Kendji Girac
Kendji Girac (born Kendji Girac, July 3, 1996) is a French singer. He is the winner of Season 3 of the music competition The Voice: la plus belle voix as part of Team Mika.
The youngest of a family of travellers, Kendji grew up in Saint-Astier and was taught to play the guitar and sing by his grandfather. He left school at 13 to follow the family business as an arborist. His first language is Catalan.
For The Voice: la plus belle voix, he auditioned with "Bella" from Maître Gims in the second episode of season 3 broadcast on January 18, with only judge Mika turning his chair, whereas the three others, Florent Pagny, Jenifer and Garou refrained. He won with 51% of the public vote.
His first official single was the bilingual French/Spanish "Color Gitano", released in June 2014 from his EP, his official album released in September. In December 2014, he won two NRJ Music Awards for Francophone Breakthrough of the Year and "Color Gitano" as Francophone Song of the Year. His album Kendji sold 600,000 copies by January 2015, certifying Diamond and becoming France's second highest selling album of 2014 after Racine Carrée by Stromae.
The youngest of a family of travellers, Kendji grew up in Saint-Astier and was taught to play the guitar and sing by his grandfather. He left school at 13 to follow the family business as an arborist. His first language is Catalan.
For The Voice: la plus belle voix, he auditioned with "Bella" from Maître Gims in the second episode of season 3 broadcast on January 18, with only judge Mika turning his chair, whereas the three others, Florent Pagny, Jenifer and Garou refrained. He won with 51% of the public vote.
His first official single was the bilingual French/Spanish "Color Gitano", released in June 2014 from his EP, his official album released in September. In December 2014, he won two NRJ Music Awards for Francophone Breakthrough of the Year and "Color Gitano" as Francophone Song of the Year. His album Kendji sold 600,000 copies by January 2015, certifying Diamond and becoming France's second highest selling album of 2014 after Racine Carrée by Stromae.
Color Gitano
C'est une façon de voir la vie
Un peu plus grand qu'un pays
Un destin, un regard
C'est de la musique, des cris
Un pour tous, et tous réunis
Un chemin, une histoire
Mi vida, mi sabor
Mi fuerza, mi amor
Color Gitano
Ma raison, mes valeurs
Ma maison, ma couleur
Color Gitano
Gitano
El color de mi cielo
Gitano
Le coeur qui bat sous ma peau
Gitano
El color de mi cielo
Gitano
Le coeur qui bat sous ma peau
C'est des guitares, des nuits sans fin
Les mots chaleureux des anciens
Le respect et les liens
C'est ton regard croisant le mien
Nous deux au milieu du chemin
Et soudain tu deviens
Mi vida, mi sabor
Mi fuerza, mi amor
Color Gitano
Ma passion, mon bonheur
Ma maison, ma couleur
Color Gitano
Gitano
El color de mi cielo
Gitano
Le coeur qui bat sous ma peau
Gitano
El color de mi cielo
Gitano
Le coeur qui bat sous ma peau
Dans nos coeurs, dans nos âmes
Dans nos sangs, dans nos flames
Nos couleurs gitane
Dans mon coeur, dans mon âme s'enflame
Mes couleurs gitane
Gitano
El color de mi cielo
Gitano
Le coeur qui bat sous ma peau
Gitano
El color de mi cielo
Gitano
Le coeur qui bat sous ma peau
Un peu plus grand qu'un pays
Un destin, un regard
C'est de la musique, des cris
Un pour tous, et tous réunis
Un chemin, une histoire
Mi vida, mi sabor
Mi fuerza, mi amor
Color Gitano
Ma raison, mes valeurs
Ma maison, ma couleur
Color Gitano
Gitano
El color de mi cielo
Gitano
Le coeur qui bat sous ma peau
Gitano
El color de mi cielo
Gitano
Le coeur qui bat sous ma peau
C'est des guitares, des nuits sans fin
Les mots chaleureux des anciens
Le respect et les liens
C'est ton regard croisant le mien
Nous deux au milieu du chemin
Et soudain tu deviens
Mi vida, mi sabor
Mi fuerza, mi amor
Color Gitano
Ma passion, mon bonheur
Ma maison, ma couleur
Color Gitano
Gitano
El color de mi cielo
Gitano
Le coeur qui bat sous ma peau
Gitano
El color de mi cielo
Gitano
Le coeur qui bat sous ma peau
Dans nos coeurs, dans nos âmes
Dans nos sangs, dans nos flames
Nos couleurs gitane
Dans mon coeur, dans mon âme s'enflame
Mes couleurs gitane
Gitano
El color de mi cielo
Gitano
Le coeur qui bat sous ma peau
Gitano
El color de mi cielo
Gitano
Le coeur qui bat sous ma peau