Sofia Mestari is a French singer of Moroccan origin, at the age of ten she moved to Paris with her family.

In 2000 she performed in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 for France with the song On aura le ciel

On Aura Le Ciel

"On aura le ciel" was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, performed in French by Sofia Mestari.The song was performed fifth on the night...

, which placed 23rd out of 24 with 5 points.

She released an album of the same name, with two singles, "On aura le ciel" and "Derrière les voiles", and 2003 saw the release of a new album En plein coeur de la nuit and featured the single "Ne pars pas". "Ne pars pas" spent 23 weeks on the French Singles Chart chart and peaked at 27.

Sofia's third album, entitled La vie en entier was released on 16 June 2008.

Sofia counts singers Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.-Biography:Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland,...

, Sting and Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...

 amongst others as her idols.

External links

• Official Myspace