Mireille Mathieu

Mireille Mathieu is a world-famous French pop star. During his musical career, 133 million copies of solo albums and 55 million singles were sold.

The world famous French singer Mireille Mathieu was born in June 1946 in Provence. Here, in the city of Avignon, the future star spent his childhood and youth.

Mathieu's childhood years fell on the post-war period, and the future singer grew up in dire poverty. Mireille, the eldest of 14 children, remembered the cold barrack in which a poor but friendly family huddled for life. In a 5-room municipal apartment, where the children first experienced an unheard of pleasure - they took a bath, Mathieu moved when the eldest daughter turned 15.

"Piercing poverty", according to Mireille Mathieu, taught to work. And the girl inherited her love of singing from her father, a bricklayer, who sang at work and in the church choir. At the age of 4, the singer made her debut in front of a large audience of churchgoers who came to the evening mass on Christmas Eve. It happened in 1950. Noticing her granddaughter's craving for music, her grandmother undertook to teach Mireille musical notation.

School years Mireille Mathieu does not like to remember. The girl studied very badly, although there were data for successful studies. For example, Mireille had a phenomenal memory, which later allowed him to refuse the help of prompters. Mathieu was born left-handed, and the first teacher wanted to fix it, by all means. The teacher mercilessly beat Mireille on the hands and put her on the back desk. The girl closed herself off and even began to stutter while reading.

At 14, Mireille Mathieu dropped out of school and went to a local factory. The money earned went to pay for vocal lessons and food. In addition, at the factory Mireille Mathieu organized a choir group, in which she performed as a soloist.

Mireille Mathieu's stellar biography began when the girl turned 16. Mireille took part in the annual competition held in Avignon, and took 2nd place. A year later, in 1965, Mathieu was in the lead. For winning the competition, the city administration sent the young singer to Paris, where the TV show "The Game of Fortune" was held.

In November of the same crucial year, Mireille first appeared before the French public. The girl sang the song Jezebel and mesmerized the audience. The audience thought that the beloved Edith Piaf had come to life on stage. On the second day after the performance of Mireille Mathieu, a contract was already offered. More precisely, the producer Johnny Star signed a contract with the father of the minor singer.

But this was only the beginning of a long and difficult journey. Mathieu was taught everything: how to move, walk in heels, behave in society and stay on stage. Mireille also studied foreign languages ​​and tried to get rid of the Avignon accent.

In 1966, viewers could see the new Mireille Mathieu. She performed on the most prestigious stage in France - the Olympia Concert Hall. The singer was extremely pleased with the performance, but the audience drew attention to the similarity with Piaf. In order not to become a copy of the star, the beginning chansonnier had to find his own style of performance. And Mathieu succeeded. Confirmation was the words of the patriarch of the French chanson Maurice Chevalier, who said that there is a big difference between the two singers. "Little Piaf walked along the shady side of life, and you, Mireille, will walk along the sunny side," he said.

Glory Mireille Mathieu ran ahead of the artist. In the first year of her career, the Frenchwoman visited the United States, where 50 million Americans attended the singer's concerts. Following this, Mireille conquered Germany.

Mathieu's debut disc was a tremendous success: the album sold millions of copies. For the first fees, the singer bought her parents a spacious house. The first international tour took place in 1970 and covered the countries of the European continent and North America.

The singer's repertoire was regularly replenished with hits - at the beginning of her musical career, the artist sang the hit “Pardon Mua” (“Forgive me this childish whim”), and soon the famous song “Chao, bambino” appeared. Later Mathieu sang the song "Melody of Love".

Everyone soon knew the name of the new star. Mireille sang along with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. With Charles Aznavour she sang the hit "Eternal Love", which was included in the singer's album. Mireille Mathieu sang twice at the London Palladium, where the royal family came. In 1984 Mireille Mathieu and Placido Domingo gave a concert.

However, the great chansonnier went to concerts on almost all famous stages of the world. Mathieu also came to the USSR, where she collected sold out. The artist has longstanding friendly relations with Russia. Soviet listeners fell in love with the work of the Frenchwoman. Mathieu first arrived in the country in 1967. And for the second time, in 1976, the singer performed at a concert dedicated to French Film Week at the Bolshoi Theater. A year later, the chansonnier gathered spectators in the Moscow SC "Olympic" and in the Leningrad SCC named after V. Lenin.

But the real triumph in Russia overtook the singer in the mid-2000s. Mathieu took part in a gala concert on Red Square in honor of the 2005 Victory Day anniversary. The singer gave a recital at the Kremlin Palace on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of her creative activity, and since 2009 she has annually participated in the military music festival "Spasskaya Tower", which also took place on Red Square. Such close cooperation with Russian musicians could not but affect Mireille's repertoire. In the vocalist's piggy bank, the songs "Black Eyes", "Moscow Nights", "You Do Not Leave, My Darling" appeared.

