Multilingual Artists

Von Euterpa am 16 Feb 2018 erstellt

This is a collection of songs of artists that speak more than two languages. This collection will be updated and suggestions are welcome.

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1. Shakira - Me enamoré Spanisch 

Except her native Spanish, Shakira speaks English, Italian, and Portuguese. According to some sources, she also speaks Catalan.

2. Betta Lemme - Bambola Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch 

This Canadian singer is of Italian descent and speaks Italian, English and French. Her debut single "Bambola" combines all three languages.

3. Charles Aznavour - Emmenez-moi Französisch 

Charles Aznavour speaks French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, and Armenian.

Joan Baez speaks English, French, and Portuguese.

Tony Cetinski speaks his native Croatian, Italian and English.

6. Toše Proeski - Čija si Serbisch 

Toše Proeski was a singer from FYR Macedonia, died at age 26 in a car accident. He spoke Aromanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Italian and English.

Andrea Bocelli speaks Italian, English, Latin, German, and Spanish.

8. Rəşid Behbudov - Sənə də Qalmaz Aserbaidschanisch 

Rashid Behbudov was an Azerbaijani singer and actor. He spoke Azerbaijani, Russian, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Hindi, Urdu and Bengali

9. Manu Chao - Me gustas tú Französisch, Spanisch 

Manu Chao speaks Spanish, French, and English. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese and occasionally in other languages.

Celine has recorded songs in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Japanese, Mandarin, and German.

11. Gloria Estefan - Hoy Spanisch 

Gloria Estefan speaks Spanish, English, Portuguese, and French.

Laura Pausini besides her native Italian speaks English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.

Eros Ramazzotti speaks Italian, Spanish, and English.

Übersetzungen:  Englisch #1

Nelly Furtado speaks Portuguese, English, and Spanish.

Übersetzungen:  Deutsch

15. Mina - Se telefonando Italienisch 

Mina is an Italian singer that also speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, and German.

16. L'Aura - Today Englisch 

L'Aura speaks Italian, English and French.

Übersetzungen:  Italienisch, Portugiesisch

17. Anitta - Paradinha Spanisch 

Eldar speaks Azerbaijani, German, English, Turkish, and Russian.

Übersetzungen:  Deutsch #1

Julio Iglesias speaks Spanish, French, English, Italian, and Filipino.

21. Enrique Iglesias - Hero Englisch 

Enrique Iglesias speaks Spanish, English, and Italian.

Übersetzungen:  Deutsch
+48 weitere
, Arabisch #1, #2, Aserbaidschanisch, Bengalisch, Bulgarisch, Burmesisch #1, #2, Finnisch, Französisch, Griechisch #1, #2, Hindi, Indonesisch #1, #2, Italienisch #1, #2, Koreanisch, Kroatisch, Kurdisch (Sorani), Litauisch, Malaiisch, Niederländisch, Persisch #1, #2, #3, Portugiesisch, Rumänisch #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, Russisch, Schwedisch #1, #2, Serbisch #1, #2, Slowenisch, Spanisch #1, #2, Türkisch #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, Ungarisch #1, #2, #3, Vietnamesisch

22. Luciano Pavarotti - Core 'ngrato Neapolitanisch 

Luciano Pavarotti spoke Italian, English, Spanish, and French.

Besides "the language of love", Cliff Richard speaks English, Italian, and Spanish. His discography also includes songs in German.

24. Cat Stevens - Wild World Englisch 

Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam speaks English, Greek, and Arabic.

Marija Šerifović speaks Serbian, English and Russian.

26. Caetano Veloso - O Leãozinho Portugiesisch 

Caetano Veloso speaks Portuguese, English, and Spanish.

Übersetzungen:  Englisch #1
+12 weitere
, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, Französisch #1, #2, Italienisch, Japanisch, Spanisch #1, #2

Dalida was born in Egypt, but spent most of her career in France. She spoke French, Italian, Spanish, German, Arabic. She performed and recorded in 11 languages (French, Italian, German, Spanish, English, Egyptian and Levantine Arabic, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch and Greek).

Übersetzungen:  Englisch #1

Gitte Hænning (Denmark) has recorded songs in Danish, Swedish, German, Italian, English and French.

