Bands/Musicians List of Famous Bands from Paris

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List of Paris bands, listed by their level of fame. This Paris musicians list includes both bands and solo artists. All famous Paris bands are included, as well as many Paris musicians of underground status. This list of Paris musical artists includes information like what genre the artist falls under, what albums they've put out and more. If you want to know more about these famous Paris bands you can click on their names to learn more about them. Bands from every genre are listed here, including rock, pop, hip-hop/rap, jazz, and more.

This list includes Daft Punk, David Guetta and more bands.

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Daft Punk is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Electronic music, House music, French house
Daft Punk is a French electronic music duo consisting of musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in ...more

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David Guetta is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Urban contemporary, Hip hop music, Synthpop
Pierre David Guetta is a French disc jockey and record producer. He co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster ...more

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Justice is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Dance-punk, Rock music, Indietronica
Justice is a French Grammy-award winning electronic music duo consisting of Gaspard Michel Andre Augé and Xavier de Rosnay. The duo is one of the most successful groups on Ed Banger ...more

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Françoise Hardy is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Françoise Madeleine Hardy is a French singer and actress. Hardy is a popular figure in music and fashion.

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Charlotte Gainsbourg is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Electro, Folk rock, French pop music
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is an Anglo-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical ...more

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Erik Satie is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Opera, Ballet, 20th-century classical music
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie – he signed his name Erik Satie after 1884 – was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde. His ...more

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Emma Shapplin is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Pop music, Opera, Neoclassical New Age music
Emma Shapplin is a French operatic coloratura soprano.

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Richard Clayderman is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Pop music, Classical music, Easy listening
Richard Clayderman is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, ...more

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Charles Aznavour is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Chanson, Pop music, Jazz
Charles Aznavour is a Franco-Armenian singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Aznavour is known for his unique tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly ...more

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Johnny Hallyday is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Rock music, Rock and roll
Jean-Philippe Smet, known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he has been called "the ...more

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Arthur H is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Rock music, Experimental rock, Electronic dance music
Arthur H. is an actor and composer.

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Téléphone is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Rock music
Téléphone was a French rock band formed in 1976 by Jean-Louis Aubert, Louis Bertignac, Corine Marienneau and Richard Kolinka. Their first, self-titled album, was released in 1977; ...more

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Henri Texier is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Jazz
Henri Texier is a French jazz double bassist born in Paris. He is perhaps best known for his 1960s work with Don Cherry and for his 1980s band the Transatlantik Quartet, which featured Joe ...more

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Alexis Korner is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Blues-rock, Blues
Alexis Korner was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a founding father of British blues". A major influence on the sound of the ...more

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Aes Dana is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Black metal, Heavy metal, Folk metal
Aes Dana is a French Celtic/black metal band, based in Paris. The name of the band is Old Irish for "people of the arts". The band mix black metal features like growling vocals or ...more

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Manu Chao is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Ska, Rock music, Latin American music
Manu Chao is a French-born musical artist of Spanish origin. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Galician, and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his ...more

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MeeK is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Indie pop, Adult contemporary music, Indie
MeeK is a Franco-British Indie Pop songwriter born in Montmorency France on February the 16th, 1971. The choice of his stage name (always written with a capital "M" and a capital ...more

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Uffie is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Hip hop music, Synthpunk, Alternative hip hop
Anna-Catherine Hartley, better known by her stage name Uffie, is an American electronic musician, songwriter, rapper, and fashion designer formerly signed to French electronic music record label ...more

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France Gall is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Pop music, Yé-yé
France Gall is a popular French yé-yé singer. Gall was married to, and had a successful singing career in partnership with, the late French singer-songwriter Michel Hamburger, ...more

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Les Nubians is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Hip hop music, Spoken Word Soul, Neo soul
Les Nubians is an Grammy-nominated duo composed of sisters Hélène and Célia Faussart from Paris, France. In 1985 the sisters moved with their parents to Chad. Seven years ...more

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Julie Zenatti is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
French pop music
Julie Zenatti, is a French singer celebrity. She first played the role of Fleur-de-Lys and later Esmeralda on stage for the musical Notre-Dame de Paris. Zenatti was involved with Notre-Dame de ...more

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CocoRosie is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Hip hop music, Psychedelic folk, Experimental music
CocoRosie is an American musical group formed in 2003 by sisters Bianca "Coco" and Sierra "Rosie" Casady. The sisters were born and raised in the United States, but formed ...more

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Larusso is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Pop music
Larusso is a French singer. She popularized songs such as "Tu m'oublieras" and "Je survivrai", the latter sung by Régine in the 1980s, which is a French adaptation of ...more

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Serge Gainsbourg is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Adult contemporary music, Chanson, New Wave
Serge Gainsbourg was a French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, painter, screenwriter, writer, actor and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French popular ...more

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Arkhon Infaustus is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list List of Famous Bands from Paris
Black metal, Blackened death metal, Death metal
Arkhon Infaustus is a blackened death metal band from Paris, France. They formed in 1997, are signed to Osmose Productions, and have released four albums to date.