Ilona Mitrecey

Ilona Mitrecey (born 1 September 1993 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Seine), more commonly known as Ilona, is a French singer.

Ilona
Birth nameIlona Mitrecey
Born (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993
OriginFontenay-aux-Roses, France
GenresPop, Eurodance
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2004–present
LabelsScorpio Music

Biography

Ilona always dreamed to become a stuntwoman or filmmaker. Her parents knew an Italian music producer who was looking for a kid to record a song in French for the Italian market and asked Ilona. A few years after, the record label decided to release the song in France and that's when Ilona became famous.

She became famous in France after the release of her hit single, "Un Monde parfait" ("A Perfect World"), a high-energy eurodance song which had already been released in Italy in March 2004 under the name 'Très Bien featuring Ilona', on 28 February 2005. The song reached #1 on France's SNEP charts on 6 March 2005, and stayed on top of the charts for 15 weeks. Her second single, "C'est les vacances", was released on 20 June 2005.

Ilona finished highschool at Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly-sur-Seine in Hauts-de-Seine. She has sung in many advertisements. Her father was the singer in the band playing in some shows of Canal Plus and he composed the music of some films of Max Pécas, and her mother, Sylvie, works at the Michel Lafon publishing house. Her mother is now in a relationship with Rachid Arhab, a famous French journalist.

Her album was released on 10 October 2005.

Ilona very rarely does live performances, but she was coaxed into appearing on the nationally acclaimed show Hit Machine on M6 prior to the success of the single "Un Monde parfait".

In 2007, Ilona won an EBBA Award. Every year the EBBA recognizes the success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released album in the past year.

In 2007, she decided to stop her singing career to focus on her studies and enrolled in cinema studies between France and New York where she lived for one year. She has now finished her studies and is trying to find her dream job.[1] She still records voices for commercials in France from time to time because she finds it fun but does it anonymously because she prefers to keep it quiet.

Ilona currently has a YouTube account and still posts some of her albums, but prefers to keep it mononymously as 'Ilona'.

In 2020, Ilona returned with a new album, titled Magical World.[2]

Discography

Albums
Year Information Chart
FRA FRA (DD) BEL (Wa) SWI POR GER
2005 Un monde parfait
  • First studio album
  • Released: 10 October 2005
2
6
9
31
2
14
2006 Laissez-nous respirer
  • Second studio album
  • Released: 20 November 2006
70
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2020 Magical World
  • Third studio album
  • Released: 26 July 2020
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Singles
Year Single Chart Album
FR FR (DD) BE (WA) CH AUT NL DE
2005 "Un Monde parfait" 1 5 1 3 3 92 2 Un Monde parfait
"C'est les vacances" 2 6 3 6 — — 61
"Dans ma fusée" 3 — 13 34 — — —
"Noël, que du bonheur" 5 — 10 — — — —
2006 "Allô, allô" 10 — 35 — — — —
"Laissez-nous respirer" 16 — — — — — — Laissez-nous respirer
"Chiquitas" 13 — — — — — —
2020 "Gacha Life" 14 — — — — —
Magical World "La folie" 15 — — — — —

Main

DVD
Year Information Chart
FR
2005 Un Monde parfait
  • DVD containing Ilona's music videos
  • Released: 5 December 2005
4
2020 Magical World
  • DVD containing Ilona's music videos
  • Released: 26 July 2020
4

See also

References
  1. Emile, Raphaël (3 July 2018). "Ilona Mitrecey : que devient l'interprète du cultissime Un monde parfait ? (VIDEO)". www.programme-tv.net (in French). Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. "Ilona Mitrecey fait son grand retour avec un nouvel album". Music Shaker. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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