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Kendji

Kendji "Girac" Jason Maillié (born 3 July 1996), also known mononymously as Kendji, is a French singer and guitarist. He is the winner of Season 3 of the music competition The Voice: la plus belle voix as part of Team Mika. He has released three studio albums, Kendji, Ensemble and Amigo as well as a string of hit singles. The youngest of a Catalan Gitano family, Kendji grew up in Saint-Astier and was taught to play the guitar and sing by his grandfather. He left school at 16 to follow the family business as an arborist. He speaks Catalan with his parents. He gained some fame through publishing materials online. His Romanes version of "Bella" by Maître Gims filmed by a friend went viral. His video garnered 5.8 million views.[4] Another popular song he uploaded was "Si j'étais président" a cover of Gérard Lenorman. For season 3 of The Voice: la plus belle voix, he auditioned with the song "Bella" by Maître Gims in the second episode of season 3 broadcast on January 18, with only judge Mika turning his chair, whereas the three others, Florent Pagny, Jenifer and Garou refrained. In the Musical Battles Round broadcast on 8 March 2014, Mika put him against Youness both singing "Tous les mêmes" by Stromae. Kendji moved to "L'épreuve ultime" round where he performed "Hotel California by The Eagles in the 29 March 2014 emission. In the live rounds he performed "Ma philosophie" by Amel Bent (5 April 2014), "Mad World" from Tears for Fears (19 April 2014) and "Allumer le feu" by Johnny Hallyday (19 April 2014). In the semi-final on 3 May 2014 he sang "Belle" by Garou and Daniel Lavoie qualifying for the finals as Team Mika's finalist. In the final broadcast on Final, on 10 May 2014, he sang "Amor de mis amores" / "Volare" by Gipsy Kings, "Temps à nouveau" by Jean-Louis Aubert and "L'Aigle noir" by Barbara. He won The Voice title for season 3 with 51% of the public vote against 21% for runner up Maximilien Philippe, with Amir Haddad finishing third with 18% and Wesley with only 10% fourth. His first official single the bilingual French/Spanish "Color Gitano", which was released in June 2014 from his eponymous EP, followed by his official album release in September. In December 2014, he won two NRJ Music Awards for Francophone Breakthrough of the Year and "Color Gitano" as Francophone Song of the Year. His album Kendji sold 600,000 copies by January 2015, and over 1 million copies by October 2015, certifying Diamond and becoming France's second highest selling album of 2014 after Racine carrée by Stromae. He is currently the biggest selling The Voice alumnus worldwide. His follow-up single "Andalouse" proved even more successful commercially. Other notable singles included "Conmigo" from the repackaged version of Kendji released on 4 May 2015. A second album titled Ensemble was released on 30 October 2015. Notable singles from his second album include "Me Quemo", "Les yeux de la mama" and "No Me Mirès Màs" (jointly with Soprano). On 31 August 2018 his third album, titled Amigo was released. It started at number one on the French sales chart with 48,408 sales. ... Source: Article "Kendji Girac" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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Born:
Jul 3, 1996 In Périgueux, Dordogne, France
Movie/TV Credits:
41
First Appeared:
In the series Victoires de la musique 1985-11-23
Latest Project:
Movie Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans ! 2024-03-01
Known For
Filmography
Movie Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans ! 2024-03-01
Movie Le Gala des pièces jaunes : Le Concert événement Self 2024-01-27
Movie Soolking au Zénith Self 2023-04-21
Movie Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours 2023-03-03
Movie Florent Pagny : Le Phénix Self 2023-09-01
Movie Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA Self 2023-09-01
Movie Kendji Girac au Dôme de Paris Self 2022-08-20
Movie Champion Zack 2022-08-19
Movie Ces chansons de nos vacances Self 2022-09-02
Series Un dimanche à la campagne Self 2022-10-23
Movie Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime Self 2021-09-14
Movie Enrico Macias, l'inattendu Self 2021-12-27
Movie L'Énigme Jean-Jacques Goldman 2021-11-30
Series La semaine des 4 Julie Self 2020-01-06
Movie Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés 2020-03-06
Movie Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés 2019-03-08
Series La Boîte à secrets Self 2019-10-18
Movie Gims - Destination Stade de France Self 2019-11-05
Series The Masked Singer France Loup 2019-11-08
Series Basique, le concert Self 2018-10-12
Movie Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique ! 2018-03-09
Movie Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show Self 2018-10-13
Movie Soprano : le documentaire événement Self 2018-12-08
Movie L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc Self 2018-12-08
Series The secret song Self 2018-12-29
Movie Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés 2017-03-03
Movie Everyone's Life Self 2017-03-15
Movie Kendji Girac - Ensemble le live Self 2017-03-17
Movie La Story Disney : La Magie Musicale Self 2016-12-14
Movie Kendji Girac à l'Olympia Self 2015-09-17
Series The Voice Kids Coach Kendji 2014-08-23
Movie Les copains d'abord font du ski Self 2014-12-25
Series Clique Self - Guest 2013-09-01
Series Ça finit bien la semaine Self 2010-09-24
Series La chanson de l'année Self - Winner 2004-06-05
Series Sucré salé Self 2002-06-03
Series Stars à domicile Self 2001-02-03
Series Star Academy Unknown 2001-10-20
Series NRJ Music Awards Unknown 2000-01-22
Series Téléthon Unknown 1987-12-04
Series Victoires de la musique Self 1985-11-23