“I was managed to such mimicry of my idol that I thought I was not able to do anything else. It was instantly one of the biggest disappointments of my life.”
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Mireille Mathieu
Mireille Mathieu is a French singer. She has recorded over 1,200 songs in eleven languages, with more than 122 million records sold worldwide.
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Born 22 July 1946 · Q71452
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2026· 3 entries
Published video “Mireille Mathieu - La Marseillaise (Nouvelle version)”.
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Published video “Mireille Mathieu - Il faut croire (Lyrics Video)”.
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2025· 8 entries
Published video “Mireille Mathieu - La fête à la galette (Audio)”.
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Published video “Mireille Mathieu - L'américain (Audio)”.
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Published video “Mireille Mathieu - Emmène-moi demain avec toi (Audio)”.
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Published video “Mireille Mathieu - Vous lui direz (Audio)”.
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Published video “Mireille Mathieu - Mamy oh Mamy (Audio)”.
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Published video “Mireille Mathieu - On est bien (Audio)”.
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Published video “Mireille Mathieu - Moi c'est la chanson (Audio)”.
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Published video “Mireille Mathieu - Roma, Roma, Roma (Audio)”.
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2018· 1 entry
Released album “Mes classiques”.
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2013· 1 entry
Released album “Wenn mein Lied deine Seele küsst”.
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2011).
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2009· 1 entry
Released album “Nah bei dir”.
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2008· 2 entries
Released album “Weisser Winterwald”.
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Awarded Berliner Bär (2008).
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2007· 1 entry
Released album “In meinem Herzen”.
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2002· 4 entries
Mathieu stated: "I realized that people I trusted stole my money, so I fired everyone
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“I realized that people I trusted stole my money, so I fired everyone!”
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Mathieu released her thirty-seventh French album, De tes mains (EMI), followed by a series of concerts at the Paris Olympia in November and a tour in France, Belgium, and Switzerland
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Released album “De tes mains”.
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1999· 3 entries
Released album “Alles nur ein Spiel”.
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1999).
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Mathieu released another German album, Alles nur ein Spiel, featuring several modern songs with a techno sound, including "C'est ça l'amour" and "Wenn die Sehnsucht erwacht"
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1998· 1 entry
Performed at the Olympia in Paris and released a compilation titled Son grand numéro with the new record label EMI
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “In meinem Traum”.
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1995· 1 entry
Released album “Vous lui direz…”.
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1993· 4 entries
Released album “Unter dem Himmel von Paris”.
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Released album “Mireille Mathieu chante Piaf”.
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Attempted a comeback with two albums devoted to her idol, Édith Piaf: Mireille Mathieu chante Piaf in French and Unter dem Himmel von Paris in German
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Released album “Acropolis adieu / À Blue Bayou / La paloma adieu”.
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1991· 1 entry
Released album “Una mujer”.
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1990· 1 entry
Released album “Ce soir je t’ai perdu”.
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1989· 3 entries
President François Mitterrand invited Mathieu to sing a tribute to General Charles de Gaulle
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Released album “L’Américain”.
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Released album “Embrujo”.
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1988· 1 entry
Released album “Rencontres de femmes”.
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1987· 2 entries
Awarded Bambi Award (1987).
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Released album “Tour de l’Europe”.
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1986· 5 entries
Won Goldene Stimmgabel (1986).
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Mathieu returned to Paris with tremendous concerts at the Palais des Congrès (more than 100,000 spectators in one month, sold-out concerts)
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And some performances had to be canceled due to insufficient ticket sales
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Released album “Après toi”.
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Released album “In Liebe Mireille”.
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1985· 4 entries
Mathieu joined Plácido Domingo in performing a children's show called The Tales of Cri-Cri
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Released album “Welterfolge aus Paris”.
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Released album “La demoiselle d’Orléans - Made in France”.
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Released album “Les Grandes Chansons Françaises”.
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1984· 4 entries
Awarded Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1984).
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Released album “Los cuentos de Cri Crí”.
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Released album “A Santa Maria”.
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Released album “Chanter”.
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1983· 3 entries
Released album “Je veux l'aimer”.
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Mathieu established another publishing company, Abilene Disc
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Released album “Nur für dich”.
