Clémence ( Neuilly-sur-Seine, November 29, 1988) is the artist name of Clémence Saint-Preux, a French female singer. She is the youngest daughter of the well known composer

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. In France she became well known in 2000 while singing with

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and later with Jean-Baptiste Maunier. In 2007 she got international attention by raising enough financial support on

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. In 2011 she obtained a small role in the movie ''Perfect Baby'' as Amy.

Biography

The daughter of composer

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and a painter/author mother, Clémence, from a young age, grew up in an artistic world, making it only natural for her to turn towards music and singing early in her life, learning piano and guitar and taking lessons in dance and comedy. When she was 12 years of age, the young girl met

. Enchanted by her voice, he recorded the song ''On a tous besoin d'amour'' with her

The song garnered great success in France (it attained 4th place on the

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in November 2001). Nevertheless, she had to wait until 2005 to be recognized at the fore of the music scene. That year, she took part in a duet with Jean-Baptiste Maunier – who had also then just made his glowing debut with the success of

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– releasing the single ''Concerto pour deux voix''. The song, which compares itself more to a vocal exercise because of the absence of words, is an adaptation of ''

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'' (Concerto for One Voice), composed by Saint Preux in 1969. The success was once more that of a partnership, however, and at the end of 2005, Clémence released a solo single, ''Sans défense'' (Without Defense), followed by ''La vie comme elle vient'' the following year. On 18 March 2007, Clémence became the fourth artist to reach a grand total of $50,000 in "parts" sold on

, thereby allowing her to start recording an albu

Her first album, entitled ''Mes Jours'' (My Days), was recorded to follow directly after and scheduled to appear in shops in France on the 12 December 2007. Clémence wrote three of the fourteen songs on the disc herself. She has starred a film called ''Perfect Baby'', starring Jean-Baptiste Maunier,

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and Jane March. Clémence married Joachim Lellouche in March 2017.

Discography

Singles

* 2001 : ''On a tous besoin d'amour'' (with

) * 2002 : ''Un seul mot d'amour'' * 2005 : ''Concerto pour deux voix'' (with Jean-Baptiste Maunier) * 2005 : ''Sans défense'' * 2006 : ''La vie comme elle vient'' * 2007 : ''Où es-tu''

Albums

* 2008 : ''Mes Jours'' rench Version* 2008 : ''Bewitching'' nglish Version

References

External links

Clemence's homepage (French and English)

ClemenceRocks (English Site with Translator) *

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