VICTORY OF MUSIC
OR URBAN MUSIC IN HONOR
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| On thursday, France 2 broadcast with France Inter the 33rd ceremony rewarding the best of music.
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 '"
Urban Music Album Orelsan - "The party is over"
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"
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GRAMMY AWARDS A POLITICAL TRIBUNE
AND THE CONSECRATION OF BRUNO MARS
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Hosted by American television star James Corden, this year's Grammy Awards were held in New York City's huge Madison Square Garden, in the heart of Manhattan.
The 60th edition of the Oscars of Music rewarded the greatest artists, albums and performances of the year but did not fail to return to the turbulent political year one year after the inauguration of Donald Trump and on the protest movement against violence against women.
The 60th Grammy Awards ceremony was also marked by the emotional passages of Lady Gaga, Kesha and Pink.
The singer then played a powerful version of Millions Reasons under the approving cries of the room.
The flamboyant winner Bruno Mars.
Bruno Mars is the big winner of the evening, followed closely by rapper Kendrick Lamar. The American artist Bruno Mars, king of funk and soul, has won six trophies, including three in the general categories called major. :
the best recording of the year with its title "24K Magic", the best album of the year and the best song with its hit "That's What I Like". Kendrick Lamar won the trophy for Best Rap and Singing Performance.
The rapper opened the ceremony with the interpretation of his title XXX, with Bono of the U2 group denouncing the murders of young black men in the United States.
His stage performance ended with dancers dressed in red pretending to collapse after being hit by gunshots. Rapper Jay-Z, though nominated in 21 categories, has not won anything this year.
Bruno Mars, 32, did not fail to greet in his thank you speech Kendrick Lamar and Jay Z in the category album of the year.
 The arrival of Elton John caused a sensation, he who played Tiny Dancer at the Grammy Awards and filed a white rose against harassment and gender equality. He was joined by Miley Cyrus for the end of the song for a striking duet.
Miley Cyrus did not fail to thank the British artist on Twitter: "Sir Elton John, I do not have the words to thank you for giving me the honor of playing with you tonight at Grammy's." I have loved every moment I have spent with you over these years and I will cherish your kindness every second and continue to fight for the end of the AIDS epidemic!
"A white rose is a symbol of respect, marks a new beginning and expresses hope for the future," tweeted the "Time's Up" movement.
The beautiful Lady Gaga 
During her stage visit , Lady Gaga made a strong transformation of her piano into a giant bird, covering it with white feathers on a stage plunged into darkness.
A visual effect of all beauty !!! She sang Joanne, from her latest album, and dedicated it to her deceased aunt of Lupus in 1974.
She also paid tribute to the "Time's Up" denouncing sexual harassment.
On the turn of the singer and actress Janelle Monae who also pleaded against violence against women
"To those who would like to try to silence us, we offer two words: '' it's over ''. No more unequal pay, discrimination, harassment in all its forms, and abuse of power, " said the singer.
The singer presented the performance of Kesha whose song Praying refers to his battle against the producer Dr. Luke she accuses of having raped her.
This start is not the only sequence with a political dimension
Another singer, Camila Cabello, paid tribute to the "Dreamers" , children of illegal immigrants whose protection is challenged by President Donald Trump.
She herself, she recalled, arrived child of Cuba with her poor parents.
 "When my parents took me to this country, they had nothing but hope," she told the audience.
The Irish band U2 also performed in front of the Statue of Liberty, filming themselves on a raft stage. He recalled the poem engraved at its base that invites all immigrants to New York and the United States.
After singing the song "Get Your Own Way" from the album Songs of Experience, singer Bono recited : "Bless be the shitty countries" , referring to the alleged words of Donald Trump who made scandal in early January.
The humorous Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump's ears must have whistled when presenter James Corden had both singers and Hillary Clinton read passages from the controversial Fire and Fury book released in early January, describing in detail and with animosity the Trump daily at home. Blanche .
Hillary Clinton mocks Donald Trump in a Grammy-themed sketch that describes Donald Trump's eating habits.
"He has long been afraid of being poisoned.
That's why he liked to eat at McDonald's. Nobody knew he was coming and the food was prepared in advance. She declaims
From this highly politicized ceremony we will remember the coronation of Bruno Mars and the messages of hope launched by artists like the Canadian Alessia Cara who won the first of the four major trophies, that of "Revelation of the Year".
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EDWIN HAWKINS THE AMERICAN MASTER OF GOSPEL COMES TO LEAVE US
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Edwin Hawkins died on January 17, 2018 in his home in Plaisantons, California. He was 74 years old and had been battling pancreatic cancer for several months.
The information was published on the singer's Face book page.
