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JE VIENS DU SUD:
Je viens du sud is a song released in 1985 by Michel Sardou in his album, Les lacs du Connemara. Although the song: Les lacs du Connemara was and still is a huge success, Je viens du Sud was soon forgotten.
It is Chimène Badi who relaunched it in 2004 and became a big hit.

CHIMÈNE BADI
Chimène Badi was born in Melun, France, October 30, 1982 to parents of Algerian origin.
Since childhood, Chimène Badi has dreamed of becoming a singer. After obtaining a BEP in an MFR in Aquitaine, she is preparing a professional agro-food baccalaureate in order to become a hygiene inspector in catering. But her studies do not please her and decides to devote herself to singing, her true passion.
She sends cassettes to various TV hooks, such as Star Academy and Graines de star, but receives no response. Her parents, convinced of her talent, even considered selling their house in order to go to Paris to look for a producer who would listen to Chimène and agree to produce her [ref. necessary]. In 2002, she saw the Popstars trailer on television and signed up for the casting in Bordeaux where In 2002 she performed at a talent contest Popstars, one of the judges helped her to sign a contract with Universal Record. Her single “Entre Nous” ranks No. 1 in the Top 50 and sells more than 250,000 copies. This was followed by the album “Entre Nous” (2003) which sold more the 450,000 in France.
In 2004, the album “Dis-moi que tu m’aimes » in which she sings « Je viens du Sud » among many others songs from various artists, sells 740,000 albums.
Afterward her sales dropped to 100,000.
In 2010 She changed her style for more soulful and jazzy rhythms with not much success.
In 2011 the album “Gospel & Soul”. The disc received a good public and critical reception, and was certified triple platinum for 300,000 albums sold.
There have not been any big “hits” since then, but she takes part in many shows and performs many duet with other famous singers.

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