Biography
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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Filmography
all 77
Movies 56
self 48
TV Shows 21
Florent raconte Pagny (2024)
Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA (2023)
Florent Pagny / Le Phénix (2023)
Florent Pagny : un homme libre (2023)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (2022)
Sept à huit (2022)
40 jours, 4 criollos et du silence (2022)
Unis pour l'Ukraine (2022)
Jean-Jacques Goldman : la grande soirée anniversaire / la soirée continue (2021)
Kad Merad on Stage (2021)
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime (2021)
Daniel Balavoine 35 ans déjà - sa vie, sa bataille (2021)
Florent Pagny, la voix nue (2021)
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous (2021)
Symphonissime (2021)
Le Grand Concert Unis pour le Liban (2020)
La Boîte à secrets (2019)
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés (2019)
The secret song (2018)
Michel Sardou – Dernier show (2017)
Vintage Mecanic (2016)
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
Johnny Hallyday en direct de Bercy, La Soirée Anniversaire (2013)
Céline Dion, le grand show (2012)
Les Enfants de la Pop 80's (2012)
The Voice France (2012)
Florent Pagny - Ma liberté de chanter (2011)
Images of Women of the Social Corset (2011)
Blackout (2009)
Muppets TV (2006)
Florent Pagny : Baryton (2005)
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés (2005)
Les visages d'Alice (2005)
La chanson de l'année (2004)
Florent Pagny - Eté 2003 à l'Olympia (2004)
Milady (2004)
The Car Keys (2003)
Quand je vois le soleil (2003)
Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003 (2003)
Pascal Obispo - Millésime (Live 00-01) (2001)
Star Academy (2001)
Florent Pagny : En concert (2001)
Stars à domicile (2001)
Johnny Hallyday - Live à la Tour Eiffel (2000)
Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France (1999)
Vivement dimanche (1998)
Vivement dimanche prochain (1998)
Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia (1998)
Michel Sardou - Salut ! (1997)
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique (1995)
Tom est tout seul (1995)
Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex (1994)
Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania (1993)
Taratata (1993)
Coucou c'est nous ! (1992)
Stars 90 (1990)
La fille des collines (1990)
Nulle part ailleurs (1987)
François Villon: The Maverick Poet (1987)
The Woman of My Life (1986)
Victoires de la musique (1985)
Blessure (1985)
Télématin (1985)
Fort Saganne (1984)
Wild Animals (1984)
Fou comme l'oiseau (1983)
Effraction (1983)
A Captain's Honor (1982)
La Balance (1982)
Ace of Aces (1982)
Marion (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
L'Amour nu (1981)
Les surdoués de la première compagnie (1981)
Fan School (1977)
30 millions d'amis (1976)
L'embranchement
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1961-11-06 (62 years old)
Birth PlaceChalon-sur-Saône, France
RelationshipsVanessa Paradis (1988-01-01 - 1991-01-01)
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsVictoires de la Musique – Male artist of the year, Prix Raoul-Breton
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