''Subliminal'' () is the debut solo album by
Congolese-French singer and rapper
Maître Gims. The 18-track album was released 20 May 2013 on
Wati B and
Monstre Marin Corporation
Monstre Marin Corporation (Sea Monster Corporation) known as MMC was a French record label, located in Paris. It is founded by rapper and singer Gims, and affiliated with the Universal Music France record company. The first compilation of the la ...
, the latter founded by Maître Gims himself. The lyrics were all by Maître Gims whereas the music was by Maître Gims, Renaud Rebillaud and Stan-E Music. The album was a great success charting in France (reaching #2), Belgium (reaching #1) as well as charting in Switzerland.
On 2 December 2013, it was reissued and titled ''Subliminal / La face cachée'' (, ), including 6 additional tracks for a total of 24 tracks. By 31 August 2015, the album had accumulated a total of more than 1,000,000 copies sold in France. In March 2021, "Bella" combined 488 million views.
Genesis
In
2012
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, Maître Gims announced via social networks that he was preparing a comic strip entitled Au cœur du Vortex. Along with the design, Maître Gims is developing a concept textile brand: Vortex VX.
Although the announcement of a solo album by Maître Gims had been announced for a while, it was
29 January
Events
Pre-1600
* 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
* 946 – Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ru ...
2013
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, in the video Welcome to the Wa Part. 4: La Consécration, which he announced the release of his solo album Subliminal for
20 May
Events Pre-1600
* 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
* 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose her ...
2013
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.
On
1 March
Events Pre-1600
*509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor Diocletian and ...
2013
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, Maître Gims broadcast "Meurtre par strangulation", an extract from his album accompanied by a clip. On
15 March he unveiled "
J'me tire", the second extract. This track was the first single from the album and it was accompanied by a music video. He ranked number 1 in the Top 50 for four weeks starting
18 March
Events Pre-1600
* 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10.
*1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the A ...
2013
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Promotion
In 2012, Maître Gims announced through social network that he was preparing for an animated series titled ''Au cœur du Vortex'' and in conjunction was developing a clothing line to be named Vortex VX.
The greatly expected solo album was heavily promoted by Maître Gims in an announcement through his video "Welcome to the Wa Part. 4: La Consécration".
A series of consecutive releases of unpublished materials called ''Ceci n'est pas un Clip'' were released in anticipation:
*''Ceci n'est pas un Clip I'': Teaser of upcoming tracks
*''Ceci n'est pas un Clip II'': "Tapis dans l'Ombre"
*''Ceci n'est pas un Clip III'' : "De Marseille à Paris" featuring Bedjik (his brother),
Dr. Beriz,
H Magnum
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&
Soprano
*''Ceci n'est pas un Clip IV'': "Close Your Eyes" featuring JR O Chrome
*''Ceci n'est pas un Clip V'': "Sharingan" featuring 1solent,
The Shin Sekaï and
Orelsan
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*''Ceci n'est pas un clip VI'': Bavon featuring Charly Bell
On 1 March 2013, Maître Gims also released "Meurtre par strangulation" (M.P.S.) as a first pre-release from the ''Subliminal'' album.
On 15 March 2013, just two weeks later, he released a second track from the album "
J'me tire", that topped the
SNEP official French Singles Chart.
Reception
Commercial reception
From its first week of operation, the album Subliminal is certified platinum: it sells 66,000 copies in actual album sales, but has however sold 100,000 copies including in-store sales. A month after its release, Subliminal sold 200,000 copies and was certified double platinum. Then, three months after its release, it was certified triple platinum with 300,000 sales. The album would end up being double diamond disc for over 1,000,000 in sales.
Track list
Reissue
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2013 albums
Gims albums
French-language albums