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Benjamin Biolay

{{Short description|French singer and actor (born 1973)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}

{{Infobox person

|image=Benjamin Biolay at Berlinale 2022 (cropped).jpg |

| name = Benjamin Biolay

| caption = Biolay in 2022

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1973|1|20}}

| birth_place = Villefranche-sur-Saône, France

| occupation = {{flatlist|

  • Singer
  • musician
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • actor

}}

| years_active =

| spouse = {{marriage|Chiara Mastroianni
|2002|2005|end=div}}

| partner =

| label_name = {{flatlist|

}}

| website = {{URL|benjaminbiolay.com}}

}}

Benjamin Biolay ({{IPA|fr|bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ bjɔlɛ}}; born 20 January 1973) is a French singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He is the brother of singer Coralie Clément—whose first three albums he wrote and produced—and the ex-husband of Chiara Mastroianni, the daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni.

His low-key vocal style is somewhat similar to French pop star Étienne Daho. With the singer Keren Ann, whose first two albums he co-wrote and produced, he contributed several songs to Chambre avec Vue, the successful comeback album of singer Henri Salvador, and has since worked as a writer, arranger or producer for other icons of French music, including Juliette Gréco, Julien Clerc, Françoise Hardy, Vanessa Paradis and Nolwenn Leroy.

He wrote or performed most of the songs on the 2004 soundtrack to Clara et Moi by Arnaud Viard, and released the album Home with his wife the same year. After two more rock oriented albums in 2005 and 2007 he was dropped by his record company and began working on his first independent release, La Superbe, released on Naïve records in 2009. This was followed by the soundtrack album Pourquoi tu pleures in 2011 and Vengeance in 2012.

Personal life

Benjamin was married to actress and singer Chiara Mastroianni from 2002 to 2005; they have a daughter, Anna, born 22 April 2003.

Discography

= Albums =

Solo studio albums

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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FR
{{cite web | url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Benjamin+Biolay | title=Benjamin Biolay discography | work=lescharts.com | publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=8 February 2014}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL
(Fl)
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL
(Wa)
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | GER
{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Benjamin+Biolay|title=Benjamin Biolay discography |publisher=Media Control Charts. Charts.de|language=de|access-date=8 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SPA

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWI
{{cite web | url=http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Benjamin+Biolay | title=Benjamin Biolay discography | work=hitparade.ch | publisher=Hung Medien | access-date=8 February 2014}}

style="text-align:center;"|2001

|Rose Kennedy

| style="text-align:center;"|66

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style="text-align:center;"|2003

|Négatif

| style="text-align:center;"|15

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| style="text-align:center;"|9

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style="text-align:center;"|2005

|À l'origine

| style="text-align:center;"|17

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|27

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

style="text-align:center;"|2007

|Trash Yéyé

| style="text-align:center;"|11

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|23

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|72

style="text-align:center;"|2009

|La Superbe

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|7

| style="text-align:center;"|98

| style="text-align:center;"|97

| style="text-align:center;"|61

style="text-align:center;"|2011

|Pourquoi tu pleures?

| style="text-align:center;"|38

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|54

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

style="text-align:center;"|2012

|Vengeance

| style="text-align:center;"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|95

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|42

| style="text-align:center;"|22

style="text-align:center;"|2015

|Trenet

| style="text-align:center;"|19

| style="text-align:center;"|174

| style="text-align:center;"|12

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

style="text-align:center;"|2016

|Palermo Hollywood

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|107

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|17

style="text-align:center;"|2017

|Volver

| style="text-align:center;"|3
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| style="text-align:center;"|129

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|–

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| style="text-align:center;"|12

style="text-align:center;"|2020

|Grand Prix

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|110

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|3

style="text-align:center;"|2022

|Saint-Clair

| style="text-align:center;"|1
{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=37?&annee=2022&categorie=Top%20Albums|title=Top Albums (Week 37, 2022)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=French|access-date=20 September 2022}}

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| style="text-align:center;"|7

style="text-align:center;"|2023

|À l'auditorium

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| style="text-align:center;"|19

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| style="text-align:center;"|90

Joint albums

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!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Album

!align="center" colspan="2" width="20"|Peak positions

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL
(Wa)

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWI

style="text-align:center;"|2004

|Home
(with Chiara Mastroianni)

| style="text-align:center;"|26

| style="text-align:center;"|98

Compilation albums

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!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Album

!align="center" colspan="1" width="20"|Peak positions

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL
(Wa)
style="text-align:center;"|2011

|Best Of

| style="text-align:center;"|178

= EPs =

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!align="center" width="10"|Year

!align="center" width="180"|EP title

style="text-align:center;"|2001

|Benjamin Biolay Remix EP

= Soundtracks =

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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FR
style="text-align:center;"|2004

|Clara et Moi

| style="text-align:center;"|163

= Singles =

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!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Single

!align="center" colspan="3" width="20"|Peak positions

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FR

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL
(Wa)

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL
(Wa)
Tip

style="text-align:center;" rowspan=1|2008

|"Qu'est ce que ça peut faire?"

