French musician and record producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jean-Jacques Goldman (born 11 October 1951) is a French retired singer-songwriter and record producer whose work is popular in the French-speaking world.[1]
Jean-Jacques Goldman | |
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Background information | |
Born | 11 October 1951 |
Origin | Paris, France |
Genres | Pop rock, rock, progressive rock, new wave |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Instruments | Vocalist, guitarist, pianist, violinist |
Years active | 1975–2004 |
A founding member of the Les Enfoirés charity collective in 1986, Goldman also wrote successful albums and songs for many artists, including D'eux for Céline Dion, which is the most successful French language record to date.[2] He received his most notable recognition in the English-speaking world for winning a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1997, as a co-author of three tracks on Céline Dion's Falling into You. After a voluntary retirement in the early 2000s, he remains appreciated and influential in France.[3][4][5][6]
From 1975 to 1997, Goldman was married with Catherine Morlet. He remarried in 2001 with Nathalie Thu Hong-Lagier. He is a father of six: Caroline (b. 1975), Michaël (b. 1979) and Nina (b. 1985) he had with Morlet, and Maya (b. 2004), Kimi (b. 2005) and Rose (b. 2007) he had with Thu Hong-Lagier.[7] His son, Michaël Goldman along with her daughter Naelle Dominique Marie Jose Goldman, are two of the co-founders of My Major Company France, a major fan-funded music label.
His younger brother Robert Goldman is a songwriter (often known as J. Kapler).
His half-brother Pierre Goldman was murdered in mysterious circumstances in 1979 in Paris.
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