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Olivia Ruiz (Olivia Blanc) was born on 1 January, 1980 in Carcassonne, Aude, France, is a French singer. Discover Olivia Ruiz's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 44 years old?

Popular As Olivia Blanc
Occupation Singer
Age 44 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 1 January 1980
Birthday 1 January
Birthplace Carcassonne, Aude, France
Nationality France

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1980

Olivia Blanc (born 1 January 1980), known as Olivia Ruiz, is a French pop singer belonging to the nouvelle chanson genre.

Ruiz was born 1 January 1980 in Carcassonne, the daughter of musician Didier Blanc, though later taking her grandmother's maiden name, Ruiz.

Her family on her mother's side is Spanish and fled Nationalist Spain to go to Marseillette, in the village's concert hall (subject of her second album).

1985

She has a brother, Anthony, born in 1985.

He is a rap composer known by the nickname Toan.

She studied in Carcassonne but went to college in Montpellier, where she studied performing arts, before changing to a BTS in communication.

At the age of 15, Ruiz started getting involved in music.

She left her parents' house to live with her aunt in Narbonne, where she took theater and dance classes with her friends from Comigne, the band Rock Five.

Together, they did some opening acts in order to make some money by singing the Cranberries' or Lenny Kravitz's songs.

She also took dance classes at the Pelizzon School in Carcassonne and Trèbes.

She entered the Médiévales de Carcassonne, a group of small artists, for their summer show.

She started performing in different bars, along with Frank Marty (from the bands THC, Les Croquants and La Varda) a multi-instrumentalist from Narbonne.

They mainly performed songs from old artists like Fréhel, Yves Montand and Gilbert Bécaud, but also songs from the new generation and Spanish standards.

2001

She gained fame after reaching the semi-finals of the French Star Academy series in 2001.

In 2001, she was a prominent contestant in the first French edition of Star Academy, a popular TV reality show and musical contest.

She was defeated in the semi-final by eventual winner Jenifer Bartoli but according to an interview on Europe 1 she claimed that she never wanted to win and, following a post-series tour, worked to distance herself from the Star Ac image.

2006

Off the album, the music videos of the tracks "J'traine des pieds" and "La femme Chocolat" were placed on rotation on the MCM French TV channel in 2006.

The singles made it to the top 50 of the French and Walloon charts.

Olivia Ruiz wrote all the lyrics for her third studio album Miss Météores, co-orchestrated the music and employed a crew of guest stars including the rapper Buck 65, the indie band Noisettes and the folk and dark cabaret project Lonely Drifter Karen and featured the styles of nouvelle chanson, punk, folk and Hispanic rock.

2007

For her second studio album La Femme Chocolat, Olivia Ruiz was recognised by the Victoires de la Musique as the Female Artist of the Year in 2007.

For the live performances accompanying the record, she also received the prize in the category of Musical Show, Tour or Concert of the Year.

The album topped the French chart and was certified as a diamond record for selling more than 750,000 copies in France and made it to the top 50 of the Walloon and Swiss charts.

(2007, 2010, 2013).

2009

The record topped the French and Walloon album charts in 2009.

Off the album, the single "Elle panique", with the music written by Buck 65 peaked at #2 of the Walloon chart.

The music video of the song was placed on rotation on the MCM in May 2009.

Her ex-partner is Mathias Malzieu, the lead singer of the band Dionysos.

During an interview, Ruiz said that she did not want to "stuff people" with her music and preferred waiting at least two years before releasing a new studio album.

2011

From August to October 2011, she shared the screen with Gérard Jugnot and François Berléand in Un jour mon père viendra, a French movie by Martin Valente.

She also participated in the project Les Françoise, with Jeanne Cherhal, Emily Loizeau, Camille, La Grande Sophie and Rosemary Standley (from the band Moriarty).

During an interview for L'Express, Ruiz said that she started recording her fourth album after going to Cuba alone to take a break.

The title of her album is Le calme et la tempête.

2012

It was released on 3 December 2012.

This album was also a success with 150 000 copies sold.

2013

In February 2013, she won her third Globes de Cristal Award as the Female Artist of the Year.

In October 2013, she played Candela, the gypsy in L'Amour sorcier, a ballet d'action written by Manuel de Falla in 1915.

2014

In May 2014, she announced that her fifth studio album would be released by the end of 2014 or the beginning of 2015.

2016

However, the album, entitled À Nos Corps-Aimants, was released on 18 November 2016.