William Rousseau is a French singer and composer.[1]

William Rousseau
Background information
Born (1977-09-13) 13 September 1977 (age 47)
OriginFrance
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • composer

Biography

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William Rousseau moved to Paris in 2002 and signed as a composer for Warner. He wrote songs for Celine Dion, Tina Arena, Nolwenn Leroy, Roch Voisine, Anggun, Chimène Badi, and Christophe Willem amongst others.[2][3]

In 2005, along with Dove Attia and friend Rod Janois, he contributed two songs for the musical Le Roi Soleil.[4] His next project is with the team of composers for Mozart, l'opéra rock (2009), 1789 : Les Amants de la Bastille (2012); Mistinguett, reine des années folles (2014)[5] and Le Rouge et Le Noir (2016).[6]

In 2009, he released his first solo album: Ton homme en passant, with Jérôme Attal's lyrics.[7]

In 2012, with Jean-Pierre Pilot, he wrote Echo (You and I) for Anggun, the French candidate at the Eurovision Song Contest.[8] He also produced Always with Jean-Pierre Pilot, and Elles & Lui for Alain Chamfort with Olivier Schultheis .[9]

Discography

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Album

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  • 2009 : Ton homme en passant

Singles

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  • 2008 : Comme un soviet
  • 2009 : La fête des loges

Contributions

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Awards

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References

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  1. ^ William Rousseau maître ès mélodies, concertlive.fr, 9 June 2014
  2. ^ Biographie de William Rousseau, radioneo.org, 9 June 2014
  3. ^ Discographie de William Rousseau, discogs.com, 9 June 2014
  4. ^ 1789 les amants de la Bastille : écoutez un extrait du premier single, ptitblog.net, 9 June 2014
  5. ^ Il a trouvé sa Mistinguett, leparisien.fr, 9 June 2014
  6. ^ "William Rousseau, d'Alençon à Paris en musique". Ouest-France. 26 March 2016.
  7. ^ William Rousseau : nouveau clip et album en bacs, chartsinfrance.net, 9 June 2014
  8. ^ Eurovision : Anggun chantera Echo you and I, lefigaro.fr, 9 June 2014
  9. ^ Un survol de 40 ans de carrière, lapresse.ca, 9 June 2014
  10. ^ Sauf si l'amour, allmusic.com, 9 June 2014
  11. ^ Rod Janois compose pour Céline Dion, le-perche.fr, 9 June 2014
  12. ^ Benjamin Bohem dévoile son premier titre composé avec le directeur musical de The Voice, telestar.fr, 9 June 2014
  13. ^ Lussi in the sky quelle paresseuse, evous.fr, 9 June 2014
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