Übersetzungen:  Englisch
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, Russisch #1, #2

29. Tarja Turunen - Mystique Voyage Englisch, Finnisch, Spanisch 

Tarja Turunen: she speaks Finnish, Spanish and English. She has recorded/sung songs in English, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Swedish and Latin. The song "Mystique Voyage" is sung in Spanish, English and Finnish.

Roberto Carlos (Brazil) has recorded songs in Portuguese, Italian, English, and Spanish. In 1968, he became the first and only Brazilian to win the Festival of Sanremo, with the song "Canzone Per Te".

Übersetzungen:  Deutsch
+11 weitere
, Englisch #1, #2, Französisch #1, #2, #3, #4, Italienisch #1, #2, Niederländisch, Russisch, Ukrainisch

Raffaella Carrà has recorded songs in Italian, Spanish and English.

Renato Russo was a Brazilian singer and songwriter who sang in Portuguese, Italian, and English.

Übersetzungen:  Portugiesisch

Caterina Valente, Italian singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress born in France. She speaks 6 languages - Italian, French, German, English, Spanish, and Swedish; but also sings in Dutch, Por­tuguese, Hebrew, Greek and Japanese.

Übersetzungen:  Englisch, Russisch

Anna German sang in Polish, Russian, English, Italian, Neapolitan, Spanish, Latin, Polish (Silesian dialect), Portuguese, German and Mongolian.

Sergey Lazarev (Russia) has recorded songs in Russian, English and Ukrainian.

Alexander Rybak (Norway) speaks Norwegian, Russian and English fluently. He has performed songs in all three languages, plus in Belarusian, Spanish and Swedish.

Übersetzungen:  Chinesisch (Kantonesisch)
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, Englisch #1, #2, #3, #4, Finnisch #1, #2, Französisch #1, #2, Kroatisch, Polnisch, Portugiesisch, Transliteration #1, #2, Tschechisch, Türkisch, Vietnamesisch, Weißrussisch

Tiziano Ferro speaks Italian, English, and Spanish. He has also recorded songs in French and Portuguese.

Lara Fabian (born in Belgium, lives in Canada) speaks Italian, French, Flemish, Spanish and English. She has recorded songs in Italian, French, Spanish, English, Portuguese, Russian, Hebrew, Greek and German.

Françoise Hardy speaks her native French, German, and English. She has also recorded songs in Italian, although there's no written source (online) that would confirm she also speaks it.

40. Thalía - Chika Lang Filipino/Tagalog 

Thalía speaks English, Tagalog, French, and Portuguese language.

Eivør Pálsdóttir speaks native Faroese, English, Icelandic, Danish, and probably even Swedish.

Übersetzungen:  Deutsch

Kommentare
MarkkuMarkku    Fr, 16/02/2018 - 11:08

I think Laura Pausini could be included in this collection too. *smile*

Don JuanDon Juan
   Fr, 16/02/2018 - 11:31

You may want to add Melody Gardot, Elisa (Italy), Mina, L'Aura, Anitta...

EuterpaEuterpa
   Fr, 16/02/2018 - 12:03

I found that Melody speaks English and French, and Elisa Italian and English... I believe if I include artists that speak two languages, that the list will be too long. :D So for now I'm adding only artists that speak more than two. I added Mina, L'Aura and Anita. Thank you! :)

RadixIceRadixIce
   Fr, 16/02/2018 - 12:43

Hey, interesting collection. You may want to add Dihaj (Diana Hajiyeva), Ell (Eldar Gasimov) to the list.
Dihaj speaks Azerbaijani, Russian, Ukranian, English, Turkish.
Eldar speaks Azerbaijani, German, English, Turkish, Russian.

malucamaluca
   Fr, 16/02/2018 - 17:47

Dalida (French, Italian, Arabic, German, English...)
Gitte Hænning (German, English, Italian, Danish, Swedish...)

malucamaluca
   Fr, 16/02/2018 - 17:50

It's hard to find out, what languages the singers speak or spoke and what languages they recorded songs. Dalida, according to some sources, recorded songs in 15 languages...

