|
Nekfeu
Ken Samaras (, ; born 3 April 1990), better known by his stage name Nekfeu (), is a French rapper, actor and record producer. He is also a member of the bands L'entourage and 1995. He started his career as a member of $-Crew, with childhood friends Framal, Mekra, 2zer Washington and DJ Elite. He joined 1995 in 2007, participating in open mic duels around Paris. Early life and career Samaras was born in La Trinité, a commune within the Nice metropolitan area, to a father of Greek descent and a mother of Scottish descent. At the age of 11, he and his family moved to the 15th arrondissement of Paris. After two extended plays with 1995 (''Aurélie'' in 2011 and ''Anais'' in 2012), as well as the studio album ''Paris Sud Minute'' in 2013, Nekfeu released his debut studio album '' Feu'' on 8 June 2015, for which he won Best Urban Music Album at the Victoires de la musique in February 2016, as well as ''Destins Liés'' with $-Crew in June 2016. In 2015, he also wrote and performed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feu (album)
''Feu'' () is the debut studio album by French hip hop artist Nekfeu. It was released on 8 June 2015 by Seine Zoo, Polydor Records and Universal Music Group in France. A re-release of the album, entitled ''Feu (Réédition)'', was released on 4 December 2015. Entering (and peaking) the French Albums Chart at number 3 in its first week, the album was certified gold in its third week with over 47,000 copies sold. The album was later certified platinum in November 2015 and diamond in October 2017. Singles ''Feu'' has produced 4 singles: * " Égérie" was released as the album's lead single on 3 April 2015. It peaked at number 49 on the French Singles Chart. * " On verra" was released as the album's second single on 1 May 2015. It peaked at number 13 on the French Singles Chart, and at number 12 on the Belgian Ultratop 50 chart in Wallonia. * " Nique les clones, Pt. II" was released as the album's third single on 25 May 2015. It peaked at number 57 on the French Singles Chart. * " Temp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nekfeu
Ken Samaras (, ; born 3 April 1990), better known by his stage name Nekfeu (), is a French rapper, actor and record producer. He is also a member of the bands L'entourage and 1995. He started his career as a member of $-Crew, with childhood friends Framal, Mekra, 2zer Washington and DJ Elite. He joined 1995 in 2007, participating in open mic duels around Paris. Early life and career Samaras was born in La Trinité, a commune within the Nice metropolitan area, to a father of Greek descent and a mother of Scottish descent. At the age of 11, he and his family moved to the 15th arrondissement of Paris. After two extended plays with 1995 (''Aurélie'' in 2011 and ''Anais'' in 2012), as well as the studio album ''Paris Sud Minute'' in 2013, Nekfeu released his debut studio album '' Feu'' on 8 June 2015, for which he won Best Urban Music Album at the Victoires de la musique in February 2016, as well as ''Destins Liés'' with $-Crew in June 2016. In 2015, he also wrote and performed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyborg (Nekfeu Album)
''Cyborg'' is the second studio album by French hip hop artist Nekfeu. Released on December 2, 2016 by Seine Zoo, the album entered the French Albums Chart at number 3, peaking at number 1. ''Cyborg'' was released without any prior promotion or singles, with ''Les Inrocks'' branding it a "surprise album". On its first day of release on Spotify, the album broke the French record for most album streams within 24 hours; within its first two weeks of release (on all platforms), the album was certified platinum in France with over 100,000 sales. Background After releasing his debut studio album '' Feu'' in June 2015, Nekfeu embarked on the Feu Tour towards the end of the year to further promote his album. In June 2016, one of his groups, S-Crew, released a studio album entitled ''Destins liés''. On December 1, 2016, during the final concert of the Feu Tour at the AccorHotels Arena in Bercy, Nekfeu announced the release of ''Cyborg'' as a "surprise album", having had no promotion or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 (band)
1995 is a French rap group founded in 2008 in the southern part of Paris as P.O.S. The name was changed to "1995" in 2010 in reference to the year 1995, considered a "golden year" for French rap. The six-member group is composed of 5 rappers and one producer all coming from the 14th and 15th arrondissements in Paris. 1995 are influenced by the spontaneous and positive vibes from the 1990 French rap. The band name is pronounced in various formats like "Mille neuf cent quatre vingt quinze" or "Dix neuf quatre vingt quinze" or "un, neuf, neuf, cinq" () or "un, double neuf, cinq" (). Despite offers for signing, the band has remained strongly independent (in French) through their own "Undoubleneufcinq" label (meaning onedoubleninefive). Members The 6 members of the group are: *Alpha Wann - aka Phaal or Philly Phaal *Areno Jaz - aka Jupiter Jaz or Darryl Zeuja *Fonky Flav' - aka Fonk' *Nekfeu - aka Nek le Fennek or Nekflamme * Sneazzy West - aka Sneaz' or Sneazzy *DJ Lo' - aka Lo' or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'entourage
L'entourage () is a French hip hop crew composed of several bands and solo artists founded in 2008. The members emanated from the battle-rap contest Rap Contenders as well as support of many artists and bands. The collective's first studio album ''"Jeunes Entrepreneurs"'' was launched by Believe Recordings on 26 May 2014 with a premier concert at the Paris Olympia on 14 June 2014 with all members of the collective on stage. Members Nekfeu is a main contributor. The collective also includes three of his S-Crew: 2zer, Framal, and Mekra. Nekfeu, Alpha Wann, and Fonky Flav' are also from the earlier rap formation 1995. Members in alphabetical order are: *2zer Washington *Abou *Alpha Wann Alpha Omar Wann (; born 2 July 1989), also known as Phaal or Philly Phaal, is a French rapper and songwriter, and was the main member of the band 1995 that also included Nekfeu, Areno Jaz, Fonky Flav', Sneazzy and DJ Lo' (aka Hologramme Lo'). He ... *Candy Cotton *Deen Burbigo *Doum's *Eff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syndicat National De L'Édition Phonographique
