On, during the recording of the French TV show Taratata, Stromae did a mashup of " Alors on danse" and " Don't Stop the Party" with the Black Eyed Peas.
On 9 February 2011, his debut album Cheese (including the hit single "Alors on danse") won the award for Best Dance Album at the Victoires de la musique. He is one of the ten winners of the European Border Breakers Award 2011. The critic Molloy Woodcraft: "He combines 90s electro synths and beats with a laidback delivery to the mesmeric effect". In the end, the collaboration did not take place, but Stromae is a big fan of the America-based group. I also really admire Jacques Brel – he has been a huge influence on me – but also all sorts of other stuff, Cuban son, and the Congolese rumba, that I heard as a child that music rocked the whole of Africa." Also, Stromae insists he wanted to collaborate with up and coming rap group Swag+5 featuring rapper T-Jay. It has its roots in everything from house to salsa. For a long time we were ashamed of that sound but in fact, there's a lot to discover. And then I rediscovered the 90s Eurodance. I thought that rather than copying the French sound, I'd focus on a more American style but give it a European spin. Of his music and influences, he has said: "I was in a little group doing rap music. In 2010, he was nominated for Best Dutch and Belgian Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards. On 2 September, Stromae collaborated with Kanye West and Gilbere Forte in a remix of his hit "Alors on danse". īy May 2010 the track "Alors on danse" had reached number one in Belgium, France, Sweden, Greece, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Romania, and the Czech Republic. Vertigo Records, a label of Mercury Records France ( Universal Music Group), signed him for a worldwide licensing deal soon after this. In a few weeks from that point, sales of the song established it as number one in Belgium. The response from listeners (including influential personalities ranging from Anna Wintour and Jean-Claude Van Damme, to the then-president of France Nicolas Sarkozy) was one of extreme enthusiasm and Stromae came to wider public attention. Vincent Verbelen, Music Manager, was impressed by the talent he perceived in Stromae's first single "Alors on danse" and decided to air it for the first time on NRJ. In 2008, Stromae worked as a young trainee at the music radio station NRJ in Brussels. 2008–2012: Breakthrough and international success In 2008 he signed a 4-year record deal with "Because Music" and 'Kilomaître'. This resulted in his debut-EP "Juste un cerveau, un flow, un fond et un mic…". In 2007, during his studies at the film school of Brussels, Stromae decided to concentrate fully on his musical career. It was only later, when he registered at the Institut national de radioélectricité et cinématographie, that he released his first EP "Juste un cerveau, un flow, un fond et un mic.". To finance his private school education, Van Haver worked part-time in the hospitality industry, but his academic performance wasn't up to standard. They produced the song and music video "Faut que t'arrête le Rap." before J.E.D.I. Īt the age of 18, he founded a rap group called "Suspicion", along with rapper "J.E.D.I." in Eichhof. In 2000, he appeared as a rapper called Opmaestro, though he later changed his stage name to "Stromae", which is " Maestro" with the syllables reversed following the French slang practice, verlan. JSTOR ( August 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. His early influences included Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, Cuban son, and Congolese rumba. He formed a small rap group with his friends while still in school. He attended the Sacré-coeur de Jette, a Jesuit school in Jette, the Collège Saint-Paul in Godinne, after failing in the public school system at the age of sixteen.
He and his siblings were raised by their mother, as his father, a prominent architect, was killed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, while visiting his family. Paul Van Haver was born in Brussels and raised in the city's Laeken district, to a Rwandan Tutsi father, Pierre Rutare, and a Belgian Flemish mother, Miranda Van Haver.
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