Renaud

Renaud, popular name of  Renaud Séchan (born 1952, Paris) is a French singer and songwriter. He sang Dans mon H.L.M., Laisse béton, Les Bobos, Manhattan-Kaboul, Marche à l’ombre, Mistral gagnant, Molly Malone and Mon beauf’. In the 90s,  he was a contributor for the satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo.

 Personal life 
In August 2005, Renaud married Romane Serda. In September 2011, Romane divorced Renaud on the account of his alcoholism and depression.

 Discography 

Studio albums
YearAlbumPeak positionsNotes FR BEL (Wa) SWI1975 Amoureux de Paname (Polydor)1977Laisse béton (Polydor)1979Ma gonzesse (Polydor)1980Marche à l'ombre (Polydor)1981Le Retour de Gérard Lambert (Polydor)1983Morgane de toi (Polydor)Sold over 1,500,000 copies1985Mistral gagnant (Virgin)Sold over 2,000,000 copies; it was Renaud's most successful album until 2002's Boucan d'enfer1988Putain de camion (Virgin)1991Marchand de cailloux (Virgin)1992Renaud cante el' Nord (Virgin)Traditional folk songs from the north of France1994À la Belle de Mai (Virgin)1996Renaud chante Brassens (Virgin)2210Interpretation of songs by Georges Brassens2002Boucan d'enfer (Virgin)111Sold over 2,200,000 copies the most successful Renaud album to date2006Rouge Sang (EMI)1132009Molly Malone – Balade irlandaise (EMI)14342016Renaud (Parlophone, Warner Music)1122019Les mômes et les enfants d'abord (Parlophone, Warner Music)1132022Métèque (Parlophone, Warner)1152023Dans mes cordes (Parlophone, Warner)1010

Live albums
 1980: Bobino (Polydor)
 1981: Le P'tit bal du samedi soir et autres chansons réalistes (Polydor)
 1982: Un Olympia pour moi tout seul (Polydor)
 1989: Visage pâle rencontrer public (Virgin)

YearAlbumPeak positionsNotes FR BEL (Wa) SUI1996 Paris-Province: Aller / Retour (Virgin)29322003 Tournée d'enfer (EMI)16382007 Tournée Rouge Sang - Paris Bercy + Hexagone (Ceci-Celà)1638

Compilations
YearAlbumPeak positionsNotes FR BEL (Wa) SUI1995 Les Introuvables29A collection of rarities Ma compil36 85-956 The Meilleur of Renaud 75-8511 The Very Meilleur of Renaud 1975/1995142000 L'absolutely meilleur of Renaud292006 Les 100 plus belles Chansons 1975-198376 Les 100 plus belles Chansons 1985-200622011 Le plein de super!15333CD Best Of2012 Intégrale 2012762002014 Les 50 plus belles chansons5759 Les 100 plus belles chansons 1985-2006 (5 CDs)18522020 L'album de sa vie13481 The totale of la bande à Renaud3811062 CD tribute to Renaud by Various Artists2021 Putain de Best Of!163 CD digipack

Singles
YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum FR BEL (Fl) BEL (Wa) SUI1986 "Miss Maggie"13Mistral gagnant1991 "Marchand de cailloux"25Marchand de cailloux1992 "P'tit voleur"35 "La ballade nord-irlandaise"442002 "Docteur Renaud, Mister Renard"236(Ultratip)Boucan d'enfer "Manhattan-Kaboul" (with Axelle Red)2344372003 "Coeur perdu"9111(Ultratip)2005 "Anaïs Nin (Romane Serda feat. Renaud)123161 "Dans la jungle"311964Rouge Sang2006 "Les bobos"81651 "Arrêter la clope!"313(Ultratip)2009 "Vagabonds"19(Ultratip)Molly Malone – Balade irlandaise2011 "La liberté en cavale" (Dr. Tom)30(Ultratip)2012 "Mistral gagnant"102Mistral gagnant2015 "Ta batterie"362016 "Toujours debout"1248

Movies
 Germinal (1993) as Étienne Lantier
 Crime Spree (2003) as Zéro

Awards
 1993: Traditional music album of the year award for "Renaud cante el' Nord"
 2001: Lifetime achievement award
 2003: Three awards given for: Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year (for Manhattan-Kaboul with Axelle Red)

 References 

Category:1952 births 
Category:Singers from Paris
Category:French songwriters
Category:Living people

 Other websites 

Biography of Renaud, from Radio France Internationale