Viktor Lazlo

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Viktor Lazlo
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Lazlo at the Paris Book Fair 2011
Born
Sonia Dronnier

(1960-10-07) 7 October 1960 (age 64)
Lorient, France
NationalityFrench-
Occupation(s)writer, comedian, singer
Website www.viktorlazlo.net

Sonia Dronnier (born 7 October 1960), known by her stage name Viktor Lazlo, is a French writer, singer, and comedian.

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Born in France, she studied in Belgium, where she is primarily known. Her biggest hit was "Breathless" in 1987. That year she also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 held in Brussels [1] as well as several TV shows and literary events.

She has published six novels between 2010 and 2024, and has also written short stories.

Dronnier took her stage name from Paul Henreid's character Victor Laszlo in the 1942 film Casablanca . She sings and acts in French, English, Spanish and German.

In October 2016, Lazlo announced the release of her new single "Promised Land". In February 2017, she released her new single "Lola & Jim" followed by new studio album Woman in October 2017.

Biography

Lazlo was born in France to parents who are originally from Martinique and Grenada. She grew up in Belgium, studied art history and also worked as a model.

Discography

Albums

Most of her albums were released in an English/international and a French version. The discography lists both albums (naming the international version first). Also, numerous compilation albums have been released. The discography only lists those albums released by record companies to which she was signed at that point.

In 1987, a vocal clip of Lazlo announcing ‘Germany, ten points!’ at the Eurovision Song Contest was sampled in ‘Okay!’ by Okay!, a dance record that reached #1 in Austria and #2 in Germany.

Singles

Single releases differed from country to country. The brackets indicate where the single was released. Int = international.

Charts

Albums

YearAlbum D [2] CH [2] AUT [2] NL [3] FR [4] BE
1985 She 3427————
1987 Viktor Lazlo 20171611——
1989 Hot & Soul 2222—30——
1991 Sweet, Soft N' Lazy (The Exclusive Collection) ———63——
1991 My Delicious Poisons ———71——
2002 Loin de Paname ————67—
2017Woman—————157 [5]

Singles

YearSingle D [6] FR [7] CH [6] AUT [6] BE [3] NL [4]
1985Pleurer des rivières—27————
1985Canoë rose—14——33—
1987Breathless————733
1989City Never Sleeps—————53
1990Das erste mal tat's noch weh6—173——
1990Ansiedad56———18—
1991Jesse (Douce Et Innocente)25—————
1993Engel wie du————1425
1999It's A Message For You————7—
2017Promised Land————Tip [8] —
2017Debout————Tip [9] —

Bibliography

Ouvrages collectifs

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Biography: Viktor Lazlo". AllMusic . Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "Viktor Lazlo – Alben". ChartSurfer.de. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Viktor Lazlo". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Viktor Lazlo". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Viktor Lazlo – Woman". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 "Viktor Lazlo – Songs". ChartSurfer.de. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "LesCharts.com:Viktor Lazlo". LesCharts.com. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Viktor Lazlo – Promised Land". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Viktor Lazlo – Debout". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  10. ↑ Voix d'écrivaines francophones : Corps de fille, corps de femme, site desfemmes.fr
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