Amel Bent Bachir (; born 21 June 1985), better known by her stage name Amel Bent (), is a French pop singer who gained fame after reaching the semi-finals of season 2 of French TV singing competition ''

Nouvelle Star ''Nouvelle Star'' (; also known as '' À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star'' for the first season) is a French television series based on the popular Pop Idol programme produced by FremantleMedia. It was broadcast by M6 in seasons 1–8 befor ...

''. She is best-selling artist to come from that competition. From 2018 to 2019, Bent was a coach on '' The Voice Kids France''. She was also a coach on '' The Voice France'' from 2020 to 2023.

Biography

Amel Bent grew up in the Paris suburb of La Courneuve with her Algerian father and Moroccan mother. She has a brother and a sister. 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 ''Pop Idol'' is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was to decide the best new young pop singer (or "pop idol") in the UK based on viewer voting and pa ...

. 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, 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 ''Danse avec les stars'' (''DALS''; ) is the French version of the British reality TV competition ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and is part of the ''Dancing with the Stars'' franchise. The show was first broadcast on TF1 on 12 February 2011, the parti ...

''. She and her partner Christophe Licata finished in second place, but won the celebrity dancing show's Christmas special. For her single " Je reste" 2011, Bent co-starred with the actor from Metal Hurlant Chronicles Karl E. Landler.

Discography

Albums

Singles

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Featured in

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Awards

*2005 : Nominated at the

MTV Europe Music Awards The MTV Europe Music Awards (originally named MTV European Music Awards, commonly abbreviated as MTV EMA) are awards presented by Paramount International Networks to honour artists and music in pop culture. It was originally conceived as an al ...

like Best French Act *2006 : Nominated at the

NRJ Music Award An NRJ Music Award (commonly abbreviated as an NMA) is an award presented by the French radio station NRJ to honor the best in the French and worldwide music industry. The awards ceremony, created in 2000 by NRJ in partnership with the televisio ...

like Francophone Revelation of the Year *2006 : Win the European Border Breakers Award of The Best French Act *2006 : Win the Victoires de la Musique of The Revelation of the Year *2008 : Nominated at the

like Francophone Female Artist of the Year *2010 : Nominated at the

like Francophone Female Artist of the Year *2013 : Nominated at the

like Francophone Female Artist of the Year

Filmography

Notes

Sources

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

External links

Amel Bent Ma Philosophie + Lyrics

Official MySpace
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Interview with Amel Bent on SoulRnB.com (13/12/10)
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