THErelSan was crowned male artist Friday night at the 37is Victoires de la musique, while Clara Luciani, another regular at musical awards, lifted the women’s trophy and that of the album. The Norman rapper, 39, is the late 2021-early 2022 hinge artist, hailed by the public and critics, well beyond the rap sphere alone. Civilisationreleased in November, is the best-selling record in France in 2021. Male artist, it is the 2e Victory of the evening for OrelSan, following the audiovisual creation for his documentary never show that to anyone. And the 9e Victory of his career. The record of 13 trophies is jointly held by -M- and Alain Bashung, now deceased. The coronation of Clara Luciani was also expected. his album Heart made the elitist scenes as well as the general public thrill. It’s the 3e Victory of his career.
At the Victoires, there is therefore an honorary president, Stromae, and an Honorary Victory has also been awarded. This year, she returned to Jacques Dutronc, 78 (it was Jane Birkin last year), given by her son Thomas, for her entire career. They both sang “Et moi, et moi, et moi”, the father’s standard, before a major new tour together.
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The Victories would not be the Victories without controversy. This year, including OrelSan, Clara Luciani, Juliette Armanet and the group Feu! Chatterton, we arrived at fourteen nominations distributed among four artists. This raises criticism of a ceremony accused of not reflecting the diversity of the current scene. “There are a lot of categories missing, I think,” commented singer Hoshi. They try to put as many people as possible in boxes. I don’t like the squares, basic. »
There were only two rappers nominated for Victories on Friday, OrelSan and SCH, who received the award for the most streamed album. Playing collectively, the latter took the microphone while receiving his trophy to quote all the rappers who would have deserved to be present, in his eyes, at the ceremony. “I am embarrassed to hold this Victory in my hands,” he said, before mentioning, behind his dark glasses, the names of Jul, Ninho, Laylow, Naps, Gazo, Oboy, Soso Maness and Djiro.
Honorary President and Star
The other attraction of the evening was the honorary president. Stromae interpreted his title “Santé” with an avatar, at the opening of the ceremony. This double of the Belgian, like an animated film on the giant screens behind him, thus showed the public the gestures to be made on the choreography of the piece. Stromae’s performance gives a foretaste of the launch of its tour-event, which should revolve around paintings and make use of new technologies.
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Multitude, his new album, one of the most anticipated of the year, will be released on March 4. But, as the Belgian does nothing like everyone else, he will deliver his new songs in preview during his first three shows in Brussels on February 22, in Paris on February 24 and in Amsterdam on February 27. Tickets for these three concerts were sold out in 15 minutes on the day they went on sale, December 3, his record company said.
