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Marie-France Dufour
Person · female · France · Nancy · born 1949 · died 1990 · recording since 1971
French singer (1949-1990)
Also known as Marie · Marie-France Pierrette Georgette Dufour · 瑪麗-弗朗絲·迪富爾
Timeline
4 events◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1† Death 1
1940s
1970s
· Debut release
Debut release: Marie
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
1990s
Biography
English biography65 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1305408731
Biography
Marie-France Dufour or Marie (8 August 1949 – 18 October 1990) was a French singer. She made her hit Soleil in 1971, but she is probably best known for representing Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 in Luxembourg by song "Un train qui partUn train qui partSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAUn train qui part3:04BLe Géant2:30". She was also featured in Les Misérables as Éponine. She died of leukemia at the age of 41 in 1990.
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 | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 2 | 14.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
1971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 38:05
A1Dans le ciel3:45A2Vis ta vie3:00A3Ma vie commence aujourd’hui2:55A4Ma mère la colombe et le cerisier3:55A5Souviens-toi de moi3:20A6La vie c’est...2:15B1Il faut toujours croire à la chance2:55B2Je suis seule4:30B3J’ai trouvé ma route2:30B4Le Marin de Dublin2:00B5Kaleïdoscope4:30B6Soleil2:30
Single · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Soleil / Il ne faut jamais sourire d’un enfantSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:40AIl ne faut jamais sourire d’un enfant3:10 BSoleil2:30 | 1971 | ||
| 1973 | Un train qui partSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:34AUn train qui part3:04 BLe Géant2:30 | 1973 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Marie-France Dufour head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 2 | 14.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a830efb3-5e03-4031-9b7e-e6816b73fe08discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a830efb3-5e03-4031-9b7e-e6816b73fe08core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439193genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439193seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-France_Dufourbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-France_Dufour
Why this artist is in the database
- List of French singers
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Wikidata: Q439193 · MusicBrainz: a830efb3-5e03-4031-9b7e-e6816b73fe08
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