Bénabar

Bruno Nicolini born 16 June 1969 better known by his stage name Bénabar is a French songwriter and singer who could be compared to Vincent Delerm and other singers from his generation As many of them he was influenced by Georges Brassens Renaud Jacques Higelin and also Tom Waits His songs describe daytoday life events with humour and a tender cynicism His songs are influenced by French chanson and a heavy influence is placed on the piano or the accordion and on typical French fanfare brass band for the most upbeat of them This genre of music is very typically French and differs from most in that emphasis is placed on appreciation of the lyrics and that it is linked to a specific culture of modern guinche slang for guinguette appreciated a lot by Bobos among others Bénabar began his career in the cinema working as an assistant on Le Brasier 1991 before directing three short subjects Nada Lezard 1991 José Jeannette 1992 and Sursum corda 1994 He then turned to music working for some time with his friend Patchol who gave him his nickname Bénabar being the verlan of Barnabé the name he was using on stage With Les associés he sang for several years in small places in France Belgium and Switzerland before the release of Bénabar 2001 which raised his profile sufficiently to make him the opening act for Henri Salvador He was nominated as a Revelation for the Victoires de la musique 2003 but did not win it In 2004 after the successful release of Les risques du métier he won the award for album chansonvariété of the year His next album Reprise des négociations sold better than the previous ones according to Le Figaro Bénabar reached number 4 for CD sales in France with 218 million euros sales in 2006 In 2007 he won the awards for Male group or artist of the year and original song of the year for Le dîner He has two brothers named Patrick and Sébastien He has a son born in 2004 named Manolo and a daughter born in 2009 Bénabar is a member of the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 2007 Source Article Bénabar from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30