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À La Poursuite Du Bonheur
''À la poursuite du bonheur'' (meaning In pursuit of happiness) is the fifth studio album by French singer M. Pokora, released on March 19, 2012. The album sees Matt working with previous producers such as The Bionix, GEE Futurisc, but with a range of new producers, such as Matthieu Mendes Corneille, Asdove and more, creating a more relaxed, pop music, instead of the dance-oriented and urban tracks from his previous albums. The lead single "Juste un instant" was released on 30 January 2012. The song "On est là" was the second single, while "Merci D'être" was the third single. The album sold 69.000 copies, within three weeks of release. It was certified Platinum and has sold 140.000 copies, so far. The album will be re-released and it will feature 2 new songs, one of them is a duet with French recording artist Tal (singer), Tal. Following the release of the album, he engaged on a tour called after the album À la poursuite du bonheur Tour (abbreviated as ALPBT). Background Es ...
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Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.S. Frith, W. Straw, and J. Street, eds, ''iarchive:cambridgecompani00frit, The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), , pp. 95–105. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. ''Rock music, Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, wikt:ephemeral, ephemeral, and accessible. Identifying factors of pop music usually include repeated choruses and Hook (music), hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse–chorus form, verse–chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much of pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock, hip hop, urban contemporary, ...
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Electronic Music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means (electroacoustic music). Pure electronic instruments depend entirely on circuitry-based sound generation, for instance using devices such as an electronic oscillator, theremin, or synthesizer: no acoustic waves need to be previously generated by mechanical means and then converted into electrical signals. On the other hand, electromechanical instruments have mechanical parts such as strings or hammers that generate the sound waves, together with electric elements including pickup (music technology), magnetic pickups, power amplifiers and loudspeakers that convert the acoustic waves into electrical signals, process them and convert them back into sound waves. Such electromechanical devices in ...
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Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, social and political conflict, and sexual and romantic love, desire, regret, and loss. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, he received one of the Princess of Asturias Awards, Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize. In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' named Cohen the 103rd-greatest singer. Cohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s, and did not begin a music career until 1966. His first album, ''Songs of Leonard Cohen'' (1967), was followed by three more albums of Contemporary folk music, fol ...
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Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen Song)
"Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album '' Various Positions'' (1984). Achieving little initial success, the song found greater popular acclaim through a new version recorded by John Cale in 1991. Cale's version inspired a 1994 recording by Jeff Buckley that in 2004 was ranked number 259 on ''Rolling Stone'''s "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The song achieved widespread popularity after Cale's version of it was featured in the 2001 film ''Shrek''. Many other arrangements have been performed in recordings and in concert, with more than 300 versions known as of 2008. The song has been used in film and television soundtracks and televised talent contests. "Hallelujah" experienced renewed interest following Cohen's death in November 2016 and re-appeared on international singles charts, including entering the American ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for the first time. History Cohen is reputed to have written between 80 and 1 ...
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Envole-moi
"Envole-moi" () is a song in French, composed and recorded by Jean-Jacques Goldman. The song is taken from Goldman's 1984 album '' Positif''. The single sold for over half a million copies and was certified gold. Goldman explained that the song is a "cry for help" by a young man. Track list 1984 *Side A: "Envole-moi" (3:40) *Side B: "Dors bébé, dors" (3:26) Interpretations "Envole-moi" became the main song in the Jean-Jacques Goldman's repertoire during his 1986 tour. The live performance version of this song appeared in the album entitled, ''En public,'' released later in 1986 but with part of the original lyrics omitted. In yet another live album released in 1989 entitled '' Traces'', part of the song was interpreted by Goldman as part of a medley and introduced it after a "guitar duel" between Goldman, Michael Jones, and one of his partners in the musical collaboration Fredericks Goldman Jones. In 1994, he came back to the song in the Fredericks Goldman Jones' album, ...
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Merci D'être
"Merci d'être" is a song performed by French singer M. Pokora. It serves as the third single from Pokora's fifth studio album "À la poursuite du bonheur". It was written by Pokora, Bina and Fred Château and produced by Asdorve and Antoine Angelelli. It is a midtempo song, with strong elements of reggae music. Lyrically, it is a tribute for women around the world. The song has charted on the Belgium Singles Chart and on the French Singles Chart. Background After releasing " On est là" as the second single from his fifth studio album "À la Poursuite du Bonheur", Pokora revealed through his Twitter account that "Merci d'être" was going to be the third single. "Merci d'être" was written by Pokora, Bina and Fred Château and produced by Asdorve and Antoine Angelelli. Similar to "On est là", it was slightly change for the single version. The version was uploaded on his YouTube account. The song is a tribute to all women around the world, who bear the brunt of the world with ...
