Amel Bent | |
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 Bent in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Amel Bent Bachir |
| Born | 21 June 1985 Paris, France |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Sony BMG, Universal Music |
Amel Bent Bachir (Arabic: آمال بنت بشير; born 21 June 1985), better known by her stage name Amel Bent (French pronunciation: [a.mɛl bɛnt]), is a French pop singer who gained fame after reaching the semi-finals of season 2 of French TV singing competition Nouvelle Star. She is best-selling artist to come from that competition.
She is currently a "coach" on the similar French talent show The Voice: la plus belle voix.
Amel Bent grew up in the Paris suburb of La Courneuve[1] with her Algerian father and Moroccan mother. She has a brother and a sister.[1][2] 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,[3] but the success of the album would ultimately be derived from the single "Ma philosophie", which would sell more than 500,000 copies, staying at the No. 1 slot in France for more than six weeks during and after sales.
In 2012, Bent was one of the contestants during the Third Season of Danse avec les stars. She and her partner Christophe Licata finished in second place, but won the celebrity dancing show's Christmas special.[4]
For her single "Je reste" 2011, Bent co-starred with the actor from Metal Hurlant Chronicles Karl E. Landler.[5][6]
| Year | Album | Peak position | French certification | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [7] |
BEL (Wa) [8] |
SWI [9] | |||
| 2004 | Un Jour d'été | 3 | 12 | 39 | Platinum |
| 2007 | À 20 ans | 4 | 15 | 24 | Platinum |
| 2009 | Où je vais | 9 | 25 | 65 | Platinum |
| 2011 | Délit mineur | 24 | 61 | — | Gold[10] |
| 2014 | Instinct | 11 | 14 | 24 | |
| 2019 | Demain | 55 | |||
| 2021 | Sorøre (with Camélia Jordana and Vitaa) |
13 | 13 | 46 | |
| 2021 | Vivante | 1 [11] |
7 | 41 | Gold |
| Year | Single | Peak position | French certification | Album | |||||||||||
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| FR [12] |
BEL (Wa) [13] | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | "Ma philosophie" | 1 | 1 | Diamond | |||||||||||
| 2005 | "Le droit à l'erreur" | 7 | 16 | Silver | |||||||||||
| "Ne retiens pas tes larmes" | 5 | 5 | Gold | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | "Eye of the Tiger" | 2 | 13 | Silver | |||||||||||
| 2007 | "Nouveau Français" | 3 | 7 | Silver | À 20 ans
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| "À 20 ans" (feat. Diam's) | — | 13 (Ultratip*) |
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| 2008 | "Tu n'es plus là" | — | 40 | ||||||||||||
| "Désolée" | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | "Où je vais" | — | 23 | Où je vais
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| 2010 | "Le mal de toi" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Je me sens bien" | — | 19 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Cette Idée-là" | 92 | 31 (Ultratip*) |
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| 2011 | "Je reste" | 29 | 1 (Ultratip*) |
Délit mineur
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| 2012 | "Délit" | 38 | 27 | ||||||||||||
| "Ma chance" | 106 | 2 (Ultratip*) |
Instinct
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| "Comme toi" | 91 | — | Instinct
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| "Quand la musique est bonne" (with Soprano) |
40 | 5 (Ultratip*) |
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| 2013 | "Sans toi" | 131 | 5 (Ultratip*) |
Instinct
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| 2014 | "Regarde-nous" | 118 | 8 (Ultratip*) |
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| "En silence" | 164 | — | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | "Demain" | — | 45 (Ultratip*) |
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| 2020 | "Jusqu'au bout" (with Imen Es) |
47 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| "1-2-3" (with Hatik) |
8 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | "Le chant des colombes" | 139 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| "Ma sœur" (with Camélia Jordan and Vitaa) |
159 | — | Sorøre | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | "Lossa" (with Benny Adam) |
— | 39 | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||||||
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
| Year | Single | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR [7] |
BEL (Wa) [13] | ||
| 2007 | "Tombé pour elle" (La Fouine feat. Amel Bent) |
15 | — |
| 2012 | "Entre nous" (with Garou / Ségara / Luce / Goldman) |
171 | — |
| 2013 | "Karl" (La Fouine feat. Amel Bent) |
158 | — |
| "Ti amo t'es à moi" (Rohff with Amel Bent) |
94 | — | |
| "C'est moi" (with Bruel / Aubert / Grégoire / M. Pokora / Goldman) |
160 | — | |
| 2014 | "Le loup d'la street" (Lacrim feat. Amel Bent) |
171 | — |
| 2017 | "100%" (Alonzo feat. Amel Bent) |
102 | — |
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Scènes de ménage | Amel | Francis Duquet | TV series (2 Episodes) |
| 2021 | Les Sandales blanches | Malika Bellaribi | Christian Faure | TV serie |
