Jordy Claude Daniel Lemoine (born 14 January 1988), known as Jordy, is a French singer and musician. He was known for his hit single " Dur dur d'être bébé!" when he was four years old.
He was born in
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris.
Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Germanois'' or ''Saint-Ge ...
,
Yvelines
Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.Claude Lemoine, who was involved with the
Rockets
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from 1976 to 1992.
Career
Jordy is listed in the '' Guinness Book of World Records'' as the youngest singer ever to have a No. 1 charted single. He achieved this in 1992, at the age of four-and-a-half, with the song " Dur dur d'être bébé!" ("It's Tough to Be a Baby").
"Dur dur d'être bébé!" was No. 1 for 15 weeks in
France
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, and was a dance hit across
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Brazil
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Latin America
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South Korea
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, and Japan. It landed at No. 58 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making him the youngest artist to ever chart there.
As a teenager, Jordy appeared on Season 2 of the French television show '' La Ferme Célébrités'' on 30 April 2005, making his first public appearance in almost ten years. He was the show's final winner on 28 June 2005.
On 28 February 2006, he released his first new single in 12 years, "Je T'apprendrai", and began performing with his band Jordy & the Dixies.