Nicki Faransanci

**Nicola Sharon French** (born 26 September 1964) is an English singer. She is best known for her 1995 dance cover version of Bonnie Tyler’s "Total Eclipse of the Heart", which reached the US and UK top 5, and for representing the United Kingdom in the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm.

## Rayuwa da aiki

### 1964–1993
An haifi Faransanci a Carlisle, Cumberland, Ingila . 

Faransanci ta farko "gig" ta zo ne tun tana  ƴar shekara baƙwai, lokacin da aka zaba ta raira aya ta farko ta "O Little Town of Bethlehem" a wasan kwaikwayo na Kirsimeti na makarantar jarirai.

Tun yana da shekaru 16, Faransanci ya yi karatun kiɗa da wasan kwaikwayo a Kwalejin West Kent da ke Tonbridge, Kent . Ta taka muhimmiyar rawa ta Laurey a *Oklahoma!* kafin ya koma London kuma ya fara sauraro don ƙungiyoyi da wasan kwaikwayo.

### 1980s-1993: Farawar kiɗa
A tsakiyar shekarun 1980, Faransanci ya kasance wani ɓangare na duo Whisky da Sofa . Sun fito da "Dirty Den" a shekarar 1986. 

A shekara ta 1991, an yi wa Faransanci rajista a matsayin jagora a cikin jerin abubuwan da aka nuna a kan jirgin ruwa, yawon shakatawa a Turai da bayan haka kuma yana rufe waƙoƙi daga mataki da allo.

A shekara ta 1992, Faransanci ya ba da goyon baya a kan kundin Rose-Marie na 1992, Emotional Exposure . Gabaɗaya, Faransanci ta kasance mawaƙiya ta zaman shekaru da yawa kafin ta rufe "Total Eclipse of the Heart".

### 1994-1999: Matsayi mafi girma, ''Asirin'' da ''Haɗin Faransanci''
A cikin 1994, Faransanci ya rufe "Total Eclipse of the Heart", waƙar da Bonnie Tyler ta shahara. Waƙar ta kai lamba ta 5 a lokacin ginshiƙi na watanni uku a kan UK Singles Chart,  sayar da fiye da 250,000 (UK) kofe a cikin tsari kuma samun kyautar tallace-tallace na azurfa.  A Amurka, waƙar ta kai lamba 2, ta kwashe watanni shida a kan jadawalin ''Billboard'' Hot 100  kuma ta sami takardar shaidar zinariya daga RIAA.  Hakanan ya kai lamba 1 a kasashe da yawa - Japan, Kanada, Spain da Brazil - da kuma tsarawa a Australia, Jamus, Italiya, Mexico, Netherlands, Denmark da Norway. Faransanci ya sayar da fiye da miliyan 5.

Her second single, "For All We Know", a cover version of the Carpenters' song, peaked at number 42 on the UK Singles Chart. French's debut album, *Secrets*, was released in 1995 and further singles from the album included "Is There Anybody Out There?", "Did You Ever Really Love Me?" and "Never in a Million Years". French was Mike Stock's Love This Records's biggest artist before it went into liquidation. *Secrets* sold over 50,000 copies in its first week of sale in the US.

A shekara ta 1997, Faransanci ta fitar da *Juyin Juya Halin Faransa*. Ɗaya daga cikin "Te Amo" ya kai lamba 4 a Brazil. *Juyin Juya Halin Faransa* ya sami nasara a Japan da Taiwan amma Faransanci ta bar ta da lakabin rikodin bayan sake ginawa. [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida]

### 2000-yanzu: Gasar Waƙoƙin Eurovision da rarrabuwa

A gasar Eurovision Song ta 2000, Faransanci ta wakilci Ingila tare da "Kada ku sake buga wannan waƙar". Jama'ar Burtaniya ne suka zaɓi waƙar a gaban wasu 'yan wasan karshe bakwai a rediyo da talabijin. Faransanci sun gama gasar a matsayi na 16. Waƙar ta shiga a lamba 34 a cikin sashin Burtaniya.

