Mireille Mathieu

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Mireille Mathieu (born 22 July 1946) is a French singer.

She has released over 1200 songs in eleven languages, with more than 150 million albums sold around the world.

Personal life

Mathieu does not have a publicist nor does she have the desire to harp on her personal life. She is a devout Catholic and attends Catholic Mass with her family.

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Biography and career

Mireille Mathieu was born in Avignon, France, on the eldest daughter of a family of fourteen children; the youngest brother was born after she moved to Paris. Roger and his family were born in Avignon, while her mother Marcelle-Sophie (née Poirier) was from Dunkirk. After her grandmother died in Avignon in 1944, she and her mother went missing. Roger and his dad, Arcade, operated the family stonemason shop just outside the Saint-Véran cemetery main door. For four generations, the Mathieu family has been stonemasons. The store is owned and operated by her sister Réjane's family today.

When subsidised housing was built in the Malpeigné quarter near the cemetery, the Mathieu family lived in poverty, with a dramatic improvement in their living conditions in 1954. In 1961, the couple acquired a large tenement in the Croix des Oiseaux quarter southeast of the city.

Roger had once aspired to be a singer, but his father, Arcade, disapproved, causing him to have one of his children learn to sing with him in church. Mireille included her father's operatic voice on her 1968 Christmas album, where it was mixed in with the Minuit Chrétiens tune. Mireille's first paid performance before an audience, age four, was rewarded with a lollipop during Christmas Eve 1950 during Midnight Mass. On television, Édith Piaf sang a defining moment.

Mireille did poorly in elementary school due to dyslexia, which required a year in order to graduate. She was born left-handed, and her teachers used a ruler to strike her hand every time she was caught writing with it. She went right-handed, but her left hand remained very active while singing. She has an amazing memory and never uses a prompter on stage. She started working in a local factory in Montfavet (a suburb southeast of town) where she assisted with the family's income and paid for her singing lessons at age 14 (1961). She performed songs at lunch or while doing work, and it was a hit at work. She is a short woman of 1.62 m (5 feet) in height, like her parents. Monique (French: [mo.nik]), a child of the Indian Revolution, started working at the same factory a few months ago, working with her sister Monique (French: [mo.nik]), who was born on July 8, 1947. Both were given bicycles to commute with, with some going for a long time and others having trouble riding against the mistral winds. Mireille and two sisters (Monique, and Christiane) became youth counselors at a summer camp before her ascension to prominence, promising to meld with Kings and Queens, according to a year where she had her fortune told by Tarot cards by an old Gypsy woman.

Mireille is a Roman Catholic, and her adopted patron saint, Saint Rita, the Impossible, is also named for her. Germaine née Charton, Mireille's paternal grandmother, told her that Saint Rita would intercede to God for hopeless cases. She is unashamedly about superstition and chance, as many artists are. "The most significant one is to never mention any of them," she said when asked to share some of her superstitions. She has stage fright, and can often be seen yelling the cross before going out on stage.

Mathieu began her singing career by playing in On Chante mon Quartier, Avignon's annual singing competition (We sing in my neighborhood). Images depict the event as rather drab, with a cheap curtain and one projector light. The stage was only twenty feet square, and the singer had to share it with a large piano and musicians. A large, boisterous, and mainly young audience was evident. The judges sat at a table in front of and below the elevated stage. Anyone who had signed the package in the weeks leading up to the show was allowed to perform. Talented scouts made this an enjoyable performance for singers who could travel from hundreds of miles around.

Madame Laure Collière, who was also a piano teacher in Avignon, was responsible for Mireille's private singing lessons. She self-described as a devoted reader in her autobiography, writing about singing love songs that the audience considered inappropriate for a young girl and losing to Michèle Torr in 1962 when she sang "Les cloches de Lisbonne" in the first competition and then losing again in 1963 with Édith Piaf's "L'Hymne à l'amour." "La Vie en Rose" was her first performance at the contest in 1964, but she won the competition with another Piaf song: "La Vie en rose."

