Paradis became a star at the age of 14 with the international success of her single " Joe le taxi " As a child she enrolled in dance lessons, learnt the basics of piano, and attended child model casting sessions. Paradis recorded her first single, "La Magie des surprises-parties", in and performed it in an Italian festival in Although not a hit, it paved the way for the song with which she became internationally famous, " Joe le taxi ," composed by Franck Langolff in , when she was It was number one in France for 11 weeks [ 33 ] and, unusually for a song sung in French, was released in the United Kingdom, where it reached number three.
In March , at age 16, she left high school to pursue her singing career. The album was written by French composer Serge Gainsbourg , whom she met when she received the best singer award at Victoires de la Musique , on 4 February In , Paradis promoted the fragrance Coco for Chanel. The advert was shot by Jean-Paul Goude. In , Paradis moved to the United States to work with Lenny Kravitz , whom she was dating at the time.
Written and produced by Kravitz, the album, titled Vanessa Paradis , topped the French chart and briefly made the UK listings number One of the singles from it was " Be My Baby ", which made number 5 in France and gave her another Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at number six.
In February , Live was released in France. Elisa was a big success in France and was released internationally. This movie was shot and released in black and white. In , she promoted Chanel's new handbags called Ligne Cambon. In , she modeled for Chanel again for The New Mademoiselle handbag. In , she modelled for Miu Miu. Meanwhile, she was included in the French children's album and concert Le Soldat Rose in There are three versions regular, limited edition, and the Christmas edition.
She started the Divinidylle Tour in October. Paradis won two Les Victoires de la Musique awards for this album in February In she became the face of Chanel 's new lipstick, Rouge Coco. She also became the face of their new handbag line, Ranger. At 15, Paradis started dating year-old French singer Florent Pagny. The relationship ended in From to , she was in a relationship with Lenny Kravitz , who also produced her self-titled album.
