Victoires de la Musique (; ) are an annual French award ceremony where the Victoire accolade is delivered by the French Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The classical and jazz versions are the Victoires de la musique classique and Victoires du Jazz.La France Contemporaine - Page 176 William F. Edmiston, Annie Duménil - 2009 "Les Victoires de la Musique sont un concours musical qui a lieu tous les ans en France. Tandis que les Victoires de la Musique sont consacrées à la musique populaire, il y a aussi les Victoires de la Musique classique et les Victoires du Jazz."
The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a widely viewed televised ceremony. The awards are the French equivalent to the Grammy Awards and the Brit Awards for music, and it is one of the major awards in France, along with Nuits des Molières for stage performances, and the César Award for motion pictures.
The first Victoires de la Musique ceremony was held in 1985, and it was set up to honor musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1985.
Background
The title trophies and nominees for each are established annually by the Board of Directors of the Association "Les Victoires de la Musique", which also refers to people who make up the Academy voters. In 2010, the Victoires were awarded by a panel of 1 226 professionals (musicians, artists, writers, composers, producers, record stores, video directors, sound engineers and critics) in a vote in one round. Of the voters, 40% are artists (performers, but also musicians, writers, composers ...), 40% are professional music producers and 20% are of other professional circles close to the world of music (agents artists, music stores, music critics, radio programmers ...). In recent years, some trophies are awarded by the public, through SMS voting, and since 2009, Internet: Victory "Group or Artist of the public revelation of the year" and that the "Song of the year".
Categories Group of the Year (Starting 2001, replaced by Male Group or Artist of the Year / Female Group or Artist of the Year) 1988 : Kassav' 1990 : Gipsy Kings 1991 : Elmer Food Beat 1992 : MC Solaar 1993 : Pow woW 1994 : Les Innocents 1995 : IAM 1996 : Les Innocents (second award) 1997 : Les Innocents (third award) 1998 : Noir Désir 1999 : Louise Attaque 2000 : Zebda
Male Artist of the Year 1985 : Michel Jonasz 1986 : Jean-Jacques Goldman 1987 : Johnny Hallyday 1988 : Claude Nougaro 1990 : Francis Cabrel 1991 : Michel Sardou 1992 : Patrick Bruel 1993 : Alain Bashung 1994 : Alain Souchon 1995 : MC Solaar 1996 : Maxime Le Forestier 1997 : Charles Aznavour 1998 : Florent Pagny 1999 : Alain Bashung (second award) 2000 : -M-
Male Group or Artist of the Year (Replacing Male Artist of the Year and Group of the Year) 2001 : Henri Salvador 2002 : Gérald De Palmas 2003 : Renaud 2004 : Calogero 2005 : -M- (second award) 2006 : Raphael 2007 : Bénabar 2008 : Abd Al Malik 2009 : Alain Bashung (third award) 2010 : Benjamin Biolay 2011 : Gaëtan Roussel 2012 : Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine 2013 : Dominique A 2014 : Stromae 2015 : Julien Doré 2016 : Vianney 2017 : Renaud (2nd award) 2018 : Orelsan 2019 : Bigflo & Oli
Female Artist of the Year 1985 : Jeanne Mas 1986 : Catherine Lara 1987 : France Gall 1988 : Mylène Farmer 1990 : Vanessa Paradis 1991 : Patricia Kaas 1992 : Jane Birkin 1993 : Véronique Sanson 1994 : Barbara 1995 : Celine Dion 1996 : Véronique Sanson (second award) 1997 : Barbara (second award) 1998 : Zazie 1999 : Axelle Red 2000 : Natacha Atlas
Female Group or Artist of the Year (Replacing Female Artist of the Year and Group of the Year) 2001 : Hélène Ségara 2002 : Zazie (second award) 2003 : Lynda Lemay 2004 : Carla Bruni 2005 : Françoise Hardy 2006 : Juliette 2007 : Olivia Ruiz 2008 : Vanessa Paradis (second award) 2009 : Camille 2010 : Olivia Ruiz (second award) 2011 : Aṣa 2012 : Catherine Ringer 2013 : Lou Doillon 2014 : Vanessa Paradis (third award) 2015 : Christine and the Queens 2016 : Yael Naim 2017 : Jain 2018 : Charlotte Gainsbourg 2019 : Jeanne Added