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Soprano (rapper)
Saïd M'Roumbaba (; born 14 January 1979), better known by his stage name Soprano, is a French rapper, singer and songwriter from Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the .... He was a part of the rap band Psy 4 de la Rime. After leaving the group, he recorded his solo debut ''Puisqu'il Faut Vivre'' which made the ''Billboard'' European Top 100. He returned in 2010 with a new solo album called ''La Colombe'', which included collaborations with numerous artists such as Indila and Amadou & Mariam. He has continued to work with Psy4 de la Rime: their third album, ''Les Cités d'Or'', was released in 2008, and their fourth album ''4eme Dimension'' came out in April 2013. Alongside his music career, he participated as a coach on the French version of '' The Voice Kids ...
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Juste Un Instant
"Juste un instant (''Just a Moment'')" is a song performed by French singer M. Pokora. It serves as the lead single from Pokora's fifth studio album "À la poursuite du bonheur". It was released on January 30, 2012. The song has charted on the French Singles Chart and on the Belgian Singles Chart. Music video The video was released on YouTube on January 31, 2012. The video tells the story of a girl he wants to win anyway, he walks around the city, calls her attention, monitores and chases her everywhere. Chart performance "Juste un instant" debuted on the French Singles Chart SNEP (, in English National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing) is the inter-professional organisation that protects the interests of the French record industry. Originally known under the acronym SNICOP, the organisation was established in ... at number 33 and peaked at number 18. Charts References {{authority control 2012 singles M. Pokora songs Songs written by Matthieu Mendès S ...
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Music Story
Music Story is a music service website and international music data provider. It curates, aggregates, and analyzes metadata for digital music services. History Music Story was launched in 2008 as an online musical encyclopedia inspired by AllMusic. It was founded by Jean-Luc Biaulet and Loïc Picaud, the last of whom is the site's editor-in-chief and has authored books on David Bowie, Serge Gainsbourg, Paul McCartney and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Picaud also wrote ''L'Odyssée du Rock Français'', a study of French rock music, and contributed to the reference work ''Le Rock de A à Z''. The site included artists' biographies, features on various musical genres, and album reviews. Among the contributors and reviewers were music critic Christian Larrède, who has written for the cultural magazine ''Les Inrockuptibles''; Stan Cuesta, a musician and journalist specialising in rock and folk, who has also contributed to ''Mojo'', ''Rolling Stone'' and ''Rock & Folk''; and Guillaume Belhomm ...
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Rovi Corporation
TiVo Corporation, formerly known as the Rovi Corporation and Macrovision Solutions Corporation, was an American technology company headquartered in San Jose, California. Now operating as Xperi, the company is primarily involved in licensing its intellectual property within the consumer electronics industry, including digital rights management, electronic program guide software, and metadata. The company holds over 6,000 pending and registered patents. The company also provides analytics and recommendation platforms for the video industry. In 2016, Rovi acquired digital video recorder maker TiVo Inc., and renamed itself TiVo Corporation. On May 30, 2019, TiVo announced the appointment of Dave Shull as the company's new president and CEO. On December 19, 2019, TiVo merged with Xperi; the combined firm operates as Xperi. History Macrovision Corporation was established in 1983 by Victor Farrow and John O. Ryan. The 1984 film '' The Cotton Club'' was the first video to be e ...
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Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ...
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Mise à Jour
''Mise à jour'' is the fourth studio album by French singer M. Pokora, released on 23 August 2010. The lead single "Juste une photo de toi" was released on June 7. The second French edition of the album entitled ''Mise à Jour Version 2.0'' provided another single, "À nos actes manqués", which achieved success in France and Belgium. The international edition of ''Mise à Jour'' entitled ''Updated'' contains English versions of the album and was released on 14 March 2011. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Release history ''Updated'' ''Updated'' is the international version of Mise à Jour released on 14 March 2011 containing English versions of the songs of the album. Two singles were released from the album: "Oblivion" in December 2010 and "Finally Found Ya" in May 2011 ''Mise à Jour Version 2.0'' On 14 April 2011 many months of the release of the initial album on 23 August 2010, M. Pokora released ''Mise à jour Version 2.0'' and as a phy ...
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