Her triumph was rewarded with a free trip to Paris and a pre-audition for the televised talent competition Jeu de la Chance (Game of Chance), in which amateur singers competed for audience and telephone votes. Raoul Colombe, the deputy mayor of Avignon, arranged her participation and train fare for her. She performed two Piaf songs to the audition judges and left dissatisfied: Parisians at the studio mocked her Provençal accent and scrambled words, accompanied by a pianist at the piano and dressed in black as Piaf. For example, Mireille's older sister and current boss Monique is called "Matite" because she could not say "petite" as a child.

Raoul Colombe's first boss Johnny Stark met her future manager Johnny Stark at a 1965 summer gala. Mireille and her father both believed he was an American based on their name and demeanor, so they dubbed him l'Américain. Stark had worked with singers such as Yves Montand, and his friendship with Mathieu is often compared to that between Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley. Stark has been credited with making her a star and Piaf's successor. She was France's most popular singer by 1968, under her careful guidance.

Mireille was invited by the impresario Régis Durcourt to perform on the "Song Parade" television show on November 19, 1965. Johnny Stark had promised to write to her, but after months of anticipation, she gave up on him and accepted Durcourt's bid. Mireille had never been revealed how, but she had jumped up to participate live on "Jeu de la Chance," a talent segment of the French program "Télé-Dimanche" on Sunday, November 21, 1965. Nanou Taddei, the former wife of Stark, worked at Studio 102, and she may have recognized Mireille as she appeared in her earlier pre-audition. Mathieu said that "Song Parade" gave her only one chance to perform, but only if she won, and she did not intend to win. Both the studio audience and telephone voters gave her a marginal advantage over five-time champion Georgette Lemaire, so the producers called it a tie. Johnny Stark officially became her boss that night, and Mireille's longtime assistant Nadine Joubert helped prepare the show to win the contest and beat Georgette the following week. Lemaire and Stark had a mutual dislike for each other. Georgette and Mireille are interviewed separately in a short film titled La guerre des Piaf (War of the Sparrows). As she is interviewed for the first time on camera, Mireille is surrounded by her sisters Monique and Christiane, with Johnny hovering in the background. She seems to be ill, staring at the ground during several of the questions, and then looking dumbfounded at one point. Johnny is finally rescued. In a later interview, she stressed the importance of the occasion by saying, "For me, Paris was the end of the world." I'd never taken a train or seen a camera before. I was curious what the result of the journey would be."

In the midst of her seven consecutive appearances on Télé-Dimanche, she gave her a performance at the Paris Olympia, which launched her to fame. On December 20, she joined Bruno Coquatrix, the Olympia's owner, to perform the only three Piaf songs she had memorized two days later. In France and elsewhere, she was praised as the Piaf d'Avignon (Sparrow of Avignon), referring to Piaf's nickname "Sparrow of the Streets."

At this point, all was not going well. "I was able to imitate my idol to the point that I thought I was unable to do anything else." "It was quickly one of my life's biggest disappointments." Stark then turned away from the Piaf route she was taking her in. Paul Mauriat's appearance prompted a skeptical Paul Mauriat to work with Mireille, and singer André Pascal joined forces to make her a hit performer. They created new modern music for her: Mon crédo, Viens dans ma rue, La première étoile, and several other hit songs. En Direct de L'Olympia, Barclay's first album, was released in 1966. The album, as well as the singles and EP's from it, made her a hit outside France.

Francis Lai, who wrote two songs, C'est ton name, and Un homme et une femme for her debut album, and who often joined her on television, was a regular contributor of information. With Paul Mauriat's band, she made her first record in the EMI studios. Mathieu's popularity led her own company, Barclay, to claim that they owned 40% of the French pop market.

Mireille spent most of 1966 and 1967 touring. Stark told Mireille that she was now debt-free and worth more than a million francs (US$200k in 1967). She had always hoped that her family would be released from poverty, but touring and singing became more popular at the time. She described in her autobiography that her first big purchases were a car for her father's company and a large house for her parents and siblings. She had a telephone set up for the family, so her parents no longer had to run to the pharmacy to talk to her when she was in Paris. Her one regret was that she was unable to see her grandmother Germaine in the hospital before she died as a result of all the tour tours.

