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Alain Bashung

1947 - 2009

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Alain Bashung (born Alain Claude Baschung, French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ klod baʃuŋ]; 1 December 1947 – 14 March 2009) was a French singer, songwriter and actor. Credited with reviving the French chanson in "a time of French musical turmoil", he is often regarded as the most important French rock musician after Serge Gainsbourg. He rose to prominence in the early 1980s with hit songs such as "Gaby oh Gaby" and "Vertige de l'amour", and later had a string of hit records from the 1990s onward, such as "Osez Joséphine", "Ma petite entreprise" and "La nuit je mens". He has had an influence on many later French artists, and is the most awarded artist in the Victoires de la Musique history with 12 victories obtained throughout his career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Alain Bashung is the 969th most popular singer (down from 897th in 2024), the 3,754th most popular biography from France (down from 3,656th in 2019) and the 58th most popular French Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Alain Bashung ranks 969 out of 4,381. Before him are Carmen McRae, Şivan Perwer, Jonas Kaufmann, Luiz Gonzaga, Tatevik Sazandaryan, and Roy Black. After him are Mort Shuman, Ljiljana Petrović, Yaki Kadafi, Björn Skifs, Bora Đorđević, and M. S. Subbulakshmi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Alain Bashung ranks 381. Before him are Alfredo Cristiani, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Natalya Varley, Alaksandar Milinkievič, Dominique Baratelli, and Horst Blankenburg. After him are Martin Ferrero, Björn Skifs, Adam Cheng, Louis Michel, Alan Thicke, and Jean Echenoz. Among people deceased in 2009, Alain Bashung ranks 180. Before him are Ekaterina Maximova, Marilyn French, Hildegard Behrens, Pio Laghi, Mike Bongiorno, and Karen Harup. After him are Fritz Darges, Dom DeLuise, Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Joan Martí i Alanis, Charlie Mariano, and Jack Cardiff.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Bashung ranks 3,754 out of 6,770. Before him are Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor (1770), Robert Manzon (1917), Adolphe d'Archiac (1802), Lili Damita (1904), Auguste Barbier (1805), and Marcel Domingo (1924). After him are Jean-Pierre Mocky (1933), Charles-Denis Bourbaki (1816), Eugène Belgrand (1810), Adolphe Niel (1802), Jacques Dufilho (1914), and Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700).

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Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, Alain Bashung ranks 58. Before him are Indila (1984), Brigitte Fontaine (1939), Patachou (1918), Célestine Galli-Marié (1840), Fréhel (1891), and Gérard Lenorman (1945). After him are Alain Barrière (1935), Michel Delpech (1946), Julien Clerc (1947), Mathé Altéry (1927), Hortense Schneider (1833), and Michèle Arnaud (1919).

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