Gandhi Bilel Djuna (born 6 May 1986), better known by his stage name Maître Gims and more recently just Gims (sometimes stylized as GIMS), is a DR Congolese singer-songwriter and rapper. He grew up in France and currently lives in France and Morocco. He is a former member of the
hip hop group
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and released his first major album,
''Subliminal'' in 2013. The album sold over a million copies in France and peaked at number two in the
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. His other two albums follow: ''
Mon cœur avait raison'' in 2015 and
''Ceinture noire'' in 2018 reached number one in France and Belgium (Wallonia) and peaked in the top 40 in various European countries, including Denmark, Italy and Switzerland.
He has topped the French singles charts four times, including once as a featured artist, most recently in 2018 with his song "
La même
"La même" is a song recorded by Congolese-French singer and rapper Maître Gims in collaboration with Vianney released in 2018. The song has peaked at number one on the French Singles Chart
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". The song was the most performed in France in 2018 and it helped Gims become the most performed artist on French television and radio for the same year. In 2018, he was the 7th most performed artist in the world on
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. During his career he has worked with several international artists such as
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Maluma
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Sting and others. He has sold over 5 million records, including 3 million albums since the start of his career. in 2020 he won the International Artist of the Year in
Distinctive International Arab Festivals Awards after his featuring in
Mohamed Ramadan's song "Ya habibi". On 17 September 2020,
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released a documentary about the last ten years of his career titled ''
Gims: On the Record''.
The discography of Gims consists of four studio albums, five reissues, two compilations and an EPs. It also consists of twenty-nine singles (including twenty-five as a lead artist and four as a collaborating artist), thirty-two collaborations, and thirty-one video clips.
During his career, Gims obtained eight gold discs, six platinum discs, three double platinum discs, three triple platinum discs and three diamond discs. He also obtained thirty-two gold singles, seventeen platinum singles, two double platinum singles, a triple platinum single, a quadruple single platinum, a quintuple single platinum and five diamond singles.
Albums
Solo albums
EPs
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Other releases and charted songs
With Sexion d'Assaut
References
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Discography
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Discographies of French artists
Hip hop discographies