Yodelice

Maxime Rodolphe Nouchy, known as Maxim Nucci and Yodelice (born 23 February 1979 in Créteil), is a French singer-songwriter who performs in English. He has released five albums as of 2014: "Maxim Nucci" (2006), Tree of Life (2009), Cardioid (2010), "Square Eyes" (2013) and "Like a Million Dreams" (2014). The songs belong to folk, rock and pop music. He is also known for his acting performance in Guillaume Canet's film Little White Lies (French title: Les Petits Mouchoirs) with Marion Cotillard in 2010. The song "Talk to me" was featured.

Yodelice (Maxim Nucci)
Maxim Nucci in Marseille (2009).
Background information
Birth name	Maxime Rodolphe Nouchy
Born	(1979-02-23) 23 February 1979 (age 45) Créteil, France
Genres	Folk, Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active	2001 – present
Labels	Universal
Member of	Max
Website	yodelice.com

Life

Maxim Nucci was born in Créteil, an eastern suburb of Paris, on 23 February 1979. He entered the conservatory of music at the age of six, and learned to play the piano and the guitar. When he was 15, he began to attend classes at the Musician Institute of London. After graduation, he became the youngest teacher of the academy in 1994.^{[citation needed][clarification needed]}

Nucci had been playing with his band, Max, in England when he sent a demo to several record labels.^{[citation needed]} Universal Music France expressed interest.^[1]

He had a child with Jenifer Bartoli, the first winner of the French Star academy.

Career

Nucci appeared on television during 2001. He partly composed the first album by L5–a female band created during a popular reality TV show, Popstars. He also helped the debut singers in recording their album.^{[citation needed]}

His first single "Dis à l'amour".

In 2004, he starred as an actor and a composer in Alive, directed by Frédéric Berthe, in which a producer works with a gifted young songwriter and they find success together. The film was not a box-office success.^{[citation needed]}

Nucci released an eponymous album in 2006.

Nucci went to Spain in the Casa Yodelice and start writing new songs, and re-emerged as Yodelice.^[2]

The project was named the Casa Yodelice and the "Spookland" world is said to epitomize the peculiar atmosphere of its music, between life appetite and melancholy.^{[by whom?]}

Yodelice was awarded the best new artist prize during the 2010 Victoires de la Musique.^[3][4]

Discography

Albums

As Maxim Nucci

Year	Album	Peak positions			Certifications
		FRA [5]	BEL (Wa) [6]	SUI [7]
2006	Maxim Nucci	–	–	–

As Yodelice

Year	Album	Peak positions			Certifications
		FRA [5]	BEL Wa [6]	SUI [7]
2009	Tree of Life	11	34	84
2010	Cardioid	9	21	38
2013	Square Eyes	11	46	49
2014	Like a Million Dreams	38	66	–

Soundtracks

• 2004: Alive (soundtrack of film)
• 2021: The Deep House (soundtrack of film) : The Secret (The Promise Version)

Singles

As Maxim Nucci

Year	Single	Peak positions			Album
		FRA [5]	BEL Wa (Ultratop) [6]	SUI [7]
2004	"La cour des anges"	–	63	–
	"Dis à l'amour"	–	5	–
2013	"Talk to Me"	25	–	–

As Yodelice

Year	Single	Peak positions			Album
		FRA [5]	BEL Wa (Ultratop) [6]	SUI [7]
2009	"Sunday with a Flu"	–	12	69	Cardioid
2010	"More Than Meets the Eye"	90	61	–
2013	"Fade Away"	72	–	–	Square Eyes

Promotional singles (as Yodelice)

• 2009: "Free"
• 2010: "Emergency"