Stromae

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Stromae (2011)

Stromae [ stʁɔˈmaj ] (born March 12, 1985 in Etterbeek , Brussels Capital Region ; real name Paul Van Haver ) is a Belgian musician , producer and fashion designer . He produces music in the genres of new beat , hip-hop and electro . His stage name is a Verlan from Maestro .

biography

Paul Van Haver is the son of a Belgian mother. He grew up without his Rwandan father, who left the family and returned to Rwanda, where he was a victim of genocide in 1994 . His mother sent him to a Jesuit boarding school, where he formed a hip-hop band. Van Haver received lessons in music and drums at the Académie musicale de Jette .

In 2000 he first appeared in the hip-hop scene under the pseudonym OpsMaestro . He later changed his stage name to Stromae ( Maestro with swapped syllables) and had his first successes under this name. At the age of 18 he founded a rap group called Suspicion in Belgium together with the rapper JEDI . Together they produced the song and the clip Faut que t'arrêtes le Rap . After that, however, JEDI decided to leave the rap duo.

Stromae worked temporarily in a fast food restaurant to finance a attendance at a private school. However, his savings were insufficient , whereupon he enrolled in the Institut National de Radioélectricité et Cinématographie . There he completed his first work, his album Juste un cerveau, un flow, un fond et un mic ...

He signed a four-year recording deal with Because Music and Kilomaître in 2008 . In 2009 Van Haver worked as a volunteer at NRJ Radio Station in Brussels. Music manager Vincent Verbelen was won over by Stromae's first single Alors on danse and played the song for the first time ever on NRJ. The listeners loved it and Stromae's career took off. Alors on danse stayed at number one in the charts in French-speaking Belgium for five weeks . In Germany, the title reached number 1 on the iTunes charts at the beginning of February 2010 and also rose to first place in the German single charts on March 12th . He is the first completely French-speaking at number one since Ella, elle l'a by France Gall in 1988. On April 3, 2010, he received the first NRJ Young Talent Revelation Award , which it by the Belgian Minister of Culture Fadila Laanan handed has been. In 2011 he was awarded the European Border Breakers Award (EBBA).

It was three years before his next album. Two singles were released in advance: Formidable was released in June 2013 and became a summer hit in Stromaes homeland. Papaoutai (sound like "Papa où t'es" = Papa, where are you) is a song about the inner search for his father, an architect who, as a Tutsi, was a victim of the genocide in Rwanda . The song reached in Belgium and in France , the chart peak and was about the French-speaking countries also in the charts. The album Racine carrée (= square root ) was released in August 2013 and has also entered the charts with international success. In France it has been awarded four diamonds for over two million sales to date and has stayed at the top of the album charts for 25 weeks with interruptions. In September 2013, the Belgian rock band Mintzkov covered his song Formidable in English under the title Formidable / Wonderful for the radio station Studio Brussel .

Since he had to cancel a tour through Africa in 2015 due to anxiety caused by the malaria drug Lariam ( mefloquine ), Stromae has avoided public appearances. In an interview in 2017, he stated that he was still suffering from panic attacks and initially left it open whether he would ever be able to make music professionally again. On November 22nd, 2019, however, he was a guest singer with the band Coldplay at a live performance in Jordan . He sang along with the song Arabesque .

Stromae is married and runs the fashion label Mosaert with his wife Coralie .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK FR FR BEF BE F MOVE BE W
2010 Cheese DE28 (8 weeks)
DE
AT33 (8 weeks)
AT
CH18 (28 weeks)
CH
- FR6th
gold
gold

(232 weeks)FR
BE F7th
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(35 weeks)BE F
BE W1 (45 weeks)
BE W
First published: June 14, 2010
Sales: + 260,000
2013 Racine carrée DE21 (24 weeks)
DE
AT-
gold
gold
AT
CH1
Quintuple platinum
× 5
Quintuple platinum

(120 weeks)CH
- FR1
Quadruple diamond
× 4
Quadruple diamond

(249 weeks)FR
BE F1
Twelve times platinum
× 12
Twelve times platinum

(107 weeks)BE F
BE W1 (107 weeks)
BE W
First published: August 16, 2013
Sales: + 3,500,000

