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Dominique A

Person · male · France · Provins · born 1968 · recording since 1991

French musician, singer and songwriter

chanson indie rock alternative rock

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Also known as Dominique A. · Dominique A. · Dominique Ané · Dominique Á · Domnique A · 多米尼克·A

Debut: 1991
Recording span: 35 years
Release groups: 45
Awards: 2
Timeline events: 24
Wiki language versions: 13

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Timeline

24 events▣ Album 20✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1960s
1. 6 October 1968 · Birth
  Born 1968-10-06
  source: wikidata
1990s
1. 1991 · Debut release
  Debut release: Un disque sourd
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1991 · Album
  Album: Un disque sourd
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1 January 1992 · Album
  Album: La Fossette
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. October 1993 · Album
  Album: Si je connais Harry
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. May 1995 · Album
  Album: La Mémoire neuve
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1 March 1999 · Album
  Album: Remué
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2001 · Album
  Album: Solo Tape: Une femme chante sur le quai
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 15 October 2001 · Album
  Album: Auguri
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 8 March 2004 · Album
  Album: Tout sera comme avant
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 6 March 2006 · Album
  Album: L'Horizon
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 26 November 2007 · Album
  Album: Les Sons cardinaux
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 6 April 2009 · Album
  Album: La Musique
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 26 March 2012 · Album
  Album: Vers les lueurs
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2013 · Award
  Won: Victoires de la Musique – Male artist of the year
  source: wikidata
3. 16 March 2015 · Album
  Album: Éléor
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2016 · Award
  Won: Officer of Arts and Letters
  source: wikidata
5. 9 March 2018 · Album
  Album: Toute latitude
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 5 October 2018 · Album
  Album: La Fragilité
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 6 November 2020 · Album
  Album: Vie étrange
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 16 September 2022 · Album
  Album: Le Monde réel
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 3 March 2023 · Album
  Album: Reflets du monde lointain
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 18 October 2024 · Album
  Album: Quelques lumières
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 9 October 2026 · Album
  Album: Spirales
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography856 words · 8 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1379511461

Biography

Dominique Ané (French pronunciation: [dɔminik ane]; born 6 October 1968), better known as Dominique A, is a French singer and songwriter.

Early life

Born on 6 October 1968 in Provins, France, Dominique Ané is the only child of a teacher and a homemaker. He was passionate about literature and music from a young age. He was interested in the punk music of the time, but at the age of 14, at the beginning of the 1980s, he started to appreciate the dark romanticism of the new wave movement. After his baccalaureate, he studied humanities for a year, and, at the same time, did a range of odd jobs, including his spell as a utility man for an FM radio station in Nantes, where his family lived. At around the age of 16, he started up a band, John Merrick, named after the hero of the film The Elephant Man, a movie by David Lynch.
The foursome recorded a vinyl album of somber, tormented songs and gave a number of concerts in the area around Nantes. Later, with the singer Katerine, he recorded a number of songs, in a different, more upbeat and livelier style.

Beginning of a career

Dominique began, at the start of the 1990s, to record more songs, which were both minimalist and rock in style. He wanted to break with the traditional chanson, which he considered to be more literary than musical. Dominique's influences included the bands Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Suicide.
Dominique's first CD, released by the Nantes label, Lithium, met with critical acclaim, appreciated by the eminent alternative magazine, Les Inrockuptibles, and by Bernard Lenoir, the 'John Peel' of France. Furthermore, his song, Le Courage des oiseaux, (the Courage of the Birds), was an underground hit.
From 1992 onwards, he started to produce more and more live shows, either with a backing band, or solo. His commercial success grew in 1995, with Le twenty-two bar, a single off the album, La Mémoire NeuveLa Mémoire neuveMay 1995 · Studio albumSpotify YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Je ne respire plus, Milos3:242Il ne faut pas souhaiter la mort des gens3:223Le twenty-two bar3:424Les Hauts Quartiers de peine4:295Ainsi, parfois2:586La vie rend modeste3:377La Mémoire neuve5:588Hear No More, Dear No More2:309Le Métier de faussaire5:0710Le Travail2:5111Le Ravalement des façades4:0612Tutti va bene5:40, but this success left a bitter taste in Dominique's mouth, as he considered the song to be particularly badly written.
In 2000, he composed the score for Antoine Desrosières' black comedy film Banqueroute.
In 2001, on the album AuguriAuguri15 October 2001 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Antonia3:322Pour la peau5:043Ses yeux brûlent3:254En secret2:235Évacuez4:266Je t'ai toujours aimée2:517Burano2:268Les chanteurs sont mes amis2:399Où conduit l'escalier4:1310Le Commerce de l'eau4:1311Nous reviendrons3:5012Les Hommes entre eux4:3613Les Enfants du Pirée2:5414Les Terres brunes2:19Disc 21Hotel Bratthold2:412J'ai tué l'amour4:003Tourisme3:184Oublie3:29 produced by John Parish, Dominique covered a song by the group Polyphonic Size, Je t'ai Toujours Aimee.

