Julia (French singer)

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Julia
Birth nameJulia Fiquet
Born (2001-09-24) 24 September 2001 (age 22)
Genres Pop, [1] chanson [2]
Occupation(s)Singer
Labels SMART

Julia Fiquet (born 24 September 2001), better known as simply Julia, is a French singer. [3] [4] [5]

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At 13, she participated in the second French season of The Voice Kids (broadcast on TF1 in 2015) and thus came to the attention of Laurent Boutonnat. When later he and Mylène Farmer were looking for a new girl to record a song they wrote together called "S.E.X.T.O", they chose Julia. [4] [5] In 2020 they released the Julia album Passe comme tu sais written by Farmer/Boutonnat.

On 16 February 2022, she was announced as one of the contestants of Eurovision France, c'est vous qui decidez ! , the French national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, with the song "Chut" ("Hush"). [6]

Discography

Albums

TitleDetailsCharts
FRA
[7]
BEL
(Wa)
[8]
SWI
[9]
SWI
(Rom)
[10]
Passe... comme tu sais
  • Released: 19 June 2020 [7]
  • Label: SMART
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EPs

Singles

Music videos

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