six nominations for Aya Nakamura… Find the complete list of nominees

The second edition of Les Flammes will be held on April 25, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and will be broadcast for free and live on YouTube, Twitch and live on W9.

Singer Aya Nakamura is nominated in six categories at the Flames ceremony, dedicated to rap and its trends, the organizers announced Monday April 8 in a press release.

In total, around fifty artists are nominated in 24 categories during this second edition, including Aya Nakamura, Gazo, Hamza, Freeze Corleone, Heuss l’Enfoiré, Ninho and SCH. The co-producer of the ceremony, Tom Brunet, welcomes this “diversity” of profiles, and the fact “that there are different types of artists at different stages of their career”.

“We are celebrating 2023 and the nominations reflect the richness of the musical year that we have just experienced.”

Tom Brunet, co-producer of the Flames ceremony

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Aya Nakamura, the most listened to French-speaking singer in the world, obtains six nominations: album of the year (DNK), new pop album (DNK), song of the year (Baby), female artist of the year, music video of the year (Baby) and concert of the year (at the Accor Arena, in Paris). The second edition of Les Flammes will be held on April 25 at the Théâtre du Châtelet, in Paris. The ceremony will be broadcast “free and live on YouTube, Twitch and for the first time live on W9”.

The organizers of the ceremony explain that “the nominations and winners are the result, for the vast majority of the Flames, of the addition of the results of the public vote and the jury vote”, for 50% each. Thus, for the 2024 edition, the jury is made up of “11 women and 12 men” who voted “out of 17 of the 24 categories”. This year, the organizers recorded twice as many public votes as in 2023, during the very first edition: “In 15 days, 280,635 people voted on 14 of the 24 categories for a total of 1,878,026 votes submitted”they add.

The list of nominees for Les Flammes 2024:

• Spotify Flame for Album of the Year
  Aya Nakamura- DNK
  Hamza – Sincerely
  Werenoi – Square
• The rap album
  Freeze Corleone – ADC
  Joseman – J.000.$
  Werenoi – Square
• The new pop album
  Aya Nakamura- DNK
  Luidji – Season 00
  Yamê – Elowi
• Song of the year
  Jungeli, Imen ES, Alonzo, Abou Debeing & Lossa – Little Genius
  PLK – Tomorrow
  SDM – German racing car
  Soolking- Casanova feat. Gazo
  Werenoi – Laboratory
  Aya Nakamura- Baby
  Dave & Tiakola – Meridian
  Hamza – Harmful feat. Damso
  Heuss the Bastard – Saiyan feat. Gazo
  Jey Brownie & Flem – GTB
• Feature of the year
  Dave & Tiakola – Meridian
  Jungeli, Imen ES, Alonzo, Abou Debeing & Lossa – Little Genius
  No Limit, Gazo & Damso – THE STREET
• Rap performance track
  Freeze Corleone – Shavkat
  Gazo – 100K
  Ninho – LVL Up Vol. 1
• R&B Song of the Year
  Mr. Nov – Last I love you feat. Joseman
  Tayc – Room 69
  Killing – Where we sleep happily
• African or African-inspired music piece of the year
  Dave & Tiakola – Meridian
  Jungeli, Imen ES, Alonzo, Abou Debeing & Lossa – Little Genius
  Tam Sir, Team Paya, Ste Milano, Renard Barakissa, Tazeboy & PSK – Hammer blow
• Caribbean or Caribbean-inspired track of the year
  Kalash – Doliprane
  Kima – Toxic
  Meryl- Jack Sparrow
• Female revelation of the year
  Bianca Costa
  Kay The Prodigy
  Wonder
• Male revelation of the year
  Favé
  TIF
  Yamê
• Female Artist of the Year
  Aya Nakamura
  Meryl
  Nej
• Male Artist of the Year
  Gazo
  Tiakola
  Werenoi
• Composer of the year
  Boumidjal
  Flem
  Richie Beats
• Music video of the year
  Aya Nakamura- Baby (dir. YC, prod. IDZ)
  Shay- Commando (dir. Guillaume Doubet, prod. Pélican Paris)
  Ziak – Not even a squeak (dir. BLEU DESERT, prod. OCURENS)
• Concert of the year
  Aya Nakamura, at the Accor Arena
  Fally Ipupa, in Paris La Défense Arena
  SCH, at the Orange Vélodrome
• Album cover of the year
  Isha & Limsa d’Aulnay – Bitumen Caviar Vol.1 (Romain Garcin)
  Mairo – Omar Chappier (Dexter Maurer)
  Kekra- Stratos (Fifou)
• Scenic revelation of the year
  Kerchak
  Meryl
  TIF