{{Infobox musical artist | name = PATjE | image = PATjE_Photo_Paris_wiki.jpg | caption = PATjE during his Flashmob in Paris in 2010 | image_size = | birth_name = Patrice Jauffret<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiozones.com/rep_patje.php|title=Pasaporte, le dernier album de PATjE}}</ref> | birth_date = | genre = Pop<br />Rock<br />Bossanova | occupation = Singer, songwriter, musician | website = {{URL|http://www.patje.net/}} }}
'''PATjE''' (born '''Patrice Jauffret''') is a French singer.
==Life and career== Born in Geneva, Switzerland, he was raised in Marseille, Barcelona, and Geneva. His first experience in entertainment was theater, which he became passionate about when he was fourteen.<ref>[http://rossanamusica.com/portal/?p=10350#more-10350 Rossana Musica - PATjE] - 26.08.2009</ref>
After his high school diploma he did his Bachelors in America to improve his language skills. At that time his friends gave him the nickname PATJE (diminutive of Pat). Returning to Europe, he worked in advertising and became the editor of a magazine. When he left this multinational firm, he moved to Barcelona, Spain, in order to study at university, his love for entertainment and music came back into his life. In 2000 he went to Los Angeles.
Between 2002 and 2005 he started playing with his band in clubs and international festivals around Los Angeles<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lasistercityfestival.com/entertainment.html |title=Sister City Festival March 2005 |access-date=2012-12-05 |archive-date=2009-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217065600/http://lasistercityfestival.com/entertainment.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and released his first digital single between 2005 and 2006.<ref>[http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/patricejauffret Midnight blues]</ref>
With his first album in 2005 he launched his career in French, English and Spanish. His international success began in 2009 with Pasaporte, his second album in Spanish and English, and his single GOGO (versión español) ranked 34th on the top 40 of the Billboard Tropical charts<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=u_9FbUvqGfUC&dq=billboard+patje&pg=PT13 Billboard Magazine] - 29.08.2009</ref><ref>[http://www.france-amerique.com/articles/2009/10/26/patje_le_succes_a_gogo.html PATjE, le succès à « Gogo »] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328072821/http://www.france-amerique.com/articles/2009/10/26/patje_le_succes_a_gogo.html |date=2010-03-28 }} France Amérique (26.10.2009)</ref>
In May 2010 he organised à Flashmob to promote his song (GOGO (remix) in Paris.<ref>[http://www.france-amerique.com/articles/2010/08/08/la_fete_continue_pour_patje.html La fête continue pour PATjE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203235835/http://france-amerique.com/articles/2010/08/08/la_fete_continue_pour_patje.html |date=2010-12-03 }} France Amérique (08.08.2010)</ref> On 22 October 2010, PATjE became the first artist to launch his own digital radio station on the apple App Store PATjE.fm.<ref>[http://www.presseportal.ch/fr/pm/100014623/100612591/agencing_inc PATjE, artiste chanteur, classé au billboard US, crée sa propre radio: www.PATjE.fm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104010911/http://www.presseportal.ch/fr/pm/100014623/100612591/agencing_inc |date=2011-01-04 }} PressPortal (22.10.2010)</ref>
== Discography – albums == * 2009 : ''Pasaporte''
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official|http://www.patje.net/}} * [http://www.patje.fm/ Web radio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107064855/http://www.patje.fm/ |date=2010-11-07 }}
Category:French male pop singers Category:1970 births Category:Musicians from Geneva Category:Living people Category:21st-century French singers