Victoires de la Musique

Victoires de la Musique (French pronunciation: [viktwar də la myzik]; English: Victories of Music) is 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.[1]

Victoires de la Musique
Awarded forOutstanding achievements in the music industry
CountryFrance
Presented byFrench Ministry of Culture
First awarded1985
Websitelesvictoiresdelamusique.fr
Television/radio coverage
NetworkFrance Televisions

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)

Male Artist of the Year

Male Group or Artist of the Year

(Replacing Male Artist of the Year and Group of the Year)

Female Artist of the Year

Female Group or Artist of the Year

(Replacing Female Artist of the Year and Group of the Year)

Foreign Artist of the Year

Francophone Artist or Artist of the Year

Electronic/Dance Artist of the Year

Group Révélation of the Year

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)

(Replacing Révélation of the Year)

Group or Artist Stage Révélation of the Year

Album Révélation of the Year

*Discontinued for period 2011 to 2013

Album of the Year

*Discontinued and replaced by Song/Variety Album of the Year and Rock Album of the Year

Song/Variety Album of the Year

Rock Album of the Year

*Discontinued from 1987, returned in 2001

Francophone Album of the Year

Pop/Rock Album of the Year
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
World Music Album of the Year

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

Reggae/Ragga (various)
  • 2002 : The Real Don by Lord Kossity (as Reggae/Ragga Album of the Year)
  • 2003 : Umani by I Muvrini and Francafrique by Tiken Jah Fakoly (as Reggae/Ragga/World Music Album of the Year)
  • 2004 : Voz d'amor de Cesária Évora (as Reggae/Ragga/World Music Album of the Year)
  • 2005 : Dimanche à Bamako by Amadou et Mariam (as Reggae/Ragga/World Music Album of the Year)

Electronic/Groove/Dance Album of the Year

Variety/Instrumental Album of the Year

Album of the Year for Children

Discontinued 1988 to 1990

  • 1991 : La Petite Sirène told by Nathalie Baye
  • 1992 : Pierre et le Loup de Prokofiev by Julien Clerc
  • 1993 : Pierre et le Loup de Prokofiev recited by Lambert Wilson
  • 1994 : Aladin et la Lampe merveilleuse recited by Sabine Azéma
  • 1995 : L'Évasion de Toni by Henri Dès and Pierre Grosz
  • 1997 : Far West by Henri Dès (second award)
  • 1999 : Émilie Jolie (2nd version) by Philippe Chatel
  • 2001 : Du soleil by Henri Dès (third award)

Original Cinema/Television Soundtrack of the Year

Song of the Year

Original Song of the Year

Musical Show

Concert of the Year

Musical Show, Tour or Concert of the Year

Music Video of the Year

Music DVD of the Year
  • 2005 : Les leçons de musique by -M- (director: Emilie Chedid)
  • 2006 : En images by Noir Désir (director: Don Kent)
  • 2007 : Tryo fête ses dix ans by Tryo
  • 2008 : Le Soldat Rose by Louis Chedid (director: Jean-Louis Cap)
  • 2009 : Divinidylle by Vanessa Paradis (directors: Thierry Poiraud - Didier Poiraud)
  • 2010 : Alain Bashung à l'Olympia by Alain Bashung (director: Fabien Raymond)
  • 2014 : Geeks on Stage by Shaka Ponk

Various awards

Sound engineer

Album producer

Studio musician

Producer / Arranger

  • 1992 : Mick Lanaro for Si ce soir... of Patrick Bruel and Sheller en solitaire of William Sheller
  • 1993 : Michel Cœuriot and Laurent Voulzy for Caché derrière of Laurent Voulzy
  • 1994 : Dominique Blanc-Francard

Show producer

  • 1992 : Jean-Claude Camus
  • 1993 : Gilbert Coullier
  • 1994 : L'Olympia
  • 1995 : Corida
  • 1996 : Jules Frutos, Hélène Rol et Dominique Revert

Record covers

Comedian of the Year
  • 1985 : Raymond Devos
  • 1987 : Coluche
  • 1990 : Les Inconnus
  • 1991 : Les Inconnus (second award)
  • 1992 : Smaïn
  • 1993 : Guy Bedos and Muriel Robin
  • 1994 : Patrick Timsit
  • 1995 : Raymond Devos (second award)
  • 1996 : Les Inconnus (third award)
  • 1997 : Valérie Lemercier
  • 1998 : Quator for the show Il pleut des cordes (as Humour show of the year)

Honorary Award

Multiple awards

Notes
  1. Les Victoires de Matthieu Chedid (avec sources systématiques)

References
  1. 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."
  2. "Victoires de la musique 2018 : découvrez les principaux lauréats". francetvinfo.fr. March 16, 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  3. / consulté le 15 février 2015.
  4. Gaëtan Roussel a remporté trois récompenses individuelles, et quatre autres avec le groupe Louise attaque.
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