Magalie Vaé is the stage name of Magalie Bonneau, a French singer born on 6 January 1987 in
Gonesse
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Val-d'Oise
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Star Academy
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Biography
Vaé grew up in
Le Thillay, in
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674. . In September 2005, she was selected to participate to
Star Academy France. Four months later she ended up winning one million euros and a record deal to release her debut studio album. On 6 February 2006, Magalie went to Canada to record her album, produced by
Rick Allison. The first single, ''Je ne suis qu'une chanson'' (''I am but a song'') was released a month later. Her
self-titled
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album was released on 3 April 2006 to generally positive reviews.
In 2009 the French press reported that Magalie's second album had been recorded for over a year but got pushed back due to contractual disagreements with
Universal Music
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In 2010, Vaé signed with Midlands Artistic.
Her second album was scheduled for release in 2011.
In January 2011, she released the single "L'homme shampooing", followed by "La nausée" in May. In November 2011, she gave birth to her first child.
Her second album ''Métamorphoses'' was finally released in February 2014. A third single, "La Fièvre acheteuse", was released in January 2015.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
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1987 births
Living people
People from Gonesse
French-language singers
Star Academy winners
Star Academy (France) participants
Vae, Magalie
21st-century French singers
21st-century French women singers