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Mononc' Serge
Mononc' Serge, the stage name of Serge Robert, is a Québécois rock singer-songwriter and bassist who played in Les Colocs from 1991 to 1995 and records solo since 1997.
NTM
NTM (Suprême NTM) is a French hip-hop duo from Saint-Denis, formed by JoeyStarr and Kool Shen. They were a defining act of French rap in the 1990s.
OBOY
OBOY, born Mihaja Ramiarinarivo in Madagascar in 1997, is a French rapper of the cloud rap and mumble rap scene, known for the hits "TDB" and "Cabeza".
Oldelaf
Oldelaf is the stage name of Olivier Delafosse, a French singer-songwriter of humorous chanson who led the duo Oldelaf et Monsieur D from 2000 to 2010, then recorded solo.
Olivia Ruiz
Olivia Ruiz, stage name of Olivia Blanc, is a French singer-songwriter born in 1980 in Carcassonne, a 2001 Star Academy semi-finalist turned award-winning recording artist.
Oxmo Puccino
Oxmo Puccino is the stage name of Abdoulaye Diarra, a French rapper born in Mali in 1974 and raised in Paris, active in French hip-hop since the mid-1990s.
Palais des Sports (Paris)
The Palais des Sports (Palais des Sports de Paris), today the Dôme de Paris, is an indoor arena at the Porte de Versailles in Paris, opened in 1960.
Patachou
Patachou, born Henriette Ragon (1918–2015), was a French singer, actress, and cabaret owner whose Montmartre club Chez Patachou launched Georges Brassens in 1952 and carried her to Broadway.
Pathé-Marconi (record label)
Pathé-Marconi was the French record company of the EMI group, created in 1936, whose Chatou factory produced records for Pathé, Columbia, and Parlophone, including Édith Piaf and the Beatles.
Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas, born 1966 in Forbach, Moselle, is a French singer whose blend of chanson, blues, and cabaret found success beyond France from the late 1980s onward.
Patrick Bruel
Patrick Bruel is a French singer and actor, born in Algeria in 1957, whose 1989 album Alors regarde sold three million copies and triggered Bruelmania.
Petit Biscuit
Petit Biscuit is the stage name of Mehdi Benjelloun, a French electronic producer and multi-instrumentalist from Rouen whose 2015 instrumental hit "Sunset Lover" earned diamond certification in France.
Philippe Katerine
Philippe Katerine, born Philippe Blanchard in 1968, is a French singer-songwriter, actor, and visual artist whose eccentric pop-chanson made him a cult figure in the 1990s.
Philippe Lavil
Philippe Lavil, born Philippe Durand de La Villejégu du Fresnay, is a French singer from Martinique whose Antillean-tinged hits include "Il tape sur des bambous" and "Kolé séré".
Piers Faccini
Piers Faccini is a British-Italian singer-songwriter and painter, born in 1970 and based in the Cévennes since 2004, who runs the label Beating Drum and won a Victoire du jazz.
Pop'n'Gum
Pop'n'Gum is the second album by the French pop-rock band Superbus, released in 2004 on Mercury, certified gold in France, and featuring the hit "Radio Song".
Prix Constantin
The Prix Constantin, also known as the Constantin Award, is a French music prize for the album of a rising artist, awarded each year since 2002.
Renée Claude
Renée Claude, stage name of Renée Bélanger (1939–2020), was a Quebec chanson singer and actress who topped Quebec charts with original Quebec material in the 1960s and 1970s.
Reprise (cover tradition)
Reprise is the French term for a cover, any new version of a song from an existing original; broader than "cover", it is central to the chanson tradition.
Rika Zarai
Rika Zarai, born Rika Gozman, was a singer from Jerusalem who became a bestselling French variety artist of the 1960s and 1970s with hits like "Casatschok".
Ronquières Festival
The Ronquières Festival is a three-day pop-rock festival held since 2012 at the Plan Incliné canal boat lift in Ronquières, Belgium, drawing up to 80,000 visitors.
Saez
Saez, also known as Damien Saez, is a French singer-songwriter of engaged chanson and rock who broke through in 1999 with "Jeune et con" from his debut album Jours étranges.
San Salvador (group)
San Salvador is a French six-voice vocal and percussion group from Saint-Salvadour in Corrèze, singing in Limousin Occitan; its first album, La Grande Folie, won the 2021 Victoires du Jazz for best world-music album.
Selah Sue
Selah Sue, the stage name of Sanne Putseys, born 1989 in Leefdaal, Belgium, is a singer-songwriter who broke through with "Raggamuffin" in 2010 and topped the Belgian charts with her 2011 debut album.
Serge Fiori
Serge Fiori (1952–2025) was a Quebec singer-songwriter and cofounder of the group Harmonium, whose three 1970s albums, including L'Heptade, became classics of Quebec popular music.
Sheila
Sheila, the stage name of Annie Chancel, born 1945, is a French singer who led the 1960s yé-yé wave before reinventing herself as a disco artist.
Sofia Essaïdi
Sofia Essaïdi is a French-Moroccan singer and actress who reached the 2003 Star Academy semi-final, then built a career in music, musical theater, and film.
Solann
Solann is a French neo-folk singer-songwriter, born in Paris in 1999, whose feminist songs like Rome made her a breakthrough star of the 2025 Victoires de la Musique.
Space (group)
Space is a French space-disco and electronic group formed in 1977 by Didier Marouani, whose instrumental hit "Magic Fly" reached number 2 in the UK.
Star Academy (music)
Star Academy, nicknamed Star Ac', is a French TF1 music talent show running since 2001, in which young singers train in a château and compete for a recording contract.