Montaigne (musician)
Montaigne | |
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 Montaigne in September 2025 | |
| Born | Jessica Alyssa Cerro 14 August 1995 Sydney, Australia |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Relatives | Gustavo Cerro (father) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Art pop |
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| Labels | Wonderlick Entertainment |
| Website | montaignemusic |
Jessica Alyssa Cerro (born 14 August 1995), better known as Montaigne, is an Australian art pop singer, songwriter and musician. Her first album, Glorious Heights, was released in 2016 and peaked at number 4 on the Australian Albums Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2016, she won Breakthrough Artist – Release for the album and was nominated for three other categories. Also in 2016, she was a featured vocalist on the Hilltop Hoods track "1955". The single reached number 2 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Montaigne was meant to represent Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with her song "Don't Break Me". However, due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, the contest was cancelled. She instead represented her country in 2021 with the song "Technicolour".[1] Montaigne was born in Sydney, New South Wales. She grew up in the Hills District. She has said her ethnic background is a mixture of Argentine, Spanish, Filipino and French.
Discography
[change | change source]Studio albums
[change | change source]| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||
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| AUS [2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Glorious Heights |
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4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Complex |
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19 | |||||||||||||||||
| Making It! |
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| It's Hard to Be a Fish |
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| "–" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||||
Extended plays
[change | change source]| Title | Details |
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| Life of Montaigne |
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Singles
[change | change source]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||
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| AUS [2] |
LTU [3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| "I Am Not an End" | 2014 | — | — | Life of Montaigne | |||||||||||||||
| "I'm a Fantastic Wreck" | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Clip My Wings" | 2015 | — | — | Glorious Heights | |||||||||||||||
| "In the Dark" | 2016 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Because I Love You" | 98 | — |
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| "For Your Love" | 2018 | — | — | Complex | |||||||||||||||
| "Ready" | 2019 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Love Might Be Found (Volcano)" | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "The Dying Song" | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Don't Break Me" | 2020 | —[A] | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||||||||
| "Technicolour" | 2021 | — | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| "My Life Is Better with You" | — | — | My Brother, My Brother and Me | ||||||||||||||||
| "Now (In Space)" | — | — | Making It! | ||||||||||||||||
| "Always Be You" (with David Byrne) |
2022 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Make Me Feel So" (featuring Daði Freyr) |
— | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Die B4 U" | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Gravity" (with David Byrne) |
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| "One Long Firework in the Sky" (with Ninajirachi) |
— | — | Second Nature | ||||||||||||||||
| "Talking Shit" | 2024 | — | — | It's Hard to Be a Fish | |||||||||||||||
| "Everybody Else" | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Swim Back" | 2025 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "It's All About the Money" | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Beyond the Glass" | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "–" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||||
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ Don't Break Me did not enter the ARIA top 100, but peaked at number 22 on the ARIA Digital Track Chart.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Tooma, Carla (2 April 2020). "Montaigne to represent Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021". myGC. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- 1 2 Peak positions in Australia:
- For all except noted: "Discography Montaigne". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien.
- For "Because I Love You": "CHART WATCH #379". auspOp. 30 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020.
- ↑ "2021 21-os SAVAITĖS (gegužės 21-27 d.) SINGLŲ TOP100" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 40 Digital Tracks" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 17 February 2020.
Other websites
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