France) – Original song of the year for "Comme un manouche sans guitare"
Discography edit
Albums edit
| Year | Album | Charts | Certification | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [6] |
BEL WA [7] |
BEL FL |
SWI [8] | |||
| 2007 | Comme un manouche sans guitare | 5 | 7 | — | 61 |
|
| 2009 | Comme un manouche sans guitare - le live | 69 | 46 | — | — | |
| 2011 | Silence on tourne, on tourne en rond | 2 | 2 | 75 | 21 | |
| Jazz Manouche by Thomas Dutronc | 184 | — | — | — | ||
| 2015 | Éternels jusqu'à demain | 4 | 5 | 115 | 24 |
|
| 2018 | Live Is Love | — | 21 [8] |
— | 62 | |
| 2020 | Frenchy | 2 | 2 | — | 7 |
|
| 2022 | Dutronc & Dutronc (with Jacques Dutronc as Dutronc & Dutronc) |
7 [10] |
10 | — | — |
|
| 2023 | La tournée générale! | — | 33 | — | — | |
Singles edit
| Year | Single | Charts | Certification | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [6] |
BEL WA Ultratop |
BEL WA Ultratip* |
BEL FL Ultratip* |
SWI | |||
| 2009 | "Comme un manouche sans guitare" | 30 | — | 8 | — | — | |
| 2011 | "Demain!" | 50 | 21 | — | 82 | — | |
| 2013 | "Le blues du rose" | 94 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Tout le monde veut devenir un cat" | 107 | — | — | — | — | ||
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
References edit
- ^ "Y'a 43 ans aujourd'hui..." Twitter. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "Page non trouvée - UNAC". Unac.info.
- ^ "The Yearly Airplay Charts: 2008". Francophonie Diffusion. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ^ "Les Victoires de La Musique : tout sur l'émission, news et vidéos en replay -". Evenements.francetv.fr. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Thomas Dutronc" (in French). Enfoires.com. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Discographie Thomas Dutronc". Lescharts.com.
- ^ Ultratop.be/fr/ – Thomas Dutronc albums discography
- ^ a b "Thomas Dutronic – Live Is Love". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference
SNEPwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ @snep (11 November 2022). "En exclusivité, voici les 10 premiers du Top Albums de la semaine !..." (Tweet). Retrieved 12 November 2022 – via Twitter.
External links edit
- Official Web Site
- Thomas Dutronc on YouTube
- Thomas Dutronc on MySpace
- Thomas Dutronc Discography (in Polish)
- Thomas Dutronc on Last.fm (in English)
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