Christophe Cirillo is a French singer-songwriter performing in pop and chanson music genres.
Career After studying sociology, Christophe pursued a musical career and participated in the Rencontres d'Astaffort. Following this, he associated with Louis Chedid and signed a record contract with Universal Music under the pseudonym Monsieur Clément.
In 2005, his first album Monsieur Clément, produced by Albin de la Simone, was released with the single "Je n'ai jamais su". He gained attention from critics, including being described as a "new Souchon."
He released a second album in 2007, Comme un enfant, and opened for Calogero and Marc Lavoine.
Christophe left Universal and his pseudonym to join the participatory project My Major Company. With the help of online contributors, a third album Funambule was released in 2011.Christophe Cirillo: J'aimais mieux avant, an artist with My Major Company, on archives-lepost.huffingtonpost.fr, retrieved January 24, 2014
Christophe also wrote for other artists, such as David Hallyday and Ariane Moffatt. In 2013, he co-wrote the song Les murs porteurs for Florent Pagny on the album Vieillir avec toi, composed by Calogero.
His fourth album, Cowboy désarmé, was released in 2015, and Christophe Cirillo opened at Calogero's tour.
Discography Albums Singles 2005: Je n'ai jamais su 2006: A nous 2008: A part ça 2011: J'aimais mieux avant 2013: La beauté du geste 2015: Grand bien nous fasse
Collaborations 2007: Plus vent de toi, Sous les vagues – David Hallyday 2007: Grandeur nature – duet with Ariane Moffatt 2013: Les murs porteurs – Florent Pagny 2014: Fidèle – Calogero
References