Quebec-born French pop singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer is in the history books
as one of France's most successful artists with sales of over 30 milion albums,
while achieving a record number of 18 number ones. Yet through all the years of
fame, she remained a somewhat mysterious and alluring character with a
reputation for tackling taboo subjects—including sex and death—but has rarely
given interviews and closely guarded her privacy. Born on 12 September 1961 in
Pierrefonds—a former city in southwestern Quebec, which was merged into Montreal
in January 2002—where her father was w...