Jenifer (Jenifer Yaël Dadouche-Bartoli) was born on 15 November 1982 in Nice, is a pop singer who has, since 2002, had a number of hit singles in the French and Swiss charts.

Jenifer decided to go to Paris and attend the casting for the first series of Star Academy in France.

She was selected, and eventually won. The hit single "J'attends L'amour" (I'm waiting for love) soon followed. After the tour with her band that followed her victory, she went on the road as a solo artist from October 2002 until January 2003, and eventually performed at the Paris Olympia, which she had dreamed of as a child.

Her debut self-titled album went on to sell over three quarters of a million copies. The album featured a song written by Marc Lavoine and a duet with fellow Star Academy student Mario.

The second single "Au Soleil" became one of the "tubes de l'été" (Summer hits) of 2002 in France.

In 2004 Jenifer returned onto the scene with her second, more personal, melancholy album "Le Passage". Among others, this album contained songs written by Calogero, Kyo, Tina Arena and one song Jenifer co-wrote.