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Grégory Lemarchal
Grégory Lemarchal (1983–2007) was a French singer from Savoie who won Star Academy in 2004 with 80% of the vote and died of cystic fibrosis at 23.
HATIK
Hatik, the stage name of Clément Penhoat, is a French rapper, singer, and actor born in 1992 who broke through with the series Validé and the hit single "Angela".
Hervé Vilard
Hervé Vilard, born René Villard in Paris in 1946, is a French chanson and variété singer whose 1965 summer hit "Capri c'est fini" sold 3.3 million copies worldwide.
IAM
IAM is a French hip-hop group formed in Marseille around 1988, a pillar of French rap known for the hit "Je danse le mia" and the diamond album L'École du micro d'argent.
Ibrahim Maalouf
Ibrahim Maalouf is a French trumpeter of Lebanese origin, born in Beirut in 1980, who plays a quarter-tone trumpet invented by his father Nassim Maalouf.
Ici Musique
Ici Musique, known as Espace musique until 2014, is Radio-Canada's French-language music radio network and web destination, airing mainly Canadian music from chanson and jazz to hip-hop.
Imany
Imany, the stage name of French singer-songwriter Nadia Mladjao, works in folk, soul, and blues, and reached No. 1 across Europe with the 2016 remix of "Don't Be So Shy".
Jean Ferrat
Jean Ferrat, born Jean Tenenbaum (1930–2010), was a French singer-songwriter, a leading figure of poetic chanson, best known for 'Nuit et brouillard' and setting Louis Aragon's poems to music.
Jean Leloup
Jean Leloup is the stage name of Québécois rock singer-songwriter Jean Leclerc, born 1961 in Québec City, known for an eccentric persona, platinum albums, and 16 Félix awards.
Jean Sablon
Jean Sablon (1906–1994) was a French singer and actor who pioneered microphone singing, brought swing into chanson with Django Reinhardt, and starred on American radio as "The French Troubadour".
Jean-Louis Murat
Jean-Louis Murat, born Jean-Louis Bergheaud (1952–2023), was a French singer-songwriter from the Auvergne whose literary, rock-inflected albums included the gold Cheyenne Autumn (1989) and the duet "Regrets" with Mylène Farmer.
Jeanne Cherhal
Jeanne Cherhal is a French singer-songwriter, pianist, and bassist born in 1978 in Nantes, a fixture of the chanson scene since her 2004 breakthrough album Douze fois par an.
Jeanne Mas
Jeanne Mas is a French pop singer born in Alicante, Spain in 1958, one of the leading stars of 1980s French variété with hits like "En rouge et noir".
Jeannine (Lomepal album)
Jeannine is the second studio album by French rapper and singer Lomepal, released in December 2018. Named after his grandmother, it topped the French charts and earned diamond certification.
Jenifer
Jenifer, also known as Jenifer Bartoli, is a French pop singer born in Nice in 1982 who won the first season of Star Academy in 2002 and has since released nine studio albums.
Jérémy Frérot
Jérémy Frérot, also known as Jeremy Frerot, is a French singer who rose to fame in the folk-pop duo Fréro Delavega on The Voice in 2014.
Julie Masse
Julie Masse, born 1970 in Greenfield Park, Quebec, is a Québécois pop singer whose debut single "C'est zéro" made her a leading 1990s francophone pop star in Quebec.
Julie Zenatti
Julie Zenatti is a French singer, songwriter, and producer, born in 1981 in Paris, known for playing Fleur-de-Lys in Notre-Dame de Paris from 1998 and for the hit "Si je m'en sors".
Kofs
Kofs is the stage name of Foued Nabba, a French rapper from Marseille whose 2020 single "Bande organisée" spent 12 weeks at number 1 in France.
L'Aventurier
"L'Aventurier" is a 1982 new wave song by the French band Indochine, written by Nicola Sirkis, whose lyrics borrow from the Bob Morane adventure novels.
La fête est finie
La fête est finie is the third studio album by French rapper Orelsan, released in October 2017; it debuted at number 1 in France and won three Victoires de la musique.
La Mano 1.9 (musician)
La Mano 1.9 is a French drill rapper from the 19th arrondissement of Paris, whose debut album R.A.T reached number 5 in France in 2025.
La poupée qui fait non
"La poupée qui fait non" ("The doll who says no") is a 1966 French pop song by Michel Polnareff, recorded in London with future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones.
Lacrim
Lacrim (Karim Zenoud, born 1985 in Paris) is a French rapper whose street albums and mixtapes, including Corleone and the R.I.P.R.O. series, made him a leading figure in French rap.
Last Train
Last Train is a French rock band formed in 2007 by four schoolmates from Alsace, now based in Lyon, singing in English between post-rock and alternative rock.
Le Banana Split (music)
"Le Banana Split" is a 1979 French-language pop single by 17-year-old Lio, her debut, written by Jacques Duvall and Jay Alanski, which reached number one in France in 1980.
Le Reservoir (music)
Le Réservoir is a dinner-concert club and concert hall in Paris's 11th arrondissement, opened in 1995 in a former forge, mixing cabaret dining with eclectic music.
Le Transbordeur
Le Transbordeur is a concert venue in Villeurbanne, near Lyon, France, opened in 1989 in a converted water-treatment plant and holding up to 1,800 people.
Le Zénith Paris
Le Zénith Paris, also known as Zénith Paris - La Villette, is a modular concert hall of about 6,300 capacity in the Parc de la Villette, Paris, opened in 1984.
Les Charlots
Les Charlots were a French comedy-pop band formed in 1965 as Les Problèmes, whose hits on Disques Vogue led to slapstick film stardom with Les Bidasses en folie (1971).