Kendji

Known for ActingBorn 1996-07-03 (age 29)Périgueux, Dordogne, France

Kendji "Girac" Jason Maillié (born 3 July 1996), also known mononymously as Kendji, is a French singer and guitarist. He is the winner of Season 3 of the music competition The Voice: la plus belle voix as part of Team Mika. He has released three studio albums, Kendji, Ensemble and Amigo as well as a string of hit singles. The youngest of a Catalan Gitano family, Kendji grew up in Saint-Astier and was taught to play the guitar and sing by his grandfather. He left school at 16 to follow the family business as an arborist. He speaks Catalan with his parents. He gained some fame through publishing materials online. His Romanes version of "Bella" by Maître Gims filmed by a friend went viral. His video garnered 5.8 million views.[4] Another popular song he uploaded was "Si j'étais président" a cover of Gérard Lenorman. For season 3 of The Voice: la plus belle voix, he auditioned with the song "Bella" by Maître Gims in the second episode of season 3 broadcast on January 18, with only judge Mika turning his chair, whereas the three others, Florent Pagny, Jenifer and Garou refrained. In the Musical Battles Round broadcast on 8 March 2014, Mika put him against Youness both singing "Tous les mêmes" by Stromae. Kendji moved to "L'épreuve ultime" round where he performed "Hotel California by The Eagles in the 29 March 2014 emission. In the live rounds he performed "Ma philosophie" by Amel Bent (5 April 2014), "Mad World" from Tears for Fears (19 April 2014) and "Allumer le feu" by Johnny Hallyday (19 April 2014). In the semi-final on 3 May 2014 he sang "Belle" by Garou and Daniel Lavoie qualifying for the finals as Team Mika's finalist. In the final broadcast on Final, on 10 May 2014, he sang "Amor de mis amores" / "Volare" by Gipsy Kings, "Temps à nouveau" by Jean-Louis Aubert and "L'Aigle noir" by Barbara. He won The Voice title for season 3 with 51% of the public vote against 21% for runner up Maximilien Philippe, with Amir Haddad finishing third with 18% and Wesley with only 10% fourth. His first official single the bilingual French/Spanish "Color Gitano", which was released in June 2014 from his eponymous EP, followed by his official album release in September. In December 2014, he won two NRJ Music Awards for Francophone Breakthrough of the Year and "Color Gitano" as Francophone Song of the Year. His album Kendji sold 600,000 copies by January 2015, and over 1 million copies by October 2015, certifying Diamond and becoming France's second highest selling album of 2014 after Racine carrée by Stromae. He is currently the biggest selling The Voice alumnus worldwide. His follow-up single "Andalouse" proved even more successful commercially. Other notable singles included "Conmigo" from the repackaged version of Kendji released on 4 May 2015. A second album titled Ensemble was released on 30 October 2015. Notable singles from his second album include "Me Quemo", "Les yeux de la mama" and "No Me Mirès Màs" (jointly with Soprano). On 31 August 2018 his third album, titled Amigo was released. It started at number one on the French sales chart with 48,408 sales. ... Source: Article "Kendji Girac" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

Movies & web series

Soprano : le documentaire événement

Sucré salé

The Unexpected Getaway

La chanson de l'année

The Apartment

Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA

Ces chansons de nos vacances

Gims - Destination Stade de France

The Secret Song

Les copains d'abord font du ski

Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours

Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés

Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land

Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés

Soolking au Zénith

Kendji Girac au Dôme de Paris

Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés

La Boîte à secrets

Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !

L'Énigme Jean-Jacques Goldman

Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime

Champion

Stars à domicile

Céline Dion raconte D'eux

Florent Pagny : Le Phénix

Enrico Macias, l'inattendu

C à vous

The Voice Kids

Mask Singer

Star Academy

Quotidien

Téléthon

Everyone's Life

Kendji Girac - Ensemble le live

Clique

Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2024 : Le concert événement

Victoires de la musique

NRJ Music Awards

La semaine des 4 Julie

J'ai pas les mots, 8 semaines pour sortir de l'illettrisme

Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show

L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc

Basique, le concert

La Story Disney : La Magie Musicale

Kendji Girac à l'Olympia