Lorie

Lorie performs live.

Laure Pester (born May 2, 1982), known professionally as simply Lorie, is a French pop singer, often referred to as the "Britney Spears" of France (although her image is somewhat more wholesome and family-friendly). In the space of three years she released three albums, working with producer, songwriter and composer Johnny Williams (grandson of 'musette' accordion star André Verchuren) and her father manager André Pester (a former studio manager at French radio station RTL).

Career

Despite early dreams of becoming a skater, she turned her attention to music in childhood. Her lightning rise to fame began after her first single, Près de moi, was released on peoplesound.com, a free online distributor of unpublished music. Her success with Internet fans led to Lorie scoring a lucrative record deal with Sony. Her first album was Près de Toi (2001), followed by Tendrement (2002) and the live recording special Live Tour (2003). Attitudes (2004) sold 300,000 copies within the first two weeks of its release.

Characteristics

Her image portrays her as as a clean-cut and child-friendly teen icon, with little of the overt sexuality displayed by her contemporaries in the French teen-pop market (e.g. Alizee) - her relationship with filipino pop-star Billy Crawford was widely publicized but remained scandal-free. As a result, she has a particularly strong following among schoolchildren.

Musically, she remains a straight pop act, occasionally moving towards pop-rock like many other French female starlets (e.g. Jenifer Bartoli) - the single Week End is an example of this. Her act is characterized by energetic dance routines, with simple music videos that showcase her talents.

Discography

Albums

  • Près de Toi (30 September 2001)
  • Tendrement (16 September 2002)
  • Live Tour (25 August 2003)
  • Attitudes (19 January 2004)
  • Week End Tour (4 October 2004)
  • Best Of (4 April 2005)
  • Rester La Même (31 October 2005)

Singles

    • Baby Boum (as Laurie)
  • Près de Toi
    • Près de Moi
    • Je serai (ta meilleure amie)
    • Toute seule
  • Tendrement
    • J'ai besoin d'amour
    • À 20 ans
    • Sur un air latino
  • Attitudes
    • Week-end
    • La positive attitude
    • Ensorcelée
    • C'est plus fort que moi
  • Best Of
    • Toi & Moi
  • Rester la même
    • Rester la même

DVDs

  • Je serai (ta meilleure amie)
  • Près de Vous
  • Tendrement Vôtre
  • Live Tour
  • Week End Tour
  • Best Of

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Her success with Internet fans led to Lorie scoring a lucrative record deal with Sony. Local food culture, which includes pissaladiere a pie with onions and anchovies paste; socca, a kind of pancake made from chickpea flour; bouillabaisse and fish soup; "Stockfish" (traditionally prounounced as "Stoquefiche" (French spelling) with special emphasis on the first "e"), farcis, vegetables stuffed with breadcrumbs; and salade nicoise, a tomato salad with green peppers of the "Corne" breed, baked eggs, tuna or anchovies, and olives. Her lightning rise to fame began after her first single, Près de moi, was released on peoplesound.com, a free online distributor of unpublished music. Niçard is an Occitan dialect but strong Italian influence makes it less unintelligible with other non-extinct Provençal dialects that exist around. Despite early dreams of becoming a skater, she turned her attention to music in childhood. The local language Niçard is still spoken by a minority and there are strong Italian and Corsican influences as well as Occitan. . Nice has a distinct culture due to its unique history.

In the space of three years she released three albums, working with producer, songwriter and composer Johnny Williams (grandson of 'musette' accordion star André Verchuren) and her father manager André Pester (a former studio manager at French radio station RTL). A controversial official report stated that de Montgolfier had made unwarranted accusations. Laure Pester (born May 2, 1982), known professionally as simply Lorie, is a French pop singer, often referred to as the "Britney Spears" of France (although her image is somewhat more wholesome and family-friendly). In 2003, local head prosecutor Eric de Montgolfier alleged that some judicial cases involving local personalities had been suspiciously derailed by the local judiciary, which he suspected of having unhealthy contacts, through Masonic lodges, with the very people that they are supposed to prosecute or judge. Best Of. Jacques Peyrat, the mayor of Nice since 1995, is a member of the UMP party and former member of the Front National. Week End Tour. He was then convicted of several counts of corruption and associated crimes and sentenced to prison.