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1982· 3 entries
Released album “Trois milliards de gens sur Terre”.
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Released album “Ein neuer Morgen”.
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Released album “Bonsoir Mireille”.
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1981· 4 entries
Released album “Die Liebe einer Frau”.
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Released album “Mi melodia de amor”.
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Released album “Bravo tu as gagné”.
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Released album “Je vous aime…”.
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1980· 2 entries
Released album “Gefühle”.
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Released album “Un peu… beaucoup… passionnément…”.
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1979· 4 entries
Released album “Sings Paul Anka – You and I”.
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Released album “So ein schöner Abend”.
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Released album “Mireille Mathieu chante Paul Anka: Toi et moi”.
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Released album “Romantiquement vôtre”.
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1978· 4 entries
Released album “Der Rhein und das Lied von der Elbe”.
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Released album “J’ai peur d’aimer un souvenir”.
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Released album “Fidèlement vôtre”.
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Released album “Alle Kinder dieser Erde”.
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1977· 5 entries
Released album “Es ist Zeit für Musik”.
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Released album “Die schönsten deutschen Volkslieder”.
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Released album “Sentimentalement votre”.
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Released album “Das neue Schlager-Album”.
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Released album “Mireille Mathieu chante Paul Mauriat”.
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1976· 4 entries
Released album “Ciao Mireille”.
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Released album “Herzlichst Mireille”.
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Released album “Et tu seras poète”.
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Released album “Und wieder wird es Weihnachtszeit”.
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1975· 2 entries
Released album “Wünsch dir was – Eine musikalische Weltreise”.
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Released album “Rendezvous mit Mireille”.
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1974· 4 entries
Mathieu formed her own publishing company, Abilene Music
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Released album “Le Vent de la nuit”.
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Released album “Mirelle Mathieu chante Ennio Morricone”.
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Released album “Und der Wind wird ewig singen”.
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1973· 4 entries
Awarded Bambi Award (1973).
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Released album “Meine Welt ist die Musik”.
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Released album “M M”.
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Released album “La Paloma, adieu”.
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1972· 6 entries
Awarded Bambi Award (1972).
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Released album “Apprends‐moi”.
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Released album “Meine Träume”.
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Released album “Musik für Dich”.
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Mathieu toured Canada and produced a live album
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Released album “Mireille Mathieu chante Francis Lai”.
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1971· 2 entries
Barclay was unable to meet the demand for records
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Released album “Bonjour Mireille”.
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1970· 2 entries
Released album “Mireille… Mireille”.
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Released album “Merci Mireille”.
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1969· 4 entries
Released album “La Première Étoile”.
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Released album “Mireille”.
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Released album “Heute bin ich so verliebt”.
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Released album “Olympia”.
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1968· 10 entries
Released album “Sweet Souvenirs of Mireille Mathieu”.
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Released album “Le Merveilleux Petit Monde de Mireille Mathieu chante Noël”.
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Released album “Bravo! Mireille!”.
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Released album “Die grossen Erfolge von Mireille Mathieu”.
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Released album “Lo mejor de Mireille Mathieu”.
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Released album “Chansons d’amour”.
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Released album “Les Bicyclettes de Belsize”.
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Released album “Cœur de Paris”.
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Released album “La Dernière Valse”.
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Released album “Mayerling”.
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1967· 3 entries
Released album “Made in France”.
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Released album “Mireille Mathieu”.
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With further performances in 1969 and 1981
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1966· 2 entries
Released album “The Fabulous New French Singing Star”.
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Released album “En direct de l’Olympia”.
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1964· 1 entry
Won the event with another Piaf song, "La Vie en rose"
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1962· 1 entry
When she sang "Les Cloches de Lisbonne" at the first contest, and lost again in 1963 when she sang Édith Piaf's "L'Hymne à l'amour"
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1961· 1 entry
Moved to a larger tenement in the Croix des Oiseaux neighborhood southeast of the city
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1954· 1 entry
When subsidized housing was built in the Malpeigné neighborhood near the cemetery
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1946· 1 entry
Born 1946-07-22.
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1944· 1 entry
As a refugee from World War II after her grandmother had died and her mother went missing
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