Foreign Artist of the Year 1985 : Tina Turner (United States)
Francophone Artist or Artist of the Year 1994 : Maurane (Belgium) 1995 : Khaled (Algeria) 1996 : Céline Dion (Canada) 1997 : Teri Moïse (United States / Haiti)
Electronic/Dance Artist of the Year 2009 : Martin Solveig 2010 : Birdy Nam Nam 2011 : Stromae
Révélation (Newcomer) Popular Music Révélation of the Year 1985 : Jeanne Mas 1986 : Gold
Popular Music Female Révélation of the Year 1987 : Guesch Patti 1988 : Patricia Kaas 1990 : Corinne Hermès 1991 : Liane Foly 1992 : Jil Caplan 1993 : Zazie 1994 : Nina Morato 1995 : Rachel Des Bois 1996 : Stephend
Popular Music Male Révélation of the Year 1987 : L'Affaire Louis Trio 1988 : Florent Pagny 1990 : Philippe Lafontaine 1991 : Art Mengo 1992 : Nilda Fernandez 1993 : Arthur H 1994 : Thomas Fersen 1995 : Gérald de Palmas 1996 : Ménélik
Group Révélation of the Year 1994 : Native 1995 : Sinclair 1996 : Alliance Ethnik
Révélation of the Year (Starting 1997 until 2004, replacing three categories Female Révélation of the Year, Male Révélation of the Year and Group Révélation of the Year) (Starting 2005, replaced by Group or Artist Popular Révélation of the Year) 1997 : Juliette 1998 : Lara Fabian 1999 : Faudel 2000 : 113 2001 : Isabelle Boulay 2002 : Aston Villa 2003 : Natasha St-Pier 2004 : Kyo
Group or Artist Popular Révélation of the Year (Replacing Révélation of the Year) 2005 : Jeanne Cherhal 2006 : Amel Bent 2007 : Miss Dominique 2008 : Christophe Maé 2009 : Sefyu 2010 : Pony Pony Run Run 2011 : Lilly Wood and the Prick 2012 : Orelsan 2013 : C2C (Discontinued starting 2014)
Group or Artist Stage Révélation of the Year 2001 : Saint-Germain 2002 : Le Peuple de l'Herbe 2003 : Sanseverino 2004 : Kyo 2005 : La Grande Sophie 2006 : Camille 2007 : Grand Corps Malade 2008 : Renan Luce 2009 : BB Brunes 2010 : Izia 2011 : Ben l'Oncle Soul 2012 : Brigitte 2013 : C2C 2014 : Woodkid 2015 : Benjamin Clementine 2016 : Hyphen Hyphen 2017 : L.E.J 2018 : Gaël Faye 2019 : Clara Luciani
Album Révélation of the Year 2001 : Mieux qu'ici-bas by Isabelle Boulay 2002 : Rose Kennedy by Benjamin Biolay 2003 : Vincent Delerm by Vincent Delerm 2004 : Le Chemin by Kyo 2005 : Crèvecœur by Daniel Darc and Le rêve ou la vie by Ridan 2006 : Le Fil by Camille 2007 : Midi 20 by Grand Corps Malade 2008 : Repenti by Renan Luce 2009 : Ersatz by Julien Doré 2010 : Tree of Life by Yodelice *Discontinued for period 2011 to 2013 2014 : Psycho Tropical Berlin by La Femme 2015 : Mini World by Indila 2016 : Chambre 12 by Louane 2017 : Les Conquêtes by Radio Elvis 2018 : Petite Amie by Juliette Armanet 2019 : Brol by Angèle
Album of the Year Album of the Year 1985 : Love on the Beat by Serge Gainsbourg 1986 : Sauver l'amour by Daniel Balavoine 1987 : The No Comprendo by Rita Mitsouko 1988 : Nougayork by Claude Nougaro 1990 : Sarbacane by Francis Cabrel 1991 : Nickel by Alain Souchon 1992 : Sheller en solitaire by William Sheller 1993 : Caché derrière by Laurent Voulzy 1994 : Rio Grande by Eddy Mitchell 1995 : Samedi soir sur la Terre by Francis Cabrel 1996 : Défoule sentimentale by Alain Souchon 1997 : Mr Eddy by Eddy Mitchell 1998 : L'École du micro d'argent by IAM *Discontinued and replaced by Song/Variety Album of the Year and Rock Album of the Year
Song/Variety Album of the Year 1999 : Fantaisie militaire by Alain Bashung (as Variety, Pop, Rock Album of the Year) 2000 : Sang pour sang by Johnny Hallyday (as Variety, Pop, Rock Album of the Year) 2001 : Chambre avec vue by Henri Salvador 2002 : Avril by Laurent Voulzy 2003 : Boucan d'enfer by Renaud 2004 : Les Risques du Métier by Bénabar 2005 : Qui de nous deux by -M- 2006 : Caravane by Raphael 2007 : Le soldat rose by Louis Chedid 2008 : Divinidylle by Vanessa Paradis 2009 : Bleu pétrole by Alain Bashung 2010 : La Superbe by Benjamin Biolay 2011 : Causes perdues et musiques tropicales by Bernard Lavilliers 2012 : Suppléments de mensonge by Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine 2013 : La place du fantôme by La Grande Sophie 2014 : Racine carrée (stylised as √) by Stromae 2015 : Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy by Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy 2016 : De l'amour by Johnny Hallyday 2017 : Palermo Hollywood by Benjamin Biolay 2018 : Géopoétique by MC Solaar 2019 : En amont by Alain Bashung
