Sofiane (rapper)
Sofiane Zermani (born 21 July 1986) better known by the mononym Sofiane is a French rapper of Algerian origin. He is also known by the name Fianso the Verlan of Sofiane. Born in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, in the northern suburbs of Paris, he lived in the nearby Stains until age 13 when he moved to Le Blanc-Mesnil.[1][2]
In 2011, he released independently the album Blacklist followed by Blacklist II in 2013. In 2016, he launched a series of videos titled #JeSuisPasséChezSo inviting other less-known rappers to take part. In November 2016, he was signed to Capitol Records, an affiliate of Universal Music France. In January 2017, he released "Ma cité a craqué" featuring Bakyl. The album #JeSuisPasséChezSo, same title as the earlier series has peaked at #2 on SNEP, the French Albums Chart. The album is certified Platinum in May 2017 for selling over 100,000 copies in internationally.
Discography
Albums
Album details | Charts | Details | ||
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FRA [3] |
BEL Wa [4] |
SWI [5] | ||
Première claque
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La vie de cauchemar
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— | — | — | |
Blacklist
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— | — | — | Track listing
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Blacklist II
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79 | — | — | Track listing
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#JeSuisPasséChezSo
|
2 [6] |
12 | 39 | Track listing
|
Bandit saleté
|
— | 15 | 13 | |
Singles
Year | Single | Charts | Certification | Album | ||
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FRA [3] |
BEL Wa [4] |
SWI [5] | ||||
2017 | "Tout l'monde s'en fout" | 43 [7] |
– | – | #JeSuisPasséChezSo | |
"Bandit saleté" | 13 [8] |
– | – | |||
"Mon p'tit loup" | 28 [9] |
– | – | |||
"Toka" | 52 [9] |
– | – | |||
- Featured in
Year | Single | Charts | Certification | Album | |
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FRA [3] |
BEL Wa [4] | ||||
2017 | "Grand Paris" (Médine feat. Lartiste, Lino, Sofiane, Alivor, Seth Gueko, Ninho & Youssoupha) |
64 [10] |
– | ||
Videography
- 2011: En ouvrant les bras
- 2012: Aller retour
- 2012: Elle était belle
- 2013: Échec et Mat
- 2013: So
- 2013: Ciao bonne vie (feat. Léa Castel)
- 2016: Rapass
- 2016: #JeSuisPasséChezSo (video series)
- 2017: Ma cité a craqué (feat. Bakyl)
- 2017: Tout l'monde s'en fout
- 2017: Bakhaw (feat. Boozoo)
References
- ↑ Quentin Girard (17 February 2017). "Sofiane: La voix désarme" (in French). Libération. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ Les InRocks: Qui est Sofiane, le rappeur de Blanc-Mesnil devenu porte-parole malgré lui (in French)
- 1 2 3 LesCharts.com: Sofiane page
- 1 2 3 "Discographie Sofiane". ultratop.be. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Sofiane - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 5, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 5, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 14, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- 1 2 "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 16, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 9, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 4 March 2017.