Jain

Jeanne Louise Galice (born 7 February 1992), better known by her stage name Jain, is a French singer-songwriter and musician.

Jain was born on 7 February 1992 in Toulouse, France.

Her mother is half French and half Malagasy.

Jain had learned to play the guitar at the age of 16, and even though she is left-handed, she learned to play the guitar right-handed.

Her family moved around the world due to her father's position at a French oil company.

She left France at the age of nine for Dubai, where she spent three years; then lived for four years in Congo-Brazzaville, which she credits for her taste for danceable melodies; and then spent a year in Abu Dhabi, before moving to Paris where she started a pre-art-school foundation course.

These trips influenced her musical style.

She also learned how to play drums in Pau, Arabic percussion in the Middle East, and musical programming in Congo.

Jain began composing demo tracks in Pointe-Noire, Congo-Brazzaville.

There she met Mr. Flash, who introduced her to musical programming.

She then published her demo tracks on Myspace, where she was noticed by Dready, who became her manager and remains so today.

Yodelice also discovered these tracks and invited Jain to meet him in Paris.

They began to work together, and Yodelice helped to launch her career.

Her stagename comes from a saying off Jainist philosophy that she takes a liking to which is "Don't be sorry if you lose and don't be proud if you win".

Jain was a supporting artist for Yodelice's tour.

Jain began her career in 2013 when she met Mr. Flash, who introduced her to musical programming.

She then published her demo tracks on MySpace, where she was noticed by Dready, who remained her longtime manager.

Yodelice was interested in her so he invited her to Paris.

They appeared together on the television show Taratata in 2013 and performed a duet cover of "Redemption Song".

Her debut album, Zanaka, was released on 6 November 2015.

Yodelice became her producer and worked on her first EP, Hope. It was released on 22 June 2015 and included four songs including the single "Come" which met with considerable success in France and Spain.

A music video for "Come" was released on 2 June 2015 to Jain's official YouTube channel.

Jain performed at the 2015 Solidays Festival, the BIG Festival (Biarritz International Groove) in Biarritz and Bebop Festival.

On 21 September 2015, Jain revealed the cover of her debut album Zanaka.

"Zanaka" means "child" in Malagasy, and the title is a tribute to her mother who is of Franco-Malagasy origin.

The album's release date was announced as 6 November 2015 along with the track listing on 8 October 2015.

It included 10 songs including the singles "Come" and "Makeba".

Makeba was used on a Levi's commercial which showed dancers (wearing the jeans) in an ethnic beat setting.

On 9 October 2015, the album's second track "Heads Up" was released as a pre-order bonus.

It was followed by "Hob" on 19 October 2015.

In November 2016, "Come" was certified Diamond in France.

Zanaka was certified gold in February 2016 for sales exceeding 50,000 copies in France.

Zanaka was later released in the United Kingdom and the United States on 21 October 2016.

It was preceded by the release of "Heads Up" and "Mr Johnson" as pre-order bonuses on 8 October 2016 and 14 October 2016 respectively.

In 2016, she was one of the nominees at the Victoires de la Musique Awards in the category "Album Révélation" for Zanaka.

On 25 November 2016, a deluxe version of Zanaka was released.

The song has also been used as a jingle by the Polish television channel Polsat and in 2017 it was featured in the American horror comedy web television series Santa Clarita Diet.

It also was featured in the second episode of the first season of the Amazon series Hanna.

Her second album, titled Souldier, was released on 24 August 2018.

In December 2018, it was certified diamond in France for sales exceeding 500,000 copies.