Frank Michael

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Frank Michael
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Background information
Born
Franco Gabelli

(1947-05-07) 7 May 1947 (age 78)
Bedonia, Italy
Origin Seraing, Belgium
Genres Pop
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active1974 –present
Website www.frank-michael.com

Franco Gabelli better known by his stage name Frank Michael is a Belgian singer of Italian origin born in Bedonia, [1] Italy on 7 May 1947. He has reportedly sold millions of albums throughout the world.

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At age of three, Franco's family left Italy and resided in Seraing, province of Liège, Belgium. At age 16, he started working as a television electronics technician. His singing career was launched with the 1974 single "Je ne peux vivre sans toi," released on RCA. He was popular at live concerts and released a number of albums that charted in France and Belgium. His best songs came from his collaboration with Michel Mallory, although he worked with many other songwriters as well.

In 2003, he also released a homage album entitled Thank You Elvis with 15 tracks of Elvis Presley in French and Italian. He remains popular particularly with the older generations. [2] In 2004, he received the Belgian Order of the Crown.

Discography

Albums

YearAlbumDescriptionPeak positions
BEL
(WA)
[3] 		FRA
[4] 		GER SWI
[5]
1996Les grands tubes vol. 234 – – –
1997Toutes les femmes sont belles3439 – –
Les plus belles chansons italiennes35 – – –
1998Le chanteur des amoureux2434 – –
1999Olympia 99Live album4940 – –
2000Il est toujours question d'amour...359 – –
2001L'essentiel – 20 succès inoubliablesCompilation698 – –
D'amour et de tendresse – – – –
Olympia 2001Live album4621 – –
2003Entre nous108 –60
Thank You Elvis3119 – –
2004Olympia 2003Live album7754 – –
La force des femmes258 – –
2005J'peux pas t'oublier –159 – –
Crooner –137 – –
Chansons italiennes –189 – –
Pour toujours22 –69 –
2006Ti amo, je t'aime45 – – –
Les couleurs de ma vie86 – –
2007Au Palais des Sports – Live 2007Live album4657 – –
2008Mes hommages2025 – –
2009Rue des amours2610 – –
2010Joyeux Noël1622 – –
Coffret (2 CDs)Compilation album –199 – –
2011Les chansons d'amour41152 – –
RomantiqueCompilation album87 – –
2013Quelques mots d'amour16 – –
2014Encore quelques mots d'amour –128 – –
Bonjour l'amour713 – –
2015Toi, l'amour et moi34 – –
Mes premiers amours (1975–1985)Compilation album922 – –
2016Ecouter les femmes426
[6] 		 – –
2017La Saint-Amour411 –84
2019Le grand amour58 – –
2021L'amour pour toujours – Les plus belles chansons de Frank MichaelCompilation album25 – – –
2022Je vous aime toutes69 – –
2023La symphonie de l'amour2516
[7] 		 – –

Singles

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
BEL
(WA)
[3] 		FRA
[4] 		SWI
[5]
2001"Il est toujours question d'amour" –63 –Il est toujours question d'amour...
2003"Après tant d'années d'amour"14791
2005"Pour toutes les mamans"1321 –

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ SeniorActu: Frank Michael - «Les couleurs de sa vie», le DVD de l'extraordinaire parcours du chanteur le plus apprécié des dames Archived 2014-12-14 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  3. 1 2 "Frank Michael discography". ultratop.be/fr. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Frank Michael discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Frank Michael discography". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 47, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Top Albums (Week 45, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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