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La Compagnie Créole | |
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| Origin | Overseas France |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 1976–Present |
La Compagnie Créole is a popularFrench pop band fromFrench Guiana and theFrench West Indies, founded in the 1970's. They originally started singing inCreole but quickly adoptedFrench as their main language. They are known mostly for the feel-good and happy-go-lucky quality reverberating in all of their songs: popular themes and imagery include colorful rainbows, sunshine, music and harmless animals as a positive morale booster all set toCaribbean rhythms. Many of their records have been produced byDaniel Vangarde.
Founded in 1975, the group released their first album, "Ba mwen en ti bo" in 1976, with the album "Blogodo" following in 1982. In 1983, two of their most popular songs, "Vive le Douanier Rousseau !" and "C'est bon pour le moral" were released, with 400,000 and 500,000 records sold, respectively.[1][2] From 1984 to 1987, the group released additional popular songs, including "Le Bal masqué", "Ça fait rire les oiseaux" and "Ma première biguine-partie."
The group received top billing in the fourth and fifth seasons of "Âge tendre, la tournée des idoles" a tour composed of musical acts originating from the 1960's and the 1970's. On May 27, 2011, a celebration in their honour was held in Paris.
In the summer of 2020, they released a parody of their song "Le bal masqué" under the title of "Sortons masqués" (Let's go out wearing masks) to encourage wearing masks during theCOVID-19 pandemic.[3]
The group has produced over 23 albums, and claims to have sold over 60 million records.[4]
At the beginning of 2024, the group took part in the 6th season of the popular French TV project"Mask Singer" under a Hand mask. They left the project in episode 3.
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Atribute album titledLes machines à danser (dancing machines) was released in June 2010; the album includescovers byQuébécois artists such asAriane Moffatt,Dubmatique andAfrodizz.[5]
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