Faransanci ta sanya hannu ga lakabin Jim Steinman na Ravenous Records na ɗan gajeren lokaci a cikin 2000, a lokacin da ta rubuta "Lovers Again" da "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad", babu wanda aka sake shi a kasuwanci. [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida]&#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup>

A shekara ta 2003, Faransanci na ɗaya daga cikin masu fafatawa tara a cikin fitowar Eurovision ta musamman ta BBC Television's The Weakest Link . Haɗuwa da Sonia, Lyn Paul, James Fox, Katie Boyle, Bobby Gee, Jessica Garlick, Katrina Leskanich da Jemini a cikin wasan kwaikwayon da Anne Robinson ta shirya, Faransanci ta lashe taron kuma an ayyana ta 'The Strongest Link' ta tara £ 13,000 don Binciken Ciwon daji, bayan ta rasa mahaifinta zuwa ciwon daji a shekarar 1997. [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida]<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;

A shekara ta 2007, an jefa Faransanci a matsayin mai ba da gudummawa ga asalin London na Menopause the Musical, tare da Su Pollard . Daga baya ta kasance wani ɓangare na duk shirye-shiryen Burtaniya da Irish, kuma ta taka rawa uku daga cikin matsayi huɗu a duk lokacin da take da alaƙa da wasan kwaikwayon, ta ɗaukaka ta zuwa jefawa a cikin manyan matsayi. [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida]&#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup>

A shekara ta 2008, Faransanci ta shiga cikin wasan kwaikwayo na farko, tana wasa da Sarauniya Genevieve a cikin Sleeping Beauty a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Chipping Norton . Pantomime ya sami babban bita, ya sanya shi cikin manyan pantomimes 10 a Burtaniya a cikin jaridar Daily Telegraph .  A shekara ta 2009, Faransanci ya buga Fairy Godmother a cikin ''Cinderella'' don New Pantomime Productions . [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida]<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;

A shekara ta 2009, wani bugu na musamman na kundi na biyu na Faransanci, *Juyin Juya Halin Faransa*, ya kasance. Sake sakewa ya ƙunshi waƙoƙi goma sha bakwai kuma ya haɗa da dukkan waƙoƙinta uku na baya-bayan nan tare da sigar da ba a sake bugawa ba na "Total Eclipse of the Heart".

A watan Agustan shekara ta 2010, Faransanci ya zagaya Burtaniya a cikin kiɗa *Annie*,  yana yin matsayi daban-daban guda takwas a kowane dare a cikin wasan kwaikwayon mai tsawo, kuma ya kasance mai ba da gudummawa ga rawar Miss Hannigan, wanda Su Pollard ya buga. [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida]&#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup>

A cikin 2014, shekaru 20 bayan nasarar "Total Eclipse of the Heart", Mike Stock da Faransanci sun sake yin aiki tare, suna yin rikodin sabbin waƙoƙi don lakabinsa na Modal Production Group (MPG Ltd). Sakin farko daga zaman studio shine lambar rawa "Wannan Ƙaunar". A cewar Stock, "saƙon waƙar bikin soyayya ne da sadaukarwa". [ana buƙatar ƙa'ida]<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;

A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2023, Faransanci ta fitar da kundin murfin *Eurovision*, mai taken Eurovision.  Wannan ya ƙunshi gyare-gyare daga EP dinta uku da suka gabata da sabbin waƙoƙi biyu.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
An haifi Faransanci a Carlisle ga Joseph da Eileen . Tana da 'yan uwa uku. Iyalin Faransanci sun ƙaura lokacin da Nicki ke da shekaru huɗu kuma suka zauna a Tenterden, Kent. Ta halarci Makarantar Homewood da Kwalejin West Kent a Tonbridge .

Faransan I have ya auri Gavin Mallett, ƙwararren mawaƙi, a watan Yulin 1993 a Cocin St. Mildred, Tenterden . Ma'auratan sun zauna a Middlesex. Yanzu sun sake aure.

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