Florent Pagny

Known for ActingBorn 1961-11-06 (age 64)Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France

Florent Pagny (born 6 November 1961) is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He records his work in French, as well as in Italian, Spanish and English. His greatest hits include "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer" and "Ma Liberté de penser"—all three were number one in France. As of 2018, he has sold more than 6 million singles and 10 million albums, becoming the 17th best-selling artist of all time in France. Florent Pagny began his artistic career as an actor in popular films and television dramas. He appeared in La Balance, L'As des as, and A Captain's Honor or Fort Saganne. In 1987, he wrote his first song titled "N'importe quoi". Pagny's first album, Merci, was released in 1990. The album's songs, mainly written by himself, began to attract controversy, with the press eventually boycotting some of them. This led to a decline in sales, culminating in personal problems. His follow-up album, Réaliste, was also not as successful. Jean-Jacques Goldman wrote three songs for Pagny under the pseudonym Sam Brewski, and presented to him a new staff. The album Rester vrai marked the beginning of his career as a performer only. Bienvenue chez moi, a semi-compilation released in 1995, was a smash success. Pagny also covered "Caruso", the hit originally performed by Lucio Dalla. He decided to move to Argentinian Patagonia to flee the French tax authorities and to start a new life with his wife, Azucena, and their children. Recently, Pagny said he had enrolled his children in Miami because he didn't want them to speak Arabic while returning from school. His next album, Savoir aimer, was released in 1997. It was composed by a number of writers, including Jean-Jacques Goldman, Erick Benzi, Jacques Veneruso, Zazie and, Pascal Obispo, who also produced the album. "Savoir aimer" turned out to be an immediate success. In 1999, Pagny released an album of cover versions of his old song, Recréation. From "Môme Julie" to "Antisocial", he mixed musical styles and dabbled with techno arrangements. Pagny then alternated studios and cover albums (at least in part) and regularly changed his look. In 2000, he released the album Châtelet Les Halles, whose title song was produced by Calogero. He followed that with 2, an album composed of duets released in 2001. In 2003, he returned with Ailleurs land, whose first single, "Ma Liberté de penser", was composed by Pascal Obispo and Lionel Florence and deals with Pagny's problems with the French treasury. Finally, in 2004, Pagny released Baryton, an album composed of opera songs. In 2007, Pagny released an album of covers of songs originally composed and performed by Jacques Brel entitled Pagny chante Brel. Source: Article "Florent Pagny" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.Read more

Movies & web series

Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98

Johnny Hallyday en direct de Bercy, La Soirée Anniversaire

Daniel Balavoine 35 ans déjà - sa vie, sa bataille

La chanson de l'année

Pascal Obispo - Millésime (Live 00-01)

Céline Dion, le grand show

Florent raconte Pagny

Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003

Johnny Hallyday - Live à la Tour Eiffel

Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France

Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés

Florent Pagny fait son Taratata

Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA

Florent Pagny : un homme libre

Symphonissime

Florent Pagny, la voix nue

Le Grand Concert Unis pour le Liban

The Secret Song

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Florent Pagny : Baryton

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

Taratata

Florent Pagny : En concert

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés

Hallyday par David

Corsu Mezu Mezu, le concert

Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous

Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés

La Boîte à secrets

Coucou c'est nous !

L'Énigme Jean-Jacques Goldman

La fille des collines

Les Visages d'Alice

Fan School

Ace of Aces

The Voice : La Plus Belle Voix

Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime

Florent Pagny - Eté 2003 à l'Olympia

Fou comme l'oiseau

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

Stars à domicile

Samedi soir en direct

Champs-Elysées

Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

Serge Lama, le dernier rappel

Florent Pagny : Le Phénix

La Balance