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Fabienne Demal (born 15 February 1968), better known by her stage name Axelle Red, is a Belgian singer-songwriter. She has released 12 albums, including '' Sans plus attendre'', '' À Tâtons'', '' Toujours Moi'' and '' Jardin Secret''. She is best known for her 1993 single " Sensualité", a hit in
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in 1994.


Biography


Early years

Axelle Red was born as Fabienne Demal on 15 February 1968 in
Hasselt Hasselt (, , ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium. As of 1 August 2023, Hasselt had a total population of 80,846. The old ...
,
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, Belgium, the daughter of Roland Demal, a solicitor in Hasselt and a councillor for the
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(VLD) in the City Council. She has lived in Paris and currently lives in a village near
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. In 1983, aged 14, Fabienne Demal produced her first single, "Little Girls", using the artist name Fabby. In 1986, she chose the artist name Axelle Red. Her stage name was not only a reference to the color of her hair. It was also a nod to the character of the singer, namely 'fiery' and 'fighting'.


1990s

Axelle Red graduated from the
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(VUB) as a lawyer in 1993. Despite her Flemish origin, she decided to focus on a French-language career. In 1993, her first album '' Sans Plus Attendre'' was released, which immediately resulted in her artistic break-out in France, Switzerland, Canada and Belgium, where sales amounted to more than 200,000. Axelle Red received an
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platinum award for sales of more than 1 million; a year later she sold out the
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for the first time. In 1998, she married Filip Vanes (still her husband and manager at Music & Roses). That year, she also sang the official anthem, " La Cour des Grands", with
Youssou N'Dour Youssou N'Dour (, ; also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' described him as, "perhaps the m ...
at the opening ceremony of the
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in the
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outside
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, before a television audience of over a billion people. Seven months pregnant with her daughter, Janelle, in her shows devoted to
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and
rhythm and blues Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predomina ...
she was joined by her heroes,
Wilson Pickett Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter. A major figure in the development of soul music, Pickett recorded more than 50 songs that made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the '' ...
,
Sam Moore Samuel David Moore (October 12, 1935 – January 10, 2025) was an American singer who was best known as a member of the soul and R&B duo Sam & Dave from 1961 to 1981. He was a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame (f ...
,
Eddie Floyd Eddie Lee Floyd (born June 25, 1937) is an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s, including the No. 1 R&B hit song " Knock on Wood". Early life and education Floy ...
,
Percy Sledge Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 â€“ April 14, 2015) was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song " When a Man Loves a Woman", a No. 1 hit on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 19 ...
and
Ann Peebles Ann Lee Peebles (born April 27, 1947) is an American retired singer and songwriter who gained popularity for her Memphis soul albums of the 1970s while signed to Hi Records. Her most successful singles include " I Can't Stand the Rain", which s ...
. Axelle supported
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's grand benefit concert in Paris, although under doctor's orders, she was advised not to perform herself due to her pregnancy. That same year saw the release of her Spanish album, '' Con Solo Pensarlo''. In 1999, Axelle received the most important music award in France for female artist of the year, the Victoire de la Musique, while her third studio album, '' Toujours Moi'', was also released, written and produced by herself. It sold more than 800,000 copies.