Live Tour. As accusations of political corruption against Jacques Medecin grew, he fled France in 1990 and was arrested in Uruguay in 1993, leading to his extradition in 1994. Tendrement Vôtre. October 16, 1979 23 people died when the coast of Nice was hit by a tsunami. Près de Vous. In the second half of the 20th century, Nice bore the influence of mayor Jean Medecin (mayor from 1947 to 1965) and his son Jacques (mayor from 1966 to 1990). Je serai (ta meilleure amie).
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Rester la même. By a treaty concluded in 1860 between the Sardinian king and Napoleon III it was again transferred to France, and the cession was ratified by over 25,000 electors out of a total of 30,700 although the plesbicite was most likely sabotaged by the French. Rester la même

    . Conquered in 1792 by the armies of the French republic, the county of Nice continued to be part of France until 1814; but after that date it reverted to Sardinia. Toi & Moi. In 1775 the king of Sardinia destroyed all that remained of the ancient liberties of the commune. Best Of
      . From 1744 till the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) the French and Spaniards were again in possession.

      C'est plus fort que moi. The treaty of Utrecht in 1713 once more gave the city back to Savoy; and in the peaceful years which followed the "new town" was built. Ensorcelée. Captured by Catinat in 1691, Nice was restored to Savoy in 1696; but it was again besieged by the French in 1705, and in the following year its citadel and ramparts were demolished. La positive attitude. By opening the ports of the countship to all nations, and proclaiming full freedom of trade, Charles Emmanuel in 1626 gave a great stimulus to the commerce of the city, whose noble families took part in its mercantile enterprises. Week-end. In 1600 Nice was taken by the duke of Guise.

      Attitudes

        . Pestilence appeared again in 1550 and 1580. Sur un air latino. In 1543 Nice was attacked by the united forces of Francis I and Barbarossa; and, though the inhabitants repulsed the assault which succeeded the terrible bombardment, they were ultimately compelled to surrender, and Barbarossa was allowed to pillage the city and to carry off 2,500 captives. À 20 ans. It was in Nice that the two monarchs in 1538 concluded, through the mediation of Pope Paul III, a truce of ten years. J'ai besoin d'amour. During the struggle between Francis I and Charles V great damage was caused by the passage of the armies invading Provence; pestilence and famine raged in the city for several years.

        Tendrement

          . The maritime strength of Nice now rapidly increased until it was able to cope with the Barbary pirates; the fortifications were largely extended and the roads to the city improved. Toute seule. In the course of the 13th and 14th centuries it fell more than once into the hands of the Counts of Provence; and at length in 1388 the commune placed itself under the protection of the Counts of Savoy. Je serai (ta meilleure amie). As an ally of Pisa it was the enemy of Genoa, and both the King of France and the Emperor endeavoured to subjugate it; but in spite of all it maintained its municipal liberties. Près de Moi. During the Middle Ages Nice had its share in the wars and disasters of Italy.

          Près de Toi

            . In 729 it repulsed the Saracens; but in 859 and 880 they pillaged and burned it, and for the most of the 10th century remained masters of the surrounding country. Baby Boum (as Laurie). In the 7th century Nice joined the Genoese league formed by the towns of Liguria.
              . It soon became one of the busiest trading stations on the Ligurian coast; but as a city it had an important rival in the Roman town of Cemenelum, which continued to exist as a separate city till the time of the Lombard invasions, and has left its ruins at Cimiez, which is now a quarter of Nice. Rester La Même (31 October 2005). Nice (Nicaea) was founded in the 5th century BC by the Greeks of Marseille and received the name of Νικαία ("Nikaia") in honour of a victory over the neighbouring Ligurians (Nike being the goddess of victory).

              Best Of (4 April 2005). There were settlements in the Nice area approximately 400,000 years ago: the site of Terra Amata shows one of the earliest uses of fire and construction of houses. Week End Tour (4 October 2004). Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région, Nice is a commune and the préfecture (administrative capital) of the Alpes-Maritimes département. Attitudes (19 January 2004). . Live Tour (25 August 2003). The city is a major tourist center and a leading resort on the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur).

              Tendrement (16 September 2002). Nice (pronounced [nis]) (Occitan: Niça or Nissa; Italian: Nizza) is a city in southern France located on the Mediterranean coast, between Marseille and Genoa, with 933,080 inhabitants in the metropolitan area at the 1999 census. Près de Toi (30 September 2001). "Nice the very loyal city" (loyal to the House of Savoy), but the motto was shortened in 1860 when Nice became French.. 1 The original city motto was Nicæa civitas fidelissima, i.e. Christian Wolff (born 1934), American composer of experimental classical music.

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