Chimène Badi
Chimène Badi (born 30 October 1982 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne), also known by her mononym Chimène, is a French singer of Algerian descent. Badi was born in Melun in the Paris suburbs to a family of Algerian origin. She spent her entire childhood in the south-west of France. She grew up in Villeneuve-sur-Lot with her parents, Chérifa and Mohammed, her sister, Déborah, and her brother, Karim. Her sister Déborah encouraged her to persevere with her singing and Chimène went on to hone her vocal style still further, performing at family parties and regional song contests from the age of six. Badi also made her mark at her school's end-of-year shows, wowing the audience with her confident vocal performance. Teachers barely recognised her since, when she was off stage, Badi was a notoriously shy pupil, given to daydreaming and complexes about her appearance. Meanwhile, she plugged away at her studies, going on to obtain a "BEP" in agribusiness. Badi did not win the French reality TV show, Popstars, but she released her first single "Entre Nous" in 2003, which reached number 1 in the French charts. An album of the same name reached number 4 in domestic charts, and became the fifth best selling French album of 2003. Badi's follow-up albums and singles enjoyed moderate success in Francophone Europe, including Wallonia and Switzerland. She also provided the French language theme song to the film The Day After Tomorrow – "Le Jour d'après" (The Day After). She worked with the famous producer Guy Roche (Tout Contre Toi) and the famous songwriter Diane Warren (Tellement Beau). In 2011, Badi covered the soul classic "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" with American singer Billy Paul. She participated in the 2019 edition of Destination Eurovision to attempt to represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel, with the song "Là-haut". She placed third overall in the final. In 2012, she was one of the contestants during the Third season of Danse avec les stars. Source: Article "Chimène Badi" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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- 2024 · Pour toi Céline: La soirée évènement as Self
- 2024 · Les 40 ans du top 50, la soirée anniversaire as Self
- 2023 · Le grand show de Noël avec Natasha St-Pier et ses amis as Self
- 2023 · Jean-Baptiste Guegan : la voix de Johnny, le concert événement as Self
- 2023 · Tous à la Réunion ! La grande fête de l'île intense as Self
- 2023 · Le grand jeu des années Club Dorothée as
- 2023 · Paris 2024, le concert-événement as Self
- 2022 · Magical Night in Disney World as Self
- 2022 · Michel Polnareff, la soirée événement as Self
- 2022 · Un dimanche à la campagne as Self
- 2021 · Les 20 chansons de Jean-Jacques Goldman préférées des Français as
- 2019 · Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo as
- 2017 · Les Kids United fêtent Noël as
- 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
- 2012 · Céline Dion, le grand show as Self
- 2011 · The Voice Belgique as Self - Coach
- 2011 · Les orages de la vie as
- 2011 · Danse avec les stars as Self - Candidate
- 2008 · N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels as Self
- 2006 · Salut les Terriens ! as Self - Guest
- 2005 · Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés as
- 2005 · Chiméne Badi à l'Olympia as Self
- 2004 · La chanson de l'année as Self
- 2001 · Star Academy as
- 2001 · Star Academy as Self
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1985 · Victoires de la musique as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self