Barbara Pravi

Pravi also performed the song "L'homme et l'oiseau" (The man and the bird) at the 37th edition of the Victoires de la Musique, where she went on to win the Female Revelation of the Year award.

In 2022, Pravi continued releasing songs, including "Priére pour soi" (Prayer for yourself) for Women's Rights Day, and "365", which is dedicated to her fans.

Pravi also wrote the song "Oh Maman!"

with Frédéric Château, with which Lissandro Formica represented France at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Yerevan and ultimately won, bringing France its second Junior Eurovision win.

On 21 December, Pravi was announced as Florence in the TV film Adieu vinyle, set to be shown on France 2 on 18 September 2023, after being premiered at the Angoulême Festival on 26 August 2023.

Pravi announced on 6 January 2023 that she had signed to Virgin Records France after eight years at Capitol Music France.

She revealed two days later that she was in the process of writing and recording her second studio album.

On 13 January 2023, Pravi was announced as a temporary host on the BBC Sounds podcast show Music Life.

Barbara Piévic (born 10 April 1993), known professionally as Barbara Pravi, is a French singer and songwriter.

Barbara Piévic (Пјевић) was born in Paris on 10 April 1993.

Her family primarily consists of artists and musicians.

Pravi's father is of Serbian and Algerian Jewish descent, while her mother is of Polish Jewish and Iranian origin.

Pravi's maternal grandfather is the Iranian painter Hossein Zenderoudi.

Pravi began her music career in 2014, after meeting French musician Jules Jaconelli.

With Jaconelli, she began composing songs.

The following year, she released an original song titled "Amour Impoli", which led to her signing a contract with Capitol Music France.

She adopted the stage name Barbara Pravi from the Serbian word pravi (прави, in the masculine), as a homage to her Serbian grandfather.

Pravi has cited her musical influences as Barbara, Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens, Françoise Hardy, and Aragon.

After signing with Capitol Music France in 2015, she released five extended plays with the label.

She represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Voilà", securing second place, the best result for France since 1991.

Her debut album On n'enferme pas les oiseaux was released on 27 August 2021.

As a songwriter, Pravi has written songs for a number of artists, including Yannick Noah, Julie Zenatti, Chimène Badi and Jaden Smith.

Upon beginning her professional recording career, Pravi performed on the soundtrack of the French version of the Swiss film Heidi with the song "On m'appelle Heidi" and afterwards was cast as Solange Duhamel in the musical show Un été 44 in November 2016, performing songs written by Jean-Jacques Goldman, Charles Aznavour and Maxime Le Forestier.

In 2017, Pravi released her first official single "Pas grandir".

The single was later included on her self-titled debut extended play, which was released the following year.

Also in 2017, Pravi starred in the television film La Sainte famille, as the role of Marion, was later broadcast on France 2 in December 2019.

From 2017 until 2018, Pravi performed on the 55 Tour, supporting French singer Florent Pagny.

At the end of 2018, Pravi decided to alter her musical style by adopting a more traditional French chanson style, rather than the pop style that had dominated her early releases.

Along with writing and composing her own songs, Pravi has written for several other artists including Yannick Noah, Julie Zenatti, Chimène Badi, Jaden Smith, Louane and Florent Pagny.

In 2019, Barbara Pravi wrote the song "Bim bam toi" with Igit, with which the performer Carla Lazzari represented France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Gliwice and ultimately placed fifth.

After the contest, this song went viral on TikTok, ultimately receiving a TikTok viral disc, a first for a France-based act.

She additionally composed "J'imagine" by Valentina, which won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020, and "Oh Maman !"

by Lissandro, which won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

In 2020, Pravi and Igit wrote the song "J'imagine", performed by Valentina, which won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Warsaw.

"J'imagine" gave France the first out of its two Junior Eurovision Song Contest victories.

On 30 January 2021, Pravi won Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez !, the French national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

With her song "Voilà", she scored 204 points, and went on to represent France at the contest in Rotterdam.

She finished in second place with 499 points, the best placement for France in the contest since.

In July 2021, Pravi announced her first international tour for her debut studio album, On n'enferme pas les oiseaux (We don't lock up the birds), which came out on 27 August 2021.

Pravi performed "Voilà" as an interval act at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021, which took place on 19 December in Paris.