Teri Moïse

b. Los Angeles, 25 March 1970 - d. Madrid, 7 May 2013. US-American singer/songwriter of Haitian descent who first moved to France in 1990 in order to study literature at the Sorbonne in Paris. Upon her return to the United States, she began studying music at the Los Angeles Musician Institute. In 1992, Moïse again moved to Paris and pursued a career in music working as a choir singer, bass player and songwriter. She eventually met Etienne De Crécy and Stéphane "Alf" Briat, with whom she collaborated on her 1996 self-titled debut album, which sold 500,000 copies. Teri Moïse is the final winner of the Victoire de la musique in the category »Artiste interprète ou groupe francophone,« receiving the award in 1997. She committed suicide in her hotel room in Madrid, Spain, on May, 7th, 2013.