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Birthday: Jul 03, 1996
Place of Birth: Périgueux, Dordogne, France

Kendji

Kendji "Girac" Jason Maillié (born 3 July 1996), also known mononymously as Kendji, is a French singer and guitarist. He is the winner of Season 3 of the music competition The Voice: la plus belle voix as part of Team Mika. He has released three studio albums, Kendji, Ensemble and Amigo as well as a string of hit singles. The youngest of a Catalan Gitano family, Kendji grew up in Saint-Astier and was taught to play the guitar and sing by his grandfather. He left school at 16 to follow the family business as an arborist. He speaks Catalan with his parents. He gained some fame through publishing materials online. His Romanes version of "Bella" by Maître Gims filmed by a friend went viral. His video garnered 5.8 million views.[4] Another popular song he uploaded was "Si j'étais président" a cover of Gérard Lenorman. For season 3 of The Voice: la plus belle voix, he auditioned with the song "Bella" by Maître Gims in the second episode of season 3 broadcast on January 18, with only judge Mika turning his chair, whereas the three others, Florent Pagny, Jenifer and Garou refrained. In the Musical Battles Round broadcast on 8 March 2014, Mika put him against Youness both singing "Tous les mêmes" by Stromae. Kendji moved to "L'épreuve ultime" round where he performed "Hotel California by The Eagles in the 29 March 2014 emission. In the live rounds he performed "Ma philosophie" by Amel Bent (5 April 2014), "Mad World" from Tears for Fears (19 April 2014) and "Allumer le feu" by Johnny Hallyday (19 April 2014). In the semi-final on 3 May 2014 he sang "Belle" by Garou and Daniel Lavoie qualifying for the finals as Team Mika's finalist. In the final broadcast on Final, on 10 May 2014, he sang "Amor de mis amores" / "Volare" by Gipsy Kings, "Temps à nouveau" by Jean-Louis Aubert and "L'Aigle noir" by Barbara. He won The Voice title for season 3 with 51% of the public vote against 21% for runner up Maximilien Philippe, with Amir Haddad finishing third with 18% and Wesley with only 10% fourth. His first official single the bilingual French/Spanish "Color Gitano", which was released in June 2014 from his eponymous EP, followed by his official album release in September. In December 2014, he won two NRJ Music Awards for Francophone Breakthrough of the Year and "Color Gitano" as Francophone Song of the Year. His album Kendji sold 600,000 copies by January 2015, and over 1 million copies by October 2015, certifying Diamond and becoming France's second highest selling album of 2014 after Racine carrée by Stromae. He is currently the biggest selling The Voice alumnus worldwide. His follow-up single "Andalouse" proved even more successful commercially. Other notable singles included "Conmigo" from the repackaged version of Kendji released on 4 May 2015. A second album titled Ensemble was released on 30 October 2015. Notable singles from his second album include "Me Quemo", "Les yeux de la mama" and "No Me Mirès Màs" (jointly with Soprano). On 31 August 2018 his third album, titled Amigo was released. It started at number one on the French sales chart with 48,408 sales. ... Source: Article "Kendji Girac" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours 2023
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime Self 2021
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show Self 2018
L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc Self 2018
La Story Disney : La Magie Musicale Self 2016
Soolking au Zénith Self 2023
Enrico Macias, l'inattendu Self 2021
Ces chansons de nos vacances Self 2022
Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA Self 2023
Florent Pagny : Le Phénix Self 2023
Kendji Girac au Dôme de Paris Self 2022
Champion Zack 2022
Le Gala des pièces jaunes : Le Concert événement Self 2024
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans ! 2024
Soprano : le documentaire événement Self 2018
L'Énigme Jean-Jacques Goldman 2021
Kendji Girac à l'Olympia Self 2015
Everyone's Life Self 2017
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés 2017
Kendji Girac - Ensemble le live Self 2017
Les copains d'abord font du ski Self 2014
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés 2019
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés 2020
Gims - Destination Stade de France Self 2019
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique ! 2018
Series Cast Year
Victoires de la musique Self 1985
The Voice Kids Coach Kendji 2014
La Boîte à secrets Self 2019
The secret song Self 2018
Stars à domicile Self 2001
Clique Self - Guest 2013
NRJ Music Awards Self - Nominated 2000
The Masked Singer France Loup 2019
NRJ Music Awards Self 2000
La chanson de l'année Self 2004
La chanson de l'année Self - Winner 2004
Star Academy 2001
Ça finit bien la semaine Self 2010
La semaine des 4 Julie Self 2020
Basique, le concert Self 2018
Sucré salé Self 2002
NRJ Music Awards 2000
Téléthon 1987
Un dimanche à la campagne Self 2022
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