Profile of Lorie on Famous Like Me

Laure Pester (born May 2, 1982), known professionally as simply Lorie, is a French pop singer, often referred to as the "Britney Spears" of France (although her image is somewhat more wholesome and family-friendly). In the space of three years she released three albums, working with producer, songwriter and composer Johnny Williams (grandson of 'musette' accordion star André Verchuren) and her father manager André Pester (a former studio manager at French radio station RTL).

Career

Despite early dreams of becoming a skater, she turned her attention to music in childhood. Her lightning rise to fame began after her first single, Près de moi, was released on peoplesound.com, a free online distributor of unpublished music. Her success with Internet fans led to Lorie scoring a lucrative record deal with Sony. Her first album was Près de Toi (2001), followed by Tendrement (2002) and the live recording special Live Tour (2003). Attitudes (2004) sold 300,000 copies within the first two weeks of its release.

Characteristics

Her image portrays her as as a clean-cut and child-friendly teen icon, with little of the overt sexuality displayed by her contemporaries in the French teen-pop market (e.g. Alizee) - her relationship with American pop-star Billy Crawford was widely publicized but remained scandal-free. As a result, she has a particularly strong following among schoolchildren.

Musically, she remains a straight pop act, occasionally moving towards pop-rock like many other French female starlets (e.g. Jenifer Bartoli) - the single Week End is an example of this. Her act is characterized by energetic dance routines, with simple music videos that showcase her talents.

Discography

Albums

• Près de Toi (30 September 2001)
• Tendrement (16 September 2002)
• Live Tour (25 August 2003)
• Attitudes (19 January 2004)
• Week End Tour (4 October 2004)
• Best Of (4 April 2005)

Singles

• • Baby Boum (as Laurie)
• Près de Toi
  • Près de Moi
  • Je serai (ta meilleure amie)
  • Toute seule
• Tendrement
  • J'ai besoin d'amour
  • À 20 ans
  • Sur un air latino
• Attitudes
  • Week-end
  • La positive attitude
  • Ensorcelée
  • C'est plus fort que moi
• Best Of
  • Toi & Moi

DVDs

• Je serai (ta meilleure amie)
• Près de Vous
• Tendrement Vôtre
• Live Tour
• Week End Tour
• Best Of

External Links

• Official Site (http://www.lorieonline.net)
• Official Fan Club (http://www.loriefanclub.com)
• Sony Music France (http://www.sonymusic.fr)
• Peoplesound (http://www.peoplesound.com)

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