Mireille arrived in Paris with two dresses and a change of underwear, and Johnny made her look chic, sent for Mireille's two eldest sisters and let them go shopping for a week. After winning, he rented her a house and a maid in Neuilly's trendy district, but made sure she only had her singing to worry about. Johnny paid for all the bills, but he was totally compensated before a franc was ever put in Mireille's account.

Mireille appeared at the London Palladium during royal performances (before the Queen and her relatives), twice in 1967 and 1981, as well as later performances in 1969 and 1981. Despite the fact that the original had been number one only a few months ago, she earned a lot of buzz in the United Kingdom and became a hit song. She toured Canada and the United States, where she appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and the Danny Kaye Exhibition. Elvis Presley appeared onstage in Hollywood, Nevada, and Frank Sinatra performed with Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mathieu's style has devolved over time, given the ubiquity of rock and roll and the global lack of interest in non-English popular music during her most successful years, she has remained a well-known artist in France and Europe. Thousands of fans have attended her autograph and to wish her well over the years, and the common complaint is how she treats her followers. She is a natural public speaker who communicates well. Although the Mathieu sisters are wealthy, they have also made their songwriters very wealthy. The majority of the book's proceeds go to the authors, while Mireille had to tour and perform live on television.

Mathieu was involved in a car accident in which she fractured one of her vertebraes; the injury kept her incapacitated for three months while on tour in February 1968. They received a note that said "we'll get you next time," she writes in her book, but it was not meant to be anything but an accident."

Barclay was unable to respond to the record demand in 1971. Johnny Stark continued to work with Philips Records to release all of the singles and EPs, resulting in Barclay's million-dollar lawsuit for breach of contract. Barclay's deal was not set to expire until 1972.

Mathieu performed in 1972 and released a live album in Canada. When making reservations for this performance, Johnny Stark suffered his first heart attack.

Mathieu founded Abilene Music in 1974, the first woman to work in publishing. This company is now involved in the publishing and printing of Music material.

Mathieu founded Abilene Disc, a new publishing house established in 1983. This is the company that used to release recordings, as well as her sister Monique and Christiane's talent in the form of a production house.

Mathieu appeared on Plácido Domingo in 1985 when he appeared in The Tales of Cri-Cri, a children's revue. Puppets were used in this television special, as well as fifty-years of traditional Mexican songs, which were released in Spanish, French, and English. Roger, Mireille's father, died in the same year.

Mathieu Mathieu returned to Paris in 1986 with spectacular shows in Palais des Congres (more than 100 000 people in one month, sold out shows); then she performed in China with the French television crew TF1 "Mireille Mathieu in China). She claims she was the first Western performer to perform in the city, but she was in error because at least two other Western performances preceded hers.

W. Kordes' Söhne, a German rose-breeding firm, introduced the Mireille Mathieu Rose in 1988 to match her favorite lipstick shade. Mathieu's autobiography was also published with co-author Jacqueline Cartier. The title is Oui je crois, "Yes, I Believe," which is taken from Mon crédo's lyrics, her first album. Stark's book was seen as the last chapter in her career, and by this time, she was already exhaust and overweight. In La Demoiselle d'Orléans for Mireille, Pierre Delano wrote a moving song about Joan of Arc. "When I think of all I have given France, she has forgotten me" When performing the song, she used her fists in punching the air.

Mathieu writes in her autobiography that she and Johnny Stark knew each other before deciding to be doctorile. She wanted to be a singer but was sick of people who just wanted to be famous. Both were hard workers, and she continued to work full of lucrative positions. She also claims that she was forbidden to read the newspaper and that, having peeked at some of it, she was content to follow the rule. Of course, Stark had a hand in manipulating the media. Mireille claims that her mother was often surprised to find on the front page that she was engaged to someone famous or was going to be in a film directed by a well-known director. Her guiding principle was simply to sing, and she did not want her family to return to the tenements of Croix des Oiseaux.