EuterpaEuterpa
   Fr, 16/02/2018 - 21:36

Thank you! Wikipedia says 11 so I'll go with that. :) Impressive, in any case...

malucamaluca
   Fr, 16/02/2018 - 23:10

There's a song in Neapolitan sung by her on our list here at lyricstranslate, so that makes it at least 12...

JosemarJosemar    Fr, 16/02/2018 - 18:59

Tarja Turunen: she speaks Finnish, Spanish and English. She has recorded/sung songs in English, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Swedish and Latin.

This is one of her songs, it is sung in Spanish, English and Finnish.

Diazepan MedinaDiazepan Medina
   Fr, 16/02/2018 - 19:37

Roberto Carlos. Most of his songs in portuguese were recorded in spanish. He also recorded in english and italian.

Don JuanDon Juan
   Fr, 16/02/2018 - 20:55

If I'm not mistaken, he has performed at least one song in Hebrew as well.

EuterpaEuterpa
   Fr, 16/02/2018 - 21:58

And I just found he's the only Brazilian who won Sanremo! I made this list for fun, didn't expect to learn some new stuff like this! :D Thank you! :)

Diazepan MedinaDiazepan Medina
   Fr, 16/02/2018 - 20:40

Another two: Raffaella Carra. Many of her hits in Italian were recorded in Spanish with great success

And Enya: She sang lyrics in english, in latin, Irish gaelic (her native language) and a made up language called Loxian creater by her lyricist Roma Ryan

EuterpaEuterpa
   Do, 22/02/2018 - 19:57

I added Raffaella, however, I found that Enya speaks (only) two of those languages fluently, English and Irish Gaelic. I believe if I include artists that speak two languages, the list will be too long... So for now I'm adding only artists that speak more than two. :) Thank you! :)

Don JuanDon Juan
   Fr, 16/02/2018 - 21:24

Renato Russo has songs in Portuguese, English and Italian.

EuterpaEuterpa
   Sa, 17/02/2018 - 19:51

Seems like I forgot to reply to this, I added him :)

EnjovherEnjovher
   Fr, 16/02/2018 - 22:49

EDIT:

1. Anna German: Polish, Russian, English, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Neapolitan, Polish (Silesian dialect), Portuguese German and Mongolian.
2. Sergey Lazarev: English, Russian and Ukrainian
3. Alexander Rybak: Norwegian, Russian, Swedish, Belarusian, Spanish (1 song) and English.
4. Tiziano Ferro: Italian, Spanish, French, English and Portuguese.
5. Yasmin Levy: Spanish, Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), Hebrew and Catalan.
6. Mor Karbasi: Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), Spanish and Hebrew.

EuterpaEuterpa
   Di, 20/02/2018 - 21:19

I had been busy so it took me a while to add these...sorry for that. Thank you! :) I'll have to ask though...
Can you tell me does Tiziano speak French and Portuguese or has just recorded songs in those languages?
And does Yasmin speak Catalan? I found that she only sings in Ladino, but doesn't speak it, for example. I can't seem to find that info... :/

mk87mk87    Fr, 16/02/2018 - 23:00

As far as I know, Cliff Richard doesn't actually speak German, even though he recorded some hit songs in German. I vaguely remember an interview on German television during which he said that all the lyrics were spelled out phonetically for him during recording sessions and that he didn't actually understand a word of what he was singing.

3oudicca3oudicca    Fr, 16/02/2018 - 23:20

According to their website, the wonderful Mediæval Bæbes sing in "in an impressive array of obscure and ancient languages".
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/mediaeval-baebes-lyrics.html
I'm not sure how many different languages exactly but am sure Wikipedia can answer that question. However, I very much doubt that they actually speak these languages, so if this is a condition, they are disqualified.

EuterpaEuterpa
   Mi, 21/02/2018 - 20:39

According to Wiki: They sing in a variety of languages, including Latin, Middle English, French, Italian, Russian, Swedish, Scottish English, German, Manx Gaelic, Spanish, Welsh, Bavarian, Provençal, Irish, modern English and Cornish. Impressive, indeed. I'm not finding though how many languages they, or at least one of them, actually speaks. :(

3oudicca3oudicca    Mi, 21/02/2018 - 23:00

Boh, probably just English, sadly. But a fabulous group and worth a listen...

