Alice on the Roof

Alice Dutoit (French: [alis dytwa]), known professionally as Alice on the Roof (born 23 January 1995 in Soignies, Hainaut) is a Belgian singer.[1]

Life

Her mother is an architect and her father is an electrical engineer. She studied piano and singing choral music in a music school from 2001 till 2012, and after completing a bachelor of arts, she went to Brookings, Oregon, to improve her English with a Rotary International scholarship. In Brookings, she also participated in daily piano and choir classes. She now lives in Sirault, Belgium, in the Mons area.

Her stage name comes from a word play on her surname Dutoit: 'du toit' translates from French as 'from the roof'.

Revealed during the third edition of The Voice Belgique, where she was eliminated during the semi-finals, she published her first single Easy come easy go in April 2015, with the help of Marc Pinilla.[2] The single gets a huge success in her homeland, where he is the fourth best selling single of the year 2015.[3] It reached number 1 in the Ultratop and stayed in the list for thirty-five weeks.[4] It also reached the 43rd position of the Ultratop in Flanders. Alice on the Roof received a golden record on 27 November 2015 for this title.[5] Her second single, Mystery Light, reached the fifth position in Wallonia Ultratop and thirty-fifth position in Flanders.[6] Alice has cited her parents and Kate Bush as inspiration for her music and lyrics.[7]

Her first album, Higher, was released on 22 January 2016.[8] It reached the top position on the Ultratop Wallonia et 17 in Flanders.[9]

Alice on the Roof received three awards (the awards of solo artist of the year, breakthrough of the year, and PureFM artist of the year) during the first edition of the D6Bels Music Awards.[10] She received the pop artist award for 2018 during the 4th D6Bels Music Awards.[11]

In 2017, her song track Easy Come Easy Go was included in the soundtrack of the Belgian-French comedy Don't Tell Her.

In 2018, the first single of her second album, Malade, co-written with French author, composer and singer Vianney was released, followed by "How Long" and "T'as quitté la planète" in 2019.

On 17 March 2019 she was the guest of Joelle Schoriels on Belgian TV (RTBF) for "69 minutes sans chichis". On 30 March 2019 she gave a show in Forest National, with Vianney as a surprise guest.[12] Excerpts of this show can be seen in the clip of her latest single, "La Fille sur le Toit", completely shot in the Forest.

Alice on the Roof toured Belgium and France in 2019. In October 2019, she performed in Paris during 5 evenings the first part of Vincent Delerm at La Cigale.

Alice Dutoit will play one of the main parts in a Belgian movie which is scheduled to be released in 2020.

Discography

Albums
  • Higher, 2016
  • Madame, 2018

EPs
  • Easy Come Easy Go, 2015
  • EP de Malade, 2018

Singles
  • Mystery Light, 2016
  • Lucky You, 2016
  • Malade, 2018
  • How Long, 2018
  • La fille sur le toit, 2019

References
  1. "Sirault: Alice Dutoit de The Voice devient Alice on the roof". RTBF Info. 10 April 2015.
  2. "Marc Pinilla : "Comme passeur de savoir, je m'y retrouve"". le Soir. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. "Quels artistes ont été les plus vendus en 2015 en Belgique ?". Metro. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. "Alice on the Roof - Easy come easy go". Ultratop. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  5. "Les disques d'or/de platine - singles - 2015". Ultratop. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  6. "Alice on the Roof - Mystery Light". Ultratop. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  7. "Alice On The Roof: "Des rêves, j'en ai plein..."". moustique.be (in French). Retrieved 17 July 2016. Qui sont les gens que vous aimez au point de les considérer comme une influence? Mes parents. Mon papa est ingénieur et ma maman est architecte. Ils m'ont appris à être ouverte, grâce à eux j'ai très peu de préjugés. Sinon, j'adore Kate Bush, sa folie, son audace vocale..
  8. "Alice On The Roof : "On m'a prise par la main et j'y ai cru"". Moustique. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  9. "Alice on the Roof - Higher". Ultratop. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  10. "Stromae, Alice on the Roof, Loïc Nottet : le palmarès des D6bels Music Awards". DH.be. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  11. "Les lauréats de cette 4ème édition des DMA]". Archived from the original on 27 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  12. "Alice on the Roof a réalisé son rêve". www.moustique.be. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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