Mickaël Miro

Mickaël Miro (born in Lyon, France, on 8 November 1978 as Mickaël Cohen) is a French singer-songwriter. His name is a pseudonym, which he chose as a tribute to his grandfather, who was called Miro. He is best known for his debut single "L'Horloge Tourne", followed by his debut album Juste comme ça in 2011.

Mickaël Miro
Born8 November 1978
Lyon, France
GenresFrench pop
Years active2010-present
LabelsMercury
Websitewww.mickaelmiro.com

Early life and education

Born in Lyon, Mickaël Miro studied business law in college and started writing many songs while studying.

Career

He sticks to the tradition of French songs, influenced by what he calls French "BCBG" (meaning Balavoine, Cabrel, Berger, and Goldman).

In 2007, he took part in a musical collective "Les Marguerites" for fighting against Alzheimer appearing in the single "J'y étais pas" and later was signed to Midi52/EMI. In 2008, he toured with the rock group ANESA, opening for their shows.

In October 2010, he released his debut single "L'Horloge Tourne" with great success,[1] followed by his debut album Juste comme ça, which contains collaborations with Natasha St Pier in duo. "Ma scandaleuse" became the second single release from the album. He also appeared in a number of television variety shows including Taratata and Tous Ensemble.

Awards
  • On 30 December 2011, his single "L'Horloge Tourne" won the award for "The Song of the Year 2011" in year-end program broadcast on TF1, called "La Chanson de l'année", presented by Nikos Aliagas.[2][3]
  • On 28 January 2012, he was nominated in the category "Francophone Revelation of the Year" at the NRJ Music Awards 2012.

Discography

Albums
Year Album Charts Certification
BEL
Wa
 FR
[4]		 SWI
2011 Juste comme ça 10 9 —
2013 Le Temps des sourires 24 16 —

Singles
Year Single Charts Certification Album
BEL
Wa
 FR
[4]		 SWI
2010 "L'Horloge tourne" 1
(Ultratop)		 8 56 Juste comme ça
2011 "Ma scandaleuse" 2
(Ultratip)		 97 —
2011 "Laisse-moi m'en aller" 7
(Ultratip)
2012 "La vie simplement" 25
(Ultratip)		 101 Le Temps des sourires
2012 "Go Go Go" 25
(Ultratip)		 101 Le Temps des sourires
2013 "J'apprendrai" 25
(Ultratip)		 101 -
gollark: I don't even mean college/university/whatever. Or at least not ONLY that.
gollark: The UK's education system is somewhat terrible too, in my opinion.
gollark: I don't see why you can't have "free markets and companies" without "government which randomly militarily meddles in things".
gollark: The US doesn't really *need* to invade random foreign countries.
gollark: Presumably the "total debt" thing is personal + companies + government.

References
  1. Parler dca vie: Mickaël Miro - J'ai envie d'en raconter plus aux gens qui aiment "L'horloge tourne" (in French)
  2. Premioere: La Chanson de l'année 2011 : "L"horloge tourne" de Mickaël Miro sacrée meilleure chanson (in French)
  3. Reviewer.fr: La Chanson de l'année 2011 - Qui a gagné? Archived 2013-01-28 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  4. LesCharts.com: Mickaël Miro page
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