Mylene Farmer is the highest paid singer in France, the record holder for the number of diamond discs. There was a lot in her creative biography: ups, downs, collaboration with the world's best performers.
Biography
Mylene Farmer was born in Pierrefonds (Canada). Her real name is Gaultier. The family moved to Canada from France, my father had a contract for the construction of several facilities. Mother worked as a secretary, and then became a housewife. They had four children in total.
Mylene studied at the school of St. Marceline (Quebec). In 1969, the family returned to France, Mylene at that time was 8 years old. She had a hard time in the new school, her peers were hostile to her, considering her a foreigner. Mylene was more friends with the boys.
The grandmother devoted a lot of time to raising the girl. She graduated from the conservatory and was able to convey her love for art to her granddaughter. At the insistence of her grandmother, Milen began to participate in vocal competitions and was not unsuccessful.
The second grandmother instilled in her a love of horse riding. Mylene even wanted to connect her future profession with horses, but at the age of 17 she changed her mind and wanted to be an actress. Having set a goal for herself, she decided to definitely achieve it.
Mylene dropped out of the Lyceum and rushed off to Paris, where she began to study at the theater school. The girl had to pay for her studies on her own, for this she worked a lot. She was a shoe salesman, a dentist's assistant, then got a job in a modeling agency, often attended all kinds of auditions.
Creative career
At the agency, Mylene met Laurent Bouton, composer, director. He was looking for a vocalist to perform the song Maman a tort. Mylene fit him perfectly, but she was forced to change her hair color and hairstyle. The girl decided to change her last name, becoming Farmer (in honor of the actress Frans Farmer).
The song Maman a tort became a hit in 1984. Later, the album Cendres de Lune and the video Libertine were released. It turned out to be scandalous, Mylene played the role of a libertine. In 1989, a new video was released, where the singer appeared in the same way. They started talking about Mylene, her subsequent albums went platinum. In 1989, Farmer was named Singer of the Year.
In 1994, Laurent Boutonne directed the film "Giorgino" with Mylene in the title role, the picture turned out to be a failure. The singer was very upset by the failure and decided to go to live in the United States. There she recorded the album Anamorphosee, created in a new style. Then Farmer returned and again began to collaborate with Laurent.
In 1999 she recorded the collection Innamoramento and went on a world tour. The final concert took place in Moscow. Subsequent albums were also successful. In 2006, Farmer sang Slipping Away with Moby. In 2007, the singer decided to become a producer, she started working with Alize, the winner of the Starring Star competition.
Personal life
Until 1993, everyone was convinced that Button was more for the singer than a producer. But the couple did not comment on the information. On the set of the movie "Jojino" Milen fell in love with the actor Dahlgren and left for the USA with him. After 2 years, she returned to Laurent. There were also rumors of Farmer's romance with British singer Seal.
Since 2002, the singer has lived in a civil marriage with Benoit Di Sabatino, a producer. They were not going to officially register the relationship. Mylene Farmer is not married, she does not plan to have children either. She loves loneliness and personal freedom.
