Joyce Jonathan

Biography

Joyce Jonathan (born 3 November 1989) is a French singer and songwriter.
Her first album Sur mes gardes×Sur mes gardes18 January 2010 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1L’heure avait sonné3:382Pas besoin de toi3:083Je ne sais pas3:384Ma musique3:295Au bar2:436Prends ton temps3:207Un peu d’espoir3:198Bien trop simple3:179Sur mes gardes2:4710Tant pis3:3211Les Souvenirs3:1912Le Piège (première version maquette)3:06 went gold in May 2010 only five months after its release, and was certified platinum less than a year later. On 23 January 2011 she received the NRJ Music Awards for Francophone Breakthrough of the Year.

Early life

Joyce was born in Levallois-Perret, the youngest of a family of three girls. Her mother is the director of a travel agency and her father is an architect. She was educated at the École alsacienne in Paris, and studied psychology at the university level.
At the age of seven, she learned to play the piano and began composing her first songs secretly. She pursued her musical interests with voice and piano lessons, being influenced by artists such as Teri Moses and Tracy Chapman.
At the age of 16, Joyce Jonathan posted three of her compositions on the site MySpace, promoting them to Michael Goldman, co-founder of the new label My Major Company .
In December 2007, at the age of 18, Joyce Jonathan was launched on the website of the label My Major Company. On 13 May 2008, 486 internet backers provided the 70,000 euros needed to start production of her album. Six months after its release, the web-producers of Joyce Jonathan had already recouped their investment

Career

With internet backing, Jonathan began recording her first album in 2008, with the help of Louis Bertignac (guitarist of the band Téléphone). Reputedly impressed by the talent and voice of the young artist, he agreed to assist her on the arrangement of her songs, working together with her in his studio for a year. Joyce also recorded a duet with Tété, Sur mes gardes.
Her two singles, "Je ne sais pas×Je ne sais pas7 December 2009 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Je ne sais pas3:22" and "Pas besoin de toi×Pas besoin de toi7 December 2009 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Pas besoin de toi3:11", were included in her first album "Sur mes gardes×Sur mes gardes18 January 2010 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1L’heure avait sonné3:382Pas besoin de toi3:083Je ne sais pas3:384Ma musique3:295Au bar2:436Prends ton temps3:207Un peu d’espoir3:198Bien trop simple3:179Sur mes gardes2:4710Tant pis3:3211Les Souvenirs3:1912Le Piège (première version maquette)3:06," released in January 2010, and certified gold after only five months. In August, the album ranked first in sales of albums for download.
In 2011, she won the category Francophone Breakthrough of the year of the NRJ Music Awards 2011. She has just recorded a song "Mystères" with Pétula Clark.
Her second album, Caractère×Caractère10 June 2013 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1La diluvienne3:252Ça ira3:443Quand tu me prends la main2:444Sans patience3:145Si seulement tout était écrit3:316Caractère4:067Jardin zen3:018Depuis3:119Botero2:3710Vivre avec3:1111Passage oublié2:5212Chambre 140 (Bonus Track)2:56, was released in June 2013, including the single Ça ira×Ça ira16 May 2017 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Je tiens les rênes - Version mandarin3:252Le bonheur - Version mandarin3:213Je ne veux pas de toi3:164Je ne sais pas - Version mandarin3:395Pas besoin de toi - Version mandarin3:096L'heure avait sonné - Version mandarin3:397Sans toi - Version mandarin3:258Un peu d'espoir - Version mandarin3:219Ça ira - Version mandarin3:4310Caractère - Version mandarin4:0711Tes déserts2:1812Je tiens les rênes - Version mandarin / anglais3:2513Je tiens les rênes - Version anglais / français3:2514T'en va pas3:0715D'aventures en aventures3:53. She was nominated at the NRJ Music Awards for best female singer and best song.
Joyce Jonathan released her song "Le Bonheur" in September 2015. It is the first single of her 3rd album, Une place pour moi×Une place pour moi5 February 2016 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Je tiens les rênes3:282Le bonheur3:233Les filles d'aujourd'hui4:224Je plonge3:495L'amour, l'amour, l'amour2:296Une place pour moi2:577Si un jour3:158Je cours3:359Je me jette à l'eau2:4410Je ne veux pas de toi3:1911Sans toi3:2312Des fuites d'eau4:05, which was released on 5 February 2016.
On 4 May 2018, Joyce Jonathan released her single "On", which is also a track on her album of the same name, which was released in October 2018.
In May 2021, Jonathan began releasing singles in anticipation of her sixth studio album, Les p'tites jolies choses. The complete album was released on 25 March 2022 and has two parts. The first, part "A" has 12 songs with a more pop style and includes the titular song and others such as "À la vie comme à la mort" with Jason Mraz. Part "B," also titled Toi et moi, has six songs with more jazz influence and was co-written and co-produced with Ibrahim Maalouf.
In 2024, she participated in season 5 of the Chinese variety show Sisters Who Make Waves / Ride the wind 2024, featuring 36 female celebrities aging from 29 to 54, from different sectors of the entertainment industry, including singers, actors, dancers, etc. Jonathan was one of the 7 foreign participants. And she is only foreign player in a team with 12 members.

Personal life

Jonathan gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Ghjulia, on 2 November 2020. She has not, however, revealed the full identity of the father, who is originally from Corsica.
When they were both attending the École alsacienne, she had a relationship with politician and former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, but Jonathan said that the relationship was merely "a joke between us" and "a playtime crush".
In 2024, she was invited to participate in Mango TV’s self-produced music competition variety show——"Chengfeng 2024".

Singles

• Did not appear on the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather on the Ultratip chart.