Laure Pester (born May 2, 1982), known professionally as simply Lorie, is a French pop singer, often referred to as the "Britney Spears of France". Despite early dreams of becoming a skater, she turned her attention to music in childhood. Her lightning rise to fame began after her first single, Près de moi, was released on peoplesound.com, a free online distributor of unpublished music. Her success with Internet fans led to Lorie scoring a lucrative record deal with Sony. Her first album was Près de Toi (2001), followed by Tendrement (2002) and the live recording special Live Tour (2003). Attitudes (2004) sold 300,000 copies within the first two weeks of its release. Her most recent release is Rester la même (2005). She also voiced Violet Parr in the French language version of The Incredibles.
Musically, she remains a straight pop act, occasionally moving towards pop-rock like many other French female starlets (e.g. Jenifer Bartoli) - the single Week End is an example of this. Her act is characterized by energetic dance routines, with simple music videos that showcase her talents
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Laure Pester (born May 2, 1982), known professionally as simply Lorie, is a French pop singer, often referred to as the "Britney Spears of France". Despite early dreams of becoming a skater, she turned her attention to music in childhood. Her lightning rise to fame began after her first single, Près de moi, was released on peoplesound.com, a free online distributor of unpublished music. Her success with Internet fans led to Lorie scoring a lucrative record deal with Sony. Her first album was Près de Toi (2001), followed by Tendrement (2002) and the live recording special Live Tour (2003). Attitudes (2004) sold 300,000 copies within the first two weeks of its release. Her most recent release is Rester la même (2005). She also voiced Violet Parr in the French language version of The Incredibles.
Musically, she remains a straight pop act, occasionally moving towards pop-rock like many other French female starlets (e.g. Jenifer Bartoli) - the single Week End is an example of this. Her act is characterized by energetic dance routines, with simple music videos that showcase her talents