His disappearance did not provoke the shock wave of the death of Johnny Hallyday, but it nevertheless moved a large number of admirers from around the world who were numerous to testify of their immense sadness.
Pianist, singer, choirmaster, composer, the artist, who was originally a keyboardist, has participated in many groups of Gospels. 
The best known of the gospels that he interpreted was: "Oh! Happy Day! "
Edwin Hawkins was born in Oakland, California on May 19, 1943.
His mother being a singer, Edwin Hawkins began singing at the age of seven. He first accompanied the musical ensemble of the American Pentecostal Church of his parish, a group attended by several members of his family.
In 1967, he teamed up with Betty Watson to record in two voices "Oh! Happy Day.
This gospel figured in 8th position on the recording disc. They hoped to sell about 500.
The song was a hit as soon as radio stations in San Francisco Bay programmed it on their channels  .
In two months it sold more than 1 million records.
The piece was recreated and rearranged a few years later, in 1969. This time, the number of discs passed exceeded 7 million.
"Oh Happy Day" has thus become a planetary tub, hummed by many of us.
Edwin Hawkins has since been considered one of the founders of Gospel music.
Hawkins came from a family of musicians: his mother was, besides singer, pianist while his father played guitar Hawaiian.
It was in an old book of songs of his mother that he discovered
"Oh Happy Day", an old XVIII century canticle he had the talent to rearrange. "Oh Happy Day" was later picked up by King -Elvis Presley-, Joan Baez, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin.
It was used in background music in the movie "Sister Act" with Whoopi Goldberg. Edwin Hawkins has won 4 grammies awards in his career as an artist.
Edwin Hawkins once told his agent that "originally, he did not think about getting into the music industry and trying to sign with a record company, but that Oh Happy Day was a piece that had defined his destiny, while leading him on this path.
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TRIBUTE TO THE IRISH SINGER
DOLORES O'RIORDAN
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The fans of the Irish band The Cranberries are in mourning. Singer and songwriter Dolores O'Riordan died "suddenly" on Monday, Jan. 15, her agent said.
Dolores O'Riordan, passed away in London on Monday, January 15, 2018. "The singer of the Irish band The Cranberries was in London for a short recording session , " said her agent, Lindsey Holmes Publicity, in a statement. 
  The family is "devastated" and demands respect for their private life.
Dolores O 'Riordan was the mother of three children, Taylor Baxter (20), Molly Leigh (17) and Dakota Rain (12).
After twenty years of marriage with Don Burton, the couple divorced in 2014. In the spring of 2017, the singer said she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
        The singer of the Irish rock band, The Cranberries, Dolores O'RIORDAN, was one of the most beautiful voices in Ireland.
In 1989, the young woman joined a group in search of a voice.
His audacity and talent will make the difference and "The Cranberry Saw Us" is quickly renamed "The Cranberries" with guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler.
Together, he will get an international fame and will make five albums
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can not We? (1993), No Need to Argue (1994), To the Faithful Departed (1996), Bury the Hatchet (1999) and Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001). Their first album, released in 1993, Everybody Else is Doing It , so Why can not We, their success is fast, thanks to the single Linger.
The group became one of the most popular of the time with the following disc, No need To Argue (1995), carried by the hits Ode to My Family and Zombie.
The song that perfectly illustrates the glory of the Cranberries is the 1994 world-famous single Zombie single, with instantly recognizable guitar riffs and Dolores O'Riordan's sharp and powerful vocals.
A song that refers to modern Irish history marked by Easter insurrection of 1916. The title will win a European MTV Music Award in 1995 and the single has been sold more than 2 million copies.
Other hits like Just My Imagination or Animal Instinct amplify the celebrity band that has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide.
The album No Need to argue was ranked number one in Australia, France and Germany and number six in the United States!
The third, To The Faithful Departed will not have the same success and will mark the beginning of a popular and artistic decline
 In 2003 out of inspiration, the group decided to take a break.
"In 2003, my son was five years old, my daughter was two years old and I took them on the road with us.
I realized it was not fair to them.
And then, from the creative point of view, we were in a rut.
We needed a break, " said Dolores O'Riordan in 2012.
The band breaks up, the singers wanting to devote themselves to their solo career.
The singer will release two albums in the wake, "Are you listening" in 2007 and "No Baggage" in 2009
Barely a few years later, each one having traced their own road, the group is reforming itself in 2009 and is on world tour a few months ago ... The album Roses is released in 2012.
Their last album, Something Else released last year is a reinterpretation of their hits with the Irish Chamber Orchestra.
Several concerts had to be canceled, the problems of the back of the singer being evoked.
Shortly before Christmas, Dolores O'Riordan posted a message on the group's Facebook page: "Hello everyone, Dolores here, I feel good!" , she wrote, saying that she had made her "first concert for months this weekend" .
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