In her native France, Mireille is a cult person. In 1978, another statuette of the country's symbol - "Marianne" was sculpted from the singer. Before such an honor was given to Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve and Laetitia Casta.

Mireille Mathieu has 39 released albums. The artist's repertoire includes 566 compositions in French, 273 in German, 53 in English, 37 in Spanish and 15 in Italian. The latest solo discs titled "Mireille Mathieu: Christmas" and "Mireille Mathieu sings Ennio Moricone" were released in 2015 and 2016.

It seems that this is a closed side in the life of the singer. The public has always been interested in Mireille Mathieu's personal life. Miniature - only 153 cm - French woman with 33 shoe sizes and branded bangs was (and still remains) surprisingly charming. But the singer never married or had a family. Even at social events, Mireille tried to always appear accompanied by her mother or sister Monica.

The singer has no children. This is Mireille's choice. But charity helps to realize the maternal instinct of the singer: under the patronage of Mathieu there are dozens of shelters for disadvantaged children. In addition to daily help, the singer traditionally sends gifts to her wards for Christmas.

Mireille devoted herself entirely to creativity. It seems that the love and passion of this woman live exclusively in songs.

Throughout his life Mireille Mathieu has remained remarkably consistent in her tastes. The singer does not change her haircut, which can be seen from the last photos of the singer. Mireille Mathieu believes that the secret of youth for herself is the inclusion of one apple in the daily diet. Loves perfume with a lily of the valley scent and a certain color of lipstick. The singer's favorite designer has been Christian Lacroix for many years.

Chansonnier lives in Los Angeles.

Mireille Mathieu continues his concert activity. In 2017, together with Tamara Gverdtsiteli, the French pop star became an invited guest of the next Spasskaya Tower festival, completing a two-hour performance by dozens of creative teams from 14 countries.

In December, Mireille Mathieu performed at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris in a duet with the Russian singer Zara. The singers sang the hit Padam Padam. The musical evening was timed to coincide with the World Day of Disabled People. At the concert, the French singer talked with performers from Russia: the visually impaired musician Valentin Tkachenko and the wheelchair user Yulia Samoilova.

Ticket sales for the XI International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower", which will be held in Moscow at the end of August 2018, have already begun. It is assumed that Mireille Mathieu will again become the guest of honor of the event.

1966 - En direct de l'Olympia 1967 - Made in France 1969 - Olympia 1970 - Mireille ... Mireille 1973 - L'amour et la vie 1975 - Apprends-moi 1976 - La vie en rose 1978 - Fidelement vôtre 1980 - French collection 1984 - Chanter 1989 - L'American 1991 - Mireille Mathieu 1995 - Vous lui direz 2002 - De tes mains 2005 - Mireille Mathieu

Mireille Mathieu 's estimated Net Worth, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & many more details have been updated below.

Let's check, How Rich is Mireille Mathieu in 2020 ?

Mireille Mathieu Net Worth 2021

Mireille Mathieu 's revenue is $1.5M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Mireille Mathieu and could vary in the range between $552.3K - $2M.

Mireille Mathieu Net Worth 2020

Mireille Mathieu 's revenue is $1.7M in 2020. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Mireille Mathieu and could vary in the range between $852.2K - $1.6M.

Mireille Mathieu Net Worth 2019

Mireille Mathieu 's revenue is $1M in 2019. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Mireille Mathieu and could vary in the range between $930K - $1.5M.

Mireille Mathieu Net Worth 2018

Mireille Mathieu 's revenue is $1.6M in 2018. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Mireille Mathieu and could vary in the range between $968.9K - $1.3M.

Mireille Mathieu Net Worth 2017

Mireille Mathieu 's revenue is $2M in 2017. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Mireille Mathieu and could vary in the range between $655.6K - $1.3M.

Mireille Mathieu Net Worth 2016

Mireille Mathieu 's revenue is $1.6M in 2016. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Mireille Mathieu and could vary in the range between $775.3K - $1.2M.

Mireille Mathieu Net Worth 2015

Mireille Mathieu 's revenue is $1.9M in 2015. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Mireille Mathieu and could vary in the range between $863K - $1.9M.

It is an overall forecast for the net worth of Mireille Mathieu. The evaluation covers the latest 5 years and an approximation for next year. See above to learn how much money does Mireille Mathieu makes a year.

The range above shows an estimation based on evaluation generated by public information about sponsorships or other sources found on the internet. It's summarized data from Mireille Mathieu's projects existing in AidWiki's repository. It's an approximation of the revenue compiled by AidWiki and may not correspond with the real amount.