Lydy Louisy-Joseph (born 14 April 1978 in

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, a suburb of

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, France), better known by the shorter name Louisy Joseph, is a French singer of

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origin. She first joined the French series of ''

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'' as part of the girl band L5, and since 2008 has been performing as a solo singer.

Career

Lydy Louisy Joseph left school early at age 15 to pursue a musical career while continuing hotel studies in

. In 2001, she took part the Lyon musical comedy ''Salammbô'', in the role of Zelda, the fighting woman.

''Popstars'' and L5

In 2001, she applied as Lydy Louisy-Joseph at the Paris auditions of ''

'' in its first season in France broadcast on M6 television station and was picked as a finalist to be part of the girl group L5 where she was mostly known as Lydy. The winning group released their epomynous album, ''L5'' that was certified diamond in 2002. as was the debut single "Toutes les femmes de ta vie" from the album. The follow-up singles from the album did well. Their second album ''Retiens-moi'' was certified platinum

Solo career

In 2006, as the popularity of L5 diminished, the band announced Lydy's departure. Louisy Joseph started preparing for a debut solo album after a friend advised her to contact

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who agreed to produce her album at his Atlético Music studios, and arranged for a contract with

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France with contributions by

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and Olivier Reine in a

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and acoustic style far away from the pop style of L5. She also chose to adopt the name Louisy Joseph rather than her full name Lydy Louisy-Joseph, effectively distancing herself from "Lydy of L5" days. Her debut solo album ''La saison des amours'' was released on 14 April 2008, the day she turned 30. Her debut solo single "Assis par terre", written by

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, was released on 26 May 2008 and hit Top 3 followed by a concert at the Zénith de Nantes, on the occasion of the NRJ Music Tour. In 2008, she was an opening act for

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and performed a solo concert with William Baldé at Élysée Montmartre, on 23 June 2008. Her follow-up single, "Mes insomnies" referred to her suffering from

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. That was followed by "Imagine de John Lennon" which was a reggae tribute to the artist

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. In September 2008, her album was certified silver.SNEP – Certifications albums disque d'argent en 2009
In 2009 she organized a long French tour visiting many smaller venues. Her second album ''Ma radio'' was released on 9 July 2012 with "Chante" being her first single from the album with a music video shot in the deserts of California. In late 2014 she became a contestant on the fifth season of TF1's '' Danse avec les stars''. Her third album "Music" was released on 18 December 2015.

Personal life

She is born to parents of

origin and has two sisters, Peggy, her senior and Kelly her junior, and a brother Weedy.

Discography

Albums

;Studio albums

Singles

;Featured in

References

External links

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MyspaceEssentiel-LouisyJoseph website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joseph, Louisy People from Vénissieux 1978 births Living people Popstars winners Participants in French reality television series 21st-century French singers 21st-century French women singers