Biografía

Is featured in the Guinness Book of World Records twice: For top-selling single of all-time, for 1991's "Désenchantée", and for most exported album of all-time, for 1995's "Anamorphosée".

Her videos, since 1986's Mylène Farmer: Libertine (1986), have mostly been long projects, ranging from 10 minutes to sometimes 20, and are mostly directed by Laurent Boutonnat. However, since the flop feature film project Giorgino (1994), her videos have been mostly directed by other well-respected, and often famous, directors. Besides France, shooting locations include Romania, the United States, China, and Iceland.

Is a major recording star in Europe, especially in France. She released her first video and single in 1984, and her first album in 1986. As of September 2018, she has had eleven studio albums, six live albums and five compilation albums.

Her surname, "Farmer", comes from actress Frances Farmer, a Hollywood actress who was famous for her iconoclasm, and was admitted to a mental institution by her mother and studio, and administered shock therapy.

She made her feature-film debut in the 1994 film Giorgino (1994), which was a critical and financial disaster. In fact, it made 1% of its budget.