Le Détour and beyond (2002–)

Dominique's discovery of Alain Bashung's dark 2002 album, L'Imprudence shocked him to the point that it put his music into question and he decided to explore different ways of working. He decided to compile what he considered to be the first part of a musical time capsule, a longbox entitled Le Détour. He asked his fans to write about their relationship with his music, and some of their letters were published in the booklet accompanying Le Détour.
For his subsequent album, he wanted to experiment and consequently, for the first time, he gave control over the album to a third party, the team who produced L'Imprudence. The result would be Tout sera comme avant (Everything will be like it was before), which was released in 2004. Unfortunately, many fans had difficulty understanding and accepting the musical change the album represents. At the same time, Dominique did a lot of live shows, with diverse arrangements: with a big band, with minimalistic backing, or all alone (where he would experiment with oversampling).
In March 2006, L'Horizon came out, a new work that he produced alongside Dominique Brusson, with whom he had made the early album, RemuéRemué1 March 1999 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Comment certains vivent4:252Pères3:353Encore5:384Je suis une ville4:125Tu vas voir ailleurs3:026Avant l'enfer3:357Exit4:578Douanes4:339Ma vieille tête3:1710Le Détour3:2411Rien qu'à voir3:5912Retrouvailles3:2913Surestimé2:5914Le Morceau caché3:18. It was the first time that Dominique A returned to work with a producer. He was backed by his old collaborators, Sacha Toorop and Olivier Mellano, as well as the musicians with whom he produced Tout sera comme avant.

Collaboration and influence

Dominique A collaborates regularly with other artists and on other projects. He has been one of the shaping forces of his former girlfriend and French pop star Françoiz Breut's career, writing many of her songs since her début in 1997. He has also composed several songs for Jeanne Balibar's second album, Slalom Dale and wrote Où est la ville ? for Jane Birkin's 2006 album, Fictions. He has also sung the song Veruca Salt et Frank Black in trio with Keren Ann and Vincent Delerm on the latter's second album, Kensington Square.
Dominique A has inspired and influenced many artists. He has influenced many instrumentalist artists, such as Yann Tiersen and the electro band, Oslo Telescopic, who named one of their albums The Dominique O Project. Lyrically, his movement away from the constraints of chanson moved many others- including Miossec, Holden and Arman Méliès – by showing them that it was possible to make music that reflected their tastes and feelings using French.

Studio albums

Le Disque sourd (1991)
La Fossette (1992, Lithium)
Si Je Connais Harry (1993, Lithium)
La Mémoire Neuve (1995, Lithium)
Remué (1999, Lithium)
Auguri (2001, Labels)
Tout Sera Comme Avant (2004, Labels)
L'Horizon (2006, Olympic Disk)
La Musique (2009)
Vers les lueurs (2012)
Éléor. (2015)
Toute latitude (2018)
La Fragilité (2018)
Vie étrange (2020)
Le Monde réel (2022)
Reflets du Monde Lointain (2023)
Spirales (2026)

Live albums

Sur nos forces motrices (2007, Olympic Disk)

Decorations

Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (2016)

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.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	13	67.6th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	45	93.6th
Studio albums	20	96.4th
Awards recorded	2	92.6th
Timeline events	24	95.3th
Recording span (years)	35	74.2th
Genres	8	94.5th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (45 release groups · 20 studio albums)

