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Born | 13 September 1977 |
Origin | France |
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William Rousseau is a French singer and composer.[1]
William Rousseau moved to Paris in 2002 and signed as a composer for Warner. He wrote songs for Celine Dion, Tina Arena, Nolwenn Leroy, Roch Voisine, Anggun, Chimène Badi, and Christophe Willem amongst others.[2][3]
In 2005, along with Dove Attia and friend Rod Janois, he contributed two songs for the musical Le Roi Soleil.[4] His next project is with the team of composers for Mozart, l'opéra rock (2009), 1789 : Les Amants de la Bastille (2012); Mistinguett, reine des années folles (2014)[5] and Le Rouge et Le Noir (2016).[6]
In 2009, he released his first solo album: Ton homme en passant, with Jérôme Attal's lyrics.[7]
In 2012, with Jean-Pierre Pilot, he wrote Echo (You and I) for Anggun, the French candidate at the Eurovision Song Contest.[8] He also produced Always with Jean-Pierre Pilot, and Elles & Lui for Alain Chamfort with Olivier Schultheis .[9]