Alizee

Alizee

Alizée Jacotey (born August 21, 1984 in Ajaccio, Corsica) is a famed French singer. She goes by the stage name Alizée (pronounced: /a.lɪ.ze/, or, roughly, “ah-lee-zay”) — the feminine form of alizé, the trade wind. She was discovered by Mylène Farmer, the most successful French pop singer, following her winning performance in the talent show, Graines de Star, in 1999. While collaborating with Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat, Alizée came up with two albums — both of which were hits inside and outside of France. Alizée is considered the protégée of Mylène Farmer.

Alizée entered the music business in the year 2000. Since then she has released two studio albums, composed by Laurent Boutonnat and written by Mylène Farmer. Her first album was Gourmandises, which sold 2 millions of copies within two months of release. Gourmandises was a success both in France and abroad — after it had its international launch in 2001 — earning Alizée the distinction of being the highest selling female French singer in 2001. The album featured her most successful single “Moi… Lolita” which reached the number one spot on music charts of most countries in Europe and Asia in which it was released. The marketing campaign around the single affixed Alizée’s image as that of a seductive lolita, referring to the novel by Vladimir Nabokov.