Albums · 20

Un disque sourd
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 30:48
A1Le Courage des oiseaux2:33
A2Passé l’hiver2:56
A3Ce qui sépare2:22
A4La Bête1:19
A5Syl2:35
A6Un tour de manche1:26
B1Silence entre nos larmes1:56
B2Everyday’s Not Like Sunday3:13
B3Sous la neige3:06
B4La Folie des hommes2:32
B5Tout le temps1:01
B6Points de mire2:33
B7L’Attirance3:16
La Fossette
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 38:19
1Vivement dimanche3:55
2Février1:52
3Trombes d’eau1:16
4Va t’en6:01
5L’un dans l’autre1:58
6Mes lapins2:08
7Sous la neige3:06
8Le Courage des oiseaux2:33
9Les habitudes se perdent2:57
10Ce qui sépare2:33
11Passé l’hiver3:09
12La Folie des hommes2:35
13L’Écho4:16
Si je connais Harry
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 46:03
1Chanson de la ville silencieuse3:45
2Le gros Boris3:28
3L'Amour3:39
4L'Onglée4:27
5Pour qui je me prends5:36
6Otto Box3:22
7Pignolo sur sa barquette2:53
8Un ménage4:44
9Un mauvais ami2:48
10Chiqué, chiqué3:11
11L'Adversité3:24
12Retour au calme4:46
La Mémoire neuve
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 47:44
1Je ne respire plus, Milos3:24
2Il ne faut pas souhaiter la mort des gens3:22
3Le twenty-two bar3:42
4Les Hauts Quartiers de peine4:29
5Ainsi, parfois2:58
6La vie rend modeste3:37
7La Mémoire neuve5:58
8Hear No More, Dear No More2:30
9Le Métier de faussaire5:07
10Le Travail2:51
11Le Ravalement des façades4:06
12Tutti va bene5:40
Remué
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 54:23
1Comment certains vivent4:25
2Pères3:35
3Encore5:38
4Je suis une ville4:12
5Tu vas voir ailleurs3:02
6Avant l'enfer3:35
7Exit4:57
8Douanes4:33
9Ma vieille tête3:17
10Le Détour3:24
11Rien qu'à voir3:59
12Retrouvailles3:29
13Surestimé2:59
14Le Morceau caché3:18
Solo Tape: Une femme chante sur le quai
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 24:33
A1Une femme chante sur le quai0:32
A2West terne2:12
A3Le Poids du monde3:47
A4Une belle lumière d’été1:40
A5Fill to Bridge3:01
A6Acheter un mort1:36
B1Bienvenue à...0:08
B2Les Jours à l’horizontale2:55
B3Des dictionnaires et des cuisines1:47
B4Half a Monster From '992:48
B5Our Love Is Fully Booked2:23
B6Fanfare de Ronda, Semana Santa1:44
Auguri
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:02:19
Disc 114 tracks · 48:51
1Antonia3:32
2Pour la peau5:04
3Ses yeux brûlent3:25
4En secret2:23
5Évacuez4:26
6Je t'ai toujours aimée2:51
7Burano2:26
8Les chanteurs sont mes amis2:39
9Où conduit l'escalier4:13
10Le Commerce de l'eau4:13
11Nous reviendrons3:50
12Les Hommes entre eux4:36
13Les Enfants du Pirée2:54
14Les Terres brunes2:19
Disc 24 tracks · 13:28
1Hotel Bratthold2:41
2J'ai tué l'amour4:00
3Tourisme3:18
4Oublie3:29
Tout sera comme avant
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:14:30
1Tout sera comme avant5:05
2Elle parle à des gens qui ne sont pas là4:40
3Pendant que les enfants jouent2:45
4Dans les hommes4:01
5Bowling4:02
