Constance Amiot (born 1978) is a French writer-composer-performer of songs in French and English in an acoustic pop-folk style. Born to French parents in

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in the

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, she grew up in

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and the United States, settling in

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, '' RFI'', 16 May 2007, Retrieved 2011-05-29 She began her music career as a pianist in a rock group named ''Virus'' that performed cover versions of

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songs, all the while pursuing her studies in law, literature and sound engineering. She adopted the guitar as her instrument of preference, influenced by artists like

Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. Chapman is best known for her hit singles " Fast Car" and " Give Me One Reason". Chapman was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she release ...

. After a first self-produced album ''Whisperwood'' (2003), she next recorded an album in New York called ''Fairytale'', (April 2007 on the

Tôt ou tard Tôt ou Tard (stylized as tôt Ou tard) is an independent French record label. It was founded in 1996 as a break-off from Warner Music Group, and turned independent in 2002. The name of the label can be translated as "Sooner or later" in Frenc ...

label), with the participation of Jeff Pevar, Ben Wisch, Sean Pelton,

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and the contribution of some lyrics by

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Discography

*''Whisperwood'' (2005) *''Fairytale'' (2007), Tôt ou tard/Warner *''Once Twice'' (2011), Tôt Ou Tard / Warner *''Blue Green Tomorrows'' EP (2012), Believe Digital *''12ème Parallèle'' (2014), Believe Digital

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1978 births Living people People from Abidjan Singers from Paris French women pop singers French expatriates in Ivory Coast French expatriates in Cameroon French expatriates in the United States 21st-century French women singers {{France-bio-stub