Vianney

Vianney Bureau born in Pau on 13 February 1991 better known by the mononym Vianney is a French singersongwriter At 24 years old he won the award for performing artist of the year at the Victoires de la musique 2016 one year after having been named in the up and coming category of the Victoires de la musique 2015 His debut album Idées blanches was certified platinum His second album was released on 25 November 2016 and was certified double platinum Born to a father who was a helicopter pilot in the army and a mother who worked in air traffic control Vianney comes from a family of three brothers Vianney grew up in musicloving family Listening to his father sing while playing songs on the guitar by artists such as Georges Brassens François Béranger Maxime Le Forestier and Rickie Lee Jones Vianney discovered a passion for music from the age of 12 and began to write songs from then on In 2005 his father introduced him to some musician friends with whom he recorded his first track along with his older brother In 2007 he held his first concert in an auditorium the New Morning in Paris He grew up in Paris and studied at NotreDamedesOiseaux College in the 16th district where he would write a song of the same name present on his first album Idées blanches He then attended the Lycée militaire de SaintCyr where he would spend three years After his baccalaureate in 2009 he studied at Paris School of Business formerly the ESG Management School de Paris for three more years and later earned a business diploma in London Finally he studied styling at École supérieure des arts et techniques de la mode ESMOD graduating in June 2014 He explained his school life by his desire to live in different ways and believes that these experiences had opened his mind socially and artistically In 2011 Vianney met Isabelle Vaudey who became his manager It was Vaudey who encouraged Vianney to reveal his songs to the general public and she arranged a meeting with vocalist Antoine Essertier who offered to produce his debut album Idées blanches which was recorded throughout two weeks during summer of 2013 in the Auvergne mountains not far from Vichy The album was realised on 20 October 2014 With the album he was signed to the Tôt ou tard record label in February 2014 His first charting single from the album was Je te déteste with the music video directed by Nicolas Davenel The follow up single Pas là became his biggest chart success The music video was directed by Nicolas Bary and featured Lola Bessis He took part in the 30event tour of Florent Pagny entitled Vieillir Ensemble and has recorded with other artists including Samaha of Shaka Ponk and then with Joyce Jonathan in Les filles daujourdhui He also recorded an acoustic version of his album Idées blanches On 27 January 2015 he won the W9 Talent Award over other nominated acts Christine and the Queens Indila Black M Irma The Dø Camélia Jordana Peter Peter Brigitte and Adrien Gallo He was nominated for Revelation Album of the Year during Victoires de la musique 2015 In 2016 he won the Artiste interprète of the Year at the same event Source Article Vianney singer from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30