Marina Marie Madeleine Dalmas (French pronunciation: [maʁina maʁi madlɛn dalmas]; born 9 February 1998), better known as Marina Kaye, is a French singer, songwriter and composer from Marseille.
Marina Kaye | |
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.jpg) Marina Kaye performing in 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Marina Marie Madeleine Dalmas |
| Born | 9 February 1998 Marseille, France |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, composer |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Capitol Music (2014–2019) PIAS Group (2019) |
| Website | www |
Most famous for the hit "Homeless", she has released the EP Homeless in 2014 and the album Fearless in 2015. On October 20, 2017, she released her second album, Explicit, which was certified gold.
Life and career
editChildhood and France's Got Incredible Talent (1998–2011)
editMarina Marie Madeleine Dalmas was born in the 9th district of Marseille to a French father and a stay-at-home mother of Algerian-Kabyle origin,[1] but grew up in the town of Allauch. She studied at Yves-Montand college until the age of 15, when she dropped out to relocate to London to work on her album in London.
She started posting videos of covers on her YouTube channel at the age of ten.
On 14 December 2011, at the age of 13, she won the sixth season of La France a un incroyable talent, the French version of the Got Talent series.[2] She sang Rolling in the Deep and Set Fire to the Rain from Adele and Firework from Katy Perry.
After her victory, she decided to stop singing due to her classmates and some adults in her school. It was her meeting with Jan Erik Frogg that made her change her mind.[3]
In 2012, she opened for the French musical comedy Adam et Ève: La Seconde Chance (mis en scène by Pascal Obispo). She also released a number of covers online and opened for Thirty Seconds to Mars at Palais des Festivals de Cannes and for Florent Pagny tour Vieillir Ensemble and in 2014 for five of Lindsey Stirling's concerts in France.
First album: Fearless (2015)
editShe gained significant recognition with "Homeless" taken from her similarly titled EP Homeless. The single topped the SNEP French official singles chart.
On 18 May 2015, she released the album Fearless recorded in London and New York City which includes the song "Freeze You Out" written by Sia and Chris Braide. The album went triple platinum in France.
Explicit (2017)
editIn January, she played in Papounet, a French comedy directed by Dominique Farrugia.[4][5]
On September 14, rapper and singer Soprano announced the tracklist for his album L'Everest which will be released the following month, with the song "Mon Everest" featuring Marina.[6]
On October 20, she released Explicit, her second album shortly after releasing the official clip for "On My Own" and "Something".
Twisted (2020)
editOn 18 September 2019, she released the song "Twisted", from the upcoming album with the same name.[7]
She released 3 more singles in 2020: "The Whole 9" on January 31,[8] "Double Life" on September 2[9] and "7 Billion" on September 23.[10]
On October 6, she announced via Twitter that the album would be released on November 6.[11][12][13]
Personal life
edit
She participates in the album Balavoine (s), released in January 2016 for the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Daniel Balavoine, using the title Only the very best. She performed at the South by Southwest festival in Texas in March 2016. She will also do a duet with rapper Soprano on the title Mon Everest. On January 7, 2017, she sang for the first time in French on television, taking over the title Vole by Céline Dion on TF1, in homage to Grégory Lemarchal (Grégory Lemarchal, 10 years after the story continues). A few months later, on October 20, 2017, she released a second album, Explicit. This becomes a gold disc.
