Amel Bent Bachir ( ar, آمال بنت بشير; born 21 June 1985) is a French
R&B and
pop singer who gained fame after reaching the semi-finals of season 2 of French TV singing competition ''
Nouvelle Star
''Nouvelle Star'' (; also known as '' À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star'' for the first season) is a French television series based on the popular Pop Idol programme produced by FremantleMedia. It was broadcast by M6 in seasons 1–8 before ...
''. She is best-selling artist to come from that competition.
She is currently a "coach" on the similar French talent show ''
The Voice: la plus belle voix''.
Biography
![BENT Amel-24x30-2008-no_watermark](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/BENT_Amel-24x30-2008-no_watermark.jpg)
Amel Bent grew up in the Paris suburb of
La Courneuve
La Courneuve () is a commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, France. It is located from the center of Paris.
History
Inhabited since pre-Roman times, the area is thought to have been a small village up through the Middle Ages. With its proximity to Par ...
with her
Algeria
)
, image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg
, map_caption =
, image_map2 =
, capital = Algiers
, coordinates =
, largest_city = capital
, relig ...
n father and
Moroccan mother. She has a brother and a sister.
Her career jump started after making it to the semi-finals of the reality TV show ''
Nouvelle Star 2'', France's version of
Pop Idol
''Pop Idol'' is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was to decide the best new young pop singer (or "pop idol") in the UK based on viewer voting and par ...
. Although her performance did not make it to the finals, she was still noticed by some of the show's producers, and would end up making her début album later that year, titled: ''Un Jour d'été'', released in late 2004. The album would sell more than 550,000 copies in France alone,
but the success of the album would ultimately be derived from the single "
Ma philosophie", which would sell more than 500,000 copies, staying at the No. 1 slot in France for more than six weeks during and after sales.
In 2012, Bent was one of the contestants during the
Third Season of ''
Danse avec les stars''. She and her partner Christophe Licata finished in second place, but won the celebrity dancing show's Christmas special.
For her single "
Je reste
"Je Reste" is a song recorded by French singer Amel Bent as a lead single from her fourth studio album ''Délit Mineur'' released on November 28, 2011.
The single was written by Benoit Poher, the singer of the band Kyo. Starring Amel Bent and ...
" 2011, Bent co-starred with the actor from
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
A metal (from Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well. Metals are typicall ...
Karl E. Landler
Karl E. Landler is a French actor, filmmaker who stars in French and American TV shows and films. He joined the international cast of the Sci-Fi TV series Métal Hurlant Chronicles. He is the face of numerous worldwide campaigns such as Shiseido ...
.
Discography
Albums
Singles
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Featured in
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Awards
*2005 : Nominated at the
MTV Europe Music Awards
The MTV Europe Music Awards (originally named MTV European Music Awards, commonly abbreviated as MTV EMA) are awards presented by Paramount International Networks to honour artists and music in pop culture. It was originally conceived as an a ...
like Best French Act
*2006 : Nominated at the
NRJ Music Award
An NRJ Music Award (commonly abbreviated as an NMA) is an award presented by the French radio station NRJ to honor the best in the French and worldwide music industry. The awards ceremony, created in 2000 by NRJ in partnership with the televisio ...
like Francophone Revelation of the Year
*2006 : Win the
European Border Breakers Award
The European Border Breakers Award (EBBA) was an annual prize awarded to recognise the success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released album in the past year. ...
of The Best French Act
*2006 : Win the
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 ...
of The Revelation of the Year
*2008 : Nominated at the
NRJ Music Award
An NRJ Music Award (commonly abbreviated as an NMA) is an award presented by the French radio station NRJ to honor the best in the French and worldwide music industry. The awards ceremony, created in 2000 by NRJ in partnership with the televisio ...
like Francophone Female Artist of the Year
*2010 : Nominated at the
NRJ Music Award
An NRJ Music Award (commonly abbreviated as an NMA) is an award presented by the French radio station NRJ to honor the best in the French and worldwide music industry. The awards ceremony, created in 2000 by NRJ in partnership with the televisio ...
like Francophone Female Artist of the Year
*2013 : Nominated at the
NRJ Music Award
An NRJ Music Award (commonly abbreviated as an NMA) is an award presented by the French radio station NRJ to honor the best in the French and worldwide music industry. The awards ceremony, created in 2000 by NRJ in partnership with the televisio ...
like Francophone Female Artist of the Year
Filmography
Notes
Sources
*http://www.last.fm/music/Amel+Bent
*http://influence.over-blog.com/article-10167534.html
External links
Amel Bent Ma Philosophie + LyricsOfficial MySpace*
Interview with Amel Bent on SoulRnB.com (13/12/10)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bent, Amel
1985 births
Living people
People from Joué-lès-Tours
French people of Algerian descent
French people of Moroccan descent
Nouvelle Star participants
Danse avec les stars winners
French rhythm and blues singers
21st-century French dancers
French Muslims
21st-century French singers
21st-century French women singers