6Mira4:18
7Revenir au monde4:09
8Le Fils d'un enfant3:01
9Où sont les lions?2:49
10L'Inuktitut3:32
11Le Départ des ombres4:18
12Dobranoc4:22
13Les Clés2:59
14La Retraite à Miami3:43
15Les Éoliennes20:46
L'Horizon
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 50:55
1L'Horizon7:02
2Rouvrir4:27
3Dans un camion3:28
4Antaimoro3:50
5La Relève5:30
6Retour au quartier lointain3:18
7Music-hall6:47
8Par l'ouest2:39
9La Pleureuse2:53
10Rue des Marais6:55
11Adieu, Alma4:06
Les Sons cardinaux
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 51:44
Disc 14 tracks · 16:09
1Agonie d'un soleil5:01
2Tous les dimanches5:34
3Il faut être un fantôme3:05
4Points de mire2:29
Disc 24 tracks · 11:59
1Un albedo2:44
2Cent escaliers, cent paliers3:37
3Tout plutôt qu'aujourd'hui3:32
4Un bon gars2:06
Disc 34 tracks · 10:47
1Décrocher les trains2:26
2Souled1:41
3La Renverse3:04
4Je ne me rappelle pas de moi3:36
Disc 44 tracks · 12:49
1L'Azur3:35
2Endermonde2:31
3Le Pont face aux trois tours3:44
4Entre mes bras2:59
La Musique
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:26:14
Disc 112 tracks · 43:39
1Le Sens4:29
2Immortels4:28
3Nanortalik4:15
4Qui es-tu ?3:15
5Hasta que el cuerpo aguante3:14
6La Musique4:23
7Je suis parti avec toi3:27
8Le Bruit blanc de l’été2:44
9Des étendues3:44
10Les Garçons perdus2:40
11Hôtel Congress4:52
12La Fin d’un monde2:08
Disc 212 tracks · 42:35
1Valparaiso6:20
2Il ne dansera qu’avec elle2:58
3J’aimerais voir le jour tomber2:38
4Bel animal4:25
5L’Entretemps3:57
6Dans l’air2:00
7Barbara de Kalvalid3:29
8Rendez-vous avec la matière3:34
9Seul le chien3:20
10Tant que j’ai encore une ombre2:32
11La Vérité3:00
12Fatigué4:22
Vers les lueurs
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 57:56
1Contre un arbre4:09
2Rendez-nous la lumière3:09
3Ostinato4:28
4Parce que tu étais là3:52
5Parfois j'entends des cris4:06
6Close West3:32
7Loin du soleil4:22
8Quelques lumières3:21
9Vers le bleu3:42
10La Possession4:18
11Ce geste absent3:50
12Le Convoi9:38
13Par les lueurs5:29
Éléor
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:04:08
Disc 112 tracks · 39:35
1Cap Farvel3:27
2Par le Canada3:19
3Nouvelles Vagues3:19
4Central Otago3:18
5Au revoir mon amour3:07
6Une autre vie3:12
7L'Océan3:50
8Semana Santa2:38
9Celle qui ne me quittera jamais3:31
10Passer nous voir2:33
11Éléor4:34
12Oklahoma, 19322:47
Disc 212 tracks · 24:33
1Cernés par les falaises0:39
2Lente Ascension3:14
3Molly Drake1:33
4Le Long Nuage blanc3:01
5Deux fenêtres1:44
6Naissance d'Éléor0:41
7Aux sources d'Arma1:54
8Un sentier, la nuit2:02
9Un paysage2:10
10Brillance du mal1:29
11La Douceur4:57
12Une arrivée1:09
Toute latitude
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:02:22
Disc 112 tracks · 42:12
1Cycle2:39
2Désert d’hiver3:04
3Toute latitude3:18
4Les Deux Côtés d’une ombre5:40
5La Mort d’un oiseau3:08
6Aujourd’hui n’existe plus2:31
7La Clairière2:46
8Enfants de la plage2:35
9Lorsque nous vivions ensemble3:29
