Frank Michael
Background information
Birth nameFranco Gabelli
Born (1947-05-07) 7 May 1947
Parma, Italy
OriginSeraing, Belgium
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1974  present
Websitewww.frank-michael.com

Franco Gabelli better known by his stage name Frank Michael is a Belgian singer of Italian origin born in Parma, Italy on 7 May 1947. He has reportedly sold millions of albums throughout the world.

At age of three, Franco's family left Italy and resided in Seraing, province of Liège, Belgium. At age 16, he started working as a television electronics technician. His singing career was launched with the 1974 single "Je ne peux vivre sans toi," released on RCA. He was popular at live concerts and released a number of albums that charted in France and Belgium. His best songs came from his collaboration with Michel Mallory, although he worked with many other songwriters as well.

In 2003, he also released a homage album entitled Thank You Elvis with 15 tracks of Elvis Presley in French and Italian. He remains popular particularly with the older generations.[1] In 2004, he received the Belgian Order of the Crown.

Discography

Albums

Year Album Description Peak positions
BEL
(WA)

[2]
FRA
[3]
GER SWI
[4]
1996 Les grands tubes vol. 2 34      
1997 Toutes les femmes sont belles 34 39    
Les plus belles chansons italiennes 35      
1998 Le chanteur des amoureux 24 34    
1999 Olympia 99 Live album 49 40    
2000 Il est toujours question d'amour... 35 9    
2001 L'essentiel – 20 succès inoubliables Compilation 6 98    
D'amour et de tendresse        
Olympia 2001 Live album 46 21    
2003 Entre nous 10 8   60
Thank You Elvis 31 19    
2004 Olympia 2003 Live album 77 54    
La force des femmes 25 8    
2005 J'peux pas t'oublier   159    
Crooner   137    
Chansons italiennes   189    
Pour toujours 22   69  
2006 Ti amo, je t'aime 45      
Les couleurs de ma vie 8 6    
2007 Au Palais des Sports – Live 2007 Live album 46 57    
2008 Mes hommages 20 25    
2009 Rue des amours 26 10    
2010 Joyeux Noël 16 22    
Coffret (2 CDs) Compilation album   199    
2011 Les chansons d'amour 41 152    
Romantique Compilation album 8 7    
2013 Quelques mots d'amour 1 6    
2014 Encore quelques mots d'amour   128    
Bonjour l'amour 7 13    
2015 Toi, l'amour et moi 3 4    
Mes premiers amours (1975–1985) Compilation album 9 22    
2016 Ecouter les femmes 4 26
[5]
   
2017 La Saint-Amour 4 11   84
2019 Le grand amour 5 8    
2021 L'amour pour toujours – Les plus belles chansons de Frank Michael Compilation album 25      
2022 Je vous aime toutes 6 9    
2023 La symphonie de l'amour 25 16
[6]
   

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
BEL
(WA)

[2]
FRA
[3]
SWI
[4]
2001 "Il est toujours question d'amour"   63   Il est toujours question d'amour...
2003 "Après tant d'années d'amour" 14 7 91
2005 "Pour toutes les mamans" 13 21  

References

  1. SeniorActu: Frank Michael - «Les couleurs de sa vie», le DVD de l'extraordinaire parcours du chanteur le plus apprécié des dames Archived 2014-12-14 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  2. 1 2 "Frank Michael discography". ultratop.be/fr. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Frank Michael discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Frank Michael discography". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  5. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 47, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  6. "Top Albums (Week 45, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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