Vitaa
Charlotte Gonin (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁlɔt gonɛ̃]; born 14 March 1983), known by her stage name Vitaa, is a French singer.
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Background information | |
Born | Mulhouse, France | 14 March 1983
Genres | Pop, R&B |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 2002–present |
Labels | Motown France, Universal |
Website | vitaa |
Biography
She was discovered by DJ Kost, who organized a duet with Dadoo. They sang "Pas à pas" ("Step by Step"). It was at this event that she was first called "Vitaa."
Vitaa worked for several years in collaboration with various hip hop and R&B artists and eventually with Diam's and Pit Baccardi on Oublie, then a solo on the album Première classe RnB with the song "Ma sœur" ("My Sister"). She performed a second duet with Dadoo, "Sur ta route" ("On Your Way"), then made several more duets with various other singers, including "Mytho" with Mafia K'1 Fry, "Bol d'air" with Rohff and Jasmin. Vitaa later collaborated with Diam's on the song "Confessions Nocturnes", with which she became known to the general French public.[1]
Since then, Vitaa has appeared on the track "Peur d'aimer" ("Fear of Loving") with Nessbeal and "Ne dis jamais" with Sinik.[1]
The first artist signed to the label Motown France, Vitaa released her debut solo album A fleur de toi on 5 February 2007, which peaked at number one in France.[2][3] The music video for the album's title track was filmed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Vitaa was the support act for the Paris shows of Rihanna's Last Girl on Earth.
Discography
Albums
Year | Album | Peak positions | Units | ||||
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FR [4] |
BEL (Fl) [5] |
BEL (Wa) [6] |
GER |
SWI [7] | |||
2007 | À fleur de toi | 1 | – | 6 | – | 16 | |
2010 | Celle que je vois | 10 | – | 53 | – | – | |
2013 | Ici et maintenant | 16 | – | 44 | – | – | |
2015 | La même | 27 | – | 28 | – | – | |
2017 | J4M | 12 [8] |
156 | 14 | – | – | |
2019 | VersuS (with Slimane) | 1 [9] |
78 | 1 | 99 | 4 |
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Singles
Charting singles
Year | Single | Peak positions | |||
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FR [4] |
BEL (Fl) Ultratip* |
BEL (Wa) Ultratop [6] |
SWI [7] | ||
2006 | "À fleur de toi" | 14 | – | 6* (Ultratip) |
76 |
2013 | "Game Over" (feat. Maître Gims) |
1 | 68* | 7 | – |
"Liham" | 71 | – | – | – | |
"Un son pour des millions" | 68 | – | – | – | |
"Juste un peu de temps" | 72 | – | – | – | |
2015 | "Vivre" | 11 | – | – | – |
"No Limit" | 28 | – | – | – | |
2016 | "Ça les dérange" (feat. Jul) | 11 | – | – | – |
"Bienvenue à Paris" | 16 | – | – | – | |
"Dans ma tête" | 15 [11] |
– | – | – | |
2017 | "Peine & pitié" | 3 [12] |
29* | 19 | – |
"Comme dab" | 65 [13] |
– | – | – | |
"Un peu de rêve" (feat. Claudio Capéo) |
122 [14] |
– | – | – | |
2018 | "Je te le donne" (with Slimane) |
12 | – | 3 | – |
2019 | "Versus" (with Slimane) |
159 | – | 35 | – |
"Ça va ça vient" (with Slimane) |
45 [15] |
– | 4 | – | |
"Avant toi" (with Slimane) |
11 [16] |
12* | 2 | 56 | |
2020 | "De l'or" (with Slimane) |
– | – | 26 | – |
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Other singles
- 2007: "Ma soeur"
- 2007: "Toi"
- 2007: "Pourquoi les hommes?"
- 2008: "Mon paradis secret"
- 2009: "Une fille pas comme les autres"
- 2010: "Pour que tu restes"
Featured in
Year | Single | Peak positions | ||
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FR [4] |
BEL (Wa) Ultratop [6] |
SWI [7] | ||
2002 | "Pas à pas (La plus bonne de tes copines)" (Dadoo feat. Vitaa) |
46 | – | – |
2006 | "Confessions nocturnes" (Diam's with Vitaa) |
– | 8* (Ultratip) |
– |
"Ne dis jamais" (Sinik feat. Vitaa) |
– | 38* (Ultratip) |
– | |
2018 | "Bella ciao" (Naestro feat. Maître Gims, Vitaa, Dadju & Slimane) |
1 | 13 | 41 |
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Collaborations
- "Pas à Pas" with Dadoo
- "Mytho" with Mafia K'1 Fry
- "Bol d'air" with Rohff
- "Oublie" with Pit Baccardi and Diam's
- "Sur ta route" with Dadoo
- "Fille facile" with Dadoo
- "C.B" with Casus Belli
- "Confessions nocturnes" with Diam's; (It was parodied by Fatal Bazooka featuring Vitoo as "Mauvaise foi nocturne" (Pascal Obispo is Vitoo))
- "Ne dis jamais" with Sinik
- "La gomme" with Diam's
- "Peur d'aimer" with Nessbeal
- "Ma sœur" remix with Mac Tyer
- "Ma sœur" remix with Diam's
- "Tu Peux Choisir" with Gage
References
- allmusic ((( Vitaa > Biography )))
- http://www.disqueenfrance.com/classements/albums/default.asp?j=1&date=362#
- lescharts.com – Vitaa – À fleur de toi
- "Vitaa discography". lescharts.com. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- "Vitaa discography". ultratop.be/nl. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "Vitaa discography". ultratop.be/fr. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- "Vitaa discography". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 19, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- "Top Albums (Week 1, 2020)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- "Vitaa et Slimane : toujours N°1 du Top Albums avec 'VersuS' !". aficia (in French). 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 45, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 10, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 16, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 48, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- "Top Singles (Week 48, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- "Top Singles (Week 3, 2020)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
External links
- (in French) Official website
- Vitaa at AllMusic
- Vitaa at IMDb