17 Facts About Axelle Red

Axelle Red has released 12 albums, including Sans plus attendre, A Tatons, Toujours Moi and Jardin Secret.

Axelle Red is best known for her 1993 single "Sensualite", a hit in France in 1994.

Axelle Red was born as Fabienne Demal on 15 February 1968 in Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium, the daughter of Roland Demal, a solicitor in Hasselt and a councillor for the Flemish Liberals and Democrats in the City Council.

Axelle Red has lived in Paris and currently lives in a village near Brussels.

Axelle Red graduated from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel as a lawyer in 1993.

Axelle Red received an International Federation of the Phonographic Industry platinum award for sales of more than 1 million; a year later she sold out the Paris Olympia for the first time.

In 1999, Axelle Red received the most important music award in France for female artist of the year, the Victoire de la Musique, while her third studio album, Toujours Moi, was released, written and produced by herself.

In 2004, Axelle Red made her acting debut in Rudolf Mestdagh's film Ellektra.

In September 2006, Axelle Red received the highest artistic honour, becoming Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, presented to her by the French Minister of culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres.

Axelle Red took part in the 0110 concerts against intolerance and racism in Antwerp and Brussels.

Axelle Red joined the jury for the third season of The Voice van Vlaanderen, broadcast from January to May 2014 on VTM.

On Exil, her album released in 2018, Axelle Red switched from soul to more electronic and rock music.

Somewhat different from her repertoire, in 2022 Axelle Red released a Christmas album with covers.

Since 1997, Axelle Red has been an ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund, standing up for the rights of children and women in war-torn regions and developing countries.

At the European summit, Axelle Red officially asked Jose Manuel Barroso, chairman of the European Commission, to increase the budget for the development of the Third World countries.

In 2007, Axelle Red visited poverty-stricken Sierra Leone for the UNICEF campaign "Together, saving 4 million babies", five years after the civil war.

In March 2007, Axelle Red spoke at the FIFDH in Geneva together with the Cambodian director, Rithy Panh, during a debate on prostitution.