Photo: Anne Ducros (ayant-droit) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · credits
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Anne Ducros
Person · female · France · Longfossé · born 1959 · recording since 2001
French singer
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Also known as Anne Denise Dan Ducrocq
Timeline
11 events▣ Album 8◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1✦ Award 1
1950s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Purple Songs
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography121 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1355453169
Career
In 1990, she started touring the world for the next ten years with musicians such as Chick Corea, Jacky Terrasson, and Kenny Barron.
She recorded the album Piano, Piano
Piano, PianoSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Four4:242God Bless the Child4:443You Go to My Head6:254Les feuilles mortes4:585Never Let Me Go5:206Gnossienne Numero 16:557I Thought About You4:208My Foolish Heart5:359Moon and Sand5:1310Just in Time3:5811Body and Soul4:4012Naima5:15 (Dreyfus, 2006) with pianists Corea, Enrico Pieranunzi, René Urtreger, and Benoît de Mesmay. The album includes standards such as "God Bless the Child" and "Never Let Me Go". Her cover of the song "Taking a Chance on Love" was used in the 2005 Chanel Chance perfume commercials.
Jack Goodstein of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, described her album Either WayEither WaySpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1You'd Be Surprised3:412My Heart Belongs To Daddy5:003Summertime5:284Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most7:115Either Way4:066But Not for Me4:297You'd Be So Nice To Come To3:568A Fine Romance4:269Thou Swell5:1310I Wanne Be Loved by You3:5811I'm Through With Love5:5412Diamonds Are the Girl's Best Friends6:0913Laura5:2514Dindi7:0215It Don't Mean A Thing if You Ain't Got that Swing3:36 as "perhaps the finest album from a jazz vocalist I've heard this year, and certainly the most interesting." Christopher Loudon of JazzTimes called Ducros part Blossom Dearie, part Annie Ross, and part Yma Sumac.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 9 | 81.7th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 11 | 87.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 19 | 43.6th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (9 release groups · 8 studio albums)
Albums · 8
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 56:19
1A Timeless Place (The Peacocks)6:382Ode to Billie Joe6:283Dreamer Alone4:244In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning4:385Softly as in a Morning Sunrise3:276You Must Believe in Spring7:287Who "R.U." (D'Après ''Saint-Eustache'')5:318Sea Lady3:249Lush Life6:3010Aovoatt (An Other version of Trio Type Tune))3:4711Send in the Clowns4:042003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 46:11
1You've Got a Friend4:372L'eau à la bouche2:543Lately4:484In Your Eyes3:245Faded Roses4:586Blackbird4:267Taking a Chance on Love2:428The Island7:059Close Your Eyes3:0910Songbird4:1111Clopin-Clopan3:572005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:01:47
1Four4:242God Bless the Child4:443You Go to My Head6:254Les feuilles mortes4:585Never Let Me Go5:206Gnossienne Numero 16:557I Thought About You4:208My Foolish Heart5:359Moon and Sand5:1310Just in Time3:5811Body and Soul4:4012Naima5:152007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 53:08
1Sexy Sadie3:532When I Know, If I Know3:333Up Jumped Spring5:214I Fall in Love Too Easily5:325You and the Night and the Music4:286Easy to Love3:237Stairway to the Stars5:328Who Can I Turn to5:029Sitting on the Dock of the Day4:3210Over the Rainbow4:0011Green Dolphin Street7:522010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:41
1It Don't Mean a Thing2:502Laura5:583Save Your Love for Me3:504Stardust5:045Lullaby of Birdland3:146Ella... My Dear2:447Come Rain Come Shine5:468Bewitched5:369Fascinating Gershwin4:2110Dindi4:182013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:15:34
1You'd Be Surprised3:412My Heart Belongs To Daddy5:003Summertime5:284Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most7:115Either Way4:066But Not for Me4:297You'd Be So Nice To Come To3:568A Fine Romance4:269Thou Swell5:1310I Wanne Be Loved by You3:5811I'm Through With Love5:5412Diamonds Are the Girl's Best Friends6:0913Laura5:2514Dindi7:0215It Don't Mean A Thing if You Ain't Got that Swing3:362017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
1What's Going On2Fragile3La Bicyclette4You Are So Beautiful5Samba Saravah6On Broadway7Knocks Me Off My Feet8At Last9Deshabillez moi10Petals2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
1The Very Thouhght Of2Something3Estate4Honeysuckle Rose5I Didn:t Know What Time It Was6Nuages7Samba Saravah8I Thought About You9April In Paris10Your Song11Tea For Two12The Good Life
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Sexy Sadie [CD single Promo - Un titre]Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:511Sexy Sadie3:51 | 2007 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Anne Ducros head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 9 | 81.7th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 11 | 87.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 19 | 43.6th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Knight of the National Order of Merit | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anne-ducros-p2b.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/108058c7-e3b3-4588-8553-ae9992138c2adiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/108058c7-e3b3-4588-8553-ae9992138c2acore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450089genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450089seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Ducrosbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Ducros
Why this artist is in the database
- List of French singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Anne Ducros (ayant-droit) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q450089 · MusicBrainz: 108058c7-e3b3-4588-8553-ae9992138c2a
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