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00:26 : And that’s it for this 38th edition of the Victoires de la Musique. Thank you for following it with us. The big winners of the evening: Orelsan who leaves with three Victories, Angèle and Stromae who each win two awards.
00:24 : This is the second victory of the evening for Stromae after that of the male artist of the year.
00:21 : Stromae wins Album of the Year with Multitude.
00:16 : It is the consecration of a busy year for the Belgian who burst with the title One day I will marry an angel which counts 40 million plays on Spotify. At 21, he hopes to follow in the footsteps of his idol, his compatriot Stromae.
00:07 : Pierre de Maere wins the Victory of Male Revelation.
00:06 : Jacques, phenomenal and one of a kind! #Victoires2023▶ https://t.co/ekOp8eNw25 https://t.co/UJIvJt7NOZ
00:05 : It’s a bit like the UFO of the evening that has just happened. Jacques, nominated in the male revelation category, sang Why is it like thisfrom his debut album IMPORTANCEOFVICE. So yeah, it wasn’t necessarily her real hair.
11:59 p.m. : “I was afraid to fall and show you my butt.”
Very moved, the singer November Ultra or Nova, could not hold back her tears when receiving her Victory from the hands of Angèle. She started music in 2013 with an electro-pop group, Agua Pop. After two EPs, the group broke up in 2018. She released in 2022 her first studio album, Bedroom Wallswhich she composed entirely in her bedroom.
11:56 p.m. : Singer November Ultra wins the Female Breakthrough Victory.
11:54 p.m. : “I would be lying to you if I told you that I had not dreamed of this prize”. The double for @angele_vl: she wins the Female Victory of the Year. ?#Victoires2023 https://t.co/YG1DrSIoiX
11:52 p.m. : In a few years, Angèle has become a “p…of queen” as Pomme said on stage. She started on social networks and compiles hundreds of millions of streams, will play at Coachella, one of the biggest festivals in the world this year, and made her film debut in the last Asterix by Guillaume Canet where she plays Falbala.
11:49 p.m. : This is the second Victory of the evening for the Belgian after the one given a few moments ago for the most streamed album for an artist. This is the fifth award of his career after the revelation album of the year for brol (2019), audiovisual creation for To forget everything (2019) and concert of the year for Brol Tour (2020).
11:46 p.m. : Angèle wins the Victoire de la musique for female artist of the year.
11:40 p.m. : It’s time for the victories of the most streamed albums. Among men, Ninho is absent, but remains the big winner with his album Jeff released in 2021, which has compiled 500 million streams. Among women, Angèle is the winner with her album Ninety-Five The Suite.
11:36 p.m. : It is the one who is named in the male revelation category, the rapper Tiakola, who introduces himself. He sings Umbrellafrom his album Melo, released in May. He is from La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis).
11:29 p.m. : The Civilization Tour brought together close to 600,000 people in France, Switzerland and Belgium. It is already the third victory of the rapper during this evening. “It’s really the victory I wanted because I’m super happy with the year we’ve had”says Aurélien Cotentin.
11:30 p.m. : The Victory for best concert was won by Orelsan for its Civilization Tour.
11:24 p.m. : It’s Apple’s turn to perform. The one who is nominated in the female artist category sings River. She is competing for the third Victory of her career after that of the revelation album in 2020 for Loopholes and that of the female artist in 2021.
11:15 p.m. : Les Victoires pay tribute to their honorary president Calogéro. The 51-year-old artist has won three Victories during his career: male performer in 2004, original song in 2005 with If only I could miss him and Original Song of the Year in 2015 with One day in the wrong place.
11:10 p.m. : It’s the turn of Lujipeka, the rapper from Rennes, to perform on stage. Nominated in the male revelation category, the member of the collective Columbine sings Not in my place. He recently released the reissue of his album, Roller coaster: Menu XL. And obviously he didn’t come alone.
11:08 p.m. : You don’t know Mentissa, named in the female revelation category? She is Belgian and took the light thanks to tele-hooks. In 2014, at age 15, she won the Belgian version of “The Voice Kids”. In 2020, she signed up for season 10 of “The Voice” In France. She reached the final, carried by her coach Vianney, who wrote her first success, And Bam.
11:01 p.m. : “What counts is not the arrival, it’s the quest” for @Orel_san at #Victoires2023!▶ https://t.co/ekOp8eO3RD https://t.co/pcvMiarYzy
11:01 p.m. : This is already the second victory for the rapper and his title after that of audiovisual creation. The title is produced by a duo of producers, his friend and manager Skread and the Lyonnais Phazz. This is the rapper’s 11th win overall.
10:58 p.m. : The Victory for Original Song is awarded to Orelsan for The quest.
10:56 p.m. : Angèle performs on the Victoires stage with the title Time will do present on the album Nonante-Cinq La Suite. The Belgian is nominated in three categories tonight: female artist of the year, best album and most streamed album by an artist.
11:00 p.m. : The ceremony honored the ‘”great television producer” Franck Saurat died last December following a cardiac arrest. He had produced the “Music Victories” on France 2 since 2020.
