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Renaud
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Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (; born 11 May 1952 in Paris), known as Renaud, is a French singer-songwriter.
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Renaud, born Pierre Manuel Renaud on May 11, 1952, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, is a French singer-songwriter, lyricist, and writer. He performs in the chanson genre, primarily using his voice as an instrument. His career began in 1975, and he has been associated with the record label Polydor and the copyright representative SACEM. He is also employed by Charlie Hebdo.
He is the father of Lolita Séchan and the son of Olivier Séchan. His native language is French, which he speaks and writes. Among his notable works are Visions, Critique radicale de la réalité, Positifs, Main armée, and Ditactique. He has blond hair and identifies as male.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1952
- Works
- 39
Top works
- Visions
- Critique radicale de la réalité
- Positifs
- Main armée
- Ditactique
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Paris, France
Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan, known as Renaud, born in Paris on 11 May 1952, is a popular French singer, songwriter and actor. His characteristically 'broken' voice makes for a very distinctive vocal style. Several of his songs are popular classics in France, including the sea tale "Dès que le vent soufflera", the irreverent "Laisse béton", the ballad "Morgane de toi" and the nostalgic "Mistral…
Known for
- Renaud, à cœur perdu — Self (archive footage)2026
- Stars 80 vs Stars 90, la grande battle2025
- Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés — Self (archive footage)2025
- Gaëtan Roussel : Création éclect!que aux Francofolies de La Rochelle — Self2024
- Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs — Self2023
- Joyeux anniversaire Renaud — Self2022
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)2022
- Renaud, le gosse de Paname — Self (archive footage)2021
- Mitterrand, président culturel — Self (archive footage)2021
- Renaud, my brother — Self2021
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1952
Discography
Member of
- Les Enfoirés1992–1992
- Les Enfoirés1994–1995
- Les Enfoirés1998–1999
- Les Enfoirés2004–2004
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 235,150
- Total plays
- 5,099,198
Tags
Extremely versatile and respected French singer-songwriter. His music is a crossover of folk, rock, blues and punk. Active since the 70s, Renaud has written some very controversial songs during his musical career, the most famous one (to British readers at least) praising all women as being better than men except Margaret Thatcher, saying that if he comes back as a dog in his next life, he will use her as a lampost... He is famously recovering from alcoholism with some degree of success. <a href
via Last.fm · Renaud
Key facts
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- Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan
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- Paris, France
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- Paris
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- Guitar
- Musical artist <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians >.years_active
- 1975–present
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Manuel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 15th arrondissement of Paris
- Father
- Olivier Séchan
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Employer
- Charlie Hebdo
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Hair colour
- blond hair
- Genre
- chanson
- Instrument
- voice
- Mass
- 85
- Image
- Renaud, 2017 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 1.78
- Significant event
- wedding
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Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
11 objects attributed to Renaud, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~21 min read
Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Career
- Early work
- Middle period
- Resurgence
- Personal life
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Live albums
- Compilations
- Singles
- Filmography
- Film
- Television
- Awards
- See also
- References
- External links
Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (; born 11 May 1952 in Paris), known as Renaud, is a French singer-songwriter.
With twenty-six albums to his credit, selling nearly twenty million copies, he is one of France's most popular singers. Several of his songs are popular classics in France, including the sea tale "Dès que le vent soufflera", the irreverent "Laisse béton", the ballad "Morgane de toi" and the nostalgic "Mistral gagnant". His songs, with their slang lyrics and idiosyncratic Parisian phrasing, deal with both light and serious themes, alternating humor, emotion, and social criticism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Renaud” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.