# Jacques Brel

> He wrote songs that felt like one-act plays - heartbreak, cynicism, longing delivered at full tilt - and turned the chanson into something rawer than Paris had heard. Brel's catalogue crossed the Channel in translation and lodged in the repertoires of Bowie, Sinatra, Nina Simone, a list that keeps going.

*Belgian singer (1929-1978)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** Belgium
- **Born:** 1929-04-08
- **Died:** 1978-10-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Jacques Romain Georges Brel was born 8 April 1929 in Belgium and began performing theatrical songs that built him a devoted base first at home, then in France, then beyond. He recorded mostly in French, occasionally in Dutch, and became recognized as a master of the modern chanson - his intensity and narrative shape influencing a generation of English-speaking artists who covered his work in translation. He appeared in ten films as an actor and directed two, including Le Far West, which earned a Palme d'Or nomination at Cannes in 1973. Brel married Thérèse Michielsen in 1950; they had three children. From 1972 until his death he was with actress Maddly Bamy. He died 9 October 1978, having sold over 25 million records worldwide.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 78.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 11.7 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 26.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 26.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 90.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100
- **Total followers across platforms:** 46,800

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/ejbrel (@ejbrel)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/Editions-Jacques-Brel-Bruxelles-101828353235640 (@Editions-Jacques-Brel-Bruxelles-101828353235640)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107035/ (@nm0107035)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4RN2vlFWepLa46qQIU2PHs (@4RN2vlFWepLa46qQIU2PHs)
- **WEBSITE**: https://fondationbrel.be/
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyWoPyPI3wfcq56qU5bKkBQ (@@jacquesbrelvevo, 46,800 followers)

## Topics
#Musicians, #Singer / Musician, #Singer-Songwriter, #Classical, #Movies, #Television, #Poetry, #Literature

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