Camélia Jordana
{{short description|French pop singer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Camélia Jordana
| image = Camelia Jordana Globes de cristal 2018.jpg
| caption = Camélia Jordana in 2018.
| birth_name = {{nowrap|Camélia Jordana Aliouane}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/171183/culture/cam-lia-jordana-insouciance-m-diterran-enne/|title=Camélia Jordana, insouciance méditerranéenne – Jeune Afrique|date=20 April 2013 }}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1992|9|15}}
| birth_place = Toulon, France
| genre = French pop, chanson, Folk pop
| occupation = Singer
| instrument = Vocals
| years_active = 2009–present
| label = Sony Music France
| associated_acts =
| website = [https://www.cameliajordana.fr/ www.cameliajordana.fr]
}}
Camélia Jordana Aliouane (born 15 September 1992) is a French-Algerian pop singer and screen actress. She rose to fame after participating in the television show Nouvelle Star, the French version of Pop Idol, in 2009, where she placed placed 3rd. Since 2013 she has appeared in leading roles in a number of French films.
Life and career
Jordana was born on 15 September 1992 in Toulon, to French parents of Algerian descent. Her father Hachemi is of Berber Kabyle origin and her mother Zélihka an Arab from Oran.{{Cite news|url=http://www.illustre.ch/Camelia-Jordana-empreint-de-melancolie_44427_.html|title=Madame Camélia|last=Calame|first=Blaise|date=2010-04-19|work=illustre.ch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206192304/http://www.illustre.ch/Camelia-Jordana-empreint-de-melancolie_44427_.html|archive-date=2011-12-06|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://scribium.com/bianca-fiora/camelia-jordana-sortie-gagnante-pour-la-perdante-nouvelle-star-63z2gp|title=Camélia Jordana, sortie gagnante pour la perdante Nouvelle Star|work=Scribium|access-date=2017-06-14|language=fr}} {{dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|url=http://archives.varmatin.com/article/var/hyeres-les-proches-de-camelia-jordana-jugent-le-phenomene-mediatique.27292.html|title=Hyères Les proches de Camélia-Jordana jugent le phénomène médiatique|website=archives.varmatin.com|language=fr|access-date=2017-06-14}} She grew up in La Londe-les-Maures{{cite news |url=http://www.hitwest.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=14108&Itemid=20 |title=Camélia Jordana (biography in French) |year=2010 |work=shitwest.com |access-date=August 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711172126/http://www.hitwest.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=14108&Itemid=20# |archive-date=2011-07-11 |url-status=dead }} with her older sister and younger brother.
At the age of sixteen, she decided to audition for the seventh season of Nouvelle Star in Marseille, and managed to convince the jury with her version of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World".{{cite news |url=http://www.starwizz.com/camelia-jordana-2705 |title=Camélia Jordana |date=April 8, 2009 |work=starwizz.com |access-date=August 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610210650/http://www.starwizz.com/camelia-jordana-2705 |archive-date=June 10, 2010 }} She finished in third place. After her elimination, she signed a record deal with Sony Music and released her eponymous debut album on 29 March 2010. It sold 10,169 copies in its first week and managed to enter the French SNEP Album Chart at #9.{{cite news |url=http://www.ozap.com/actu/ventes-disques-france-mae-camelia-alizee-sexion/334038 |title=Disques : Maé en tête, Camelia surprend, Alizée déçoit |date=April 8, 2010 |work=ozap.com |access-date=August 26, 2010 }}
Although Jordana's debut single "Non Non Non (Écouter Barbara)" was only released as download single in France, it peaked at #3 on the French digital chart. It also charted at #3 in Belgium and #48 in Switzerland.
She participated in a song for the album So in Love by Nouvelle Star judge André Manoukian in April 2010.
Jordana was interviewed and played several songs on the TV5Monde programme Acoustic on 7 November 2010.
