Camélia Jordana

Camélia Jordana Aliouane (born 15 September 1992) is a French-Algerian pop singer. She rose to fame after participating in the television show Nouvelle Star, the French version of Pop Idol, in 2009, where she came in second.

Camélia Jordana
Camélia Jordana in 2018.
Camélia Jordana in 2018.
Background information
Birth nameCamélia Jordana Aliouane[1]
Born (1992-09-15) 15 September 1992
Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
GenresFrench pop, chanson, Folk pop
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2009–present
LabelsSony Music France
Websitewww.cameliajordana.fr

Life and career

Jordana was born on 15 September 1992 in Toulon, to French parents of Algerian descent. Her father Hachemi is of Berber Kabyle origin and her mother Zélihka an Arab from Oran.[2][3][4] She grew up in La Londe-les-Maures[5] with her older sister and younger brother.[2]

At the age of sixteen, she decided to audition for the seventh season of Nouvelle Star in Marseille, and managed to convince the jury with her version of Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World.[6] She finished in third place. After her elimination, she signed a record deal with Sony Music and released her eponymous debut album on 29 March 2010. It sold 10,169 copies in its first week and managed to enter the French SNEP Album Chart at #9.[7]

Although Jordana's debut single Non Non Non (Écouter Barbara) was only released as download single in France, it peaked at #3 on the French digital chart. It also charted at #3 in Belgium and #48 in Switzerland.

She participated in a song for the album So in Love by Nouvelle Star judge André Manoukian in April 2010.

Jordana was interviewed and played several songs on the TV5Monde programme 'Acoustic' on 7 November 2010.

She was on the jury of the Semaine de la Critique section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.[8]

Philanthropy

On 27 November 2015, Jordana participated together with Nolwenn Leroy and Yael Naim at the national memorial day for the victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks singing the song “Quand on n'a que l'amour” by Jacques Brel.[9]

Controversies

As a presentation of her new double album, Facile x fragile, she told L'Obs that "white men" are, in the collective unconscious, responsible for all the evils of the earth.[10] The International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism denounces this declaration, which it considers "unconscious".[11]

Discography
Jordana at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Year Album Peak Position
FR
[12]		 BEL
(Wa)
[12]		 CH
[12]
2010 Camélia Jordana 7 12 36
2014 Dans la peau 15 29 70
2018 LOST 133 — —
2021 facile x fragile 3 25 —
Sorøre
(with Amel Bent and Vitaa)		 13 13 46

Singles
Year Single Peak Position Album
FR[13] FR (Downloads) BEL
(Wa)[14]		 CH[15]
2010 "Non Non Non (Écouter Barbara)" — 3 3 48 Camélia Jordana
"Calamity Jane" — — — —
2011 "Moi c'est" — 35 — —
2014 "Dans la peau" 95 — — — Dans la peau
2021 "Ma sœur"
(with Amel Bent and Vitaa)		 159 — — — Sorøre
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Filmography
Year Title Role Director Notes
2013 The Stroller Strategy Mélanie Clément Michel
Ta main Natasha Thomas Bardinet Short
Les mauvaises têtes Fanny Pierre Isoard TV movie
2014 Bird People Leila Pascale Ferran
2015 All Three of Us Maryam Kheiron
I'm All Yours Kenza Baya Kasmi
L'heureuse élue Djemila Karima Gherdaoui & Anne Voutey Short
The Last Panthers Samira Johan Renck TV Mini-Series
2016 La fine équipe Salima Magaly Richard-Serrano
2017 Some Like It Veiled Leila Sou Abadi
Le Brio Neïla Salah Yvan Attal César Award for Most Promising Actress
Nominated - Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress
2018 Chacun pour tous Julia Vianney Lebasque
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman European French dubbed version
2019 Curiosa Zohra Ben Brahim Lou Jeunet Post-Production
Sisters in Arms Kenza Caroline Fourest Post-Production
La nuit venue Naomi Frédéric Farrucci Filming
2020 The Things We Say, the Things We Do Daphné Emmanuel Mouret

References
  1. "Camélia Jordana, insouciance méditerranéenne – Jeune Afrique". 20 April 2013.
  2. Calame, Blaise (2010-04-19). "Madame Camélia". illustre.ch. Archived from the original on 2011-12-06.
  3. "Camélia Jordana, sortie gagnante pour la perdante Nouvelle Star". Scribium (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  4. "Hyères Les proches de Camélia-Jordana jugent le phénomène médiatique". archives.varmatin.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  5. "Camélia Jordana (biography in French)". shitwest.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  6. "Camélia Jordana". starwizz.com. April 8, 2009. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  7. "Disques : Maé en tête, Camelia surprend, Alizée déçoit". ozap.com. April 8, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  8. Keslassy, Elsa (2021-06-07). "Cannes' Critics' Week Celebrates 60th Anniversary With French-Flavored Lineup". Variety. Archived from the original on 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  9. Emeline Cazi; David Revault d'Allonnes (26 November 2015). "Hommage aux morts des attentats aux invalides". Le Monde.fr (in French). LeMonde.fr. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  10. "Camélia Jordana : « Si j'étais un homme, je demanderais pardon »". L'Obs (in French). 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  11. "Les propos de Camélia Jordana sur les « hommes blancs » épinglés". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 15 January 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  12. "Camélia Jordana on various European Charts". lescharts.com. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  13. "Camélia Jordana in the French Single Chart". lescharts.com. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  14. "Camélia Jordana in the Belgian Single Chart". ultratop.be. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  15. "Camélia Jordana in the Swiss Single Chart". hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
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