Vicoires de la Musique: the prestigious annual French music prizes, this time with Abd Al Malik and Yael Naim as rightful big winners! Forget the PopPoll, ignore the Mias, drop the Grammys, we're looking to France again for a while and are preoccupied with Les Victoires De La Musique.
The reason being this, euh, short telex that arrived:
Voici le palmarĂšs des 26e Victoires de la Musique...:
Album de musiques urbaines: ABD AL MALIK
Artiste interprÚte féminine de l'année: YAEL NAIM
Artiste interprÚte masculin de l'année: Gaëtan Roussel
Vidéo-clip de l'année: Philippe Katerine - La banane
Album de l'année: Gaëtan Roussel - Ginger
Chanson originale de l'année: Zaz - Je veux
Spectacle musical-concert-tournée de l'année: Eddy Mitchell, ex-aequo Matthieu Chedid
Groupe ou artiste révélation du public: Lilly Wood and the Prick
Album de chansons: Bernard Lavilliers
Album rock: Gaëtan Roussel
Groupe ou artiste révélation scÚne: BEN l' Oncle Soul
Album de musiques du monde: HINDI ZAHRA
Album de musiques Ă©lectroniques ou dance: STROMAE
Concerthall de l' année: AB
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Indeed, many fine, obviously rather French, names but aside the up and coming eye-catchers ABD AL MALIK and YAEL NAIM (in AB mid-March) we're naturally also pleased to see trophies for Hindi Zahra, Ben l'Oncle Soul and Stromae!
They can kid us all they like - and there's sure to have been something snuck into the list above (he who finds it wins something, promised) - but it is still gives a boost, certainly for those fine performers that we've already cherished for a while now. Congratulations and avanti: Abd, Yael, Hindi, Ben and Stromae!
Long live the winners, their music is divine!
