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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Elli Medeiros
Person · female · France · Montevideo · born 1956 · recording since 1986
French-Uruguayan singer and actress
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Also known as Elie Medeiros · 艾莉·梅德罗斯
Timeline
4 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1950s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Toi mon toit
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
Biography
English biography163 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1338847660
Biography
Elli Medeiros (born 18 January 1956) is a Uruguayan-French singer and actress.
Stinky Toys
Originally from Uruguay, Medeiros moved to Paris, France, at the age of 14, dropped out of high school a couple of years later and joined the punk band Stinky Toys.
Elli et Jacno
After the group disbanded, Medeiros joined another Stinky Toy member Jacno to form the electropop duo Elli et Jacno. Together they released several albums, one of them the soundtrack to an Éric Rohmer film Les nuits de la pleine lune.
Solo
The singer went solo in 1986. The songs, "Toi mon toit
Toi mon toitSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAToi mon toit3:36BMarie3:21" (1986) and "A bailar calypso
A Bailar CalypsoSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAA Bailar Calypso3:25BRed Roses4:12" (1987), were big hits in France and had a more Latin sound than her previous records.
She sang back-up vocals on several of pop star Etienne Daho's songs from his 1996 album Eden. She also helped co-write his song "Me manquer" from the same album.
Elli Medeiros appears in a number of French films and has worked with, among others, Olivier Assayas and Philippe Garrel.
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 | 17 | 76.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 10 | 82.3th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 40 | 80.2th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (10 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:54
1La Chanson du Poisson3:212Bom Bom4:153Marie3:234A Bailar Calypso4:095Whoo Are You4:316Fu Gi4:057Red Roses4:128Mi amor (Eres tu)3:249Flat Man3:5710Toi mon toit3:372006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 57:22
1Soulève-moi3:102The Alien3:143Lonely Lovers2:374For You3:365Altar3:316More Than Me2:507Melancolía3:268L’ailleurs3:439Otoño mío3:0610My Heart Belongs to Daddy3:1311La cruz del sur / The Alien (Ghost remix)16:4912Soulève-moi (remix)4:2113Soulève-moi (remix)3:46— · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 41:14
1The Beginning0:202Vanille4:353Mc Comico3:404Ça m'fait mal2:185Elli's Blues3:336Tango Salvaje3:427Jalalul'Din0:548Huit et demi1:509Veneno4:3510Les dattes3:1511Look Out3:3512The Wheel Of Time4:3013Give Me2:3614Bye Bye1:51
Single · 6
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Toi mon toitSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:57AToi mon toit3:36 BMarie3:21 | 1986 | ||
| 1987 | A Bailar CalypsoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:37AA Bailar Calypso3:25 BRed Roses4:12 | 1987 | ||
| 1987 | Bom bom…Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:151Bom bom…3:18 2Flat Man3:57 | 1987 | ||
| 1989 | VanilleSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:20AVanille3:45 BGive Me2:35 | 1989 | ||
| 1999 | Tout baigne ! (dans notre amour)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:421Tout baigne ! (dans notre amour)3:44 2Dans notre amour...3:58 | 1999 | ||
| 2026 | My Heart Belongs to DaddySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:131My Heart Belongs to Daddy3:13 | 26 June 2026 |
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Toi mon toit... etcSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 59:381Toi mon toit3:43 2Bom Bom3:24 3A Bailar Calypso4:13 4Marie3:28 5Tango Salvaje3:45 6Red Roses4:16 7Fugu3:49 8The Wheel of Time4:34 9Vanille3:34 10Whoo Are You4:35 11Chica Chica Bongo4:12 12Plastic Faces2:49 13Lonely Lovers3:13 14For You3:45 15Birthday Party2:57 16La Rubia3:21 | Compilation | 1997 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Elli Medeiros head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 17 | 76.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 10 | 82.3th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 40 | 80.2th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elli & Jacno(band) | — | present | |
| Stinky Toys(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:Elli_Medeiros_-_Cannes_2008_%28cropped%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c86c8f07-8e29-4adf-a8f8-69cd65093291discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c86c8f07-8e29-4adf-a8f8-69cd65093291core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456596genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456596seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elli_Medeirosbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elli_Medeiros
Why this artist is in the database
- List of French singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Georges Biard · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q456596 · MusicBrainz: c86c8f07-8e29-4adf-a8f8-69cd65093291
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