10Corps de ferme à l’abandon4:31
11Se décentrer4:16
12Le Reflet4:15
Disc 28 tracks · 20:10
1Ta parole1:02
2L’Eau des cailloux3:31
3Highlands4:15
4Derrière chaque coucher de soleil3:19
5Maisons de Léonard1:21
6Nationale 1373:53
7Celui que je ne dois pas croiser1:37
8Sous la main1:12
La Fragilité
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:05:02
Disc 112 tracks · 43:00
1La Poésie4:05
2Comme l’encre3:07
3Le Grand Silence des campagnes3:54
4Comme au jour premier2:48
5J’avais oublié que tu m’aimais autant2:34
6La Splendeur3:27
7Le temps qui passe sans moi3:13
8Le Ruban3:04
9Le Soleil4:39
10Beau Rivage3:31
11La Route vers toujours2:46
12La Fragilité5:52
Disc 28 tracks · 22:02
1Le Vent, ce matin2:27
2Les Couloirs2:39
3Une fête dans la solitude2:07
4Et alors j’ai levé les yeux4:08
5Les Rives ordinaires2:53
6La Pauvreté2:20
7J’ouvre les yeux3:29
8La Loire1:59
Vie étrange
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 34:05
1Papiers froissés3:19
2À la même place3:28
3Vie étrange2:48
4Rien qu'un amour2:46
5Un endroit mystérieux3:37
6Quand je rentre4:39
7L’Éclaircie3:36
8Wagons de porcelaine2:56
9Les Éveillés3:05
10Sols d'automne3:51
Le Monde réel
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:43
1Dernier Appel de la forêt6:52
2Avec les autres5:37
3Nouvelles du monde lointain3:12
4Les Roches3:58
5Désaccord des éléments3:37
6Le Manteau retourné de l’enfance2:52
7Le Monde réel3:54
8Et tout le monde comme des toupies5:40
9La Maison4:49
10Au bord de la mer sous la pluie3:12
Reflets du monde lointain
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 23:51
1Le Dénouement0:36
2Les Vagues et les regrets4:17
3La Fadeur et l'intensité3:17
4Les Yeux dans le soleil3:46
5Chaque enfant dans son monde4:12
6Le Retournement1:52
7La Plaine3:45
8Maison d'ambre2:06
Quelques lumières
2024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 28 tracks · 1:56:51
Disc 114 tracks · 1:01:46
1LʼÉcho4:03
2La Mémoire neuve5:52
3Vers le bleu4:56
4Le Temps qui passe sans moi4:00
5Le Commerce de lʼeau3:51
6Éléor4:01
7Le Ruban3:11
8Le Twenty-Two Bar4:42
9Au revoir mon amour3:36
10Rue des Marais6:25
11Immortels3:40
12Corps de ferme à lʼabandon5:21
13Le Courage des oiseaux3:14
14Comme lʼencre4:54
Disc 214 tracks · 55:05
1Ce geste absent3:31
2LʼOcéan4:01
3Chanson de la ville silencieuse2:52
4Chemise à fleurs2:35
5Les Éveillés3:15
6Elle parle à des gens qui ne sont pas là4:05
7Valparaiso4:12
8Rendez-nous la lumière4:02
9Les Animaux2:58
10Music-hall7:51
11Le Sens4:38
12LʼHumanité2:45
13Tout sera comme avant5:10
14Quelques lumières3:10
Spirales
2026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 8:48
1La roue du Jardin Garnier
2Un jour j'ai disparu5:17
3Bromure3:31
4Mark
5La rue des Flandres
6Picasso y los Simios
7Apparaître sur le quai
8La terre à personne
9Longueville
10Coltan
11Shining à 12 ans
12La brique orange
1339 rue Sainte-Croix
14Évanoui
15Le silence des autres
16La clair obscurité

