Shy'm
Tamara Marthe (born 28 November 1985), better known as Shy'm, is a French singer. She released her first album, Mes fantaisies, in 2006 and has since released six more albums. She had three Platinum albums, including her number-one 2012 album, Caméléon. In 2012, 2013 and 2015 she received the NRJ Music Award for Francophone Female Artist of the Year. Tamara Marthe was born on 28 November 1985 in Trappes (a suburb west of Paris), France to a Metropolitan French mother and a father from Martinique, in a family oriented to music and creative arts. A fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beyoncé, she nevertheless grew up to the sound of zouk—a French Caribbean music genre—and R&B. From an early age, she became interested in dancing and singing. She began taking lessons in dancing and she earned the nickname "Spicy Tam" as a result of the effort she put in it. In academics, she obtained a baccalaureat at the age of seventeen. Along with her studies, she had been making demo recordings of herself while avoiding public scrutiny. Later, she went to Paris, where she sent the recordings to record companies. It was at this time that Lebanese-Canadian rapper K.Maro discovered her. Marthe acquired the stage name Shy'm and began her journey to stardom. Her pseudonym is a portmanteau, derived from "shy" and "Martinique". She says she is shy, but much less so than before when the mere idea of being on stage paralysed her with fright. But her passion has allowed her to overcome her shyness and she now takes "pleasure in putting herself in the crowd". Rapper K.Maro agreed to feature her in the song "Histoire de luv" from his album. The song was recorded in Montréal. After that, she released her own album, Mes fantaisies. It was written, composed and produced by K.Maro. Shy'm explored various themes for the album, such as recurring love and intermarriage and its success. The first single, "Femme de couleur", peaked at number 5 on the French singles chart. In 2007, she made a guest appearance on the popular French game show, Fort Boyard. Shy'm's musical style is a mix of pop and R&B. Her first album, Mes fantaisies, has a prominent R&B sound, with pop, soul and hip hop influences. Her second album, Reflets, has a pop and R&B sound, though it has dance-pop influences. Her third album, Prendre l'air, deviates towards a more synthpop-inspired sound, with her fourth album, Caméléon, having a deeper exploration of this sound through dance. In 2011, Shy'm won the second season of Danse avec les stars — the French version of Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with professional dancer Maxime Dereymez. On 19 November 2011 they won the competition. In 2012, she joined the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble. Source: Article "Shy'm" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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- 2024 · Some Shooting Stars as Sarah Marbello
- 2024 · Danse avec les stars d’Internet as Self - Guest Judge
- 2024 · Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans ! as
- 2023 · Cannes Confidential as Léa Robert
- 2022 · Magical Night in Disney World as Self
- 2022 · Drag Race France as Self - Guest Judge
- 2022 · Visual Suspect as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Daniel Balavoine 35 ans déjà - sa vie, sa bataille as Self
- 2020 · La grande soirée des mille et une nuits de Maître Gims as Self
- 2019 · Insomnie as
- 2018 · The secret song as Self
- 2018 · Fort Boyard, toujours plus fort ! as Self - Candidate (archive footage)
- 2017 · Les Kids United fêtent Noël as
- 2016 · À l'état sauvage as Self
- 2016 · Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés as
- 2015 · Medicine - A Dance Film as
- 2015 · Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène ! as Self
- 2014 · Les copains d'abord font du ski as Self
- 2014 · Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui as
- 2014 · Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés as
- 2013 · Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés as
- 2013 · Shy'm - Shimitour Paris Bercy as Self
- 2012 · La Parenthèse inattendue as Self
- 2011 · Danse avec les stars as Self - Judge
- 2011 · Danse avec les stars as Self - Candidate
- 2009 · Profiling Paris as Elisa Bergman
- 2008 · N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels as Self
- 2006 · Salut les Terriens ! as Self (guest)
- 2004 · La chanson de l'année as Self
- 2001 · Star Academy as Self
- 2000 · NRJ Music Awards as Self - Nominated
- 1990 · Fort Boyard as Self
- 1986 · Une Famille en Or as Self - Guest
- 1985 · Victoires de la musique as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self