Alizée is actively involved in charity work through Les Enfoirés, a group of French celebrities who organize fund-raising concerts every year. The proceeds from these concerts go to Les Restaurants du Coeur. The organisation, set up by French comedian Coluche, helps feed the poor. Alizée participated in these concerts in 2001 and 2002.

Alizée married fellow French singer Jérémy Châtelain, whom she met at the Eurobest awards function in 2003. They were married on November 6, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. They had their first child, a girl they named Anny-Lee (Annily), on April 29, 2005.

Career

The single was from her debut album, "Gourmandises",Gourmandises which translates to "Delicacies" in English. The album, written by Farmer and composed by Boutonnat, sold over 800,000 copies in France. It went Platinum in just three months. In 2001, the album, most of whose songs featured "risqué lyrics", was launched internationally, and she became the highest-selling female French singer in 2001.All Music Guide biography The album went on to sell over 4 million copies worldwide.Alizée - fiche complète - TV5 - Musique Farmer and Boutonnat kept a tight rein how the album was marketed and controlled the image in which Alizée was portrayed. Meanwhile, Alizée gave very few interviews and even when she did, it did not stretch beyond 20 minutes per journalist. Nor did she agree to any photoshoots.

Her second single "L'alizé", also from the same album, followed soon after. It was also successful in hitting number one in France, and gained some success internationally. The video of the "sexily alliterative" song shows Alizée amidst soap bubbles against a pink backdrop singing about herself.

In 2003 she returned with her second album "Mes Courants Électriques",MCE or "My Electric Currents" in English translation. With the release of this album, she changed her image from a 'Lolita' to that of a more toned-down teenager. This album was also written by Farmer and Boutonnat. The first single from this album, J'en Ai Marre, known as "Mon Bain de Mousse" in Japan, had some success in and outside France, but this second album, featuring English versions of four tracks, was not as well received as her first one, Gourmandises. It sold over 200,000 copies in France. The album was supported by a countrywide tour in the fall of 2003. A live CD and DVD a year later, in the fall of 2004, by the name "Alizée En Concert", followed. The DVD featured footage of her rehearsals.

Alizée has sold more than four million albums throughout Europe. She has starred in a Japanese commercial and has taken part in various stage shows and live performances outside of Japan. The female Night Elf dance in the computer game, World of Warcraft, published by Blizzard Entertainment, is rumored to be inspired by the choreography of her performance of J'en Ai Marre. The stage costume for the same performance is considered by many to be inspired by a blue sailor outfit seen in the 1997 remake of Nabokov's Lolita, due to a noticeable similarity in design.

Since her marriage, Alizée has taken a hiatus from singing. She has avoided appearing in the media since February 2004. Her first television appearance since then was on MTV France on February 18, 2006. She currently resides in Paris, France.

Future

Since Alizée took a break from the music business almost two years ago, there has been no confirmed official word regarding her comeback. Her official site has been down since the summer of 2005. Since then, many rumors had surfaced, which eventually turned out to be false.

After almost two years of fan speculation, on April 3, 2006, a handwritten message, signed Alizée, was received by the webmaster of the fansite Le Nid d'Alizée, stating that she is working on the third album. However, the statements haven't been officially confirmed yet. Translated into English the message is as below.

On July 7, 2006, the show Le JT de la musique on French TV channel "Europe 2" reported that Alizée has separated from her former producer and song writer Mylène Farmer and is now working on her third album. It was also reported that the lyrics of the new album are being penned by Jean Faulques. Her husband, Jérémy Châtelain, is also associated with the album.

In the July/August issue of the French magazine Platine, it was reported that she has parted with both Mylène Farmer as well as her record label, "Polydor". It went on to report that Jean Faulques will be writing at least a few songs, while the music is being composed by Jérémy Châtelain. The first single from this album will supposedly be aired by September, with the full album release by the end of the year.

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