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Matthieu Chedid (born 21 December 1971), better known by his stage name -M-, is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player. Since 2018, he has been the most awarded artist at the Victoires de la Musique Awards with 13 awards, tied with Alain Bashung.

Matthieu Chedid -M-
Chedid at Eurockéennes 2013
Background information
Birth name	Matthieu Chedid
Also known as	-M-
Born	(1971-12-21) 21 December 1971 (age 50) Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Genres	Chanson rock funk
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Bass guitar guitar keyboards drums kazoo vocals
Years active	1978–present
Labels	Barclay Delabel
Website	labo-m.net

Biography

Matthieu Chedid was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France, the son of French singer Louis Chedid, and the grandson of the Egyptian-born French writer and poet of Lebanese descent Andrée Chedid who has written lyrics for him. His sisters are the music video and concert director Émilie Chedid (born in 1970) and French singer Anna Chedid (born in 1987), also known by her stage name of Nach. His brother Joseph Chedid (born in 1986), also known by his stage name of Selim, is also a French singer and a guitar and drums player.

Chedid took an interest in music early on. In 1978, at the age of six, Chedid lent his voice to the chorus of his father's hit song T'as beau pas être beau alongside older sister, Émilie. During his teenage years and early twenties, Chedid formed a few short-lasting groups such as Tam Tam , Les Bébés fous (the crazy babies) and Les Poissons Rouges (the goldfishes) with Mathieu Boogaerts and with the sons of Laurent Voulzy and Alain Souchon, Julien Voulzy and Pierre Souchon.

He has collaborated with a number of artists, both on stage and in the recording studio. Early into his solo career, Chedid was the opening act for Texas concerts. He has recorded with NTM, Sinclair, Billy Ze Kick, Brigitte Fontaine, Sean Lennon, Vanessa Paradis, and Johnny Hallyday.

Until 2008, Chedid was in a relationship with French actress Audrey Tautou.[1]

-M-

Chedid performs and records under the stage name -M-. Chedid created -M- as means of overcoming his shyness on stage and also as a way of distancing his work from that of his father and grandmother. The pseudonym comes from Chedid's first initial but also refers to the similar-sounding French word aime, meaning love. The character -M- is a superhero, noted for having a playful nature, and recognized for his flamboyant costumes (primarily monochrome suits with slim trousers and long jackets with upward pointed collars) and hair styled into the shape of an M.^{[citation needed]}

In 1997, -M- released his first solo album Le Baptême. During this time; he played mainly solo or with the cellist Vincent Ségal. The album received overall positive critical reception, but public recognition only came a few months later, with the release of the single "Machistador".^{[citation needed]}

Je dis aime

In 1999, -M- published his second album, Je dis aime a title that puns 'aime' (like/love) with 'M'. A few months later, the album was 11th on the French Charts, with more than 500,000 albums sold, thanks to a number of successful songs ("Je dis aime", "Onde Sensuelle", "Monde Virtuel", "Le complexe du corn-flakes", "Mama Sam").

Live, -M- played with Cyril Atef, Vincent Segal and DJ Shalom for the samples on some songs. He still works with his sister Emilie Chedid for the realisation of the clips. His live performance largely contributed to his success, playing on his character of -M- to transform every concert into a show. He won his first Victoire de la Musique awards for Male Artist of the Year and Concert of the Year.

"Belleville Rendez-vous" and Qui de nous deux

-M- gained international exposure through his recording of the song "Belleville Rendez-vous" for the soundtrack of the 2003 Sylvain Chomet animated film The Triplets of Belleville in both French and English. The song, with lyrics by Chomet and music by Benoit Charest, was nominated for a 2003 Academy Award. The music video for "Belleville Rendez-vous" uses both a live-action depiction of -M- and an animated depiction incorporated into footage from the film.

In autumn 2003, he released his 3rd album Qui de nous deux (Which one of us two) with the singles "Qui de nous deux", "La bonne étoile", "Mon ego". Softer, this album saw the birth of his first daughter, Billie, for whom an all-pink guitar was built by instrument-maker Cyril Guérin. A pink guitar can be seen in the video for "Qui de nous deux".

In 2007, he worked once again with Vanessa Paradis on her album Divinidylle, released in September 2007.

Mister Mystère

Rumors circulated before the release of his 2009 studio album, Mister Mystère, that Chedid had decided to drop the character -M- to record and perform under his given name.[2] The album, however, was released under the name -M- but included photographs of the singer without the wild costumes and hair associated with the -M- character. The music video for the first single, "Le Roi des ombres", showed Chedid burning a tiny effigy of his alterego.[3]

Îl, Lamomali, and Lettre infinie

In autumn 2012, he released the album, Îl, played with Lawrence Clais and Brad Thomas Ackley.

