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Jean-Pierre Danel (born 4 June 1968) is a French guitarist, record producer, music writer and songwriter. He hit the #1 spot in France with his album ''Guitar Connection'' in 2006 which received a gold disc. Danel has continued to record a large number of guitar albums, as well as guitar teaching materials. He is also known as a producer, having obtained many international hits for other artists, with global sales of more than 23 million copies 〔 and received a multi-diamond disc in 2014 from Sony Music for 25 years in show business and 191 gold and platinum discs ==Biography== He was born in La Varenne, France. Danel, the son of the French pop singer Pascal Danel and the nephew of opera director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, started his career as a professional guitarist in July 1982, at the age of 14. After many tours and studio recordings with French session musicians, he released various guitar albums, winning 8 gold discs in Europe during the 90's.〔 ;''Stratospheric'' (2000) In the US, his album ''Stratospheric'' was named Best Album of the Year 2000 by the Instrumental Rock Guitar Hall of Fame.〔 In 2001, he was invited on the album ''Les Masters de la Guitare'', on which Eric Clapton, BB King, Carlos Santana or Al Di Meola also recorded. ;''Guitar Connection'' (2006) His own album ''Guitar Connection'', released by Sony/BMG in July 2006 reaches the #1 spot in the album charts in France and gets a gold disc.〔〔〔 ''Guitar Connection 2'' was released in March 2007. It contains a duet with British guitar legend Hank Marvin. The album hits the charts at #8 and several hit albums follow.〔〔 In June 2007, Danel received the "Grand Prix Français de la Guitare" award.〔 ;''Out of the Blues'' (2010) In November 2010, his charitable ''Out of the Blues'' guitar album to the benefit of AIDS research, was released by Universal. Danel recorded duets with 24 guitars greats such as Hank Marvin again, Albert Lee (recorded at the Abbey Road Studios 2), Scott Henderson, Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash, Jake Shimabukuro and various popular French artists. The album gets to #3 in the French charts and generates several hit singles as well as a string of Top 10 hits on iTunes, including a No. 1 hit single in Belgium,〔()〕 a long-running Top 5 hit with Axel Bauer, staying in the charts for more than three years and a half. 8 singles in all hit the ITunes charts in several countries, such as the USA, Ireland, Portugal, Mexico, Denmark, Austria, Germany, France, Sweden, Finland, Luxemburg, Belgium, etc.〔 The album gets support by various people, such as Carla Bruni, then First Lady of France, or Brian May of Queen, who also writes a note in the booklet. The pair was reunited in a charity organized by Danel in 2013.〔 ;''The Hit List'' (2013) His digital compilation (on downloading exclusively) ''The Hit List'' enters the French charts at #18, and charts in the UK (#28) and the U.S (#32), while two singles hit the French Top 20, including "Philippine's Smiles", which also reaches #12 on the iTunes Jazz charts in the US, #1 in Sweden, #38 in the UK and #63 in Israël, while two other singles hit the Top 100 in Australia (at #53 and #69).〔 Five years after its original release, "The Pink Side of Miss Daisy" finds its way in the Billboard U.S. charts at #86. In 2014, his EP containing two duets with Hank Marvin hits the digital Top 40 in the UK as well as in several countries (USA, Poland, South Africa, Thailand, etc.). Globally, Danel's records have charted in 34 countries, with 28 hit singles and 31 hit albums.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean-Pierre Danel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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