Milen Farmer - the highest paid singer in France, a champion in the number of diamond disks. Her creative biography had a lot: ups, downs, cooperation with the best world performers.
Biography
Milen Farmer was born in Pierrefonds (Canada). Her real name is Gauthier. The family moved to Canada from France, his father had a contract for the construction of several facilities. Mother worked as a secretary, and then she became a housewife. In total, they had four children.
Milen studied at the school of St. Marcelina (Quebec). In 1969 the family returned to France, Milen at that time was 8 years old. She had a hard time in the new school, her peers were hostile to her, considering him a foreigner. Mylene was more friends with the boys.
Grandmother devoted a lot of time to raising the girl. She graduated from the conservatory and was able to convey to her granddaughter a love of art. At the insistence of my grandmother, Milen began to participate in vocals and unsuccessfully.
The second grandmother instilled in her a love of horse riding. Milen even wanted to connect her future profession with horses, but at the age of 17 she changed her mind and wanted to be an actress. Having set a goal, she decided to achieve it without fail.
Milen dropped out of high school and sped off to Paris, where she began to study at the theater school. The girl had to pay for training on her own, for this she worked a lot. She was a seller of shoes, an assistant at the dentist, then got a job in a modeling agency, often visited all kinds of auditions.
Creative career
At the agency, Milen met Laurent Butonn, composer, director. He was looking for a vocalist to perform the song Maman a tort. Mylene was perfect for him, but she was forced to change her hair color and hairstyle. The girl decided to change her last name, becoming Farmer (in honor of actress France Farmer).
The song Maman a tort became a hit of 1984. Later, the album Cendres de Lune and the music video Libertine were released. It turned out scandalous, Milen played the role of a libertine. In 1989, a new video was released, where the singer appeared in the same image. They started talking about Mylene, her subsequent albums became platinum. In 1989, Farmer was named the singer of the year.
In 1994, Laurent Butonna directed the film "Georgino" with Milen in the title role, the picture was a failure. The singer was very upset by the failure and decided to go live in the USA. There she recorded the album Anamorphosee, created in a new style. Then Farmer returned and again began to work with Laurent.
In 1999, she recorded Innamoramento, went on a world tour. The final concert was held in Moscow. Subsequent albums have also been successful. In 2006, Farmer sang along with Moby the song Slipping Away. In 2007, the singer decided to become a producer, she began working with Alize, the winner of the contest "Beginner Star".
