57Renaud was born on May 11, 1952 in Paris. With twenty-six albums released, totaling nearly twenty million copies sold, he is one of the most popular singers in France.
Happy birthday to Renaud who is celebrating his 72nd birthday today!
Renaud SechanSays Renaud, was born on May 11, 1952 in Paris. A rebel at heart, he has been influenced since childhood by a taste for protest. He tried his hand at the stage at the beginning of the 70s, when he was hired in the troupe of Romain Bouteille. He then decides to go sing in the metro, accompanied by an accordionist.
The terrible duo stands out while begging in front of the theater where Coluche. Paul Lederman, the producer of the comic, hires them in his new cabaret. Little by little, Renaud includes a few songs of his own with protest lyrics. It was in 1975 that he was noticed by a record company and released his first album “ Lovers of Panama ". In 1977, he released “ Let it go ". Verlan is then the slang of young rebels. In 1979, the album “ My girl » allows him to show a more intimate side of his personality. In 1983, with the album “Morgane de toi”, Renaud begins a new course. The singer, now a father, is less virulent and more tender, with compositions such as “ In blister ". In 1988, his new album, “ fucking truck » is a tribute to his friend Coluche disappeared two years earlier.
His album “ Blood red », which came out in 2006, confirms that Renaud has found his pen again. After the release of Full of great and Complete studio 1975-2010, Renaud received the Victoire de la Musique for Best Male Artist of the Year in 2017.
In 1975, Renaud fell in love with Dominique Quilichini married then to Gerard Lanvin, whom she leaves for the singer. They get married on 1er August 1980, eight days before the birth of their daughter, Lolita to whom he dedicated the song in 1983 Morgana from you. After 25 years of relationship, the couple separated in 1999. That year, he met the singer Roman Serda, with whom he married on August 5, 2005. They gave birth to a boy, Malone, born in July 2006. The couple divorced in September 2011. With his new partner whom he calls Cherry, 27 years his junior, he bought a house in 2022 and moved to Trentemoult (loire Atlantique), a former fishing village. They get married at Paris on Saturday May 4, 2024.
