Benjamin Biolay

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Benjamin Biolay (; born 20 January 1973) is a French singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He is the brother of singer Coralie Clément—whose first three albums he wrote and produced—and the ex-husband of Chiara Mastroianni, the daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni.

His low-key vocal style is somewhat similar to French pop star Étienne Daho. With the singer Keren Ann, whose first two albums he co-wrote and produced, he contributed several songs to Chambre avec Vue, the successful comeback album of singer Henri Salvador, and has since worked as a writer, arranger or producer for other icons of French music, including Juliette Gréco, Julien Clerc, Françoise Hardy, Vanessa Paradis and Nolwenn Leroy.

He wrote or performed most of the songs on the 2004 soundtrack to Clara et Moi by Arnaud Viard, and released the album Home with his wife the same year. After two more rock oriented albums in 2005 and 2007 he was dropped by his record company and began working on his first independent release, La Superbe, released on Naïve records in 2009. This was followed by the soundtrack album Pourquoi tu pleures in 2011 and Vengeance in 2012.

Personal life

Benjamin was married to actress and singer Chiara Mastroianni from 2002 to 2005; they have a daughter, Anna, born 22 April 2003.

Discography

Albums

Solo studio albums ::data[format=table] | Year | Album | Peak positions | FRA | BEL (Fl) | BEL (Wa) | GER | SPA | SWI | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2001 | Rose Kennedy | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | | | 2003 | Négatif | 15 | – | 9 | – | – | – | | | 2005 | À l'origine | 17 | – | 27 | – | – | – | | | 2007 | Trash Yéyé | 11 | – | 23 | – | – | 72 | | | 2009 | La Superbe | 3 | – | 7 | 98 | 97 | 61 | | | 2011 | Pourquoi tu pleures? | 38 | – | 54 | – | – | – | | | 2012 | Vengeance | 2 | 95 | 6 | – | 42 | 22 | | | 2015 | Trenet | 19 | 174 | 12 | – | – | – | | | 2016 | Palermo Hollywood | 3 | 107 | 6 | – | – | 17 | | | 2017 | Volver | 3 | 129 | 1 | – | – | 12 | | | 2020 | Grand Prix | 1 | 110 | 1 | – | – | 3 | | | 2022 | Saint-Clair | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 7 | | | 2023 | À l'auditorium | – | – | 19 | – | – | 90 | | | 2025 | Le disque bleu | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 13 | | ::

Joint albums ::data[format=table] | Year | Album | Peak positions | BEL (Wa) | SWI | |---|---|---|---|---| | 2004 | Home (with Chiara Mastroianni) | 26 | 98 | | ::

Compilation albums ::data[format=table] | Year | Album | Peak positions | BEL (Wa) | |---|---|---|---| | 2011 | Best Of | 178 | | ::

EPs

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Year	EP title
2001	Benjamin Biolay Remix EP
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Soundtracks

::data[format=table] | Year | Album | Peak positions | FR | |---|---|---|---| | 2004 | Clara et Moi | 163 | | ::

Singles

::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | FR | BEL (Wa) | BEL (Wa) Tip | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2008 | "Qu'est ce que ça peut faire?" | – | – | 14 | | | | 2010 | "La superbe" | – | 38 | – | | | | "Si tu suis mon regard" | – | – | 32 | | | | | 2011 | "Ton héritage" | – | – | 28 | | | | "Pas la forme" | – | – | 25 | | | | | 2012 | "Aime mon amour" | 60 | 39 | – | | | | "Profite" (feat. Vanessa Paradis) | 93 | – | 24 | | | | | "Ne regrette rien" (feat. Orelsan) | 157 | – | – | | | | | 2014 | "Ton héritage" (rerelease) | 80 | – | – | | | | "Pas besoin de permis" (with Vanessa Paradis) | 35 | – | – | | | | | 2016 | "Palermo Hollywood" | 161 | – | – | | | | 2017 | "Roma (Amor)" (with Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas) | 136 | – | – | | | | 2018 | Paris Sur Mer (on Morcheeba's "Blaze Away" album) | | | | | | ::

Featured in ::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | FR | |---|---|---|---|---| | 2003 | "L'hymne à l'amour" (Aznavour, Boulay, Eicher, Biolay, Macias, Maurane, Foly, Fontaine, Mami, Leroy, Pagny & Badi) | 50 | | | ::

Other charted songs

::data[format=table] | Year | Song | Peak positions | Album | FR | |---|---|---|---|---| | 2017 | "Retiens la nuit" | 80 | On a tous quelque chose de Johnny | | ::

Selected filmography

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Stella	Stella's father	Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actor
2010	The Pack	The Spack's son
2013	Under the Rainbow	Maxime Wolf
2014	The Easy Way Out	Gérard
2015	The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun	Michel Caravaille
2016	Encore heureux	Antoine
Faultless (Irréprochable)	Gilles
Fleur de tonnerre	Mathieu Verron
2017	Number One	Marc Ronsin
2017	Memoir of War
2019	Capitaine Marleau	Philippe Louveau	TV series (1 episode)
2019	Chambre 212	Richard Warrimer at 40
2020	The Eddy	Franck Levy
2021	France	Fred de Meurs
2022	The Line	Julien
Le Monde d'hier	Didier Jansen
Stella est amoureuse	Serge Vlaminck
Comme une actrice	Antoine
Un hiver en été	Franck
2023	Rosalie	Barcelin
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References

References

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4. (December 2021). "Benjamin Biolay discography". [[Media Control Charts]]. Charts.de.
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7. "Top Albums (Week 37, 2022)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
8. "Top Albums (semaine du 24 octobre 2025)". [[Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique]].
9. (June 2020). "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 21, 2017)". [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]].
10. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 47, 2017)". [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]].

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