A Look at the French Music Scene ? Acts Who Have Learnt French ...

May 14th, 2012 by admin

Like many other parts of France?s culture, their music scene is one to be explored.? It can be easy to overlook the French music scene due to the many other qualities France has to offer.? Here we offer a brief overview of the French music scene, both from international acts who have had to learn french in france, and French acts who sing in different languages.

Popular French band Pony Pony Run Run attended the Les Victoires de la Musique awards in Paris and went on to receive best newcomer.? Two other acts, namely Izia and Yodelice, also won newcomer acts.? The thing that these acts have in common is that they all originate from France, but they sing in English.? The popular DJ David Guetta who is of French descent also composes all his tracks in English, despite starting his career as a DJ based in Paris

It is interesting that some acts from France choose to sing in English, particularly as the quota of radio stations demands that 40% of its content be sung in French.? One such reason for this change of language can be due to the internet.? As there is no restriction on the internet, it allows for acts to promote their music to a wider audience.

However this is not a new practice, as French acts have sung in French, other acts have re recorded songs for the French market.? One popular act to undertake this was The Beatles, who recorded a number of their hit songs in French.? Although they picked up German from their stay in Hamburg, they didn?t actually learn French in France, the only lessons they had were from their school education.

Elvis Costello was another act who recorded a French version to compliment his English take on the song Tous les visages de l?amour, the English version being She.? Not only did this share the song with a wider audience it also paid tribute to the original roots of the song.

Acts will also perform songs in both languages, one such artist to embrace this is Canadian born Celine Dion.? She had originally started her career as a French only artist but elevated her opportunities by singing in English.? Although she has had many English hits she also produces a lot of albums that are sung only in French, paying tribute to both her family roots and the language that first started her career.

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