1. Charles Trenet (1913)

French Singer-songwriter

French swing musician during the 1930s to 1950s who was known for his surreal lyrics and for the songs "Boum!" and "La Mer."

2. Hugues Aufray (1929)

French Singer-songwriter

Remembered for his fourth-place finish in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1964, this French vocalist became famous for such French and Spanish-language songs as "Celine" and "Barco de Papel."

3. Yael Naim (1978)

French Singer-songwriter

Franco-Israeli indie folk artist who released the international hit, "New Soul," in 2008.

4. Pascal Obispo (1965)

French Singer-songwriter

Popular French new wave singer who has sold millions of albums and had hits like "Laurelenn," "Tombé pour elle," and "Fan."

5. Florent Marchet (1975)

French Singer-songwriter

Marchet is a French singer-songwriter. His debut album Gargilesse was released in 2004. Florent plays the piano guitar drums and flute. He has collaborated with François Poggio Pete Thomas and...

6. Rose Laurens (1953)

French Singer-songwriter

Rose Laurens previously billed as Rose Merryl is a French singer-songwriter particularly famous for her 1982 smash single Africa number three hit in many European countries. She was also the...

7. Louis Chedid (Unknow)

French Singer-songwriter

Louis Chedid is a French singer-songwriter of Lebanese origin.

8. Jean-Jacques Goldman (1951)

French Singer-songwriter

Jean-Jacques Goldman is a Grammy Award-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world and since 2003 has been the second-highest-grossing French living pop-rock singer after Johnny Hallyday....

9. Daniel Balavoine (1952)

French Singer-songwriter

Daniel Balavoine was a French singer and songwriter. He was hugely popular in the French-speaking world and inspired many singers in the 1980s such as Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michel Berger...

10. Erik Karol (1963)

French Singer-songwriter

Érik Karol is a French singer and composer of Basque origin. He received the Charles Cros Academy Award and another as the Best Single of the Year at the Festival...

11. Miossec (1964)

French Singer-songwriter

Christophe Miossec is a French singer and songwriter born in Brest Brittany France on December 24 1964.

12. Vivien Savage (1955)

French Singer-songwriter

Vivien Savage is a French singer-songwriter who reached popularity in the 1980s. He remains famous for its 1986 single La P'tite Lady which was a top twenty hit on the...

13. Jean-Jacques Lafon (1955)

French Singer-songwriter

Jean-Jacques Lafon is a French singer-songwriter and painter. He remains known for his 1985 hit Le géant de papier which peaked at #6 on the SNEP singles chart and earned...

14. Jean-Pierre Mader (1955)

French Singer-songwriter

Jean-Pierre Mader is a French singer-songwriter and producer. He remains particularly known for his smash hit Macumba released in 1985. After his singing career during the 1980s he became producer...

15. Jean-Louis Aubert (1955)

French Singer-songwriter

Jean-Louis Aubert is a French guitarist singer and songwriter. He has also composed music for the cinema and for television including the soundtrack for the film I've Loved You So...

16. Margot Blanche (1983)

French Singer-songwriter

Margot Blanche Moussempes is a French/Filipino singer and songwriter

17. Benoît Dorémus (1980)

French Singer-songwriter

Benoît Dorémus is a French singer-songwriter. He is the fourth of five children and grew up in France.

18. Guillaume Grand (1983)

French Singer-songwriter

Guillaume Grand born in 1983 in Bergerac is a French singer and composer. He is best known for his song Toi et Moi.

19. Merwan Rim (1977)

French Singer-songwriter

Mourad Merwan Rim best known as Merwan Rim is a French actor and singer-songwriter.

20. Jeanne Cherhal (1978)

French Singer-songwriter

Jeanne Cherhal is a French singer-songwriter.

21. Charlotte Savary (1979)

French Singer-songwriter

Charlotte Savary is a French female singer and songwriter. She lives in Paris and participates in different projects from electro-pop to trip-hop or folk. These projects are Felipecha and Wax...

22. Théodore Botrel (1868)

French Singer-songwriter

Jean-Baptiste-Théodore-Marie Botrel was a French singer-songwriter poet and playwright. He is best known for his popular songs about his native Brittany of which the most famous is La Paimpolaise. During...

23. Michel Jonasz (1947)

French Singer-songwriter

Michel Jonasz is a French composer-songwriter singer and actor. His compositions include: La boîte de jazz Joueurs de blues and Les vacances au bord de la mer. Born from Hungarian...

24. Mano Solo (1963)

French Singer-songwriter

Mano Solo born Emmanuel Cabut was a French singer. He was born in Châlons-sur-Marne on 24 April 1963 to the illustrator Cabu and Isabelle Monin co-founder of the ecology-related magazine...

25. Eric John Kaiser (1973)

French Singer-songwriter

Eric John Kaiser is an independent French musician based in Portland Oregon. He began recording music professionally in 2005 with his first EP Paris Acte I Scène 1. He plays...

26. Amina Annabi (1962)

French Singer-songwriter

Amina Annabi is a French-Tunisian singer-songwriter and actress most famous for finishing second in the tied 1991 Eurovision Song Contest held in Rome. Amina finished second after a countback...

27. Thomas Fersen (1963)

French Singer-songwriter

Thomas Fersen is a French singer-songwriter. During his childhood he was part of a punk group before playing the piano in café-theatres.

28. Franck Monnet (1967)

French Singer-songwriter

-Yannick-Gilbert Monnet is a French Singer-songwriter born in Le Mans 13 September 1967.

29. Art Mengo (1961)

French Singer-songwriter

Michel Armengot more commonly known as Art Mengo is a French singer and songwriter. Though born in the French city of Toulouse he is of Spanish descent as his parents...

30. Philippe Russo (1961)

French Singer-songwriter

Philippe Russo is a French singer-songwriter. He had a hit between 1986 and early 1987 in France with his single Magie noire devoted to the discothèques which peaked at #10...

31. Sara Mandiano (1958)

French Singer-songwriter

Sara Mandiano is a famous French singer-songwriter, who was born on January 25, 1958 in France. Sara Mandiano, (born 25 January 1958 as Françoise Castellani) is a French singer and...

32. Yohann Malory (1985)

French Singer-songwriter

Yohann Malory is a famous French singer-songwriter, who was born on January 10, 1985 in Madagascar. Yohann Malory better known as Malory (born in Madagascar on 10 January 1985) is...