Ysa Ferrer (born 4 June 1972 in Oran, Algeria) is a French actress and singer.
Biography
Ysa Ferrer was born in Oran (Algeria) to an Egyptian father and a French mother. She was a teenager when she started to work for a local radio station in France. Very quickly, she moved to Paris and after only a few auditions, she was chosen to play one of the leading roles in a popular TV series. At the same time she also started to act in movies for the cinema.
However Ysa knew that her real love was music. During her days off she worked on demos. In 1995, she signed a deal with Universal Music France. Two albums were released: "D'essences naturelles" in 1995 and "Kamikaze", which contained her hit single "Mes rêves", followed in 1998.
After several singles ("Mourir pour elles" – EMI Records and "Made in Japan"- East-West France), she released a dance version of Goran Bregovic's song "Ederlezi". The track was a hit in Sweden (top 20) and all eastern Europe (Germany and Russia especially).
In 2007, she founded her own production company, Lovarium Production, and started to work on her own. Since then she has released several hits taken from her third album "Imaginaire Pur" ("On fait l'amour", which contains a sample from Rondo Veneziano, "Sens Interdit", "Last Zoom").
Writer, composer and singer, Ysa Ferrer is regarded as the French "Kylie Minogue". Her dance/electro style, called "Pop Kosmic" is very popular in France and Russia especially in the LGBTQ community where she is considered as a true icon.
"After the release of my latest album and his unexpected success in the eastern countries in particular, I decided to work harder than ever. The last two years have been intense, productive and full of emotion. I realized how beautiful my fans are and I wanted to meet them again and again", says Ysa Ferrer.
In 2010, Ysa released "French Kiss" produced by Chew Fu. Once again the single was an instant success in Russia.
Ysa Ferrer's fourth album "Ultra Ferrer" was released in October, just days before her "Paradoxal Show" premiere, on 16 October 2010 in the legendary Parisian venue "Bobino".
Albums
1995: D'essences naturelles
1998: Kamikaze
2008: Imaginaire pur
2008: Kamikaze 2.0 (Reissue)
2009: Imaginaire pur reloaded (Reissue)
2010: Ultra Ferrer
2014: Sanguine
2018: X Y Z
Singles
1995: À coups de Typ-Ex
1996: 109 en 95
1996: Ne me chasse pas
1997: Mes rêves
1998: Les yeux dans les yeux
1998: Tu sais, I know
1999: Flash in the Night
2000: Mourir pour elles
2003: Made in Japan
2004: Ederlezi (feat. Richi M)
2008: To Bi Or Not To Bi
2008: On fait l'amour
2009: Sens interdit
2009: Last Zoom
2010: French Kiss
2010: Hands Up
2011: Je Vois
2011: Brille
2012: Pom Pom Girl
2014: POP
2014: Folle De Vouloir Continuer
2014: Made in Japan Remix (feat. Belka)
2015: Où êtes-vous Mylène?
2015: God Save The Queen
2015: D'un Peu Live
2015: No Time To Cook
2015: Qui Sait
2018: Née Sous X
2018: La Moitie de Moi-Meme
2019: Vivre
2019: Follow Me
2020: Je sortirai grandie
2020: Demande à la pousière
2021: To The World
2021: Tout Un Poème
2023: Let You Go (feat Nyls)
2024: Souviens-toi
2025: La fée qui cloche
2025: L'été indien
DVD
2009: Ysa Ferrer à la Nouvelle Ève