Amel Bent Bachir ( ar, آمال بنت بشير; born 21 June 1985) is a French R&B and

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singer who gained fame after reaching the semi-finals of season 2 of French TV singing competition ''

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''. 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

Amel Bent grew up in the Paris suburb of

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with her

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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

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. 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" 2011, Bent co-starred with the actor from Metal Hurlant Chronicles

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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

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like Best French Act *2006 : Nominated at the NRJ Music Award 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

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of The Revelation of the Year *2008 : Nominated at the NRJ Music Award like Francophone Female Artist of the Year *2010 : Nominated at the NRJ Music Award like Francophone Female Artist of the Year *2013 : Nominated at the NRJ Music Award 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 + Lyrics

Official MySpace
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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