No more genre labels: rock, electro, world music, urban music and rap have disappeared from the Victoires de la Musique. The categories went from 13 to 8 for this 2020 ceremony which promises fewer winners and, incidentally, an even more fierce competition.
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The singer Angèle leaves archifavorite of these 35th Victories, retransmitted live on France 2 since the musical Seine. With 3 nominations, the 24-year-old Belgian could achieve the treble by triumphing in the female artist, concert and audiovisual creation categories.
Angèle will face the Dean Catherine Ringer and Clara Luciani (winner of the stage revelation trophy in the previous edition) in the queen category. The best concert of the year will be played between the Brol Tour of the interpreter of Balance ton quoi and the tours Both Sides and Le Grand Petit Concert by Jeanne Added and M. Her feminist hymn will have a lot to do in the audiovisual creation category opposite to PNL and his clip Au DD , filmed at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
Among men, Philippe Katerine leads with three mentions. The eccentric singer is in the running in the best artist category against the experienced Alain Souchon (9 Victories on the clock) and Lomepal, with whom he shares the microphone in the song Five fingers on the album of the Parisian rapper. The author of Louxor J'adore is also cited in the categories "original song" ( Stone with you ) and "album" ( Confessions ).
These Victories will also be an opportunity to discover the new faces of the French music scene. Apple, Maëlle and Malik Djoudi, in particular, who will fight a tough fight to win the album revelation trophy. The fight will be 100% feminine on the side of scene revelations and will pit Suzane against Aloïse Sauvage and Hoshi.