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Phoenix Biography

Profession Soundtrack, Actor, Music department

Fast Facts

  • Won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
  • Best known for the singles "1901," "Lisztomania" and "Entertainment․"
  • Nominated for the 2010 American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist
  • Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz are brothers
  • Formed in 1999 by Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz in Versailles, France
  • Quote: "(from Thomas Mars) "We always try to put the music first instead of ourselves․""
  • Quote: "(from Thomas Mars) "We like doing lyrics that are cryptic and abstract, we leave out all the in-betweens, everything that makes sense․ That's impossible to do in French, because every word betrays what's going on․""

Awards

  • 2017Halfway Award-Best Original Score: nominated