Carol Arnauld (28 March 1961 – 9 September 2022) was a French singer and songwriter. She sang in the late 1980s and can be deemed as a
one-hit wonder
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in France with her hit single "C'est pas facile...", released in September 1986. The song reached number 10 on the
SNEP chart, stayed in the top 50 for 16 weeks and was certified
Silver disc
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for 250,000 copies sold. Very moving, the song deals with her brother's death, killed by a reckless driver, and evokes her suffering and that of her mother. Arnauld published this song on her first album, self-titled ''Carol Arnauld'', which contains songs about various situations of the life, such as
infertility
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,
divorce
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, and nostalgia for childhood.
[Elia Habib, ''Muz hit. tubes'', p. 88 ()] Her second and last album ''Temps denses'' was released in 1992 but didn't chart very well. Carol Arnauld died of
cancer
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at the age of 61 on 9 September 2022.
Discography
Studio Albums
* 1986 : ''Carol Arnauld'' Polydor, Céline Music
* 1992 : ''Temps dense'' WMD
Singles
* 1986 : "C'est pas facile..." – #10 in France, Silver disc
* 1987 : "J'ai grandi trop vite"
* 1987 : "Donne moi" (Avec Jacky Brown)
* 1988 : "Toi qui voulais un enfant"
* 1989 : "Musique black"
* 1992 : "Si tu pars..."
Collaborations
* 1988 : ''75 Artistes pour le Liban'' (compilation)
References
External links
Carol Arnauld, on ''Bide et Musique''*
1961 births
2022 deaths
20th-century French women singers
French women singer-songwriters
French singer-songwriters
French women pop singers
Deaths from cancer in France
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