She had a well-publicized feud with her father after he said on his own Facebook that his daughter was under immense psychological pressure and isolated from the realities of the world. He also blamed her for changing her name as an attempt to cut herself from her roots. She retorted that she was shocked and hurt by these declarations and said this was a continuation of what she described as a "traumatic childhood" in her youth, adding that her own father just wanted to destroy her career, to which Dalmas responded, "What father would like to destroy his children and their future?"[14][15][16][17]
As of October 2020, Marina lives in Geneva, Switzerland.[18]
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [19] |
BEL (Fl) [20] |
BEL (Wa) [21] |
SWI [22] | ||||||||||||||||
| Fearless |
|
3 | 118 | 8 | 20 |
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| Explicit |
|
14 | — | 26 | 22 |
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| Twisted |
|
50 | — | 57 | — | ||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Extended plays
edit| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Homeless |
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Singles
editAs lead artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [19] |
BEL (Fl) [20] |
BEL (Wa) [21] |
SWI [22] | ||||||||||||||||
| "Homeless"[A] | 2014 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 25 | Fearless | |||||||||||||
| "Dancing with the Devil" | 2015 | 49 | — | 56 | — | ||||||||||||||
| "Mirror Mirror" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Only the Very Best" | 2016 | 43 | — | — | — | Balavoine(s) | |||||||||||||
| "Freeze You Out" | 69 | — | 86 | — | Fearless | ||||||||||||||
| "The World Belongs to Us" | — | — | — | — | Robinson Crusoe | ||||||||||||||
| "On My Own" | 2017 | 51 | — | — | — | Explicit | |||||||||||||
| "Something" | 73 | — | 97 | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Twisted" | 2019 | 110 | — | — | — | Twisted | |||||||||||||
| "The Whole 9" | 2020 | 15 | — | 83 | — | ||||||||||||||
| "Double Life" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
As featured artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [19] |
BEL (Wa) [21] | ||||
| "Mon Everest" (Soprano featuring Marina Kaye) |
2016 | 11 | 32 |
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L'Everest |
Promotional singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [19] | |||
| "Sounds Like Heaven" (featuring Lindsey Stirling) |
2015 | 134 | Fearless |
| "7 Billion" | 2020 | — | Twisted |
Other charting songs
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [19] | |||
| "Live Before I Die" | 2015 | 185 | Fearless |
Filmography
edit- 2017: Papounet
References
editNotes
edit- ^ "Homeless" also features on Marina Kaye's EP Homeless.
Sources
edit- ^ Paris-Match: Marina Kaye – Un incroyable talent (in French)
- ^ Public.fr La France a un incroyable talent 2011 – Marina remporte la finale (in French)
- ^ "Marina Kaye : la chanteuse de "Homeless" victime de harcèlement au collège". www.terrafemina.com (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ ProgrammeTV Telé-Loisirs: Marina Kaye bientôt au cinéma (in French)
- ^ "Luc Besson croit à nouveau aux films en français" (in French).
- ^ Soprano : "Marina Kaye collait pile poil à ce que je voulais" (in French), retrieved 12 April 2020
- ^ "Twisted – Single par Marina Kaye sur Apple Music". Apple Music.
- ^ "The Whole 9 – Single par Marina Kaye sur Apple Music". Apple Music.
- ^ "Double Life – Single par Marina Kaye sur Apple Music". Apple Music.
- ^ "7 Billion – Single par Marina Kaye sur Apple Music". Apple Music.
- ^ @MarinaKayeMusic (6 October 2020). "Mon nouvel album Twisted est enfin disponible en précommande ! Il sortira le 6 novembre prochain. Hâte que vous le découvriez, j'espère que vous l'aimerez ! Vous pouvez le précommander dès maintenant !" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Marina Kaye : son troisième album "Twisted" sortira le 6 novembre". Chartsinfrance (in French). 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Twisted par Marina Kaye sur Apple Music". Apple Music.
- ^ RTL: La chanteuse Marina Kaye dans la tourmente: elle règle ses comptes avec son père sur Facebook (in French)
- ^ Le Figaro: Marina Kaye accuse son père de vouloir détruire sa carrière (in French)
- ^ RCI.fr: "Choquée et blessée", Marina Kaye règle ses comptes avec son père sur Facebook (in French)
- ^ L'Express: Marina Kaye s'écharpe avec son père par posts Facebook interposés (in French)
- ^ "Interview: French Songstress Marina Kaye Shares Her "Double Life" & "7 Billion" Off 'Twisted' New Album". Atwood Magazine. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Discographie Marina Kaye". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Discografie Marina Kaye". ultratop.be/nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ a b c "Discographie Marina Kaye". ultratop.be/fr. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Discographie Marina Kaye". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Les certifications – SNEP" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Ultratop: Goud en platina – Singles 2015
External links
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