Aya Nakamura received three awards

Thursday April 25, Aya Nakamura was the queen of the Evening of Flames, the musical event rewarding French rap actors. The singer not only opened the show, she also won three awards, for her album, her international influence and especially as female artist of the year. “I am very honored by this prize, because being a female artist and a black one at that is very, very difficult”she said on stage.

Gazo crowned male artist of the year

It is a message of hope while the far right has denigrated the singer since the magazine The Express suggested that she could perform a song by Edith Piaf during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games. Among the men, Gazo was crowned male artist of the year. He had already lifted the trophy at the Victoires de la Musique.