She was on the jury of the Semaine de la Critique section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite web|last=Keslassy|first=Elsa|date=2021-06-07|title=Cannes' Critics' Week Celebrates 60th Anniversary With French-Flavored Lineup|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/cannes-critics-week-celebrates-60th-anniversary-with-french-flavored-lineup-1234989607/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607100504/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/cannes-critics-week-celebrates-60th-anniversary-with-french-flavored-lineup-1234989607/ |archive-date=2021-06-07 }}
She featured on Emel's album MRA (2024), singing on "Mazel".{{cite news |url=https://floodmagazine.com/159351/emel-mra-track-by-track/ |title=EMEL Defines Each Track on Her Empowering New Album MRA |date=April 19, 2024|work=Flood Magazine|access-date=2 May 2024 }}
Philanthropy
On 27 November 2015, Jordana participated together with Nolwenn Leroy and Yael Naim at the national memorial day for the victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks singing the song “Quand on n'a que l'amour” by Jacques Brel.{{cite news |url = http://www.lemonde.fr/attaques-a-paris/article/2015/11/26/hommage-aux-invalides-pour-les-victimes-des-attentats_4818546_4809495.html |title = Hommage aux morts des attentats aux invalides |author1=Emeline Cazi|author2=David Revault d'Allonnes |newspaper = Le Monde.fr |date = 26 November 2015 | access-date = 29 November 2015 |publisher = LeMonde.fr |language=fr}}
In June 2024 , Jordana signed a petition addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron demanding France to officially recognize the State of Palestine.{{Cite web |title=Reconnaissance de l’Etat palestinien : qu’attendez-vous monsieur Macron ? 230 artistes lancent un appel |url=https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/tribunes/reconnaissance-de-letat-palestinien-quattendez-vous-monsieur-macron-230-artistes-lancent-un-appel-20240604_DTVFAEGJ2BDOVFO4AIE56VPKWI/ |website=Libération |date=4 June 2024 |language=fr}}
Controversies
As a presentation of her new double album, Facile x fragile, she told L'Obs that "white men" are, in the collective unconscious, responsible for all the evils of the earth.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-15|title=Camélia Jordana : « Si j'étais un homme, je demanderais pardon »|url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/culture/20210115.OBS38877/camelia-jordana-si-j-etais-un-homme-je-demanderais-pardon.html|access-date=2022-01-18|website=L'Obs|language=fr}} The International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism denounces this declaration, which it considers "unconscious".{{Cite web|title=Les propos de Camélia Jordana sur les « hommes blancs » épinglés|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/culture/2953779-20210115-si-homme-demanderais-pardon-propos-camelia-jordana-epingles-licra|access-date=2022-01-18|website=www.20minutes.fr|date=15 January 2021 |language=fr}}
Discography
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!align="center" rowspan="2"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="160"|Album !align="center" colspan="3"|Peak Position |
| width="40"|FR {{cite news |url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cam%E9lia+Jordana&titel=Cam%E9lia+Jordana&cat=a |title=Camélia Jordana on various European Charts|work=lescharts.com |access-date=August 26, 2010 }} !width="40"|BEL !width="40"|CH |
|---|
| align="center" rowspan="1"|2010
|align="left"|Camélia Jordana |align="center"|7 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|36 |
| align="center" rowspan="1"|2014
|align="left"|Dans la peau |align="center"|15 |align="center"|29 |align="center"|70 |
| align="center" rowspan="1"|2018
|align="left"|LOST |align="center"|133 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| align="center" rowspan="2"|2021
|align="left"|facile x fragile |align="center"|3 |align="center"|25 |align="center"|— |
| align="left"|Sorøre (with Amel Bent and Vitaa) |align="center"|13 |align="center"|13 |align="center"|46 |
= Singles =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!align="center" rowspan="2"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="200"|Single !align="center" colspan="4"|Peak Position !align="center" rowspan="2" width="140"|Album |
| width="40"|FR{{cite news |url=http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=Cam%E9lia+Jordana&cat=s |title=Camélia Jordana in the French Single Chart|work=lescharts.com |access-date=August 26, 2010 }}
!width="40"|FR (Downloads) !width="40"|BEL !width="40"|CH{{cite news |url=http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=Cam%E9lia+Jordana&cat=s |title=Camélia Jordana in the Swiss Single Chart|work=hitparade.ch |access-date=August 26, 2010 }} |
|---|
| align="center" rowspan="2"|2010
|align="left"|"Non Non Non (Écouter Barbara)" |align="center"|— |align="center"|3 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|48 |align="center" rowspan="3"|Camélia Jordana |
| align="left"|"Calamity Jane"
|align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| align="center" rowspan="1"|2011
|align="left"|"Moi c'est" |align="center"|— |align="center"|35 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |
| align="center" rowspan="1"|2014
|align="left"|"Dans la peau" |align="center"|95 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center" rowspan="1"|Dans la peau |
| align="center" rowspan="1"|2021
|align="left"|"Ma sœur" |align="center"|159 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center" rowspan="1"|Sorøre |
| align="center" colspan="16" style="font-size: 8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Director ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan=3|2013
| Mélanie | Clément Michel | |
| Ta main
| Natasha | Thomas Bardinet | Short |
| Les mauvaises têtes
| Fanny | Pierre Isoard | TV movie |
| 2014
| Leila | |
| rowspan=4|2015
| Maryam | Kheiron | |
| I'm All Yours
| Kenza | Baya Kasmi | |
| L'heureuse élue
| Djemila | Karima Gherdaoui & Anne Voutey | Short |
| The Last Panthers
| Samira | TV Mini-Series |
| 2016
| La fine équipe | Salima | Magaly Richard-Serrano | |
| rowspan=2|2017
| Leila | Sou Abadi | |
| Le Brio
| Neïla Salah | César Award for Most Promising Actress |
| rowspan=2|2018
| Chacun pour tous | Julia | Vianney Lebasque | |
| Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
| Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman | European French dubbed version |
| rowspan=3|2019
| Curiosa | Zohra Ben Brahim | Lou Jeunet | |
| Sisters in Arms
| Kenza | |
| La nuit venue
| Naomi | Frédéric Farrucci | |
| rowspan=1|2020
| Daphné | Emmanuel Mouret | Lumières Award for Best Film 2021 |
| 2024
|Silent Storms | |Dania Reymond-Boughenou | |
References
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External links
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{{César Award for Most Promising Actress}}
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Category:French people of Kabyle descent
Category:French-language singers of Algeria
Category:Nouvelle Star participants
Category:Musicians from Toulon
Category:21st-century French singers
Category:21st-century French women singers
Category:Most Promising Actress César Award winners
Category:Television personalities from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur