Amel Bent

Amel Bent (born Amel Bentbachir on June 21, 1985 in Paris) is a French singer who grew up in the French commune of La Courneuve with her Algerian father and an Algerian-Moroccan mother. Her career jump started after making it to the semi-finals of the reality TV show Nouvelle Star 2, France's version of Pop Idol. Although her performance did not make it to the finals, she was still noticed by some of the show's producers, and would end up making her début album later that year, titled: Un Jour d'été, released in late 2004. The album would sell more than 550,000 copies in France alone,^{citation needed} but the success of the album would ultimately be derived from the single, "Ma Philosophie",¹ which would sell at more than 500,000 copies, staying at the No.1 slot, in France, for more than 6 weeks during and after sales.

Amel Bent at the TF1 concert for Tolerance in Yasmine Hammamet in Tunisia.

Albums

• 2004 Un Jour d'été (#3 FR - 600,000 copies)
• 2007 À 20 Ans (#4 FR - 200,000 copies)
• 2009 Où je vais (#9 FR)

Singles

• 2004 "Ma Philosophie" (#1 FR)
• 2005 "Le Droit à L'erreur" (#7 FR)
• 2005 "Ne Retiens pas tes Larmes" (#5 FR)
• 2006 "Eye of the Tiger" (#2 FR)
• 2007 "Nouveau Français" (#3 FR)
• 2007 "À 20 Ans" (feat. Diam's) (#42 FR Digital Charts)
• 2007 "Tomber pour elle"
• 2008 "Tu n'es plus là" (#8 FR Digital Charts)
• 2008 "Désolée"
• 2008 "Vivre Ma Vie", High School Musical 3 French OST
• 2009 "Où je vais" (#4 FR Digital Charts)

Notes

1. ^ http://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-et-spectacles/amel-bent-presque-timide-a-l-olympia-29-03-2006-2006860092.php

Sources

• http://www.last.fm/music/Amel+Bent
• http://influence.over-blog.com/article-10167534.html

External links

• (French) Official website
• Official MySpace

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