Charlotte Bendaoud (; born 14 March 1983), known by her stage name Vitaa (), is a French singer-songwriter.

Biography

Vitaa was discovered by DJ Kost, who paired her with

Dadoo Mamadou Diouma Daniel Camara (born 1974, in Toulouse, France), better known as Dadoo (), is a French rapper and also a member of rap band . He has performed several duets with singer Vitaa. Dadoo is competing in his second Lavaman Triathlon in 2 ...

in a duet . They sang "Pas à pas" ('Step by Step'). It was at this event that she was first called "Vitaa." She worked for several years in collaboration with various hip hop and R&B artists and eventually with

Diam's Mélanie Georgiades (; born 25 July 1980 in Nicosia), better known by her stage name Diam's (), is a French rapper of Greek Cypriot origin. Biography Mélanie Marie Georgiades was born on July 25, 1980 in Nicosia, capital of Cyprus. Her mother ...

and Pit Baccardi on ''Oublie'', then a solo on the album ''Première classe RnB'' with the song "Ma sœur" ('My Sister'). She performed a second duet with Dadoo, "Sur ta route" ('On Your Way'), then made several more duets with various other singers, including "Mytho" with Mafia K'1 Fry, "Bol d'air" with

Rohff Housni M'Kouboi (; born 15 December 1977), better known as Rohff and at times stylized as Roh2f, is a French rapper. Born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, to a family of Comoran origin, he immigrated in 1985 to France living in Vitry-sur-Seine, in ...

and Jasmin. Vitaa later collaborated with Diam's on the song "Confessions Nocturnes", with which she became known to the general French public. allmusic ((( Vitaa > Biography )))/ref> Since then, Vitaa has appeared on the track "Peur d'aimer" ('Fear of Loving') with

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and "Ne dis jamais" ('Never Say') with

Sinik Thomas Gérard Idir (; born 26 June 1980), better known by his stage name Sinik, is a French-language rap artist. He is also known as Malsain, L'assassin and S.I.N.I.K.. His father is Algerian while his mother is French. In 2001, he founded hi ...

. The first artist signed to the label Motown France, Vitaa released her debut solo album ''A fleur de toi'' on 5 February 2007, which peaked at number one in France.lescharts.com – Vitaa – À fleur de toi
/ref> The music video for the album's title track was filmed in

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, Canada. Vitaa was the opening act for

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show in Paris.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Charting singles *Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. Other singles *2007: "Ma soeur" *2007: "Toi" *2007: "Pourquoi les hommes?" *2008: "Mon paradis secret" *2009: "Une fille pas comme les autres" *2010: "Pour que tu restes" Featured in *Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Collaborations

*"Pas à Pas" with

*"Mytho" with

Mafia K'1 Fry Mafia K-1 Fry sometimes stylized as Mafia K'1 Fry is a French collective of hip hop artists, rappers, beatboxers, DJs, MCs and music producers mostly coming from the Val-de-Marne and the Orly-Choisy-Vitry-Joinville axis (being locations in Orly - ...

*"Bol d'air" with

*"Oublie" with Pit Baccardi and

*"Sur ta route" with

*"Fille facile" with

*"C.B" with Casus Belli *"Confessions nocturnes" with

; (It was parodied by

Fatal Bazooka Fatal Bazooka () is a French comedy rap character by Michaël Youn, and a former band including himself, Vincent Desagnat and Benjamin Morgaine. The act originated in a 2002 TV show which its members hosted at the time. Fatal Bazooka is also t ...

featuring Vitoo as "Mauvaise foi nocturne" (

Pascal Obispo Pascal Michel Obispo (; born 8 January 1965) is a French singer-songwriter. Biography Pascal Obispo, son of Max Obispo (a former Bordeaux Girondins football player of Basque origin) and Nicole Guérin (originally from Angers), was born on 8 J ...

is Vitoo)) *"Ne dis jamais" with

*"La gomme" with

*"Peur d'aimer" with Nessbeal *"Ma sœur" remix with

Mac Tyer Socrate Petteng (born April 23, 1979), better known as Mac Tyer (), is a French rapper of Cameroonian descent, from Aubervilliers, Île-de-France. He is also known as Monsieur Socrate or mononym Socrate. He was also member of Perestroika, a rap/ ...

*"Ma sœur" remix with Diam's *"Tu Peux Choisir" with Gage

References

External links

Official website
* * {{Authority control 1983 births Living people Musicians from Mulhouse 21st-century French singers 21st-century French women singers