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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Buzy
Person · female · France · Metz · born 1957 · died 2023 · recording since 1981
French singer
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Also known as Marie Girod · Marie-Claire Busy · Marie-Claire Girod · Marie-Claire Hélène Françoise Girod
Timeline
10 events▣ Album 7◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1950s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Insomnies
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography176 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1226287654
Biography
Marie-Claire Girod (14 February 1957 – 14 November 2023), best known by her stage name Buzy, was a French singer.
Personal life
Buzy died on 14 November 2023, at the age of 66.
Albums
Insomnies 1981
Adrian 1983
I Love You Lulu 1985
Rebel 1989
Rêve éveillé 1993
Délits 1998
Borderlove 2005
Au bon moment, au bon endroit 2010
Main singles
1981: Dyslexique / Osmose (j’vais pas mourir)
1981: Engrenage / Sweet lullaby
1983: Adrian / Prologue
1983: Adrénaline / Bleu
1986: Body Physical / Je, I remember
1986: Body Physical (remix)
1987: Baby boum / Stop eject
1988: Baby boum (special remix club)
1989: Shepard
1989: Keep cool (version maxi)
1990: Sweet soul / Night and day
1990: Sweet soul (Goldfinger mix) / Sweet soul (Chelsea mix)
1993: Le ciel est rouge (maxi avec 3 versions remix)
1994: Génération
1994: Les années Lula
1994: La vie c’est comme un hôtel
1998: Up and down
2000: Délits
2005: Je suis un arbre
2006: Borderlove
2006: Comme des papillons (avec Daniel Darc)
2010: Au bon moment, au bon endroit
2010: Sous X
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 | 15 | 85th |
| Studio albums | 7 | 87.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 10 | 86.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 38 | 78th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (15 release groups · 7 studio albums)
Albums · 7
1981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 30:33
A1Engrenage2:53A2Boulevard du dérisoire3:09A3L'Enfant barbelé2:58A4Sweet Lullaby3:21A5Jugulaire3:20B1Leslie3:21B2Insomnies3:05B3Noir2:42B4Bubu2:51B5Monsieur2:531985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 31:44
A1I Love You Lulu3:54A2Turbulence3:31A33.894:36A4À tous les avions2:19A5Convictions3:24B1Gainsbarre3:00B2Bouddha3:27B3Underground3:18B4Coincidence4:151989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:27
1Rebel3:262Sheppard3:573Alice4:054Mauvais jour3:535Keep Cool3:536Intact à l'intox3:517Les Enfants migrateurs4:218Love in Extremis4:009Night and Day4:1010Jardin secret3:511993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:02
1Le ciel est rouge5:242Les Années Lula3:373Rêve éveillé4:164Histoire de vie3:585Ligne brisée3:476La vie c'est comme un hôtel3:097Génération4:498Jour de lenteur3:549Self défense3:4710Morceaux de nuit4:211998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 44:49
1Up and Down3:542Amour venin3:473Délits4:024L'An 20004:185Terre étrangère3:276En pointillé4:027L'art de ne pas y toucher4:108Wally3:589Marée basse3:3910Neige de printemps5:0011Planter des graines4:322005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 41:33
Disc 11J'adore et je hais3:292Borderlove4:243Je suis un arbre3:244Stratégie de la solitude3:385Comme des papillons3:386Résonances4:047Contemporaine3:328Un mot pour ça3:549Extraterrestre4:1410Lequel des 23:4211Décadents3:34Disc 21Making-of de l'album & Interview2Cinq titres en session acoustique3Sonia sieff photographie buzy4Galerie photo2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:21
1Cheval fou3:132Murmures3:423Journées nuages3:574Où vont mourir les baleines3:435Prière3:546Envie d'hiver3:537Expérience humaine3:438Lignes brisées4:029Le Tour de nos têtes3:2210Cosmic Brother3:52
Single · 5
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | DyslexiqueSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:32ADyslexique2:30 BOsmose (J'vais pas mourir)3:02 | 1981 | ||
| 1981 | EngrenageSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:21AEngrenage3:00 BSweet Lullaby3:21 | 1981 | ||
| 1983 | AdrianSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:581Adrian3:54 2Prologue3:04 | 1983 | ||
| 1987 | Body PhysicalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 8:28ABody Physical3:56 BJe; I Remember4:32 | 1987 | ||
| 1993 | Le ciel est rougeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 17:421Le ciel est rouge (dance mix edit radio)3:57 2Le ciel est rouge (dub Flûte mix)5:57 3Le ciel est rouge (Mellow mix edit)3:56 4Le ciel est rouge (version single)3:52 | 1993 |
Album · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Best OfSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 17 tracks · 1:03:081Adrian3:57 2Engrenage2:56 3Shepard3:59 4Alice4:07 5Body Physical3:57 6Keep Cool3:55 7Le ciel est rouge (Mellow mix)3:58 8Tu m'écris3:31 9Gainsbarre3:02 10I Love You Lulu3:54 11Dyslexique2:31 12Adrénaline3:31 13J'veux pas qu'tu vieillisses5:12 14Leslie3:29 15Sweet Soul3:47 16Baby Boum4:13 17La vie c'est comme un hôtel3:09 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 2007 | L'Important (n'est pas d'être important)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 40 tracks · 2:34:28Disc 1 1Body Physical4:02 2Adrian4:01 3Dyslexique2:35 4Adrénaline3:37 5Engrenage3:02 6Baby boum4:18 7Gainsbarre3:07 8I Love You Lulu3:58 9Keep Cool4:01 10Night & Day4:18 11Shepard4:03 12Sweet Soul3:53 13Alice4:11 14La vie, c'est comme un hôtel3:15 15Le ciel est rouge5:25 16Délits4:07 17Comme des papillons3:44 18L'an 20004:24 19Je suis un arbre3:28 20Borderlove4:23 Disc 21Tu m'écris3:36 2Bleu3:52 3Turbulence3:42 4Leslie3:27 5Enfants migrateurs4:28 6Morceaux de nuit4:37 7Rêve eveillé4:30 8Self défense4:17 9Stop Eject3:47 10Les Années Lula3:38 11Up & Down4:00 12Amour venin3:52 13L'art de ne pas y toucher4:15 14Qui dit amen, qui dit adieu (avec corine)2:58 15Terre étrangère3:33 16Extraterrestre3:37 17Chevaux sauvages3:57 18Planter des graines4:17 19Stratégie de la solitude3:42 20Dyslexique (version 2007)2:31 | Compilation | 5 March 2007 | |
| 2010 | Ma Collection 80's: BuzySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 56:171Dyslexique2:33 2Adrian4:02 3Adrénaline3:33 4I Love You Lulu3:56 5Body Physical4:01 6Le ciel est rouge5:21 7Délits4:04 8Engrenage2:54 9Up and Down3:56 10La vie c'est comme un hôtel3:13 11Rebel3:30 12Sweet Soul3:51 13Sheppard4:02 14Gainsbarre3:06 15Baby Boum4:15 | Compilation | 21 June 2010 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Buzy head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 15 | 85th |
| Studio albums | 7 | 87.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 10 | 86.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 38 | 78th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marie-Claire_Buzy.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/48cfa415-e0d5-435a-9a77-65fe542e4f9bdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/48cfa415-e0d5-435a-9a77-65fe542e4f9bcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2929059seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzy_%28singer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzy_%28singer%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of French singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Muriel Despiau · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q2929059 · MusicBrainz: 48cfa415-e0d5-435a-9a77-65fe542e4f9b
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