Bénabar

Bénabar (2012)

Bénabar (born June 16, 1969 in Thiais ; actually Bruno Nicolini ) is a French chansonnier . His stage name is a form of the nickname “Barnabé” formed by twisting syllables ( Verlan ), which he received from his friend and former stage companion Patchol during joint appearances.

Life

Bénabar grew up as the son of a librarian and a director in a Paris suburb. After completing his baccalaureate and a stay in the United States , he trained as a photographer and completed an internship as an assistant director, during which time he made his first short film.

Bénabar worked as a short film maker until the early 1990s. For José Jeanette (1992) he received several prizes, including the “Prix Spécial du Jury” in Montreal. He was also the author of the Comedy series H and La Famille Guérin, produced by Canal + .

At the age of 25, Bénabar turned to music and wrote, composed and interpreted his first chansons. Together with his "associés", he released his first album, La P'tite Monnaie , in 1997 , which was only noticed by a narrow circle of music connoisseurs.

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It was only four years later that some of the tracks from his second album Bénabar were broadcast on the radio (especially on France Inter ) and Bénabar was given the opportunity to appear in the opening act for the singer Henri Salvador . A tour and two more studio albums followed, which met a larger audience.

At the Victoires de la Musique 2004, Bénabar received the award for the best French-language album for his third album Les Risques du Métier . On March 10, 2007, as part of the 22nd edition of the Victoires de la Musique TV gala , Bénabar received the award “Best Male Singer of the Year”, as well as the award in the “Chanson originale de l'année” category for his title Le Dîner .

The release of his fourth album Reprise des Négociations in October 2005 was followed by a tour of France, Switzerland and Belgium. The album was awarded triple platinum and then a diamond in France . His fifth album Infréquentable was released on October 13, 2008, L'Effet papillon and À la campagne were released as singles. In February 2009, Bénabar went on tour again.

Bénabar's texts describe (often in a humorous or cynical way) everyday life, society and certain periods of life. The transition from the carefree life of an adolescent to an adult is a frequently recurring theme in his chansons ( Y'a une fille qu'habite chez moi , Monospace ). On a musical level, his chansons are often arranged sparingly to minimalist . The dominant instruments are accordion , piano and brass , occasionally influences of jazz can be heard.

In May 2004, Bénabar had a son. In 2007 he supported Ségolène Royal in the presidential election campaign.

His new album "Inspiré de faits réels" was released in August. The single "Paris by Night" was released in advance in March. "Le regard", "La grande vie" and "La Foret" were released as further singles. From February to April 2015 he went on a major tour through France and Belgium.

Discography

Concert in Brussels, February 2009

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
1997	La p'tite monnaie	FR194 (2 weeks) FR	-	-	& Associés
2001	Bénabar	FR20th gold (78 weeks)FR	-	-
2003	Les risques du métier	FR6 (87 weeks) FR	BE W31 (17 weeks) BE W	CH40 (10 weeks) CH
2004	Live au Grand Rex	FR10 (44 weeks) FR	BE W28 (19 weeks) BE W	CH41 (5 weeks) CH
2005	Recapitulation des négociations	FR1 diamond (99 weeks)FR	BE W5 gold (101 weeks)BE W	CH25th gold (55 weeks)CH
2007	Best of	FR93 (3 weeks) FR	BE W5 (33 weeks) BE W	CH53 (10 weeks) CH
2008	Infréquentable	FR1 platinum (96 weeks)FR	BE W1 gold (56 weeks)BE W	CH6th gold (17 weeks)CH
2011	Les bénéfices du doute	FR4th × 2 Double platinum (62 weeks)FR	BE W5 gold (48 weeks)BE W	CH23 (11 weeks) CH
2012	Bien l'bonsoir m'sieurs-dames (Live)	FR26 (14 weeks) FR	BE W22 (22 weeks) BE W	-
2014	Inspiré de faits réels	FR2 gold (29 weeks)FR	BE W2 (37 weeks) BE W	CH9 (9 weeks) CH
2018	Le debut de la suite	FR3 gold (13 weeks)FR	BE W4 (16 weeks) BE W	CH9 (10 weeks) CH

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
2008	L'effet papillon Infréquentable	FR169 (1 week) FR	BE W4 (20 weeks) BE W	CH65 (1 week) CH
2011	Politiquement correct Les bénéfices du doute	FR75 (5 weeks) FR	BE W28 (12 weeks) BE W	-
2013	Un arc en ciel	FR1 (2 weeks) FR	-	-	with Bruel, Cali and Marina
2014	Paris By Night Inspiré de faits réels	FR142 (1 week) FR	-	-
2017	Feu de joie Le debut de la suite	FR82 (5 weeks) FR	-	-

Video albums

• 2004: Live au Grand Rex (the same title as on the double CD of the same name, with three music videos, a report about the scenes of the tour and the short film José Jeannette ) (FR:platinum)
• 2007: Best Of (sold as a bonus DVD to the Best Of CD, with recordings of the concerts in Lyon and Paris Bercy in 2006) (FR:gold)

Filmography (selection)

• 1991: Nada Lezard (director)
• 1992: José Jeanette (director)
• 1994: Sursum corda (director)
• 1998–2002: H (author)
• 2002: La Famille Guérin (author)
• 2009: Incognito (actor)
• 2010: Nix to arrest ( Protéger & servir ) (TV series, actor)

text

• Le Dîner , in blue, white, red. France tells. Anthology. Ed. Olga Mannheimer. dtv, Munich 2017 ISBN 9783423261524 p. 240ff. (in French, from Reprise des négociations , Jive, 2005).

Web links

Commons : Bénabar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Side of Bénabars
• Biography at Radio France Internationale
• Bénabar in the Internet Movie Database (English)

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1. ↑ Chart sources albums: Charts FR Charts BEW Charts CH
2. ↑ ^{a b} Awards for music sales: CH BE FR FR2
3. ↑ Chart sources singles: Charts FR Charts BEW Charts CH