Shy'm

Tamara Marthe born 28 November 1985 better known as Shym is a French singer She released her first album Mes fantaisies in 2006 and has since released six more albums She had three Platinum albums including her numberone 2012 album Caméléon In 2012 2013 and 2015 she received the NRJ Music Award for Francophone Female Artist of the Year Tamara Marthe was born on 28 November 1985 in Trappes a suburb west of Paris France to a Metropolitan French mother and a father from Martinique in a family oriented to music and creative arts A fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beyoncé she nevertheless grew up to the sound of zouka French Caribbean music genreand RB From an early age she became interested in dancing and singing She began taking lessons in dancing and she earned the nickname Spicy Tam as a result of the effort she put in it In academics she obtained a baccalaureat at the age of seventeen Along with her studies she had been making demo recordings of herself while avoiding public scrutiny Later she went to Paris where she sent the recordings to record companies It was at this time that LebaneseCanadian rapper KMaro discovered her Marthe acquired the stage name Shym and began her journey to stardom Her pseudonym is a portmanteau derived from shy and Martinique She says she is shy but much less so than before when the mere idea of being on stage paralysed her with fright But her passion has allowed her to overcome her shyness and she now takes pleasure in putting herself in the crowd Rapper KMaro agreed to feature her in the song Histoire de luv from his album The song was recorded in Montréal After that she released her own album Mes fantaisies It was written composed and produced by KMaro Shym explored various themes for the album such as recurring love and intermarriage and its success The first single Femme de couleur peaked at number 5 on the French singles chart In 2007 she made a guest appearance on the popular French game show Fort Boyard Shyms musical style is a mix of pop and RB Her first album Mes fantaisies has a prominent RB sound with pop soul and hip hop influences Her second album Reflets has a pop and RB sound though it has dancepop influences Her third album Prendre lair deviates towards a more synthpopinspired sound with her fourth album Caméléon having a deeper exploration of this sound through dance In 2011 Shym won the second season of Danse avec les stars the French version of Dancing with the Stars She was partnered with professional dancer Maxime Dereymez On 19 November 2011 they won the competition In 2012 she joined the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble Source Article Shym from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30