2000s

In 2002, her fourth studio album, '' Face A / Face B'', was released. The title refers to the vinyl records from the sixties labelled "fast and slow" side (an up-tempo side for dancing and a ballad side for slows). It was a co-production with producer Al Stone. In 2003, her second daughter, Gloria, was born. A CD box was also released comprising three CDs with numerous previously unreleased tracks such as duets with
Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour ( ; ; ; born Shahnur Vaghinak Aznavourian; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a Armenians in France, French singer and songwriter of Armenian descent. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: clear and ringi ...
,
Francis Cabrel Francis Christian Cabrel (; born 23 November 1953) is a French singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist. Considered one of the most influential French musical artists of all time, he has released a number of albums falling mostly within the real ...
, Stephan Eicher,
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,
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and Tom Barman. Her duet with
Renaud Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (; born 11 May 1952 in Paris), known as Renaud, is a French singer-songwriter. With twenty-six albums to his credit, selling nearly twenty million copies, he is one of France's most popular singers. Several of h ...
, "
Manhattan-Kaboul "Manhattan- Kaboul" is a French song written by Renaud and composed by Jean-Pierre Bucolo, sung by Renaud in duo with Axelle Red, from the album '' Boucan d'enfer'' (2002). It was written in the aftermath of the incidents of September 11, 2001 an ...
", had the most airplay in France that year and notched up sales of more than 800,000 singles, for which Axelle and Renaud received an
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at Midem in
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. In 2004, Axelle made her acting debut in Rudolf Mestdagh's film '' Ellektra''. '' French Soul'', her first 'Best Of' compilation, was released with two previously unreleased songs "
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" and "J'ai Fait Un RĂŞve", an homage to
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Axelle directed the two videos herself. Pregnant with a third daughter, Billie, she ended the year with a lightning visit to
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with UNICEF emergency aid for the people who had been hit so badly by the
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. In May, she joined
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and
Youssou N'Dour Youssou N'Dour (, ; also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' described him as, "perhaps the m ...
at the
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concert on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the
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, at which Axelle was thanked by
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for her humanitarian work with the various NGOs. Together with
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, she was also the spokesperson for ''
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'' in France and performed on 2 July 2005 at the Palace of Versailles in front of 200,000 people during the benefit. 2006 saw the release of '' Jardin Secret'', Axelle's fifth studio album. The tracks were recorded in Willie Mitchell's Royal Studios in Memphis. In September 2006, Axelle received the highest artistic honour, becoming ''
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'', presented to her by the French Minister of culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres. She also took part in the
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against intolerance and racism in
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and
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. In 2008 she wrote her first album in English, ''Sisters & Empathy'', and recorded it with her regular musicians, Michael Toles and Lester Snell from Memphis and
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and Damon Duewhite from
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.


2010s

In 2011, a new album was released, Un Coeur Comme le Mien (A heart like mine), carried by the single La Claque. It became a certified gold record in Belgium. After two concerts in May in Paris and Brussels, a tour was scheduled from October 2011 to summer 2012. The album Rouge Ardent from 2013 marked a return to soul pop. Different musicians cooperated on this album: Gérard Manset, author of Je te l'avais dit,
Christophe Miossec Christophe Miossec (born 24 December 1964 in Brest, Brittany, France) is a French singer and songwriter. Beginnings Christophe Miossec was not new to the world of music when he met his first success. Between 14 and 17, he was in a teenage ban ...
and Stephan Eicher, in co-writing for De mieux en mieux, and
Albert Hammond Albert Louis Hammond Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 18 May 1944) is a Gibraltarians, Gibraltarian singer, songwriter and record producer. A prolific songwriter, he also collaborated with other songwriters such as Mike Hazlewood, John B ...
(Ce cœur en or, Je te l'avais dit) the album was number 1 when it was released in Belgium and went gold in Belgium. Also in 2013, an Axelle Red Fashion Victim exhibition was presented at the Modemuseum in her hometown, Hasselt. She joined the jury for the third season of ''
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'', broadcast from January to May 2014 on VTM. On 30 October 2015, ''The Songs (Acoustic)'' was released, an acoustic compilation of covers and some original tracks. On ''Exil'', her album released in 2018, Axelle Red switched from soul to more electronic and rock music. Once more,
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cooperated on this album, together with
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and Dave Stewart. The album's release was followed by a tour in Belgium and France.


2020s

Somewhat different from her repertoire, in 2022 Red released a Christmas album with covers. The album contains soulful versions of songs like "
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" and "
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", but above all she focussed on less common songs. The album was followed by a winter tour, and the 2022
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also featured Axelle Red, next to
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and
Kool & the Gang Kool & the Gang is an American Rhythm and blues, R&B, soul music, soul, and funk band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964. Its founding members include brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell (musician), Ronald Bell (also known as " ...
. In 2023, a new tour in Belgium celebrates her thirty-year career, and features mostly best-of setlists.