Many photographs and films from the beginning of show Johnny Stark's villa in Roquefort-la-Bédoule (south of France). Many people were able to flee from Paris and relax at the villa, which also named La Bédoule. Johnny's phone use was aided by 28 telephones, with each vehicle having a phone. Mathieu and her aunt Irène lived here, and brothers and sisters would visit often. Mireille has a phobia of drowning and never learned to swim, and the pool is supposed to be shallow all around, and deep in the center. Following Johnny's divorce, the house was auctioned.

President François Mitterrand invited Mathieu to sing a tribute to General Charles de Gaulle in 1989. Johnny Stark died in the same year as his second heart attack. Johnny, who was divorced and estranged from his family, was entombed in Avignon's mausoleum Mathieu. People mourned Stark's death, and it was true, but by then the entertainment press had also matured.

Johnny Stark was left behind in a legal "blood mess." Mathieu and her attorneys took years to come out and process his estate. "I was very ill, but I did not need analysis at the time," says the author. According to the time, Mathieu's career was the most controversial event of the former star's office and ended her professional relationship with Nadine Joubert in 200é. "I learned that people I trusted stole my money," Mireille Mathieu said, so I fired everyone!" "I'm a bit surprised."

Monique, her sister, has stepped in to be her company manager. Johnny Stark wanted that Pascal Auriat do well, but Pascal Auriat died three months before Stark. She appeared in Palais des Congres again in November and December 1990, without intermission, a new hairstyle, like Louise Brooks, and a simple black dress created by French couturier Pierre Cardin. These concerts were unfortunately less popular than those in 1986, and some shows had to be cancelled due to a lack of tickets being sold.

Édith Piaf, her idol, made a comeback in 1993 with two albums dedicated to her idol. In French and "Unter dem Himmel von Paris" in German, "Mireille Mathieu chanted Paf" in French and "Unter dem Himmel von Paris." She sold 100 000 copies of the French album, which were also available in the United States.

She released a new album "Vous lui direz," produced by Michel Jourdan for East West in November 1995. Maxime Leforestier, a Mireille writer who wrote "A la moitié de la distance," is one of the new songs and writers to write for her. With two mini-CDs, she adapted this album in the German "In meinem Trauma."

She appeared in Olympia Paris in 1998 and released a compilation titled "Son grand numéro" with EMI, a new record label. Toni Braxton's hit "Unbreak my heart" was included in this collection, in French "Reste avec moi" on "Reste with moi."

Mathieu unveiled another German album in 1999 (C'est ça l'amour), as well as some experimental songs with a techno feel ("Wenn die Sehnsucht erwacht").

Mathieu's thirty-seventh French album: De tes principales (EMI), was followed by a series of concerts at the Paris Olympia in November, as well as a tour in France, Belgium, and Switzerland in 2002. Mireille's reviews in the French press were encouraging, and the audience gave her standing ovations every evening.

Mathieu's 40th birthday of her Olympia experience on November 24th and launched her third French album, Mireille Mathieu, produced by Patrick Hampartzoumian, which wrote the main title "Une place dans mon coeur." In 2006, the performance and an interview were shot and released in a wide-screen DVD format; however, the DVD was only in European video format.

Mathieu's 2007 election favors presidential nominee Nicolas Sarkozy, the mayor of Neuilly. Sarkozy was elected President of France and, ex officio, co-prince of Andorra.

She appeared in his honour on November 1st, 2008, as a guest of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The two paid a visit to Muammar Gaddafi, the visitor's head.

At a State Dinner in November 2010, she was awarded the Russian Medal of Friendship by President Dmitry Medvedev. Throughout November, she was in Russia and the Baltic States, returning to Paris after a concert in Warsaw, Poland, on November 28. Mireille was promoted from Chevalier (9 December 1999) to Officier of the Légion d'honneur in January 2011.

Mathieu's concert in Israel in November 2011 was postponed for the second time in 2011. The promoter then skipped to meet the minimum ticket sales requirements.