He worked with Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté on a collective album, Lamomali, released in March 2017[4] The album also features Philippe Jaroussky as well as Oxmo Puccino lending a mesmeric world music flavour to it that celebrates cultural diversity and world peace.

In 2019, he released the studio album, Lettre infinie, featuring collaborations from Thomas Bangalter and Phillipe Zdar.[5] He announced new album, R Ê V A L I T É, to be released in June of 2022.[6]

Awards

Matthieu Chedid holds the gold place in number of Victoires de la Musique awards, with 13 awards[7]

Year	Catégorie des Victoires de la musique	Result
1999	Best new artist[8]	Nominated
	Best music video : Machistador (réal. Émilie Chedid)[8]	Nominated
2000	Male artist of the year[9][10]	Won
	Tour of the Year (Je dis aime à l'Elysée Montmartre et en tournée)[9][10]	Won
	Album pop-rock of the year (Je dis aime)[9][10]	Nominated
2004	Male artist of the year[11]	Nominated
	Tour of the Year (L'Avantour à l'Elysée Montmartre)[11]	Nominated
2005	Male artist of the year[12][13]	Won
	Album of the year (Qui de nous deux?)[12][13]	Won
	Tour of the Year (M à l'Olympia et en tournée)[12][13]	Won
	Best music videos on DVD : Les Leçons de musique de -M- (réal. : Émilie Chedid]])[12][13]	Won
	Best music video (Ma Mélodie, réal. : Cyril Houplain)[12][13]	Nominated
2006	Best music video (La Bonne Étoile, réal. : Laurent Seroussi)[14]	Nominated
	Best music video (Est-ce que tu aimes ? par Arthur H et -M-, réal. : Rodolphe Pauly)[14]	Won
2007	Best music videos on DVD (tournée En tête à tête, réal.: Thierry Gautier et Sylvain Leduc)[15][16]	Nominated
	Best score soundntrack of the year (B.O. de Ne le dis à personne)[15][16]	Won
2010	Album of the year (Mister Mystère)[17]	Nominated
	Tour of the Year (M à la Cigale - Auguri Productions)[17]	Nominated
2011	Tour of the Year (-M- au château de Versailles - Auguri Productions)[20]	Won
2012	Best music video (La Seine par Vanessa Paradis et -M-, réal. : Bibo Bergeron)[21][22]	Won
	Best music videos on DVD (Les Saisons de passage, réal. : Laurent Thessier)[21][22]	Won
2013	Male artist of the year[23]	Nominated
	Album of the year (Îl)[23]	Nominated
	Best music video (Mojo, réal. : Beryl Koltz)[23]	Nominated
2014	Tour of the Year (Îl(s) - Labo M / Auguri Productions)[24]	Won
2016	Tour of the Year (Louis, Matthieu, Joseph et Anna Chedid à l'Olympia, à l'Opéra Garnier et en tournée - Auguri Productions)[25]	Nominated
2018	World music album of the year (Lamomali avec Toumani et Sidiki Diabaté, Fatoumata Diawara)[26]	Won

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album	Peak positions			Certifications
		FRA [27]	BEL (Wa) [28]	SWI [29]
1997	Le Baptême	35	–	–
1999	Je dis aime	11	–	–
2003	Labo M (instrumental)	27	–	–
	Qui de nous deux	1	4	76
2009	Mister Mystère	1	3	16
2012	Îl	4	9	39
2019	Lettre infinie	1 [30]	7	11
2022	Rêvalité	2	9	27

Collaborations

Year	Album	Peak positions			Certifications
		FRA [27]	BEL (Wa) [28]	SWI [29]
2015	Louis Matthieu Joseph & Anna Chedid (Louis Matthieu Joseph & Anna Chedid)	3	10	24
2017	Lamomali (with Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté)	2 [31]	22	31
	Lamomali Airlines (with Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté)	35 [32]	–	–

Live albums

Year	Album	Peak positions			Certifications
		FRA [27]	BEL (Wa) [28]	SWI [29]
1997	Le tour de -M-	3	–	–
2005	-M- au Spectrum	–	–	–
	En tête à tête	2	26	93
2010	Les saisons de passage	14	76	–
2013	Îl(s)	27	145	–
2017	Lamomali Live	92 [33]	–	–
2019	Le grand petit concert	24 [34]	–	–

Soundtracks

Year	Album	Peak positions			Certifications
		FRA [27]	BEL (Wa) [28]	SWI [29]
2007	Ne le dis à personne (soundtrack)	103	–	–
2011	Un monstre à Paris (soundtrack by Vanessa Paradis & -M- / Patrice Renson)	7	10	–