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK FR FR BEF BE F MOVE BE W
2017 Cheese + Racine carrée - - - - FR35 (19 weeks)
FR
- -
First published: August 18, 2017

More albums

year title Remarks
2006 Freestyle finest First publication: 2006; Mixtape
2007 Juste un cerveau, un flow, un fond et un mic ... First publication: 2007; EP
2009 Mixture Elecstro First published: October 31, 2009; Mixtape
2015 Racine Carrée Live First published: December 11, 2015; Video album, FR:diamonddiamond

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK FR FR BEF BE F MOVE BE W
2009 Alors on danse
cheese
DE1
platinum
platinum

(59 weeks)DE
AT1 (39 weeks)
AT
CH1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(69 weeks)CH
UK25th
silver
silver

(12 weeks)UK
FR1 (148 weeks)
FR
BE F1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(42 weeks)BE F
BE W1 (87 weeks)
BE W
First published: September 21, 2009
Sales: +3,000,000
2010 Peace or Violence
Cheese
- AT74 (1 week)
AT
- - - - BE W12 (16 weeks)
BE W
First published: May 31, 2010
House'llelujah
Cheese
- - - - - - BE W22 (10 weeks)
BE W
First published: 2010
Silence
cheese
- - - - - - BE W26 (1 week)
BE W
First published: June 18, 2010
Je cours
cheese
- - - - - BE F15 (11 weeks)
BE F
BE W16 (17 weeks)
BE W
First published: 2010
Te quiero
cheese
- - CH62 (3 weeks)
CH
- FR153 (9 weeks)
FR
BE F17th
gold
gold

(10 weeks)BE F
BE W4 (17 weeks)
BE W
First published: August 27, 2010
Sales: + 10,000
2013 Papaoutai
Racine carrée
DE6 (32 weeks)
DE
AT3
gold
gold

(21 weeks)AT
CH4th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(58 weeks)CH
- FR1 (110 weeks)
FR
BE F3
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(46 weeks)BE F
BE W1 (54 weeks)
BE W
First published: May 13, 2013
Sales: + 330,000
Formidable
Racine carrée
DE39 (4 weeks)
DE
AT36 (2 weeks)
AT
CH13
platinum
platinum

(43 weeks)CH
- FR1 (87 weeks)
FR
BE F1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(40 weeks)BE F
BE W1 (41 weeks)
BE W
First published: May 27, 2013
Sales: + 249,000
Tous les mêmes
Racine carrée
- - CH27 (24 weeks)
CH
- FR1 (68 weeks)
FR
BE F4th
platinum
platinum

(21 weeks)BE F
BE W1 (34 weeks)
BE W
First published: September 24, 2013
Sales: + 252,000
2014 Ta fête
Racine carrée
- - - - FR30 (47 weeks)
FR
BE F6th
platinum
platinum

(23 weeks)BE F
BE W2 (30 weeks)
BE W
First published: February 3, 2014
Ave Cesaria
Racine Carrée
- - - - FR97 (41 weeks)
FR
- BE W45 (1 week)
BE W
First published: July 21, 2014
Meltdown
The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1 (OST)
- - - - FR107 (1 week)
FR
BE F7 (12 weeks)
BE F
BE W5 (12 weeks)
BE W
First published: November 17th, 2014
feat. Lorde , Pusha T , Q-Tip & Haim
2015 Carmen
Racine Carrée
- - - - FR67 (16 weeks)
FR
BE F31 (3 weeks)
BE F
BE W46 (2 weeks)
BE W
First published: March 30, 2015
Quand c'est?
Racine carrée
- - - - FR142 (3 weeks)
FR
BE F39 (1 week)
BE F
-
First published: September 14, 2015
2018 Défiler
- - - - FR40 (2 weeks)
FR
BE F29 (2 weeks)
BE F
BE W7 (2 weeks)
BE W
First published: April 27, 2018
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2013 Bâtard
Racine carrée
- - - - FR52 (30 weeks)
FR
- BE W37 (1 week)
BE W
First published: August 16, 2013
AVF
Racine carrée
- - - - FR43 (22 weeks)
FR
- BE W38 (1 week)
BE W
First published: August 16, 2013
feat. Maître Gims & Orelsan
Humain à l'eau
Racine carrée
- - - - FR110 (2 weeks)
FR
- BE W47 (1 week)
BE W
First published: August 16, 2013
Sommeil
Racine Carrée
- - - - FR142 (10 weeks)
FR
- -
First published: August 16, 2013
Merci
Racine square
- - - - FR143 (1 week)
FR
- -
First published: August 16, 2013
Moules frites
Racine carrée
- - - - FR189 (1 week)
FR
- -
First published: August 16, 2013

