Miss Dominique, whose real name is Dominique Michalon, was born on September 7, 1978 in Sarcelles in the Val d'Oise region of France. Attracted to singing at an early age, her parents enrolled her in a gospel choir when she was just 8 years old. With her parents, who were originally from Martinique, she returned to the island, where she consolidated her discovery of the soul and jazz repertoire, particularly the great classics by singers such as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, and took part in concerts with local orchestras. On the death of her parents, she returned to mainland France, having won a scholarship to attend the École Supérieure du Spectacle in Paris. To support herself, she took a job as a hairdresser, but never lost sight of her passion for music, which led her to launch her own business under the name Beth Sheba, releasing two albums on small labels that remained confidential. Her breakthrough came when she took part in the 4th season of the French TV show Nouvelle Star, broadcast by the French channel M6, where she reached the final after winning over the jury and the public, losing out only to the phenomenon of the day, Christophe Willem. She subsequently signed a contract with Sony/BMG and released her debut album Une Femme Battante in 2006, on which she covers such classics as James Brown's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough ", popularized by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell for Motown. At the 2007 Victoires de la Musique awards, Miss Dominique won the prize for "public revelation artist of the year". A second album, Si Je N'Étais Pas Moi, was released in 2009, supported by the single "C'est trop". However, audiences seemed less receptive, and Miss Dominique gradually withdrew from the media sphere. In 2018, she is a singing teacher at the bilingual school in Berkeley, California.