Social activities

Since 1997, Axelle Red has been an ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (
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), standing up for the rights of children and women in war-torn regions and developing countries. That same year she devoted herself to the Ottawa Convention against land mines and in the poverty-stricken
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. After being forced to flee the riots in the
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in June 2004, in July of that year Axelle campaigned in
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with
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against female circumcision and child marriages. Red travelled to the north of
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in 2005 for the French
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/Agir Ici's campaign, "Make noise till Hong Kong". She spoke up for honest trade prices. At the European summit, Axelle officially asked
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, chairman of the
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, to increase the budget for the development of the Third World countries. In 2007, Axelle visited poverty-stricken Sierra Leone for the UNICEF campaign "Together, saving 4 million babies", five years after the civil war. Sierra Leone has the largest child mortality in the world. In March 2007, Axelle spoke at the FIFDH (International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights) in Geneva together with the Cambodian director,
Rithy Panh Rithy Panh (; born April 18, 1964) is a Cambodian documentary film director, author and screenwriter. The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. His works are from an authorit ...
, during a debate on prostitution. In December 2007, King Albert II presented her with the medal of ''Commandeur in de Kroonorde'' for her social commitment. In May 2008, the
University of Hasselt Hasselt University ( Dutch: ''Universiteit Hasselt or UHasselt'') is a public research university with campuses in Hasselt and Diepenbeek, Belgium. It has more than 7,500 students and 1,800 academic, administrative and technical staff (2023). Th ...
awarded Axelle the honorary title of ''
Doctor Honoris Causa An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hono ...
'' for her social commitment as an artist and human rights' activist. On the occasion of
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, Axelle was guest speaker at the
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during a debate on
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. As ambassador for Handicap International in 2022, she visited the organization's workshop in Colombia, where efforts are being made to clear the soil of land mines, inch by inch.


Discography

* '' Sans plus attendre'' (1993) * '' À tâtons'' (1996) * '' Con solo pensarlo'' (1998) * '' Toujours moi'' (1999) * '' Alive (in concert)'' (2000) * '' Face A / Face B'' (2002) * '' Jardin secret'' (2006) * ''Sisters & Empathy'' (2008) * ''Un coeur comme le mien'' (2011) * ''Rouge Ardent'' (2013) * ''Exil'' (2018) * ''The Christmas Album'' (2022)


Honours and awards


Decorations

* Commandeur de l'
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: 2006 * Commandeur in the Belgian Order of the Crown: 2007


Distinctions

* '' Doctoratus honoris causa'' of the
Hasselt University Hasselt University ( Dutch: ''Universiteit Hasselt or UHasselt'') is a public research university with campuses in Hasselt and Diepenbeek, Belgium. It has more than 7,500 students and 1,800 academic, administrative and technical staff (2023). Th ...
: 2008


Awards

* Victoires de la Musique: Female artist of the Year: 1999 * IFPI Platinum Europe Awards: 2002 (for 1 million sales of the album "À Tâtons") * Victoires de la Musique: Original song of the year: 2003 (for "Manhattan-Kaboul" with
Renaud Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (; born 11 May 1952 in Paris), known as Renaud, is a French singer-songwriter. With twenty-six albums to his credit, selling nearly twenty million copies, he is one of France's most popular singers. Several of h ...
) *
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's
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: ''Best French song'' for "Manhattan-Kaboul" with Renaud: 2003 * NRJ Music Awards: ''Best French duo'' with Renaud: 2003 * Straffe Madam Award: 2007 *
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's Pop Poll: Best Belgian singer: 2008 * Gouden Klaproos: 2008 * Gouden Huppel of
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: 2014 * Radio 2 Hall of Fame: 2018 * Golden Hasselt Award: 2019


External links

* *
Respect to Axelle : French unofficial website

Biography of Axelle Red
from
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References

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