Guest Posts

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
FR FR BEF BE F MOVE BE W
2017 Peine & pitié
J4M
FR54 (8 weeks)
FR
- BE W19 (10 weeks)
BE W
First published: March 2017
Vitaa feat. Stromae
Comme dab
J4M
FR39
gold
gold

(8 weeks)FR
- -
First publication: April 2017
Vitaa feat. Stromae
La pluie
La fête est finie
FR11
diamond
diamond

(45 weeks)FR
- BE W2 (18 weeks)
BE W
First release: October 2017
Orelsan feat. Stromae

More singles

  • 2009: Up saw liz
  • 2010: Bienvenue chez moi
  • 2010: Rail de musique
  • 2014: Putain putain (with Arno )
  • 2017: Repetto X Mosaert
  • 2018: Défiler (Bande originale de la capsule No. 5 Mosaert)

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2014: for streaming Papaoutai
    • 2014: for streaming Tous les mêmes
    • 2015: for the single Formidable
    • 2017: for the album Racine carrée
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2014: for the single Formidable
  • SwedenSweden Sweden
    • 2010: for the single Alors on danse
  • SpainSpain Spain
    • 2011: for the single Alors on danse
  • United StatesUnited States United States
    • 2019: for the single Papaoutai

Platinum record

  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2010: for the single Alors on danse
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2009: for the single Alors on danse
    • 2014: for the album Racine carrée
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2015: for the album Racine carrée
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
    • 2010: for the single Alors on danse
    • 2013: for the single Papaoutai
    • 2014: for the album Racine carrée

2 × platinum record

  • EuropeEurope Europe
    • 2014: for the album Racine carrée
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2014: for the single Papaoutai
    • 2014: for the single Tous les mêmes
  • RussiaRussia Russia
    • 2014: for the album Racine carrée

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Diamond record icon.svg diamond Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 26 × platinum26th 0! D.- 795,000 ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 70,000 ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 300,000 musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI) Europe (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- (2,000,000) ifpi.org
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- Diamond record icon.svg 6 × diamond6th 2,585,000 infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th 0! D.- 215,000 fimi.it
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 80,000 musiccanada.com
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 0! D.- 70,000 nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 0! D.- 22,500 ifpi.at
Russia (NFPF) Russia (NFPF) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- 40,000 Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI) Sweden (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 20,000 sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 10 × platinum10 0! D.- 250,000 hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 20,000 elportaldelmusicas.es
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 500,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver1 0! G- 0! P- 0! D.- 200,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg silver1 Gold record icon.svg 13 × gold13 Platinum record icon.svg 52 × platinum52 Diamond record icon.svg 6 × diamond6th

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Shy colleagues . In: Der Spiegel . No. 42/2017 . Hamburg, S. 134 .
  2. Bonjour, Stromae! on Einslive.de
  3. http://www.belgieninfo.net/artikel/view/article/das-musikphaenomen-stromae/ ( Memento from April 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. Andrea Crossan: This musician has a half-billion video views. So who the hell is he? In: PRI's The World of March 27, 2015 (English)
  5. taz, Easter 2016, p. 3.
  6. Interview Musique Maestro! ( Memento of January 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), managed by Maxime Le Cerf for kcnv.net in December 2010
  7. Interview Stromae: "Maintenant on va faire la fête sur des morceaux tristes"  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , managed by Michaël Rochette, published on March 23, 2010 on the website of the French mobile operator SFR@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / musique.sfr.fr  
  8. Biography: Stromae at swr3.de, accessed on March 5, 2010
  9. http://www.newspoint.cc/artikel/Musik/Neuer_Hit_Stromae_-_Alors_On_Danse_50304.html ( Memento from September 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ^ Stromae, le géant calme marianne.net, September 8, 2013
  11. a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK FR BEW (Wallonia) BEF (Flanders)
  12. Stromae - Спасибо всем !!!! - Merci à tous !!!