Brigitte (duo)

Brigitte
Brigitte performing at the Festival Fnac Live, Paris, 23 July 2011
Background information
Origin	Paris, France
Genres	Indie folk, indie pop, neo soul
Years active	2008–2021
Labels	3ème Bureau - Wagram
Members	Sylvie Hoarau Aurélie Saada
Website	MySpace page

Brigitte is a French indie folk musical duo formed in 2008 by Sylvie Hoarau (the brunette) and Aurélie Saada (the blonde).[1] Their 2011 debut full-length album Et vous, tu m'aimes ?, went platinum in France. It is sold through both French and the U.S. iTunes Store.[2]

On February 8, 2021, Saada said in an Instagram post that the duo had separated.[3][4]

Naming

Brigitte is a take on famous Brigittes of yore, such as Brigitte Bardot; in an interview, one of them said:[5]

Brigitte, c'est rétro, notre style, c'est les années 50, c'est français, c'est Brigitte Bardot, c'est Brigitte Lahaie, c'est la tante qui cuisine, c'est la femme du cousin. Brigitte, c'est la femme au pluriel.

— Aurélie Maggiori, Sud Ouest, 21 July 2010

(Brigitte is retro, our style it's the 50s, it's French, it's Brigitte Bardot, it's Brigitte Lahaie, the aunt that cooks, the cousin's wife. Brigitte is the woman in plural)

In popular culture

• English version of "Oh la la" was used for a Lancôme advertisement.[6]
• "La Poudrière" was used as soundtrack for a short directed by Aurélie Saada for Vogue Eyewear.[7]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak positions			Certification	Notes
		BEL Wa [8]	FR [9]	SWI
2011	Et vous, tu m'aimes? Release date: 11 April 2011 Record label: 3ème Bureau - Wagram	4	14	64
2012	Encore Release date: 2012 Record label:	—	107	—
2014	À bouche que veux-tu Release date: 14 November 2014 Record label: Columbia Records (Sony)	23	7	39	SNEP: 2× Platinum[10]
2017	Nues Release date: 17 November 2017 Record label: Columbia Records (Sony)	25	16	50	SNEP: Platinum[10]
2019	Toutes nues Release date: 29 November 2019 Record label: Columbia Records (Sony)	124	15 [11]	—

EPs

Year	EP
2011	Battez-vous (EP)

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions		Album
		BEL Wa	FR [9]
2010	"Ma Benz" (remake of a Suprême NTM hit)	33* (Ultratip)	72 [12]
2011	"Battez-vous"	10	72
	"Oh la la"	3* (Ultratip)	—
	"Coeur de chewing gum"	14* (Ultratip)	—
2014	"À bouche que veux-tu"	28* (Ultratip)	18
	"J'sais pas"	—	68
2017	"Palladium"	—	22 [13]

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Covers

• "Ma Benz" by NTM[14]
• "Rockin' Robin" by Michael Jackson
• "Concerto pour une Voix" by Saint Preux
• "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith and Run–D.M.C.[14]
• "Allumer le feu" by Johnny Hallyday[14]
• "Les Vacances au bord de la mer" by Michel Jonasz (Soundtrack of Thelma, Louise et Chantal)
• "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
• "Chez les Yéyés" by Serge Gainsbourg on France Inter - March 2011[14]
• "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael on Taratata fête la Musique - 2011-06-21[14]
• "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle", by Carmen for the ad Bledina - July 2011
• "The Bay" by Metronomy[14]

References

1. "Brigitte". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
2. "Brigitte on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
3. "aureliesaada on Instagram". Retrieved 2021-12-08.
4. "C'est la fin du duo Brigitte, Aurélie partage son émotion sans filtre sur Instagram". 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
5. "Deux drôles de dames". Sud Ouest (in French). 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
6. "Brigitte reprend "Oh la la" pour une pub Lancôme".
7. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Aurélie Saada - for Vogue Eyewear. YouTube.
8. "Discographie Brigitte". Ultratop. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
9. "Discographie Tal". lescharts.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
10. "Les Certifications – Brigitte". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
11. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 47, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
12. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 49, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
13. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 36, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
14. "Et vous tu m'aimes ? (Encore) by Brigitte". iTunes. 30 November 2012.