VICTORY OF MUSIC

OR URBAN MUSIC IN HONOR

For this 33rd edition, it was Daphne Bürki who was in charge of the animation during this very long 3 ½ hours ceremony. Sting, Honorary President of the ceremony, opened the evening - in French please - with Daphne Bürki, before singing "Do not make me wait" with Shaggy.

This 33rd edition, officially dedicated to the memory of Johnny Hallyday, was due to pay tribute to the rocker who died on December 5th with the duo of Slimane and Florent Pagny performing Requiem for a madman. Video archives are projected that also come back on the ten victories won by Johnny during his career.

But the evening was marked by the triumph of the rapper Caen, equaling Stromae who had tripled in 2014. Note the omnipresence of urban music that are hip-hop and rap. Bigflo & Oli and Juliette Armanet eclipse Louane, Soprano and Petit Biscuit and create a surprise. Indeed Bigflo & Oli win the Victory of the original song of the year for Dommage, the only trophy of the ceremony awarded by the public. " You can feel it in people's minds: today, there is no longer a cleavage between rap and other styles. The change is done! " , Rejoiced the two Toulouse brothers behind the scenes. The revelation album of the year was awarded to Juliette Armanet for Girlfriend. Visibly moved, the singer launched a big "Thank you!" To all her fans.

In terms of history, we will remember the box full of Oreslan. Here he is nominated in three categories: Best Male Artist, Best Urban Music Album with "The Party is Over", and Best Clip of the Year with "Basics". " I would like to thank the audience, without whom I would be just a guy who makes music in his room," said Orelsan, the rapper, 35. The victory of the revelation scene was attributed to Gaël Faye while that MC Solaar added a 5th Victory to his list for "album songs of the year" with "Géopoétique".

Lastly, Etienne Daho was honored with a Victory of Honor for his 37-year career and his score of nominations for Victoires de la musique. In 2017, the author of Weekend in Rome released his eleventh album, Blitz, gold record.

Let's not forget Charlotte Gainsbourg's Victoire de la musique for the best female artist for her album "Rest", the fifth melancholy electro album, in which Paul McCartney and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo took part. She joins the winners of his mother Jane Birkin, crowned in 1992, and his father Serge Gainsbourg, who had received two years earlier a Victory of Honor for his entire career. "This album, I had my sister in mind (Kate Barry), I'm thinking of her tonight, I have my father in mind, of course, but today he's carrying my life too, I'm alive and I want to celebrate the people around me, my mother (Jane Birkin), my sister (Lou Doillon), my brother (Lulu), " she said

.Palmares

Male artist
Orelsan

Female artist
Charlotte Gainsbourg

Scene revelation
Gael Faye

Revelation album
Juliette Armanet - "Girlfriend"

Album of songs
MC Solaar - "Geopoetics"

Rock Album
Shaka Ponk - "The Evol '"

World Music Album
M, Toumani & Sidiki Diabate and Fatoumata Diawara - "Lamomali"

Album of electronic music
Dominique Dalcan - "Temperance"

Concert
Camille

Audiovisual creation
Orelsan - "Basic"

Original song
Bigflo and Oli - "Shame"