Bénabar
Bruno Nicolini (born 16 June 1969), better known by his stage name Bénabar, is a French songwriter and singer, who could be compared to Vincent Delerm and other singers from his generation. As many of them he was influenced by Georges Brassens, Renaud, Jacques Higelin and also Tom Waits. His songs describe day-to-day life events with humour and a tender cynicism. His songs are influenced by French chanson and a heavy influence is placed on the piano or the accordion and on typical French fanfare (brass band) for the most upbeat of them. This genre of music is very typically French and differs from most in that emphasis is placed on appreciation of the lyrics and that it is linked to a specific culture of modern "guinche" (slang for "guinguette") appreciated a lot by Bobos among others. Bénabar began his career in the cinema, working as an assistant on Le Brasier (1991) before directing three short subjects: Nada Lezard (1991), José Jeannette (1992) and Sursum corda (1994). He then turned to music, working for some time with his friend Patchol who gave him his nickname (Bénabar being the "verlan" of Barnabé, the name he was using on stage). With "Les associés" he sang for several years in small places in France, Belgium, and Switzerland before the release of Bénabar (2001), which raised his profile sufficiently to make him the opening act for Henri Salvador. He was nominated as a Revelation for the "Victoires de la musique 2003" but did not win it. In 2004, after the successful release of Les risques du métier, he won the award for "album "chanson/variété" of the year". His next album Reprise des négociations sold better than the previous ones: according to Le Figaro, Bénabar reached number 4 for CD sales in France, with 2.18 million euros sales in 2006. In 2007 he won the awards for "Male group or artist of the year" and "original song of the year" (for Le dîner). He has two brothers named Patrick and Sébastien. He has a son born in 2004 named Manolo and a daughter born in 2009. Bénabar is a member of the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 2007. Source: Article "Bénabar" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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- 2024 · Taratata fête les 40 ans de Bercy as Self
- 2024 · Indochine, une révolution musicale as Self
- 2023 · Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs as Self
- 2023 · Tété à la Cigale : À la faveur des rencontres as Self
- 2022 · The Grand Restaurant IV as
- 2022 · Tous Inconnus as ("Perdu de recherche" segment)
- 2022 · Bénabar : la tournée des indociles as
- 2022 · Bénabar - Tournée des indociles as
- 2022 · Joyeux anniversaire Renaud as Self
- 2022 · They Love Each Other... Well, Almost! as Hypolite
- 2022 · Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés as
- 2022 · Le bal des Bodin's as Self - Chanteur
- 2021 · Jean-Jacques Goldman : la grande soirée anniversaire / la soirée continue as Self
- 2019 · Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo as
- 2019 · La Boîte à secrets as Self
- 2019 · My Out-Laws as Harold Becker
- 2019 · Victor & Célia as Max
- 2019 · Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés as
- 2018 · Basique, le concert as Self
- 2018 · Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique ! as
- 2017 · Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith as Self
- 2017 · Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés as
- 2016 · Je vous écoute as
- 2016 · Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés as
- 2016 · Le Secret d'Élise as Jean-Pierre Letilleul - 1969
- 2015 · Folie passagère as Self
- 2015 · Capitaine Marleau as Yannick Murat
- 2015 · The Night Watchmen as Pedro
- 2015 · Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés as
- 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 · Bénabar : Bien l'bonsoir m'sieurs dames as Self
- 2013 · Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés as
- 2010 · Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs as
- 2010 · The Great Restaurant as Michel - un client du restaurant
- 2009 · Scènes de ménages as Entrepreneur chez Liliane et José
- 2009 · Incognito as Lucas
- 2008 · Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés as
- 2007 · Michel Delpech &... live at the Grand Rex, Paris as Self
- 2006 · The Pink Soldier as Le Petit Chimiste
- 2006 · Bénabar - Tournée 2006 as Self
- 2006 · Infrarouge as Self
- 2004 · La chanson de l'année as Self
- 2004 · Bénabar - Live au Grand Rex as Self
- 2001 · Burger Quiz as Self
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1985 · Victoires de la musique as Self (Song/Variety Album of the Year)
- 1985 · Victoires de la musique as Self
- 1985 · Victoires de la musique as Self (Male Artist & Original Song of the Year)
- 1985 · Victoires de la musique as Self (Male Group or Artist of the Year)
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- Future · Bénabar : Inspiré de faits réels (DVD BONUS DÉBRANCHÉ) as