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Corridor
Corridor is a Montreal-based francophone indie rock band with interlocking guitars and pop hooks sung in French, the first Francophone act signed to Sub Pop, in 2019.
Daniel Lavoie
Daniel Lavoie, born in 1949 in Dunrea, Manitoba, is a Canadian francophone singer-songwriter known for "Ils s'aiment" and for originating Frollo in Notre-Dame de Paris.
David Hallyday
David Hallyday, born David Smet in 1966, is a French singer-songwriter, son of Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Vartan, known for "High" (1988) and for composing his father's album Sang pour sang.
Deluxe
Deluxe is a six-member French band formed in 2007 in Aix-en-Provence, playing music with funk and hip-hop accents and known for its moustache symbol and logo.
Desireless
Desireless (Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop), born 1952 in Paris, is a French pop singer whose 1986 synth-pop hit "Voyage, voyage" topped charts across Europe and sold over 500,000 copies in France.
Diane Dufresne
Diane Dufresne, born 1944 in Montreal, is a Quebec singer and painter nicknamed "La Diva", known for the hit "J'ai rencontré l'homme de ma vie".
Diane Tell
Diane Tell, born Diane Fortin in 1959 in Québec City, is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in France since the early 1980s, known for "Si j'étais un homme".
Disiz
Disiz, also Disiz la Peste and Disiz Peter Punk, is the stage name of Sérigne M'Baye Gueye, a French rapper and singer born in 1978 in Amiens.
Dom La Nena
Dom La Nena, born Dominique Pinto in 1989, is a Brazilian-born cellist and singer in Paris known for cello-centered pop and the duo Birds on a Wire.
Eddy de Pretto
Eddy de Pretto is a French singer-songwriter blending chanson and rap, born in 1991, who broke through with the EP Kid and the number-one album Cure.
Édith Butler
Édith Butler is an Acadian singer-songwriter and folklorist born in Paquetville, New Brunswick, in 1942, who has recorded about 300 songs and sold more than two million records.
Elli et Jacno
Elli et Jacno were a French synth-pop duo formed by singer Elli Medeiros and musician Denis Quilliard, both formerly of the punk group Stinky Toys, active from 1979 to 1984.
EMI France
EMI Music France was the French recorded-music company of the EMI group, known until 1994 as EMI France, carrying the historic French chanson catalog until its 2013 sale to Warner.
Émilie Simon
Émilie Simon is a French singer-songwriter and electronic musician, born in Montpellier in 1978, who has won three Victoires de la Musique and scored the 2005 documentary La Marche de l'Empereur.
Emmanuel Moire
Emmanuel Moire, born 1979 in Le Mans, is a French singer who rose to fame as Louis XIV in Le Roi Soleil, then built a solo career.
Et moi, et moi, et moi
"Et moi, et moi, et moi" is a 1966 French song by Jacques Dutronc, with lyrics by Jacques Lanzmann, and a hit of the summer of 1966.
Europe 1
Europe 1 is a French national radio station launched on 1 January 1955, whose Salut les copains defined postwar youth before it became a news-and-talk station.
Fatal Bazooka
Fatal Bazooka is a French parody rap project created in 2002 by Michaël Youn, Vincent Desagnat, and Benjamin Morgaine on M6's Morning Live, known for "Fous ta cagoule".
Félix Awards
The Félix Awards (Prix Félix) are Quebec's main music awards, presented annually since 1979 by ADISQ and named for singer-songwriter Félix Leclerc; their televised gala is among Quebec's most-watched events.
Feu! Chatterton
Feu! Chatterton is a French rock band formed in Paris in 2011 by five former lycée Louis-le-Grand students, led by singer and lyricist Arthur Teboul, known for poetic, literary rock.
FouKi
FouKi, born Léo Fougères in 1996 in Montreal, is a Quebec rapper and songwriter who has released six albums since 2018 and won Félix awards for "Copilote".
Franck Pourcel
Franck Pourcel (1913–2000) was a French conductor, arranger, and composer from Marseille whose easy-listening string orchestra sold records in 58 countries; his 1959 hit "Only You" sold over 3 million copies.
Francofolies de La Rochelle
Les Francofolies de La Rochelle is a five-day festival of francophone popular music held each July in La Rochelle, France, founded in 1985 by the radio presenter Jean-Louis Foulquier.
Fred Fortin
Fred Fortin, born Joseph Antoine Frédéric Fortin Perron in 1971, is a Quebec folk-rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, a founding figure of the "son du Lac" sound who also plays in Gros Mené and Galaxie.
Fréro Delavega
Fréro Delavega is a French pop-folk duo from the Bassin d'Arcachon, formed by Jérémy Frérot and Florian Delavega, who rose to fame on The Voice in 2014.
Fun Radio
Fun Radio is a French national private radio station focused on electro-dance music, created in 1985 and part of Groupe M6's radio pole since 2017.
Gaël Faye
Gaël Faye, born in 1982 in Bujumbura, Burundi, is a Burundian-French rapper, singer-songwriter, and novelist who fled to France in 1995 and won the 2024 prix Renaudot for Jacaranda.
Georges Dor
Georges Dor, born Georges Henri Dor, was a Quebec singer, songwriter, and writer best known for "La Manic" (1966), a ballad about the loneliness of dam builders.
Georges Guétary
Georges Guétary, born Lambros Vorloou in Alexandria in 1915, was a Greek-born French operetta singer who starred in An American in Paris and died in 1997.
Grand Corps Malade
Grand Corps Malade, the stage name of Fabien Marsaud, is a French slam poet and film director who popularized slam in France with his 2006 debut album Midi 20.