Timeline
1980s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Dur dur d'être bébé !
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
Biography
Biography
Jordy Claude Daniel Lemoine (born 14 January 1988), known as Jordy, is a French singer and musician. He was known for his hit single "Dur dur d'être bébé!" when he was four years old.
He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines. He is the son of music producer Claude Lemoine, who was involved with the Rockets from 1976 to 1992.
Career
Jordy is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest singer ever to have a No. 1 charted single. He achieved this in 1992, at the age of four-and-a-half, with the song "Dur dur d'être bébé!" ("It's Tough to Be a Baby").
"Dur dur d'être bébé!" was No. 1 for 15 weeks in France, and was a dance hit across Europe, Brazil, Latin America, South Korea, and Japan. It landed at No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100, making him the youngest artist to ever chart there.
As a teenager, Jordy appeared on Season 2 of the French television show La Ferme Célébrités on 30 April 2005, making his first public appearance in almost ten years. He was named winner on 28 June 2005.
On 28 February 2006, he released his first new single in 12 years, "Je t'apprendrai
Je t'apprendraiSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Je t'apprendrai3:552Lève-toi3:58", and began performing with his band Jordy & the Dixies.
Albums
Pochette Surprise (1992)
Potion Magique (1993)
Récréation (1995)
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 | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 10 | 82.3th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 14 | 33.6th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
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
1992 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:30
1Dur dur d’être bébé3:262Alison3:433Ma petite sœur3:464Les Boules3:545C’est pas nous4:096La Danse du pouce dans la bouche3:357Jordy Rave Show4:038Dur dur d’être bébé (remix)5:249Les Boules (remix)5:0610La Danse du pouce dans la bouche (remix)7:241993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 42:09
1It's Christmas, c'est Noël3:352Dis Tino3:383Petit Papa Noël3:424Ma petite sœur (Reggae mix)3:355Love Love Dance4:106Allo maman c'est Noël3:347Des cadeaux pour Noël3:398Cinq ans d'amour4:099D.J. tu dors !5:5910Love Love Dance (remix)6:081995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:22
1Coolman4:302L'indien pleure4:223Toi, toi et moi4:104C'est les grands qui sont gagas3:275Y'a qu'un cheveu3:486Ko ko3:317C'est la pub3:398Je l'aime comme un grand4:019Sacré Charlemagne3:5910L'ABCD de Jordy3:55
Single · 7
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Dur dur d'être bébé !Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 18:211Dur dur d'être bébé ! (single mix)3:26 2Dur dur d'être bébé ! (club mix)5:24 3Dur dur d'être bébé ! (dob mix)5:24 4Dur dur d'être bébé ! (techno mix)4:07 | 1992 | ||
| 1993 | Les BoulesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 8:451Les Boules3:54 2Les Boules (Miami mix)4:51 | 1993 | ||
| 1993 | It's Christmas, c'est NoëlSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:101It's Christmas, c'est Noël3:36 2Allo maman, c'est Noël3:34 | 1993 | ||
| 1993 | AlisonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 9:061Alison3:44 2Dur dur d'être bébé ! (club mix)5:22 | 1993 | ||
| 1994 | Love Love DanceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 10:171Love Love Dance4:08 2Love Love Dance (remix)6:09 | 1994 | ||
| 1995 | CoolmanSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks1Coolman 2Je l'aime comme un grand | 1995 | ||
| 2006 | Je t'apprendraiSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:531Je t'apprendrai3:55 2Lève-toi3:58 | 27 February 2006 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jordy head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 10 | 82.3th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 14 | 33.6th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/244f9821-c21b-4c82-abfc-c9c82199ec19discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/244f9821-c21b-4c82-abfc-c9c82199ec19core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322915genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322915seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordy_%28French_singer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordy_%28French_singer%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of French singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
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Wikidata: Q1322915 · MusicBrainz: 244f9821-c21b-4c82-abfc-c9c82199ec19
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