21 June 1985, Paris, Seine, Île-de-France, France; Joué-lès-Tours, canton of Joué-lès-Tours-Nord, arrondissement of Tours, France
Age
38 years
Star sign
Cancer
Awards
MTV Europe Music Award for Best French Act
2021
Genre:
Soul music
Rhythm and blues
Pop music
Instruments:
Voice
Profiles
Audio
Spotify
The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
Amel Bent Bachir (Arabic: 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. 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 in 2008.
Amel Bent grew up in the Paris suburb of La Courneuve with her Algerian 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. 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 Karl E. Landler.
Discography
Albums
Year
Album
Peak position
French certification
2004
Un Jour d'été
3
12
39
Platinum
2007
À 20 ans
4
15
24
Platinum
2009
Où je vais
9
25
65
Platinum
2011
Délit mineur
24
61
—
Gold
2014
Instinct
11
14
24
2019
Demain
12
13
55
2021
Sorøre
13
13
46
2021
Vivante
1
7
41
Singles
Amel Bent during a concert at Olympia (Paris) in 2011.
Year
Single
Peak position
French certification
Album
2004
"Ma philosophie"
1
1
Diamond
Un Jour d'été
2005
"Le droit à l'erreur"
7
16
Silver
"Ne retiens pas tes larmes"
5
5
Gold
2006
"Eye of the Tiger"
2
13
Silver
2007
"Nouveau Français"
3
7
Silver
À 20 ans
"À 20 ans"
—
13
2008
"Tu n'es plus là"
—
40
"Désolée"
—
—
2009
"Où je vais"
—
23
Où je vais
2010
"Le mal de toi"
—
—
"Je me sens bien"
—
19
"Cette Idée-là"
92
31
2011
"Je reste"
29
1
Délit mineur
2012
"Délit"
38
27
"Ma chance"
106
2
Instinct
"Comme toi"
91
—
Instinct
"Quand la musique est bonne"
40
5
Génération Goldman Vol. 2
2013
"Sans toi"
131
5
Instinct
2014
"Regarde-nous"
118
8
"En silence"
164
—
2019
"Demain"
—
45
2020
"Jusqu'au bout"
47
6
"1-2-3"
8
3
2021
"Le chant des colombes"
139
16
"Ma sœur"
159
—
Sorøre
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Featured in
Year
Single
Peak position
2007
"Tombé pour elle"
15
—
2012
"Entre nous"
171
—
2013
"Karl"
158
—
"Ti amo t'es à moi"
94
—
"C'est moi"
160
—
2014
"Le loup d'la street"
171
—
2017
"100%"
102
—
Awards
2005 : Nominated at the MTV Europe Music Awards like Best French Act
2006 : Nominated at the NRJ Music Award like Francophone Revelation of the Year
2006 : Win the European Border Breakers Award of The Best French Act
2006 : Win the Victoires de la Musique 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
