Chagrin d'amour
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Chagrin d’amour was a French pop duo formed 1981 in Paris and often cited as the ones who recorded the first French hip hop album. In 1982 Grégory Ken and Valli Kligerman released “Chacun fait (c'qui lui plait),” a recording of songs all performed in French with obvious influences by the rap music style.[1] The album gained instant success in the country and sold over 3 million copies.[2] Chagrin d’amour's songs with simple rhymes and rap techniques caused many amateur music artists to become interested in the hip-hop style.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Paris Collector : "Chacun fait (c'qui lui plait)" de Chagrin d'amour". France Bleu. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "Universal music". Archived from the original on September 14, 2003. Retrieved March 18, 2008.
- ^ Prevos, Andre J. M. "Postcolonial Popular Music in France: Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture in the 1980s and 1990s." In Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA, 39-56. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in French)
- Video on YouTube
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