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Olivia Ruiz 
Olivia Ruiz at the Eurockéennes of 2007Background information Birth name Olivia Blanc Born 1 January 1980 Origin Marseillette, Aude, France Genres nouvelle chanson Occupations Singer–songwriter Years active 2001–present Labels Polydor Associated acts Mathias Malzieu Website Olivia-Ruiz.com Olivia Blanc (born 1 January 1980) known as Olivia Ruiz is a female French pop singer of partial Spanish origin belonging to the nouvelle chanson genre.[1]
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Biography
Ruiz was born at Carcassonne,[2] daughter of musician Didier Blanc though later taking her grandmother's maiden name Ruiz. In 2001, she was a prominent contestant in the first French edition of Star Academy, a popular TV reality-show and musical contest. She was defeated in the semi-final by eventual winner Jenifer Bartoli but according to an interview on Europe 1 she claimed that she never wanted to win[3] and, following a post-series tour, worked to distance herself from the Star Ac image.
For her second studio album La Femme Chocolat, Olivia Ruiz was recognised by the Victoires de la Musique as the Female Artist of the Year in 2007. For the live performances accompanying the record, she also received the prize in the category of Musical Show, Tour or Concert of the Year. The album topped the French chart and was certified as a diamond record for selling more than 750,000 copies in France[4] and made it to the top 50 of the Walloon and Swiss charts.[5] Off the album, the music videos of the tracks "J'traine des pieds" and "La femme chocolat" were placed on rotation on the MCM French TV channel in 2006.[6] The singles made it to the top 50 of the French and Walloon charts.
Olivia Ruiz wrote all the lyrics for her third studio album Miss Météores, co-orchestrated the music and employed a crew of guest stars including the rapper Buck 65, the indie band Noisettes and the folk and dark cabaret project Lonely Drifter Karen and featured the styles of nouvelle chanson, punk, folk and Hispanic rock.[1][7] The record topped the French and Walloon album charts in 2009.[8] Off the album, the single "Elle panique", with the music written by Buck 65 peaked at #2 of the Walloon chart. The music video of the song was placed on rotation on the MCM in May 2009.[6] Her partner is Mathias Malzieu, the lead singer of the band Dionysos.
Discography
Albums
- 2003 : J'aime pas l'Amour, produced by Iso Diop & Mitch Olivier
- 2005 : La Femme Chocolat, produced by Alain Cluzeau, Mathias Malzieu (Dionysos) & Olivia Ruiz
- 2007 : Chocolat Show
- 2008 : La Chica Chocolate (La femme chocolat)
- 2009 : Miss Météores
- 2010 : Miss Météores Live
Singles
- 2001 : Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight), an Abba cover sung by a group of Star Academy contestants including Ruiz and Jenifer Bartoli that reached No 1 in the French charts[9]
- 2002 : Paris, songwriter Chet.
- 2003 : J'aime pas l'amour, songwriter Juliette.
- 2003 : Pas si vieille, songwriter Philippe Prohom.
- 2003 : Qui sommes nous ?, songwriter Chet and Jérôme Rebotier.
- 2004 : Le tango du qui, songwriter Stéphane Balmino and Denis Hénault-Parizel.
- 2004 : Les vieux amoureux, songwriter Chet and Jérôme Rebotier.
- 2005 : J'traîne des pieds, songwriter Olivia Ruiz and Ben Ricour.
- 2006 : La femme chocolat, songwriter Mathias Malzieu.
- 2007 : Non dits, songwriter Christian Olivier.
- 2007 : Goutez-moi, songwriter Mathias Malzieu.
- 2007 : Thérapie de Groupe
- 2009 : Elle panique
- 2009 : Belle a en crever
- 2010 : Les crêpes aux champignons
- 2010 : Elle panique (Live)
DVDs
- 2007 : Chocolat Show (Live)
- 2010 : Miss Météores (Live)
Charts
Albums
Year Title Chart positions[10] Sales and certifications BEL (Wal) FRA SWI 2001 Star Academy, L'Album 1 1 3 Ruiz appears as one of the Star Academy team[11] 2001 Star Academy, Le Live 7 16 38 Live versions of the Star Academy songs, Ruiz sings Paris[11] 2003 J'aime pas l'amour 95 87 – Silver record (more than 50,000 sold) in France 2005 La Femme Chocolat 6 1 33 Diamond record (more than 750,000 sold) in France 2007 Chocolat Show![12] 54 Live Album 2008-9 Chica Chocolate[12][13] 60 185 La Femme Chocolat rerecorded in Spanish 2009 Miss Météores 1 1 7 Over 400,000 copies sold Singles
Year Single Peak positions Album BEL (Wal) FRA SWI 2001 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 11 1 – as Star Ac 1 with Jenifer Bartoli and Carine Haddadou[9] 2007 La Femme Chocolat 31 42 – La Femme Chocolat 2007 J'traîne des pieds 23 37 – La Femme Chocolat 2009 Elle panique 2 9 74 Miss Météores Belle à en crever 13 3 Miss Météores 2010 Les crêpes aux champignons 22 Miss Météores References
- ^ a b Olivia Ruiz RFI
- ^ Biography on Official Website
- ^ "Regarde Les Hommes Changer", Europe 1 13/09/09
- ^ Les certifications Disque en France.com
- ^ Lescharts.com
- ^ a b Tous les clips de Olivia Ruiz MCM
- ^ Olivia Ruiz. Miss Météores RFI
- ^ Olivia Ruiz – Miss Météores Lescharts.com
- ^ a b [1]
- ^ Lescharts.com
- ^ a b [2]
- ^ a b Les Charts
- ^ Belgian Charts
External links
- Official Olivia Ruiz Website
- Olivia Ruiz at the Internet Movie Database
- Review of Miss Meteores
- Chronicle of an amateur song (french)
Star Academy France Host Winners Jenifer Bartoli (2001) · Nolwenn Leroy (2002) · Élodie Frégé (2003) · Grégory Lemarchal (2004) · Magalie Vaé (2005) · Cyril Cinélu (2006) · Quentin Mosimann (2007) · Mickels Réa (2008)Other notable contestants Mario Barravecchia (2001) · Jean-Pascal Lacoste (2001) · Olivia Ruiz (2001) · Houcine (2002) · Georges-Alain Jones (2002) · Jérémy Chatelain (2002) · Emma Daumas (2002) · Morganne Matis (2003) · Michal Kwiatkowski (2003) · Sofia Essaïdi (2003)Singles "La Musique (Angelica)" (2001) · "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (2002) · "Paris Latino" (2002) · "La Bamba" (2003) · "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (2003) · "L'Orange" (2003) · "Laissez-moi danser" (2004) · "Adieu monsieur le professeur" (2004) · "Santiano" (2005) ·Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- French-language singers
- French female singers
- French pop singers
- French people of Spanish descent
- People from Aude
- Star Academy (France) participants
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