Single · 14

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1993	Twice MoreSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:01 AYou Look Like Sheila3:15 BKitchen Room2:46		1993
1995	Le Twenty-Two BarSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:33 1Le Twenty-Two Bar3:13 2En fin démissionnaire2:20		October 1995
1996	Il ne faut pas souhaiter la mort des gensSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:20 1Il ne faut pas souhaiter la mort des gens3:20		1996
2004	Les ÉoliennesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:26 1Les Éoliennes3:26		5 May 2004
2007	Le Courage des oiseauxSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:20 1Le Courage des oiseaux (radio edit)3:20		10 September 2007
2010	Bel AnimalSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:57 ABel animal3:53 BSous la neige4:04	Live	2010
2012	Rendez-nous la lumièreSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:59 1Rendez-nous la lumière3:09 2Ce geste absent3:50		2 March 2012
2013	For a DaySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:40 1For a Day2:40		21 October 2013
2020	J’ai choisiSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:56 1J’ai choisi3:56		28 January 2020
2020	L'ÉclaircieSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:38 1L'Éclaircie3:38		15 April 2020
2024	Tes désirs font désordreSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:20 1Tes désirs font désordre3:20		15 March 2024
2024	Le temps qui passe sans moiSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:44 1Le temps qui passe sans moi3:56 2Chanson de la ville silencieuse2:48		26 June 2024
2026	Un jour j'ai disparuSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 12:30 1Un jour j'ai disparu5:17 2Bromure3:31 3Un jour j'ai disparu (Radio Edit)3:42		27 May 2026
2026	La terre à personneSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 5:05 1La terre à personne5:05		1 July 2026

EP · 6

EP release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
1994	L’Amour EPSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 4 tracks · 12:52 1L’Amour2:53 2La Valse boîte3:10 3John Love 23:13 4Les Menteurs3:36	April 1994
1995	La mémoire neuve - CD bonusSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:56 1La valse boîte2:59 2And then (s)he kissed me2:57	1995
1998	L’AttiranceSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 5 tracks · 17:44 1Friseur von Elvis3:45 2By Night3:24 3L’Attirance3:34 4Portsmouth2:12 5Milena Jesenská4:49	27 July 1998
2009	Kick Peplum E.P.Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 4 tracks · 14:05 1Gisor3:46 2Sarah, Bristol3:04 3Manset4:07 4Chambre d'écho3:08	2009
2010	La Musique Bonus EPSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 7 tracks · 19:07 1Immortels (radio version)3:28 2La Fin d’un monde (radio version)2:50 3Morning kisses2:26 4Un amour à la rue (demo version)2:58 5La Beauté (demo version)1:35 6Tu es ma nuit (demo version)2:38 7Dernier Chant d’amour (demo version)3:12	15 February 2010
2020	Le silence ou tout commeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 4 tracks · 13:14 1Papiers froissés3:20 2À la même place3:28 3Vie étrange2:48 4Un endroit mystérieux3:38	10 July 2020