Rereleases

Year	Album	Peak positions
		FRA [27]
2002	Le Baptême / Je dis aime	127
2004	Le Baptême / Je dis aime / Labo M	166
	Le tour de M / Qui de nous deux	130
2005	Qui de nous deux / Je dis aime / Le Baptême	92
2008	Je dis aime / Qui de nous deux	78

Singles

As main artist

Single	Year	Peak positions					Album
		FRA [27]	BEL (Fl) Ultratip [35]	BEL (Wa) Ultratop [28]	BEL (Wa) Ultratip [28]	SWI [29]
"Machistador"	1998	83	–	–	–	–
"Onde sensuelle" / "Je dis aime"	2000	46	–	–	–	–
"Qui de nous deux"	2004	40	–	–	3	83
"À tes souhaits"		78	–	–	16	–
"Ma mélodie"		67	–	–	12	–
"La bonne étoile"	2005	50	–	–	–	–
"Mister Mystère"	2009	–	–	–	–	–	Mister Mystère
"Le roi des ombres"		–	–	28	–	–
"Est-ce que c'est ça?"		–	–	–	20	–
"Amssétou"	2010	–	–	–	20	–
"Tu peux compter sur moi" (with Louis Chedid)		–	–	8	–	–	On ne dit jamais assez aux gens qu'on aime qu'on les aime
"La Seine" (with Vanessa Paradis)	2011	9	37	3	–	–	Un monstre à Paris
"Mojo"	2012	27	–	27	–	–	Îl
"Baïa"		137	–	–	31	–
"Océan"	2013	–	–	–	16	–
"Superchérie"	2018	113	–	–	29	–	Lettre infinie
"Grand petit con"	2019	–	–	–	–	–
"Thérapie"		–	–	–	–	–
"Massaï"		–	–	–	–	–

Collaborations

Year	Single	Peak positions		Album
		FRA [27]	BEL (Wa) Ultratip [28]
2001	"Y'a des zazous" (Brigitte Fontaine & -M-)	50	–
2007	"L'éclipse" (Sean Lennon & -M-)	–	8
2015	"F.O.R.T."	98	28	Louis Matthieu Joseph & Anna Chedid
	"On ne dit jamais assez aux gens qu'on aime qu'on les aime"	132	–
2016	"Baby That's You"	151	–
	"Bal de Bamako" (-M-, Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté feat. Fatoumata Diawara & Oxmo Puccino)	140	41
2017	"Cet air" (-M-, Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté feat. Fatoumata Diawara)	–	Tip

Other hits

Year	Single	Peak positions		Album
		FRA [27]	BEL (Wa) Ultratip [28]
1997	"Le baptême" / "La grosse bombe" (limited release)	–	–
1998	"Au suivant"	–	–
2000	"Le complexe du corn flakes"	–	–

Charity

• 2016: "Vole" (with Nolwenn Leroy, Alain Souchon, Laurent Voulzy...)

Bibliography

• Les Âmes de Mogador (2003), with Patrice Renson : tribute to Essaouira (Maroc). A CD of ten unreleased tracks is included.
• -M-, qui de nous deux (2004), with Claude Gassian : book produced during the recording of the album Qui de nous deux
• -M- de A à Z (2005), by Mathias Goudeau
• Le monde de -M- (2005), with Marianne Chedid, Sonia Rachline and Sophie Laurent : insight on his career, with a lot of pictures
• -M- le mot dit : esthétique d'un funkistador by Marc Borbon: analysis of M's world through a fan's own experience
• Le Livre Extraordinaire de -M- by Lisa Roze: package of an archival photographs, unpublished shootings, a book, postcards, a pop-up, a new song (Si Si No No), etc.

References

External links

• Official website (flash) (French)
• Myspace site, including links and concert dates (French)
• RFI Biography^{[permanent dead link]} (English)
• Interview with ‑M- (French)
• -M- Chedid Online (Spanish)
• Review of 'Mister Mystère' (English)
• Reference website (2yeuxet1plume / Autour de Matthieu Chedid) (French)

Preceded by Alain Bashung	Victoires de la Musique Male artist of the year 2000	Succeeded by Henri Salvador
Preceded by Calogero	Victoires de la Musique Male group or artist of the year 2005	Succeeded by Raphaël

На других языках

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- [en] Matthieu Chedid

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[es] Matthieu Chédid

Matthieu Chédid, conocido también como M, (Boulogne-Billancourt, Francia, 21 de diciembre de 1971), compositor, cantante, productor, fotógrafo y guitarrista francés de origen árabe cristiano libanés.

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[ru] Шедид, Матье

Матье́ Шеди́д (более известный как -M-; родился 21 декабря 1971 в Булонь-Бийанкур) — французский рок-музыкант, певец и гитарист.

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