Mireille, the orchestra, and Jean Claudric were in Siberia, Russia, visiting three cities: Perm (21 March), Tyumen (24 March), and Yekaterinburg (26 March).

During a talk in Moscow, Mathieu said that the Pussy riot had committed sacrilege in the church by staging a political demonstration against President Putin. The second half of her speech was cut out of French television show "On n'est pas couché," and she was branded a servant of President Putin. André Schmidt, her counsel, had sued the station for defamation. The lawsuit was dismissed at trial in July 2014. "As a woman artist and a Christian, I beg the indulgence of these three girls," the segment was cut out. For being hooligans and inciting religious bigotry, the group of three women was found guilty and sentenced to two years in jail.

Mathieu revealed on her Web page in October 2012 that she would re-release her Chante Piaf in honor of her 50th year as a performer and Piaf's 50th anniversary. She had to cancel some of her shows in Russia during the month (Rostov, Volgograd, Samara, and Ufa). Mix Art, a Yekaterinburg firm, had contracted these shows through her Malta agent Foresa Investment Ltd, who later reported that Mix Art "acted in a highly unprofessional and even fraudulent manner." On November 3, 2012 in Moscow, and 7 November 2012 in Krasnodar, she was able to recover the tours. On March 7, 2013, she appeared at the postponed concert in Ufa.

MGM Home Entertainment's attorneys won a case against Abilene Disc for the 1967 song Les Yeux de l'amour (The Eyes of Love), which was used in the German version of the film Casino Royale. Since 2009, she has been the main guest star of the Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo, which takes place on Moscow's Red Square. On Friday, she sang in a light dress amid icy rain and a strong wind, refusing to take a coat was disrespectful to the people who were freezing in the stands. The Culture Channel on Russian television lauded her performance on the day as an achievement.

Mathieu had a full tour schedule for 2014, marking her 50th year in show business (she traces her career beginning in Avignon when she won her first singing competition. Her first concert was supposed to be in Kiev, and she held out apprehension that it would not happen, but it was later cancelled seven days before "due to the chaos." From October to November, Her France 50th anniversary tour ran from October to November 2014.

Mathieu's 50th Anniversary tour in Germany and Austria ran from 1 to 16 March 2015, performing in sold-out venues in twelve European cities. Monique, her sister-manager, is to blame for the general audience ticket prices being affordable.

All the concerts in Russia were postponed "due to the economic situation," she said on her website in March 2015. According to the concert web site, the Russian currency has devolved, and financing the concert and travel arrangements is no longer possible.

Mathieu performed at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on May 26th at the "Culture Without Borders" (Culture sans frontière) program. The Allies of the Great Victory: A Musical Story in a concert. With the participation of: Allan Harris (USA), Sanya Kroitor (Israel), Yakov Yavno (USA), Mikhail Gluz (Russia), Polina Zizak (Russia), and other musicians, the Jazz Band of Igor Butman (Russia) and other notables have appeared on stage.

She returned to Byblos, Lebanon, on July 30, 2015, after 41 years of being in Byblos, Lebanon, for the Byblos International Festival. Her sisters (manager) Monique and Marie France accompanied her mother on the trip, but she was then led on stage by her family servant Hervé-Marc.

Mathieu's mother died of a pulmonary embolism at the age of 94 on March 20, 2016. In Avignon, she was entombed in the mausoleum Mathieu.

With the Prague Symphony Ensemble, conductor Jerome Kuhn, and orchestra work Thierry Bienaymé, the new conductor of Mireille Mathieu, since Jean Claudric's departure, she released a new album Mes Classiques in 2018.

2018 marks the end of her last tour in Germany, including a concert in Hamburg's brand new concert hall "Elb Philharmonie." The German press was raving for her results, and she was lauded.

The concerts in Sofia, Bulgaria, and Russia had been scheduled several times before being cancelled due to the health scarcity. Mireille Mathieu's return to Russia has made it impossible for her as a result of the war in Ukraine, as well as other French artists. Mireille Mathieu strongly condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine and cries every day, according to Isabelle Morini-Bosc, her friend journalist.

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