Marina Kaye

Marina Kaye (born 9 February 1998) is a French singer, songwriter and composer.

Marina Kaye
Marina Kaye performing in 2017
Background information
Birth nameMarina Marie Madeleine Dalmas
Born (1998-02-09) 9 February 1998
Marseille, France
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, composer
Years active2011–present
LabelsCapitol Music (2014–2019)
PIAS Group (2019)
Websitewww.marinakaye.com

Most famous for the hit "Homeless", she has released the EP Homeless in 2014 and the album Fearless in 2015. On October 20, 2017, she released her second album, Explicit, which was certified gold.

Life and career

Childhood and France's Got Incredible Talent (1998–2011)

Marina was born in the 9th district of Marseille to a French father and a stay-at-home mother of Algerian-Kabyle origin.[1] Then she grew up in the town of Allauch, and studied at Yves-Montand college, which she left at the age of 15 to go and work on her album in London.

On her YouTube channel. She started posting videos of covers on the Internet at the age of ten.

On 14 December 2011, she won the sixth season of the French talent show La France a un incroyable talent, the French version of the Got Talent series when she was just 13.[2] She sang Rolling in the Deep, Set Fire to the Rain from Adele and Firework from Katy Perry.

After her victory, she decides to stop singing. Her classmates and some adults in her school keep "looking for lice" 13. It was her meeting with Jan Erik Frogg that made her change her mind.[3]

In 2012, she opened for the French musical comedy Adam et Ève: La Seconde Chance (mis en scène by Pascal Obispo). She also released a number of covers online and opened for Thirty Seconds to Mars at Palais des Festivals de Cannes and for Florent Pagny tour Vieillir Ensemble and in 2014 for 5 of Lindsey Stirling's concerts in France.

First album : Fearless (2015)

She gained significant recognition with "Homeless" taken from her similarly titled EP Homeless. The single topped the SNEP French official singles chart.

On 18 May 2015, she released the album Fearless recorded in London and New York which includes the song "Freeze You Out" written by Sia and Chris Braide. The album went triple platinum in France.

Explicit (2017)

In January, she played in Papounet, a French comedy directed by Dominique Farrugia.[4][5]

On September 14, rapper and singer Soprano announced the tracklist for his album L'Everest which will be released the following month. The song "Mon Everest", is a featuring with Marina Kaye.[6]

On October 20, she released Explicit, her second album shortly after releasing the official clip for "On My Own" and "Something".

Twisted (2020)

On 18 September 2019, she released the song "Twisted", from the upcoming album with the same.[7]

She released 3 more singles in 2020: "The Whole 9" on January 31,[8] "Double Life" on September 2[9] and "7 Billion" on September 23.[10]

On October 6, she announced via Twitter that the album would be released on November 6.[11][12][13]

Personal life
Marina Kaye in 2015

She participates in the album Balavoine (s), released in January 2016 for the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Daniel Balavoine, using the title Only the very best. She performed at the South by Southwest festival in Texas in March 20168. She will also do a duet with rapper Soprano on the title Mon Everest. On January 7, 2017, she sang for the first time in French on television, taking over the title Vole by Céline Dion on TF1, in homage to Grégory Lemarchal (Grégory Lemarchal, 10 years after the story continues). A few months later, on October 20, 2017, she released a second album, Explicit. This becomes a gold disc.

She had a well-publicized feud with her father after he said on his own Facebook that his daughter was under immense psychological pressure and isolated from the realities of the world. He also blamed her for changing her name as an attempt to cut herself from her roots. She retorted that she was shocked and hurt by these declarations and said this was a continuation of what she described as a "traumatic childhood" in her youth, adding that her own father just wanted to destroy her career, to which Dalmas responded: « What father would like to destroy his children and their future? »[14][15][16][17]