The National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing (french: Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique; SNEP) is the inter-professional organisation that protects the interests of the French record industry. Originally known under the acronym SNICOP, the organisation was established in 1922 and has 48 member companies. SNEP's responsibilities include collecting and distributing royalty payments for broadcast and performance, preventing copyright infringement of its members' works (including music piracy), and sales certification of silver, gold, platinum and diamond records and videos. SNEP also compiles weekly official charts of France's top-selling music, including singles and albums. Official charts History The first attempt at a French national chart of best-selling records originated from a request by the American music industry magazine '' Billboard''. The magazine's French correspondent, Eddie Adamis, compiled a top 10 list of the country's preferred format, the exten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Trinité, Alpes-Maritimes
La Trinité (; ; oc, La Ternitat Victor or simply ; Nissard: ''La Ternita Vitour'') is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department, southeastern France. History Formerly a small town located on Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia main road from Nice to capital Turin, it is located on the left bank of the Paillon river. It has been French since 1860. With the impressive development of the Nice metropolitan area, La Trinité became a working-class, industrial suburb of the city, about from the center. The city is known for the Laghet sanctuary. Population Personalities * Priscilla : pop singer born in La Trinité * Nekfeu : rapper born in La Trinité See also *Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department *List of medieval bridges in France The list of medieval bridges in France comprises all bridges built between 500 and 1500 AD in what is today France, that is including regions which were not part of the country in the Middle Ages, such as Burgundy, Alsace, Lorraine and Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoires De La Musique
Victoires de la Musique (; en, Victories of Music) is an annual French award ceremony where the Victoire accolade is delivered by the French Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The classical and jazz versions are the Victoires de la musique classique and ''Victoires du Jazz''. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a widely viewed televised ceremony. The awards are the French equivalent to the Grammy Awards and the Brit Awards for music, and it is one of the major awards in France, along with Nuits des Molières for stage performances, and the César Award for motion pictures. The first Victoires de la Musique ceremony was held in 1985, and it was set up to honor musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1985. Background The title trophies and nominees for each are established annually by the ''Board of Directors of the Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Entertainment Association
The Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA) is the organization that represents the interests of the music, video and video game industries in Belgium. It was founded in February 2008, when three organizations merged, namely IFPI Belgium, the local chapter of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represented the music industry, the Belgian Video Federation, which represented the video industry, and the Belgian Luxembourg Interactive Software Association, which represented the video game industry. BEA is listed as the local record industry association in Belgium by the IFPI. Sales charts The publication of sales charts in Belgium is done through Ultratop, a non-profit organization created BEA. Due to the cultural differences in Belgium, separate charts are published for the Dutch-speaking Flanders region and the French-speaking Wallonia region. In Flanders the most important charts are the Ultratop 50 singles and the Ultratop 50 albums. In Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium. Ultratop is a non-profit organization, created on the initiative of the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA), the Belgian member organization of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Two parallel sets of charts are concurrently produced and published, one on behalf of Belgium's mainly Dutch-speaking Flanders region, and the other catering to the nation's mainly French-speaking region of Wallonia. Ultratop charts The music charts produced by Ultratop organization are separated along regional-language boundaries, an unusual division that is justified by the cultural differences in Belgium. So it is that the mainly Dutch-speaking Flanders region has one set of charts of record activity there, while the mainly French-speaking Wallonia region has another set to measure popularity in those provinces. The charts are broadcast on several Belgian radio statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OGC Nice
Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice Côte d'Azur (), commonly referred to as OGC Nice or simply Nice, is a French professional football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football. Nice plays its home matches at the Allianz Riviera. Nice was founded under the name ''Gymnaste Club de Nice'' and is one of the founding members of the first division of French football. The club has won Ligue 1 four times, the Trophee des Champions one time and the Coupe de France three times. It achieved most of its honours in the 1950s with the club being managed by coaches such as Numa Andoire, Englishman William Berry, and Jean Luciano. The club's last honour was winning the Coupe de France in 1997 after defeating Guingamp 4–3 on penalties in the final. Nice's colours are red and black. During the club's successful run in the 1950s, Nice were among the first French clubs to successfully integrate internationals players into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