Album · 5

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
2002	À l'arrivéeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:12:21 1En secret2:23 2Je t'ai toujours aimée2:51 3Les Hauts Quartiers de peine4:28 4Chanson de la ville silencieuse3:43 5Je ne respire plus, milos3:23 6Va t'en6:02 7Le Twenty Two Bar3:41 8Je suis une ville4:13 9Le Commerce de l'eau4:14 10Douanes4:34 11Il ne faut pas souhaiter la mort des gens3:22 12Les Menteurs3:38 13Hôtel Bratthold2:39 14Le Détour3:25 15Le Courage des oiseaux2:32 16Pour qui je me prends5:38 17Le Métier de faussaire5:07 18Avant l'enfer3:37 19Les Enfants du Pirée (remix)2:51	Compilation	16 September 2002
2002	Le DétourSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 57 tracks · 3:36:54 Disc 120 tracks · 1:12:57 1En secret2:22 2Le Métier de faussaire5:07 3L’Écho4:13 4Douanes4:34 5Le Gros Boris3:27 6Je suis une ville4:12 7Hit hit hit3:17 8Les Hauts Quartiers de peine4:27 9Les Enfants du Pirée2:51 10Le Détour3:24 11Le Commerce de l’eau4:14 12Le Travail2:51 13Le Courage des oiseaux2:32 14Il ne faut pas souhaiter la mort des gens3:22 15Rien qu’à voir4:00 16Un mauvais ami2:50 17Antonia3:32 18Comment certains vivent4:27 19Morse3:53 20L’Adversité3:22 Disc 216 tracks · 1:10:38 1Exit4:57 2Le Twenty Two Bar3:41 3Pour la peau5:05 4Pères3:34 5Les Terres brunes2:17 6Tutti va bene5:40 7Chanson de la ville silencieuse3:43 8Avant l’enfer3:36 9Sous la neige3:03 10La Mémoire neuve5:58 11Je t’ai toujours aimée2:51 12Va t’en6:02 13Chiqué chiqué3:11 14L’Onglée (live)4:44 15Un ménage (live)4:14 16Encore (live)8:02 Disc 321 tracks · 1:13:19 1Enfin démissionnaire2:23 2La valse boîte4:00 3Syl2:34 4Cloud / Rain1:43 5Plaindre4:02 6Milena Jesenská4:48 7Fuite - B.O.F. Banqueroute4:11 8Friseur von Elvis3:46 9Les Menteurs3:37 10Empty White Blues4:09 11La Lumière et l’enregistrement4:45 12Just Like a Movie Star4:12 13John Love3:12 14Roach2:32 15Un insouciant2:56 16Comme aurait dit Ben4:42 17S’ils te voyaient3:32 18Fin - B.O.F. Banqueroute3:34 19Teenage kicks2:43 20My Brain2:41 21L’Attirance3:17	Compilation	November 2002
2007	Sur nos forces motricesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:13:43 1L’Amour3:41 2La Relève5:26 3Bowling4:25 4Le Courage des oiseaux3:13 5Pour la peau5:24 6Exit4:56 7Marina Tsvétaéva4:08 8La Mémoire neuve6:32 9Antonia3:14 10Tout sera comme avant4:47 11Music hall6:29 12Revoir les choses3:23 13L’Horizon7:53 14Le Commerce de l’eau5:14 15Empty White Blues4:58	Live	15 October 2007
2009	Songs Over Troubled WaterSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:13:09 1Dragonfly5:24 2Navajo Dream3:48 3Swimming3:52 4Unlimited Marriage II5:32 5L’amour est mort4:56 6Tomorrow on the Runway4:18 7Can’t Be Sure3:24 8It’s My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry4:27 9You Deserve More Than a Maybe2:51 10Dora7:44 11It’ll Never Happen Again2:36 12Nobody Has to Know4:40 13I Have the Gun3:34 14Tout doux4:25 15Les Animaux du club3:57 16Noon7:41	Compilation	2009
2016	5 Albums originauxSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music	Compilation	2016

Stats & PK

Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Dominique A head-to-head →

Dominique A metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	13	67.6th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	45	93.6th
Studio albums	20	96.4th
Awards recorded	2	92.6th
Timeline events	24	95.3th
Recording span (years)	35	74.2th
Genres	8	94.5th

Awards & honours

Awards and honours, by year
Year	Award	Category	Result
2013	Victoires de la Musique – Male artist of the year		won
2016	Officer of Arts and Letters		won

Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Les Linda(band)	—	present
Memento(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dominique_A-7_%28crop%29.JPG
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8ae5648d-d9b7-4083-b538-17f71672990f
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8ae5648d-d9b7-4083-b538-17f71672990f
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3034954
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3034954
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_A
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_A

Why this artist is in the database

List of singer-songwriters

France · Person

chanson

1 shared genre tag · debut 1985 · from France

52 wikis

Timeline

1960s

Born 1968-10-06

1990s

Debut release: Un disque sourd

Album: Un disque sourd

Album: La Fossette

Album: Si je connais Harry

Album: La Mémoire neuve

Album: Remué

2000s

Album: Solo Tape: Une femme chante sur le quai

Album: Auguri

Album: Tout sera comme avant

Album: L'Horizon

Album: Les Sons cardinaux

Album: La Musique

2010s

Album: Vers les lueurs

Won: Victoires de la Musique – Male artist of the year

Album: Éléor

Won: Officer of Arts and Letters

Album: Toute latitude

Album: La Fragilité

2020s

Album: Vie étrange

Album: Le Monde réel

Album: Reflets du monde lointain

Album: Quelques lumières

Album: Spirales

Biography

Biography

Early life

Beginning of a career

Le Détour and beyond (2002–)

Collaboration and influence

Studio albums

Live albums

Decorations

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (45 release groups · 20 studio albums)

Albums · 20

Single · 14

EP · 6

Album · 5

Stats & PK

Awards & honours

Line-up

Where this record comes from

Why this artist is in the database

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