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|14

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style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|2010

|"La superbe"

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|38

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|

"Si tu suis mon regard"

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|32

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style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|2011

|"Ton héritage"

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|28

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"Pas la forme"

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|25

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style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|2012

|"Aime mon amour"

| style="text-align:center;"|60

| style="text-align:center;"|39

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|

"Profite"
(feat. Vanessa Paradis)

| style="text-align:center;"|93

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|24

| style="text-align:center;"|

"Ne regrette rien"
(feat. Orelsan)

| style="text-align:center;"|157

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

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style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|2014

|"Ton héritage" (rerelease)

| style="text-align:center;"|80

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|

"Pas besoin de permis"
(with Vanessa Paradis)

| style="text-align:center;"|35

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|

style="text-align:center;"|2016

|"Palermo Hollywood"

| style="text-align:center;"|161

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|

style="text-align:center;"|2017

|"Roma (Amor)"
(with Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas)

| style="text-align:center;"|136
{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2017&we=21|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 21, 2017)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=fr|access-date=27 May 2017}}{{dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| style="text-align:center;"|–

| style="text-align:center;"|–

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2018

|Paris Sur Mer (on Morcheeba's "Blaze Away" album)

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Featured in

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!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="200"|Single

!align="center" colspan="1" width="20"|Peak
positions

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FR
style="text-align:center;"|2003

|"L'hymne à l'amour"
(Aznavour, Boulay, Eicher, Biolay, Macias,
Maurane, Foly, Fontaine, Mami, Leroy,
Pagny & Badi)

| style="text-align:center;"|50

| style="text-align:center;"|

= Other charted songs =

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!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Song

!align="center" colspan="1" width="20"|Peak positions

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FR
style="text-align:center;"|2017

|"Retiens la nuit"

| style="text-align:center;"|80
{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2017&we=47|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 47, 2017)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=fr|access-date=27 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925135619/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2017&we=47|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=dead}}

| style="text-align:center;"| On a tous quelque chose de Johnny

Selected filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2008

| Stella

| Stella's father

| Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actor

2010

| The Pack

| The Spack's son

|

2013

| Under the Rainbow

| Maxime Wolf

|

2014

| The Easy Way Out

| Gérard

|

2015

| The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

| Michel Caravaille

|

rowspan=3|2016

| Encore heureux

| Antoine

|

Faultless (Irréprochable)

| Gilles

|

Fleur de tonnerre

| Mathieu Verron

|

2017

| Number One

| Marc Ronsin

|

2017

| Memoir of War

|

|

2019

| Capitaine Marleau

| Philippe Louveau

| TV series (1 episode)

2019

| Chambre 212

| Richard Warrimer at 40

|

2020

| The Eddy

| Franck Levy

|

2021

| France

| Fred de Meurs

|

rowspan="5" | 2022

| The Line

| Julien

|

Le Monde d'hier

| Didier Jansen

|

Stella est amoureuse

| Serge Vlaminck

|

Comme une actrice

| Antoine

|

Un hiver en été

| Franck

|

2023

| Rosalie

| Barcelin

|

References

{{reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category|Benjamin Biolay}}

  • [http://www.benjaminbiolay.com/ Official website (in French)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100112035737/http://www.benjaminbiolay.com/eng.html (in English)]
  • [http://www.myspace.com/benjaminbiolay Official MySpace]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070704160831/http://www.music-city.org/Benjamin-Biolay/discography/ Benjamin Biolay discography]
  • {{IMDb name|id=1483904|name=Benjamin Biolay}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20111006100528/http://lesinsulaires.forumactif.net/ les insulaires ¤ non official message board (in french)]
  • [http://www.europopmusic.eu/Reviews/ReviewsQ4_09.html#Review_Superbe Review of 'La Superbe'] (English)

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Category:1973 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Villefranche-sur-Saône

Category:Male actors from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Category:French male singer-songwriters

Category:French singer-songwriters

Category:French male film actors

Category:21st-century French male actors

Category:21st-century French singers

Category:21st-century French male singers

Category:Naïve Records artists

Category:Virgin Records artists