Kyo (band)

KYO
General information
Genre (s)	Pop , rock
founding	1994
Website	http://www.kyomusic.com
Founding members
singing	Benoît Poher (born June 27, 1979)
Guitar , vocals	Florian Dubos (born March 26, 1980)
Guitar, programming	Nicolas Chassagne (born December 24, 1978)
Drums , programming	Fabien Dubos (born June 3, 1978)

KYO is a French rock group from the late 1990s and early 2000s.

history

The four band members from the Yvelines department already knew each other from school when they recognized their common love for rock music in the style of Nirvana , Pearl Jam or Rage Against the Machine . Little by little they gave several concerts at schools and in the Paris region . In 1997 they met their manager Yves-Michel Aklé at a music competition, who helped them get a record deal with SONY BMG.

Her first album Kyo was released in March 2000, but it was only a modest success. They also opened up for Indochine , David Hallyday and Placebo . At the beginning of 2003 their second album Le Chemin ("Der Weg") was released, which sold over 600,000 times and finally gave them their breakthrough.

In January 2004 they were honored four times for their success at the NRJ Music Awards. In December of the same year their third album 300 Lésions was released , which reached gold status after just one week. The preliminary single Contact also achieved success in the partly French-speaking part of Switzerland . At the end of 2005, Kyo announced to fans that they wanted to take a break until their fourth album, the actual release of which was scheduled for 2008, was completed. Until then, the band members devoted themselves to their own projects.

In 2006 they composed and played the song L'Or de nos vies for Fight Aids Monaco.

Meanwhile singer Benoît wrote songs for the French singers Thierry Amiel ("L'amour en face") and Emmanuel Moire ("Le sourire").

In 2007 they each worked on their own projects in the band's new studio. Ben and Flo founded their own band, Empyr , with musicians friends from the bands Watcha , Pleymo and Vegastar and released their first album The Peaceful Riot on May 12, 2008 .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
2000	Kyo	FR71 (6 weeks) FR	BE W75 (1 week) BE W	-	Chart entry in FR and BEW only in 2004
2003	Le chemin	FR2 diamond (99 weeks)FR	BE W1 platinum (65 weeks)BE W	CH10 platinum (79 weeks)CH
2004	300 lésions	FR1 platinum (80 weeks)FR	BE W1 gold (48 weeks)BE W	CH2 gold (16 weeks)CH
2008	Best of	-	BE W38 (7 weeks) BE W	-
2014	L'équilibre	FR2 platinum (57 weeks)FR	BE W3 (56 weeks) BE W	CH20 (7 weeks) CH
2017	Dans la peau	FR33 (14 weeks) FR	BE W19 (24 weeks) BE W	CH58 (2 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
2002	Le chemin Le chemin	FR12 gold (27 weeks)FR	BE W4 (22 weeks) BE W	CH14 (24 weeks) CH	feat. Sita
2003	Dernière danse Le chemin	FR6th gold (28 weeks)FR	BE W4 (21 weeks) BE W	CH14 (22 weeks) CH
	Je cours Le chemin	FR20 (18 weeks) FR	BE W8 (17 weeks) BE W	CH41 (17 weeks) CH
2004	Je saigne encore Le chemin	FR13 (21 weeks) FR	BE W12 (11 weeks) BE W	CH39 (16 weeks) CH
2005	Contact 300 Lésions	FR8 (16 weeks) FR	BE W11 (8 weeks) BE W	CH37 (8 weeks) CH
	Sarah 300 Lésions	FR33 (18 weeks) FR	BE W31 (5 weeks) BE W	CH65 (6 weeks) CH
2014	Le graal L'équilibre	FR11 (42 weeks) FR	-	-
	L'équilibre L'équilibre	FR44 (2 weeks) FR	-	-
2017	Sound mec	FR34 (15 weeks) FR	BE W34 (8 weeks) BE W	-

More singles

• 2000: Il est temps
• 2001: Je n'veux pas oublier

Box sets

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		FR	BE W	CH
2003	Le chemin / Kyo	FR106 (10 weeks) FR	-	-

Awards

• NRJ Music Awards
  • Best French Song (2004)
  • Best French Language Album (2004)
  • Best French-Speaking Band (2004)
  • Best website (2004)

• Victoires de la musique (French music award)
  • Groupe révèlation de l'année (2004)
  • Groupe révèlation scene de l'année (2004)

• MTV Europe Music Awards
  • French Music Group of the Year (2004)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Homepage fightaidsmonaco.com (engl.)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: FR BEW CH
3. ↑ Awards for music sales: CH BE FR1 FR2

Web links

• Official website