Discography

Albums
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales
FRA
[18]		 BEL
(Fl)
[19]		 BEL
(Wa)
[20]		 SWI
[21]
Fearless
  • Released: 18 May 2015
  • Format: Digital download, CD
  • Label: Capitol Records, Universal
 3118820
Explicit
  • Released: 20 October 2017
  • Format: Digital download, CD
  • Label: Capitol Records, Universal
 14—2622
  • FRA : 50,000
Twisted
  • Scheduled: 6 November 2020
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
  • Label: PIAS Recordings
 50—57—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays
Title Details
Homeless
  • Released: 16 June 2014
  • Format: Digital download, CD
  • Label: Capitol Records

As lead artist
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
FRA
[18]		 BEL
(Fl)
[19]		 BEL
(Wa)
[20]		 SWI
[21]
"Homeless"[upper-alpha 1] 2014 114125 Fearless
"Dancing with the Devil" 2015 49—56—
"Mirror Mirror" ————
"Only the Very Best" 2016 43——— Balavoine(s)
"Freeze You Out" 69—86— Fearless
"The World Belong to Us" ———— Robinson Crusoe
"On My Own" 2017 51——— Explicit
"Something" 73—97—
"Twisted" 2019 110——— Twisted
"The Whole 9" 2020 15—83—
"Double Life" ————
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
FRA
[18]		 BEL
(Wa)
[20]
"Mon Everest"
(Soprano featuring Marina Kaye)		 2016 1132 L'Everest

Promotional singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
FRA
[18]
"Sounds Like Heaven"
(featuring Lindsey Stirling)		 2015 134 Fearless
"7 Billion" 2020 — Twisted

Other charting songs
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
FRA
[18]
"Live Before I Die" 2015 185 Fearless

Filmography
  • 2017: Papounet

References

Notes
  1. "Homeless" also features on Marina Kaye's EP Homeless.

Sources
  1. Paris-Match: Marina Kaye - Un incroyable talent (in French)
  2. Public.fr La France a un incroyable talent 2011 – Marina remporte la finale (in French)
  3. "Marina Kaye : la chanteuse de "Homeless" victime de harcèlement au collège". www.terrafemina.com (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ProgrammeTV Telé-Loisirs: Marina Kaye bientôt au cinéma (in French)
  5. "Luc Besson croit à nouveau aux films en français" (in French).
  6. Soprano : «Marina Kaye collait pile poil à ce que je voulais» (in French), retrieved 12 April 2020
  7. "Twisted - Single par Marina Kaye sur Apple Music". Apple Music.
  8. "The Whole 9 - Single par Marina Kaye sur Apple Music". Apple Music.
  9. "Double Life - Single par Marina Kaye sur Apple Music". Apple Music.
  10. "7 Billion - Single par Marina Kaye sur Apple Music". Apple Music.
  11. @MarinaKayeMusic (6 October 2020). "Mon nouvel album Twisted est enfin disponible en précommande ! Il sortira le 6 novembre prochain. Hâte que vous le découvriez, j'espère que vous l'aimerez ! Vous pouvez le précommander dès maintenant !" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. "Marina Kaye : son troisième album "Twisted" sortira le 6 novembre". Chartsinfrance (in French). 7 October 2020.
  13. "Twisted par Marina Kaye sur Apple Music". Apple Music.
  14. RTL: La chanteuse Marina Kaye dans la tourmente: elle règle ses comptes avec son père sur Facebook (in French)
  15. Le Figaro: Marina Kaye accuse son père de vouloir détruire sa carrière (in French)
  16. RCI.fr: "Choquée et blessée", Marina Kaye règle ses comptes avec son père sur Facebook (in French)
  17. L'Express: Marina Kaye s'écharpe avec son père par posts Facebook interposés (in French)
  18. "Discographie Marina Kaye". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  19. "Discografie Marina Kaye". ultratop.be/nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  20. "Discographie Marina Kaye". ultratop.be/fr. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  21. "Discographie Marina Kaye". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  22. "Les certifications - SNEP" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  23. Ultratop: Goud en platina - Singles 2015
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