Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine

Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine was born on July 21, 1948 in Dole, Jura (France), into a family of six children. After passing his baccalauréat and studying law and psychology in Besançon (Doubs), he decided to move to Paris, where he tried his hand at becoming a singer. He performed in small theaters and cabarets. But he didn't really launch his solo career until 1978, with a debut album entitled Tout Corps Vivant Branché sur le Secteur Étant Appelé à S'émouvoir, followed by two albums released in 1979 and 1980: Autorisation de Délirer and De l'Amour, de l'Art ou du Cochon? Composed essentially of songs written during the decade just past, this first trilogy defines an essentially folk artist who blends derision and surrealism. After this initial phase, Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine extended his discography in the 1980s, starting with Dernières Balises (Avant Mutation) in 1981. But it would take another six albums and fifteen years for his music to achieve a real commercial impact. His first entry into the French charts came in 1996, when La Tentation du Bonheur reached number 27. From then on, his audience grew, and all his subsequent albums charted: Le Bonheur de la Tentation (#20 in 1998), Défloration 13 and Scandale Mélancolique reached #14 in 2001 and 2005 respectively. In 2007, Amicalement Blues gave him the opportunity to team up with his friend Paul Personne on the joint album, which reached No. 19. Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine's best sales performance came with Supplément de Mensonges (2011) (#2), while Stratégie de l'Inespoir (2014) reached #10. It would be another seven years before the artist enriched his discography with a new album, Géographie du Vide (2021), ranked No. 2 in France and No. 6 in Belgium and Switzerland. Unplugged, which followed in 2024, featured tracks recorded during his acoustic tour two years earlier.

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