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Brigitte Fontaine

1939 - Today

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Brigitte Fontaine (born 24 June 1939) is a French singer of avant-garde music. She has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry, and world. She has collaborated with Stereolab, Michel Colombier, Jean-Claude Vannier, Areski Belkacem, Gotan Project, Sonic Youth, Antoine Duhamel, Grace Jones, Noir Désir, Archie Shepp, Arno, and The Art Ensemble of Chicago. She is also a novelist, playwright, poet, and actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brigitte Fontaine is the 903rd most popular singer (down from 661st in 2019), the 3,625th most popular biography from France (down from 3,014th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular French Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Brigitte Fontaine ranks 903 out of 4,381. Before her are Flora Purim, Wadih El Safi, K. L. Saigal, Indila, Nina Grieg, and Enzo Ghinazzi. After her are Paul Young, Patachou, Marko Perković, Milka Ternina, Lotte Lehmann, and Nora Brockstedt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Brigitte Fontaine ranks 274. Before her are Paul Gleason, Panajot Pano, Bill Mulliken, Ekaterina Maximova, Arik Einstein, and Stephen Cook. After her are Chögyam Trungpa, Giorgio Ferrini, Dariush Mehrjui, János Göröcs, Tigran Mansurian, and Jean Van Hamme.

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In France

Among people born in France, Brigitte Fontaine ranks 3,625 out of 6,770. Before her are Louis Bourdaloue (1632), Antoine de la Sale (1388), Gaucelm Faidit (1170), Charles de Bonchamps (1760), Tignous (1957), and Jean-Marie Duhamel (1797). After her are Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (1718), Willy Sagnol (1977), Gabriel François Doyen (1726), Benoît Jacquot (1947), Louis Charles Delescluze (1809), and Henry Becque (1837).

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Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, Brigitte Fontaine ranks 53. Before her are Pierre Gaveaux (1761), Pierre Bachelet (1944), Hugues Aufray (1929), Renaud (1952), Christophe (1945), and Indila (1984). After her are Patachou (1918), Célestine Galli-Marié (1840), Fréhel (1891), Gérard Lenorman (1945), Alain Bashung (1947), and Alain Barrière (1935).

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