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Matthieu Chedid (born 21 December 1971) is a French multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter.
Chedid began his career as a session musician playing both acoustic and electric guitar. In the late 1990s, he rose to fame as a singer-songwriter and musician under the alias M (often stylized as -M-), blending Nouvelle Chanson, Electronic music and rock music. In studio, he experiments with various instruments and electronic music, while on tour as -M- he mostly plays the guitar, and is known for his eccentric outfits and dramatic live performances, sometimes including special effects.
Chedid has also performed in the 2005 stage musical Le soldat rose and is part of French-Malian band Lamomali. Since 2018, he has been the most awarded artist at the Victoires de la Musique Awards with 13 awards, tied with Alain Bashung.
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 was part of short-lasting groups such as Tam Tam, Les Bébés fous and Les Poissons Rouges with Mathieu Boogaerts, as well as Julien Voulzy and Pierre Souchon (respectively the sons of singers Laurent Voulzy and Alain Souchon) who went on to form the duo Les Cherche Midi.
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.
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".
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.
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.
He worked with Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté on a collective album, Lamomali, released in March 2017 Lamomali, futur album à la croisée des mondes, par 2yeuxet1plume / Autour de Matthieu Chedid (French) The album also features many well regarded names from the world music scene, such as Philippe Jaroussky, Oxmo Puccino, Youssou N'Dour, Seu Jorge, and Fatoumata Diawara, lending a mesmeric world music flavour to it that celebrates cultural diversity and world peace. The album "showcases musical stylings from across the planet, whilst at its core it contains a traditional West African rhythm".
In 2019, he released the studio album, Lettre infinie, featuring collaborations from Thomas Bangalter and Phillipe Zdar. His album Rêvalité was released in June 2022.
| 1999 | Best new artist | |
| Best music video : Machistador (réal. Émilie Chedid) | ||
| 2000 | Male artist of the year | |
| Tour of the Year ( Je dis aime à l'Elysée Montmartre et en tournée) | ||
| Album pop-rock of the year ( Je dis aime) | ||
| 2004 | Male artist of the year | |
| Tour of the Year ( L'Avantour à l'Elysée Montmartre) | ||
| 2005 | Male artist of the year | |
| Album of the year ( Qui de nous deux?) | ||
| Tour of the Year (M à l'Olympia et en tournée) | ||
| Best music videos on DVD : Les Leçons de musique de -M- (réal. : Émilie Chedid]]) | ||
| Best music video ( Ma Mélodie, réal. : Cyril Houplain) | ||
| 2006 | Best music video ( La Bonne Étoile, réal. : Laurent Seroussi) | |
| Best music video ( Est-ce que tu aimes ? par Arthur H et -M-, réal. : Rodolphe Pauly) | ||
| 2007 | Best music videos on DVD (tournée En tête à tête, réal.: Thierry Gautier et Sylvain Leduc) | |
| Best score soundntrack of the year (B.O. de Ne le dis à personne) | ||
| 2010 | Album of the year ( Mister Mystère) | |
| >Tour of the Year (M à la Cigale - Auguri Productions) | ||
| 2011 | >Tour of the Year (-M- au château de Versailles - Auguri Productions) | |
| 2012 | Best music video ( La Seine par Vanessa Paradis et -M-, réal. : Bibo Bergeron) | |
| Best music videos on DVD ( Les Saisons de passage, réal. : Laurent Thessier) | ||
| 2013 | >Male artist of the year | |
| Album of the year ( Îl) | ||
| Best music video ( Mojo, réal. : Beryl Koltz) | ||
| 2014 | Tour of the Year ( Îl(s) - Labo M / Auguri Productions) | |
| 2016 | Tour of the Year ( Louis, Matthieu, Joseph et Anna Chedid à l'Olympia, à l'Opéra Garnier et en tournée - Auguri Productions) | |
| 2018 | World music album of the year ( Lamomali avec Toumani et Sidiki Diabaté, Fatoumata Diawara) |
| 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 | 7 | 11 | |
| 2022 | Rêvalité | 2 | 9 | 27 |
Collaborations
Live albums
| 2001 | 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 | |||
| 2019 | Le grand petit concert | 24 |
Soundtracks
| 2007 | Ne le dis à personne (soundtrack) | 103 | |||
| 2011 | Un monstre à Paris (soundtrack by Vanessa Paradis & -M- / Patrice Renson) | 7 | 10 |
Rereleases
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| 1997 | "Le baptême" / "La grosse bombe" (limited release) | |||
| 1998 | "Au suivant" | |||
| 2000 | "Le complexe du corn flakes" | |||
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