Sandrine François
Person · female · France · Paris · born 1980 · recording since 2002
French singer
Also known as 珊德盈·馮絲華
Timeline
1980s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Et Si Le Monde...
First documented release in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
Biography
Biography
Sandrine François (born December 1980 in Paris) is a French singer who represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with "Il faut du temps
Il faut du tempsSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Il faut du temps (Je me battrai pour ça)3:562Comme une étincelle3:38", coming in fifth position.
Biography
François was discovered singing in a pub and invited to sing on the television show of Mireille Dumas. This appearance led to a record contract, and to her working with producer-writer-arranger Erick Benzi (who also worked with Jean-Jacques Goldman and Céline Dion, among others).
In 2002, François was invited by French television to represent her country in the Eurovision Song Contest. Rick Allison, Marie-Florence Gros and Patrick Bruel wrote a song for her called "Il faut du temps
Il faut du tempsSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Il faut du temps (Je me battrai pour ça)3:562Comme une étincelle3:38". She reached fifth position with 104 points.
She produced a solo album entitled Et si le monde...Et Si Le Monde...Spotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Et si le monde…4:142Emmène-moi3:563Il faut du temps3:574Sur mon nuage3:005Celui de trop3:176Il sait3:077Elle attend toujours3:368Comme une étincelle3:379Tu fais partie de moi4:2610Ton jour de chance3:1711Parce que c'est toi4:3412Folle de lui4:0713Raison d'être4:1414En dedans3:15, comprising 14 tracks in French including "Il faut du temps" along with a variety of mid tempo tracks and power ballads.
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 | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups)
Other · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Et Si Le Monde...Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 52:371Et si le monde…4:14 2Emmène-moi3:56 3Il faut du temps3:57 4Sur mon nuage3:00 5Celui de trop3:17 6Il sait3:07 7Elle attend toujours3:36 8Comme une étincelle3:37 9Tu fais partie de moi4:26 10Ton jour de chance3:17 11Parce que c'est toi4:34 12Folle de lui4:07 13Raison d'être4:14 14En dedans3:15 | 2002 |
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Il faut du tempsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:341Il faut du temps (Je me battrai pour ça)3:56 2Comme une étincelle3:38 | 27 May 2002 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Sandrine François head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf4b7766-12bb-40e0-b8ce-5f2684ef7f03discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf4b7766-12bb-40e0-b8ce-5f2684ef7f03core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q291473seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandrine_Fran%C3%A7oisbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandrine_Fran%C3%A7ois
Why this artist is in the database
- List of French singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q291473 · MusicBrainz: bf4b7766-12bb-40e0-b8ce-5f2684ef7f03
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