10:47 p.m. : Relive the speeches of Calogéro and Serge Lama on the occasion of the presentation of the Victory of Honor, the 600th in the history of the ceremony, to the singer of I’m sick.
10:50 p.m. : Serge Lama, who received his Victory of Honor from the hands of Calogéro, announces that this is the last time he will see an audience cheering him on his feet. “My body can no longer follow, I don’t want to sing sitting down, I did the job I wanted to do”, did he declare. With a few hours in advance, the public wished him a happy birthday, as he will celebrate his 80th birthday tomorrow.
10:33 p.m. : “I like the man as much as the artist”. @calogerofficiel’s declaration of love to Serge Lama at #Victoires2023.▶ https://t.co/ekOp8eO3RD https://t.co/cuIWd4fQrC
10:33 p.m. : To celebrate the honorary president of the 38th edition of Victories, Serge Lama, the artist Mentissa took over The red balloonsElodie Frégé took over I’m sick Santashe tackled From adventure to adventure.
10:15 p.m. : It’s a bit stuffy this speech on rap “absent” from the ceremonies, we hear that every year but it’s not true, unlike electro and world music which really disappeared from the ceremony.
10:15 p.m. : And what about the Metal music that fills dozens of rooms every week, with the biggest festival in Europe in France and not even a category (unlike the Grammy Awards)
10:15 p.m. : Indeed, rap is not the only “forgotten” musical genre in the Victoires de la Musique. @Where are the indie artists? And @Marco point out to me in the comments that Metal, world music or even electro are not particularly present either.
10:12 p.m. : “I’m a little moved.” Congratulations to @Stromae, male artist of the year! ?#Victoires2023 https://t.co/ynL5mGzYAq
10:08 p.m. : This is the sixth Victory for the Belgian artist Stromae. He had already received this trophy in 2014. Paul Van Haver thanks in particular his brother, Luc, and his wife, the stylist Coralie Barbier
10:05 p.m. : The Victory for male artist of the year is awarded to Stromae.
10:04 p.m. : The title Getting old is on the album The others are us released last year. Detail for those who are interested, in the production, in addition to the two brothers, we find the DJ and rapper 20syl, member of Hocus Pocus and the collective of DJS C2C.
10:01 p.m. : “Rap may be the most streamed, the most popular music, the one that fills the halls, but you have to believe that at the Victoires de la Musique, it is no match for the big heavyweights of variety or music. modern French song.”
Like every year, rap, despite being the dominant genre in the sales figures, is hardly represented among the nominees. This phenomenon is not new, my colleague Alice Galopin wrote on this topic 3 years ago.
10:01 p.m. : It’s BigFlo and Oli’s turn to appear on stage. The first started a cappella Getting old. The two Toulousains are among the rare rappers named during this evening.
9:57 p.m. : After “The Quest”, the Grail! ? @ Orel_san wins the Victory of audiovisual creation. #Victoires2023 https://t.co/G9C19Rom5L
9:56 p.m. : Here are the images of the first trophy of the evening, that of Orelsan in the audiovisual creation category. The rapper was delighted to pass the microphone to the director of the clip Victor Haegelin.
9:55 p.m. : With @juliettearmanet, the flame never goes out! ? #Victoires2023▶ https://t.co/ekOp8eNw25 https://t.co/CTxQnWc4bV
10:08 p.m. : Juliette Armanet, one of the stars of French song, presents herself with The flame, where she obviously talks about love, one of her favorite themes. The title is present on the reissue of his album Burn the Fire 2. It competes in the original song category.
9:49 p.m. : The Victories pay tribute to past trophies of Vanessa Paradis. The artist won 7 Victories, the first in 1990, when she became performer of the year. She is the only one to have won three times in this category (1990, 2008 and 2014).
9:44 p.m. : The Grand Corps Malade trio, Gaël Faye and Ben Mazué sing The cause. This track is taken from the album Short-lived released last year. The three artists bring together rap, slam and French variety.
9:40 p.m. : In this title, this rapper naively recounts his childhood and adolescence. He evokes modeling clay, which gave him the idea to call the director specialized in animation Victor Haegelin. This is the 10th Victory of the music of the rapper from Caen.
9:50 p.m. : It’s time for the first victory of the evening, that of audiovisual creation. And it’s Orelsan who wins with The questdirected by Victor Haegelin.
9:33 p.m. : Paul Van Haver still knows how to do it when it comes to scenography.
9:32 p.m. : Back to live with Stromae which continues with Helltitle in which he recounts his burn-out and his “suicidal thoughts”. It is with this title that he had reserved a moment of promotion of which he has the secret by appropriating the TF1 newspaper in January 2022.
10:09 p.m. : Nostalgia sequence with a return of almost 40 years back for the first edition of the Victoires presented by Julien Clerc. The first trophy, presented by Michel Berger, that of variety revelation, was awarded to Jeanne Mas. She also won female performer of the year. Among the men, it was Michel Jonasz who had triumphed.