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The 39 pages that link to French chanson, each with the reason it gives.

• CabaretRelated: Songs provide cabaret with a form suited to personal stories and sharp social commentary.

• Art songRelated: French mélodie provides a parallel art-song tradition with its own language and repertoire.

• Yé-yéRelated: Yé-yé retained French-language songwriting even as it borrowed international pop sounds.

• Vocal deliveryRelated: Its performance tradition often foregrounds diction and spoken-like phrasing.

• Jeanne MoreauRelated: Moreau’s singing career placed her alongside a tradition distinct from her film work.

• Clément MarotRelated: His short lyrics drew on traditions in which poetry and song closely overlapped.

• Luigi TencoRelated: Its literary emphasis helped shape the songwriting ambitions of Tenco’s generation.

• Mylène FarmerRelated: Her literary lyrics and dramatic delivery connect pop production with chanson traditions.

• Sylvie VartanRelated: Vartan’s repertoire brought pop arrangements into dialogue with the French song tradition.

• BourvilRelated: Bourvil's singing career included popular chansons as well as comic songs.

• Zizi JeanmaireRelated: Jeanmaire’s recordings connected her stage persona to France’s song culture.

• Noir DésirRelated: Cantat’s literary lyrics connect the band to France’s lyric-centered song culture.

• Paul FortRelated: Fort’s ballads draw on the cadence and refrain of French song.

• StromaeRelated: Stromae draws on chanson’s attention to words while using contemporary pop production.