Priscilla Betti was born on 2 August 1989 into a family living in
Nice,
Alpes-Maritimes,
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Her mother, Annie takes care of her career and her father, Jean-Pierre, is a painter in letters. Priscilla has two sisters: Sandra who is also a singer and Séverine who is a pharmacy assistant. When Priscilla was eleven years old, she took part in the television children's talent show
Drôles de petits champions, on 23 February 2001, on
TF1, and was noticed by a producer from the American company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Patrick Debort. On 25 September, she released her first single "
Quand je serai jeune" under the record company
Sony BMG. That same year, Priscilla went to
New York City and met her idol
Britney Spears, who presented her with a
Gold record for her single "Quand je serai jeune". Betti's first album,
Cette Vie nouvelle, was released in June 2002. It was certified Silver in France for sales of 50,000 copies. Her second album,
Priscilla was released only six months after the first one, in December 2002. The second single, "
Tchouk tchouk musik", was certified Silver for sales over 250,000 copies.
Priscilla sold over 100,000 copies in France, and was certified Gold. The fourth and last season aired in 2011. In addition to France, the series was also shown in Belgium, Italy and Brazil. Songs from the first season were released as Betti's fifth album,
Casse comme du verre, in December 2007. The album peaked only at number 111 on the French albums chart. In 2015, she participated in
season 6 of
Danse avec les stars (the French version of
Dancing with the Stars) with her partner Christophe Licata. They finished as runners-up. ==Discography==