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Nolwenn Leroy (born Nolwenn Le Magueresse; 28 September 1982 in Saint-Renan, Brittany, France), is a French singer-songwriter, musician and voice actress. Originally classically trained, she rose to fame after winning the second season of the French television music competition ''Star Academy'', in 2002. She has since recorded five studio albums and scored two number one singles, "Cassé" and "Nolwenn Ohwo!", on the French charts. In 2012, her album ''Bretonne'' was certified two times diamond for sales exceeding one million copies. Leroy has received numerous awards and nominations. In January 2015, she was ranked 17th on ''Le Journal du Dimanches 50 Most Loved Celebrities in France, making her the top female singer on the list since December 2012.〔 ("Jean-Jacques Goldman, Omar Sy et Jean Dujardin, personnalités préférées des Français" ). ''Ozap''. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.〕〔 ("Le Top 50 des personnalités – Décembre 2012" ). Ifop. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2015.〕 Leroy is fluent in English, having spent a year in Ohio as an exchange student. She sings in many languages, including French, Breton, English and Irish Gaelic. She has also performed in Italian and Spanish. == Early life and career beginnings == Leroy's parents left Saint-Renan (Finistère) when she was four years old. After living in Paris, Lille, and Guingamp, her mother, Muriel Leroy, and her younger sister, Kay, settled with Leroy's grandparents in Saint-Yorre. Her mother divorced from her father, professional footballer Jean-Luc Le Magueresse, in 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nolwenn Leroy )〕 Nolwenn studied at the ''"Collège des Célestins"'' in Vichy. When Leroy was eleven, her music teacher noticed her musical talents and encouraged her to learn the violin. At the age of thirteen she won ''"Les écoles du désert"'', a contest sponsored by the Cora supermarket chain, which allowed her to travel with a humanitarian mission from Gao to Timbuktu, Mali; she later claimed this had a profound influence on her.〔 In July 1998, Leroy was awarded a scholarship by the Vichy Rotary Club to travel to Hamilton, Ohio, as an exchange student. While attending Hamilton High School, she took music lessons at the Performing Arts School and became fluent in English during her stay there.〔 When she returned to France, she began classical singing classes at the Vichy music conservatory. In 2001, she enrolled in the University of Clermont-Ferrand to study law for a potential alternative career to music.〔 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「Nolwenn Leroy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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