Rock Album of the Year 1985 : Un autre monde by Téléphone 1986 : Passé le Rio Grande by Alain Bashung *Discontinued from 1987, returned in 2001 2001 : Comme on a dit by Louise Attaque 2002 : des Visages des Figures by Noir Désir 2003 : Paradize by Indochine 2004 : Tu vas pas mourir de rire by Mickey 3D 2005 : French bazaar by Arno 2006 : À plus tard crocodile by Louise Attaque (second award) 2007 : Wow by Superbus 2008 : L'Invitation by Étienne Daho 2009 : L'Homme du monde by Arthur H 2010 : Izia by Izia 2011 : Ginger by Gaëtan Roussel 2012 : So Much Trouble by Izia (second award) 2013 : Can Be Late by Skip the Use 2014 : Bankrupt! by Phoenix 2015 : Shake Shook Shaken by The Dø 2016 : Mandarine by Les Innocents 2017 : Anomalie by Louise Attaque (third award) 2018 : The Evol by Shaka Ponk 2019 : Radiate by Jeanne Added
Francophone Album of the Year 1985 : Ils s'aiment by Daniel Lavoie (Canada) 1986 : Faire à nouveau connaissance by Diane Tell (Canada) 1987 : Vue sur la mer by Daniel Lavoie (Canada) (second award) 1988 : Awaba Beach by Mory Kante (Guinea) 1990 : Hélène by Roch Voisine (Canada) 1991 : Double by Roch Voisine (Canada) (second award) 1992 : Engelberg by Stephan Eicher (Switzerland)
Pop/Rock Album of the Year 2003 : Paradize by Indochine 2004 : Tu vas pas mourir de rire by Mickey 3D 2005 : French bazaar by Arno Hintjens 2006 : A plus tard crocodile by Louise Attaque 2007 : Wow by Superbus 2008 : L'Invitation by Etienne Daho 2009 : L'Homme du monde by Arthur H 2010 : Izia by Izia
Traditional or World Music Traditional Music Album of the Year 1992 : Nouvelles polyphonies corses 1994 : Renaud cante el Nord by Renaud 1995 : Polyphonies by Voce Di Corsica 1996 : Dan Ar Braz et les 50 musiciens de l'Héritage des Celtes en concert by Dan Ar Braz and l'Héritage des Celtes 1997 : I Muvrini à Bercy by I Muvrini
Traditional Music/World Music Album of the Year 1998 : Finisterres by Dan Ar Braz and l'Héritage des Celtes 1999 : Clandestino by Manu Chao 2000 : Café Atlántico by Cesária Évora 2001 : Made in Medina by Rachid Taha 2002 : Proxima estación? Esperanza by Manu Chao 2003 : Umani by I Muvrini tied with Françafrique by Tiken Jah Fakoly 2004 : Voz d'amor by Cesária Évora 2005 : Dimanche à Bamako by Amadou & Mariam
World Music Album of the Year 2006 : Mesk Elil by Souad Massi 2007 : Canta by Agnès Jaoui 2008 : Yael Naim by Yael Naïm 2009 : Tchamantché by Rokia Traoré 2010 : La Différence by Salif Keita 2011 : Handmade by Hindi Zahra 2012 : Cantina Paradise by Jehro 2013 : Folila by Amadou & Mariam 2014 : Illusions by Ibrahim Maalouf 2015 : Rivière noire by Rivière noire 2016 : Homeland by Hindi Zahra 2017 : Far From Home by Calypso Rose 2018 : Lamomali by Lamomali (-M-, Toumani Diabaté, Sidiki Diabaté, Fatoumata Diawara) 2019 : LOST by Camélia Jordana
Urban music (various) 1999 : Panique celtique by Manau (as Rap/Groove Album of the Year) 2000 : Les Princes de la ville by 113 (as Rap, Reggae or Groove Album of the Year) 2001 : J'fais c'que j'veux by Pierpoljak (as Rap, Reggae or Groove Album of the Year) 2002 : X raisons by Saïan Supa Crew (as Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year) 2003 : Solitaire by Doc Gynéco (as Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year) 2004 : Brut de femme by Diam's (as Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year) 2005 : 16/9 by Nâdiya (as Rap/Hip-Hop/R&B Album of the Year) 2006 : Les Histoires extraordinaires d'un jeune de banlieue - Disiz la Peste (as Rap/Ragga/Hip-Hop/R&B Album of the Year)
Urban Music Album of the Year 2007 : Gibraltar by Abd Al Malik 2008 : Chapitre 7 by MC Solaar