Gazo and Vianney receive the male artist prize ex aequo

This evening, the great family of French-speaking music will meet at the Seine Musicale for the 39^e edition of the Victoires de la Musique. After a few dance steps on the Seine Musical esplanade by Léa Salamé and Cyril Féraud, around fifty dancers, the Petites mains company, and percussionists open the ceremony with Stéphane Gaubert and his orchestra. Zazie, honorary president of the 39^e edition of the Victoires de la Musique, performer Rue de la Paix. The 60-year-old singer, who succeeds Calogero, won six Victoires de la Musique during her career.

Despite a false start due to a sound problem, Zazie does not lose his sense of humor: “What luck to start this evening with music, a long time ago, in 428 BC, a little stupid guy named Plato said that to know a people you have to know their music.” And the singer cites the genres that color the French musical landscape. “Music is like a path, it is like water… or more precisely like this leak of water coming from the 5^e floor at the neighbor’s house who wanted to take a bath, who forgot to turn off the tap and bam it’s flooding on all floorsshe jokes. Music is this flood, this freedom, this poetry which reinvents us far from the diktats and formats that no industry can contain.

Vianney interpreter NOW, his duet with Renaud. Already winner of two Victories, he competes in two categories: male artist of the year and album of the year. Jain, nominated in the album category and female artist perched 3 meters above the ground with her guitar in a blue trapeze dress, sings Maria“a surprising title”, according to Cyril Féraud.

The Audiovisual Creation Victory is awarded to Shay (Commando), facing Juliette Armanet (Flame) and Zaho de Sagazan (The symphony of lightning). Shay, which means “she who brings light” in the Yanzi language, is very emotional behind his Michel Polnareff glasses. Commando is a clip that reminds sin city. “It takes a village to make these kinds of visuals. It’s completely surreal. We’ve been trying to push things a little further in visuals for about six years and look where we are tonight!”

After Child of of Pierre de Maerea look back in pictures at the 1996 Victories with the iconic Tina Turner , died on May 24, 2023. Louane then takes his place behind his piano. Revealed on the set of The Voice in 2013 then crowned in 2016 by the Victory of the revelation of the year for Room 12Louane performs Secretsong taken from his latest album Feelingsreleased in 2022 then its electro title Paranoid.

A wave of thanks for the Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, surrounded by the new president of Victoires, Vincent Frèrebeau and Delphine Ernotte.

Bernard Lavilliers receives a Victory of Honor. “We celebrate an artist whose talent is matched only by his passion,” introduces Léa Salamé. His biggest hits are covered by other singers: Saint Etienneby Terrenoire; On the Road Againby Jeanne Cherhal; The Golden Hands by Olivia Ruiz… Bernard Lavilliers then joins Catherine Ringer to sing a duet Dark thoughts. “I’m not going to talk for long because we prefer to sing. This Victory I will share with all the musicians, living or dead, who taught me music, the studio and stage technicians. he concludes.

Then Tribute to the voices that fell silent: Marcel Amont, Guy Marchand, Henri Tachan, Ismaila Touré, Laurence Badie, Pascal Periz, Francois Hadji Lazaro, Buzy, Claude Fleouter. Léa Salamé then welcomes “Nuit colore” before taking a nudge and an embarrassed laugh from Cyril: “It’s Colorless night», named in the revelations, he smiles. Julien Granel, nominated in the “scene revelation” category alongside singers Meryl and Zaho de Sagazan, has the merit of waking up the Seine Musicale with its energy and its pop title Stronger.

Etienne Daho sing its title Virusreleased in 2021. The singer is nominated this year in two categories: best male artist and best album, Shoot the stars at night, his twelfth opus, which explores sentimental passions.

Tribute to Jane Birkin, Victory of honor in 2021, died in July 2023. “We couldn’t imagine this evening without hearing her, without having her and we miss her today more than ever,” takes up Léa Salamé after having paraded the career of the Franco-British artist in the background of the Seine Musicale. “We miss her more than ever today, in this complicated world.”

The Victoires de la musique for male artist of the year are awarded ex aequo to Vianney and Gazo. “Being here is already a victory, so it’s a second victory”, declared Gazo when receiving his trophy. Vianney, for his part, concedes his crazy respect for Gazo and has a thought for “Mr Daho and Pierre de Maere”, the others named.

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The prize for the original song, submitted to public vote, is awarded to The Symphony of Lightning by Zaho de Sagazan.

“Thank you very much, all artists dream of making songs that touch people. This song tells the story of my whole life, I am very sensitive. I thought for a long time that it was bad to be sensitive. My greatest flaw has become my greatest quality. To be sensitive is to be alive and we are never alive enough. she says, very moved.

The list of nominations

Male artist: Gazo And Vianney won against Étienne Daho, Pierre de Maere,

Female artist

Jain, Louane, Aya Nakamura, Véronique Sanson

Male revelation

Colorless Night, Love Simone, Yâmé

Female revelation

Adèle Castillon, Meryl, Zaho de Sagazan

Revelation scene

Julien Granel, Meryl, Zaho de Sagazan

Album

Vianney (At 2 to 3), Josman (J.000$), Zaho de Sagazan (The symphony of lightning), Jain (The fool), Étienne Daho (Shoot the stars at night)

Song

SDM (German racing car), Clara Ysé (Gentle), Pierre de Maere (Child of), Zaho de Sagazan (The symphony of lightning), Louane (Secret)

Concert: Damso wins against Bigflo & Oli, Pomme, Shaka Ponk

Audiovisual creation: Shay (Commando) wins against Juliette Armanet (Flame), Zaho de Sagazan (The symphony of lightning).