Friday 9 March 2012

Victoires de la Musique 2012: Winners


With the Victoires de la Musique 2012 awards ceremony at the weekend, one of the high points of the awards season saw some of the country's biggest acts rewarded for their success, both artistic and commercial, over the preceding year.

Two wins for Orelsan and M this year, and for once an award ceremony that wasn't dominated by Adele.

This year's roll of honour was:

Male artist: Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine

Female artist: Catherine Ringer

Breakthough artist (public vote): Orelsan

Breakthrough artist: Brigitte

Chanson album: Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine - Suppléments de mensonge

Rock album: Izïa - So much trouble

Urban music album: Orelsan - Le chant des sirènes

World music album: Jehro - Cantina paradise

Elecronic or dance album: Justice - Audio, video, disco

Original song: Laurent Voulzy - Jeanne

Show concert or tour: Roc'éclair tour - Jean-Louis Aubert

Video: Vanessa Paradis & M - La Seine

Music DVD: M - Les saisons de passage

The ceremony programme can be watched online at this page for the next few days: http://www.pluzz.fr/victoires-de-la-musique.html

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