From Edith Piaf to Serge Gainsbourg, you've probably heard 'chanson' music, but you might not be aware of the history and legacy of this oh-so-French artform. If you think of the classic chanson ...

As a genre, chanson is difficult to pin down. In French, it simply means "song," and for most of France's history the word described anything from madrigals to romantic poetry. Since the end of World ...

In 1935, Lucille Dumont sang the first of her countless broadcast performances, over the airwaves of a Montreal radio station. More than half a century later, she sang on Quebec television with the ...

Claude Nougaro, one of the biggest names in chanson française, died today (March 4) following a long battle with cancer. He was 74. By Billboard Staff Claude Nougaro, one of the biggest names in ...

In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with French rising star Jäde ahead of her debut album release. She has a voice like sugar but with a heavy dose of lyrical spice, ...

If you think of the classic chanson singers like Edith Piaf, probably the first thing you will notice is that you can clearly hear every word that they are singing. This is probably the biggest thing ...