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French singer (1915–1963)

For other uses, see Edith Piaf (disambiguation).

Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963), known as Édith Piaf (French:[editpjaf]), was a French entertainer best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres.

She is widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th century.^[1][2]

Piaf's music was often autobiographical, and she specialized in chanson réaliste and torch ballads about love, loss and sorrow.

Her most widely known songs include "La Vie en rose" (1946), "Non, je ne regrette rien" (1960), "Hymne à l'amour" (1949), "Milord" (1959), "La Foule" (1957), "L'Accordéoniste" (1940), and "Padam, padam..." (1951).

Having begun her career touring with her father at age fourteen, her fame increased during the German occupation of France and in 1945, Piaf's signature song, "La Vie en rose" ('life in pink') was p