2024 - Bénabar: this radical request from the singer to his record company

This Friday, February 11, 2022, France 2 will broadcast the 37th ceremony of the Victoires de la Musique. The opportunity to come back to the reason why Bénabar asked his record company to no longer submit his songs for pre-selection.

Each year, the Victoires de la Musique award prizes to artists from the world of variety music. Yes Benabar received three statuettes between 2004 and 2007, he asked his record company to no longer submit his songs for pre-selection. Saturday April 3, 2021, it was in the program On refait la télé, on RTL, that he had assured: “All those people who claim to make it rain or shine, who only cheat on the weather, who are just among themselves. There, it was so visible. The Victoires de la Musique is a corrupt ceremony, everyone knows it.“

Annoyed, the singer explained: “It’s a democracy where only people on the left would vote. We all knew – and those who tell you otherwise are liars – what the winners of the Victoires de la Musique would be a year before, except for two names. This year was again the proof of a small group which took control and confiscated by saying: ‘This is the music’.“While due to the pandemic, the Stage and Concert Revelation categories had been removed, he added:”I didn’t find that although there is no Stage Victory. There are people who have toured this year. They are the ones who should be rewarded: a turner who is in difficulty rather than talking between two petits-fours on the set. There, it was once again the proof of a small group which took the control and which confiscates while pretending to be the music. There was nothing for rappers, those who make metal, if everyone was respected, the prize list would not have been the same.“

Bénabar is not a fan of the Victoires de la Musique

On February 3, 2022, it’s on the set of the show As an asideon Canal +, that the singer had confided: “To be awarded now, you have to negotiate on the sly for six months beforehand, so it’s not possible for me to be.Finally, he added:It’s still an arrangement. It’s not at all indicative of what’s going on in the music. There are plenty of ways to select those who potentially may or may not have one. There are plenty of ways to craft.“

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The singer has asked his record company to no longer submit his songs for pre-selection.

3/12 –

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He assured that the ceremony was corrupt.

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Annoyed, the singer had explained: “It’s a democracy where there would only be people on the left who would vote. We all knew – and those who tell you the opposite are liars – what would be the winners of the Victories of the music a year before, except for two names.”