Camélia Jordana

Camélia Jordana Aliouane born 15 September 1992 is a French pop singer She rose to fame after participating in the television show Nouvelle Star the French version of Pop Idol in 2009 where she placed placed 3rd Since 2013 she has appeared in leading roles in a number of French films Jordana was born on 15 September 1992 in Toulon to French parents of Algerian descent Her father Hachemi is of Berber Kabyle origin and her mother Zélihka an Arab from Oran She grew up in La LondelesMaures with her older sister and younger brother At the age of sixteen she decided to audition for the seventh season of Nouvelle Star in Marseille and managed to convince the jury with her version of Louis Armstrongs What a Wonderful World She finished in third place After her elimination she signed a record deal with Sony Music and released her eponymous debut album on 29 March 2010 It sold 10169 copies in its first week and managed to enter the French SNEP Album Chart at 9 Although Jordanas debut single Non Non Non Écouter Barbara was only released as download single in France it peaked at 3 on the French digital chart It also charted at 3 in Belgium and 48 in Switzerland She participated in a song for the album So in Love by Nouvelle Star judge André Manoukian in April 2010 Jordana was interviewed and played several songs on the TV5Monde programme Acoustic on 7 November 2010 She was on the jury of the Semaine de la Critique section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival She featured on Emels album MRA 2024 singing on Mazel On 27 November 2015 Jordana participated together with Nolwenn Leroy and Yael Naim at the national memorial day for the victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks singing the song Quand on na que lamour by Jacques Brel In June 2024 Jordana signed a petition addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron demanding France to officially recognize the State of Palestine As a presentation of her new double album Facile x fragile she told LObs that white men are in the collective unconscious responsible for all the evils of the earth The International League against Racism and AntiSemitism denounces this declaration which it considers unconscious Source Article Camélia Jordana from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA