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The music of Louisiana can be divided into three general regions: rural south Louisiana, home to Creole Zydeco and Old French (now known as cajun music), New Orleans, and north Louisiana. The region in and around Greater New Orleans has a unique musical heritage tied to Dixieland jazz, blues , and Afro-Caribbean rhythms.
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Zydeco (/ ˈ z aɪ d ɪ ˌ k oʊ,-d iː-/ ZY-dih-koh, -dee-; French: zarico) is a music genre that was created in rural Southwest Louisiana by Afro-Americans of Creole heritage. It blends blues and rhythm and blues with music indigenous to the Louisiana Creoles , such as la la and juré .
Artists who were born in, have lived in, have worked in or been involved with Louisiana. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
Zachary Richard (born 1950), musician, environmentalist, French language preservationist and founder of Action Cadienne; Ian Somerhalder (born 1978), actor, father is of half Cajun descent [citation needed] Shane West (born 1978), American actor from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, best known for starring in A Walk To Remember, mother is of Cajun descent
French pop music is pop music sung in the French language. It is usually performed by singers from France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, or any of the other francophone areas of the world. The target audience is the francophone market (primarily France), which is considerably smaller than and largely independent from the mainstream anglophone ...
This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the French Singles Chart in 2015. [1] 68 singles were in the Top 10 ... artists who achieved two or more ...
10 Aqua: Denmark "Barbie Girl" 1997 1 Audin, Jean-Philippe France "Song of Ocarina" 1991 2 Avalanche: Norway "Johnny Johnny Come Home" 1989 8 Aventura: United States "Obsesión" 2004 7 Avicii: Sweden "Wake Me Up" 2013 2 Aznavour, Charles: France "Pour toi Arménie" 1989 10