{{short description|Congolese singer}}
{{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = | honorific_suffix = | image = Pierrette Adams.jpg | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = Pierrette Adams, 2014 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|5|5}} | birth_place = Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo | origin = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date first) --> | death_place = | genre = | occupation = | instrument = | years_active = 1994–present | label = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} or {{Official URL}} --> | module = | module2 = | module3 = }} '''Pierrette Adams''' (born 5 May 1962) is a singer, nicknamed "Mère Z", from the Republic of the Congo, who was based for many years in Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire, and since 2003, has been based in Dakar in Senegal. She has released seven albums since 1994, plus a greatest hits disc in 2004.
==Early life== Pierrette Adams was born on 5 May 1962, in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.<ref name="musiques-afrique.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.musiques-afrique.com/frames/art_adams.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026144038/http://musiques-afrique.com/frames/art_adams.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 26, 2009|title=Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique / Congo : Pierrette Adams|author=|date=|website=www.musiques-afrique.com|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref>
Before she worked professionally as a singer, Adams was an air hostess for the now defunct pan-African airline Air Afrique.<ref name="pierrette-adams.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.pierrette-adams.com/lng_FR_srub_4-Biographie.html|title=Pierrette Adams - Biographie|author=|date=|website=www.pierrette-adams.com|accessdate=6 November 2017}}</ref>
==Career== Adams' career as a singer did not really succeed until she relocated to Abidjan, in Côte d'Ivoire.<ref name="musiques-afrique.com"/> With the assistance of Boncana Maïga, of Africando, she was able to start her career as a singer and release her debut album ''Journal Intime'' in 1994.<ref name="pierrette-adams.com"/>
In 2003, she moved to Dakar in Senegal, because her husband had to move there for work.<ref name="musiques-afrique.com"/> Her 2003 album ''Anesthésie'' was well-received and she was nominated for the 2003 Kora All Africa Music Awards.<ref name="musiques-afrique.com"/>
She had a "difficult childhood", and her songs cover topics including child abuse, injustice and infidelity.<ref name="musiques-afrique.com" />
==Discography== * ''Journal Intime'' (1994) * '' Mal de Mère'' (1996) * ''Je Vous Salue Maris'' (1999) * ''Absolument'' (2000) * ''Anesthésie'' (2003) * ''Best Of 10 Ans + Inédit "Nasuba"'' (2004) * ''Coma Profond '' (2007) * ''7e Jour '' (2012)
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