EuterpaEuterpa
   Do, 22/02/2018 - 20:01

I'm just listening to "Remember Me", sounds beautiful *_* I even understand some things, thanks to the great similarity of Slavic languages... :D 

EuterpaEuterpa
   Do, 22/02/2018 - 20:17

Unfortunately, I can't find anywhere which languages she actually speaks. :(

EuterpaEuterpa
   Do, 22/02/2018 - 21:26

I checked the other members, too and can't find anything about which languages they speak. :(

Don JuanDon Juan
   Sa, 17/02/2018 - 20:24

Mia Martini: Italian, Neapolitan, French, English
Lodovica Comello: Spanish, Italian, English
Lara Fabian: French, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish
Josh Groban: English, Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese
Adriano Celentano: Cape Verdean, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Gigliola Cinquetti: Italian, Spanish, English, German, French

Geek49 .Geek49 .    Di, 20/02/2018 - 00:24

You should remove Croatian or Serbian from the lists and include just one (the main one fot the person) because they are like 90% same and if you speak one you can speak the other, or add both to all singers that speaks one of them. Serbo-Croatian is a good compromise.

KaraulaKaraula    Di, 20/02/2018 - 17:51

I agree, the best would be to keep only the main language. E. g. Toše Proeski should be Serbian, especially since he spoke only the "ekavica" which is not proper for Croatian and Bosnian.

EuterpaEuterpa
   Di, 20/02/2018 - 21:37

I had added Croatian by mistake, somehow I was sure that he had some songs in Croatian standard. :D I disagree that if you can speak one you can speak the other... you can mainly understand the other, but I consider it an urban myth that you can speak the other automatically. There are many differences that even the natives aren't fully aware of. But I wouldn't want to turn this into that kind of discussion... :D Thank you, I corrected it. :)

EuterpaEuterpa
   Di, 27/02/2018 - 22:34

Wow! I haven't heard of her and now I'm asking myself...why o.O Such a beautiful and powerful voice! Thank you for your suggestion, I've added her. :)

makis17makis17    Do, 22/02/2018 - 21:56

The greek singer Νάνα Μούσχουρη (Nana Mouskouri).
During the span of her music
career she has released over 200 albums and singles in 10 different languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish,
Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Corsican.

KaraulaKaraula    Do, 22/02/2018 - 23:56

Muharem Serbezovski and Esma Redžepova both speak and have songs in Romani, Macedonian and Serbian. Muharem also allegedly speaks 5 other languages aswell.

P-CodeP-Code    Sa, 03/03/2018 - 04:41

Potap & Nastya speak Ukrainian, Russian, and English. Nastya can speak Italian, as well. This song has Russian, and a verse in English and another in Italian: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/potap-and-nastia-kamenskih-ne-hvatilo-voz... Also, this song is in Ukrainian and Russian (the song is about the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia): https://lyricstranslate.com/en/potap-and-nastya-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA... They even have a song in Armenian: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/potap-and-nastia-kamenskih-sirelis-lyrics... (The lyrics are in Cyrillic and not the Armenian script, though)

The two members of the duo Vremya i Steklo speak Ukrainian, Russian, and English. Almost all of their songs are in Russian, but they have one (very recent) song in Ukrainian: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/vremya-steklo-do-zirok-%D0%B4%D0%BE-%D0%B... They also have one song in English: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/vremya-i-steklo-harmonica-lyrics.html It's admittedly not very good, so don't judge them just on this song. The rest of their songs are far better.

Туна ЧеневскаяТуна Ченевская    Sa, 03/03/2018 - 07:57

Naviband speak Belarusian, Russian and English, and have songs in Belarusian and Russian.
Irina Bilyk speaks Ukrainian, Polish, and Russian (I'm not sure if she speaks English) and has songs in all the three languages above.
Tina Karol speaks Ukrainian, Russian, and English, and has songs in all of them too.
O. Torvald speak Ukrainian, Russian, and English, though the frontman admits he is reluctant to speak Russian, according to Wikipedia.
There are many artists from Ukraine who can speak Ukrainian, Russian, and English. Are you going to list all of them?

malucamaluca
   So, 04/03/2018 - 00:33

Ishtar - She speaks and sings in Arabic, Hebrew, French, Spanish, and English