It was the first big surprise of the evening. Clara Luciani won the prize for the best artist of the year at the 35th Victoires de la musique on Friday evening. The ultrafavorite Angèle will therefore leave without the statuette. Catherine Ringer of Rita Mitsouko was also in the running.
The interpreter of the tube La Grenade appeared on stage, it seems very moved. " Thank you very much, I am distraught because I hadn't anticipated this at all. I just sang a song that begins with "I dream pinch myself to see, I can hardly believe it". Well that's exactly what I've been going through for a year thanks to all of you. When you relentlessly believe in your dreams, sometimes they come true, ”said the 27-year-old. She was referring to the title Nude , which she performed on stage at the start of the ceremony.
" It's Valentine's Day tonight, so if you're without Valentine tonight, know that there are a lot of breaking songs on my album, they're for you, " she continued.
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Clara Luciani had already won a trophy in the stage revelation category during the previous Victoires de la Musique awards. With her album Sainte-Victoire, made with the help of Ambroise Willeaume, better known by her artist name Sage, Clara Luciani has shaped a rock universe of her own. Her hits like La Grenade and Ma Sœur caught the ear of Benjamin Biolay and Philippe Katerine, with whom she went on stage.
During this ceremony, it is besides the interpreter of Luxor J'adore that Clara Luciani paid a poignant tribute to Marie Laforêt.
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