Amaury Vassili

Amaury Vassili Chotard (born 8 June 1989) is a French opera singer and professional tenor. His debut album, Vincerò, went double platinum in France, and he has had international success with releases in Canada, South Africa, and South Korea.

Biography Amaury Vassili Chotard was born in Rouen, Upper Normandy, and began singing around the age of 9 years, enrolled by his mother at a musical school in Rouen, created by Albert and Elizabeth Amsallem. At 14, Vassili competed in his first singing contest, where he won in singing "Amsterdam" by Jacques Brel (an idol of Vassili).

He became famous with his debut album, Vincerò (2009), which went double platinum (over 250,000 copies) after a worldwide release. His second album, Canterò, was released in November 2010. Vassili describes his music style as "lyrical pop". The song was revealed as "", and was performed in Corsican. It marks the second French Eurovision entry to be performed in the language after Patrick Fiori received fourth place with "Mama Corsica" in 1993.

Vassili eventually placed 15th with 82 points.

Post-Eurovision to present Vassili was the spokesperson for France during the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and presented the country's voting results. He participated on the French version of the Masked Singer as Turtle and became the first male contestant to win the show.

Discography

Albums Year Album Peak chart positionsFRA BEL (WA) SWI 2009 Vincerò Released: 6 February 2009 Label: Warner Music Formats: CD, digital download 9 31 -2010 Canterò Released: 26 November 2010 Label: Warner Music Formats: CD, digital download 8 18 762012 Una parte di me Released: 22 October 2012 Label: Warner Music Formats: CD, digital download 15 23 -2014 Amaury Vassili chante Mike Brant Released: 24 October 2014 Label: Warner Music Formats: CD, digital download 7 10 -2015 Chansons populaires Released: 16 October 2015 Label: Warner Music Formats: CD, digital download 18 27 882018 Amaury Released: 18 May 2018 Label: Warner Music Formats: CD, digital download 82 83 -2021 Crescendo Released: 21 May 2021 Label: MCA / East 47th Music Formats: CD, digital download 121 152 -

Singles Year Single Peak chart positions AlbumFRA BEL(WAL) 2009 "Lucente Stella" — 73 Vincerò "Mi Fa Morire Cantando" — —2010 "Endless Love" (duet with Katherine Jenkins) — —2011 "" 33 25 Canterò (Nouvelle édition)2012 "Una parte di me" — — Una parte di me

Other songs