Sofiane (rapper)
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Background information | |
Birth name | Sofiane Zermani |
Also known as | Fianso, So |
Born | Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France | 21 July 1986
Origin | Le Blanc-Mesnil, France, Algérien |
Genres | French rap, trap, gangsta rap |
Occupation(s) | Rapper |
Years active | 2004–present |
Labels | Suther Kane, Millenium, Capitol, Universal |
Sofiane Zermani (French pronunciation: [sɔfjan zɛʁmani], Arabic: سفيان زرماني; born 21 July 1986) is a French rapper of Algerian descent. He is also known as Fianso (pronounced [fjanso]; verlan of his first name). Born in Saint-Denis, Paris Region, he lived in the nearby Stains until age 13 when he moved to Le Blanc-Mesnil.[1][2]
In 2011, he released independently the album Blacklist followed by Blacklist II in 2013. In 2016, he launched a series of videos titled #JeSuisPasséChezSo inviting other less-known rappers to take part. In November 2016, he was signed to Capitol Records, an affiliate of Universal Music France. In January 2017, he released "Ma cité a craqué" featuring Bakyl. The album #JeSuisPasséChezSo, same title as the earlier series has peaked at #2 on SNEP, the French Albums Chart. The album is certified Platinum in May 2017 for selling over 100,000 copies internationally.
In May 2017 Sofiane released the album Bandit saleté ("Filth bandit"), which again was certified platinum. For the music video for the song "Toka" from the album, Sofiane and around 10 of his crew stood in the middle of the A3 autoroute, blocking cars, while Sofiane rapped the song in front of cameras. The filming was done without a permit. In February 2018 he was fined €1,500 and given a suspended sentence of four months in jail for obstructing traffic. At the sentencing, Sofiane apologized for his actions, and said that the decision to film there had come to him in a moment of "bad inspiration".[3]
Discography
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Albums
[edit]Album details | Charts | Certifications | Details | ||
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FRA [4] |
BEL Wa [5] |
SWI [6] | |||
Bandit saleté
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1 | 15 | 13 | ||
Affranchis
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1 | 2 | 13 |
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La direction
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1 | 9 | 23 |
Mixtapes and EPs
[edit]Album details | Charts | Certifications | Details | ||
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FRA [4] |
BEL Wa [5] |
SWI [6] | |||
Première claque
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La vie de cauchemar
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— | — | — | ||
Blacklist
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— | — | — | Track listing
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Blacklist II
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79 | — | — | Track listing
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#JeSuisPasséChezSo (EP)
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2 [8] |
12 | 39 | Track listing
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Collective albums
[edit]Album details | Charts | Details | ||
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FRA [4] |
BEL Wa [5] |
SWI [6] | ||
93 Empire
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2 | 10 | 39 | Track listing
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Singles
[edit]Year | Single | Charts | Certification | Album | ||
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FRA [4] |
BEL Wa [5] |
SWI [6] | ||||
2017 | "Tout l'monde s'en fout" | 3 | 7 (Ultratip*) |
– | #JeSuisPasséChezSo | |
"Bandit saleté" | 115 | – | – | Bandit saleté | ||
2018 | "Longue vie" (feat. Ninho & Hornet La Frappe) |
2 | 45 | – |
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Affranchis |
2020 | "#JeSuisPasséChezSo Ep 12" | 43 [10] |
– | – | Non-album singles | |
"Remontada" (feat. Azet) |
– | – | 95 | |||
"American Airlines" (feat. SCH) |
18 | 19 (Ultratip*) |
– | |||
"Nouveaux parrains" (feat. Soolking) |
42 | – | – | |||
2021 | "#Attrape-moi si tu peux" | 56 | – | – | La direction |
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Featured in
[edit]Year | Single | Charts | Certification | Album | ||
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FRA [4] |
BEL Wa [5] |
SWI [6] | ||||
2017 | "Grand Paris" (Médine feat. Lartiste, Lino, Sofiane, Alivor, Seth Gueko, Ninho & Youssoupha) |
64 [11] |
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"Laisse pas traîner ton fils" (Ninho feat. Sofiane) |
8 | 14 (Ultratip*) |
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Ninho album Comme prévu | |
"T'es un marrant" (Hornet La Frappe feat. Sofiane) |
54 | – | – | Hornet La Frappe album Nous-mêmes | ||
"Bling Bling" (Kaaris feat. Kalash Criminel & Sofiane) |
9 | 3 (Ultratip*) |
– |
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Kaaris album Dozo | |
2018 | "Dragon" (Vald feat. Sofiane) |
4 | – | – |
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Vald album Xeu |
"La hagra" (YL feat. Sofiane & Niro) |
45 | – | – | YL album Confidences | ||
"Loup Garou" (Maître Gims feat. Sofiane) |
3 | 38 | 86 |
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Maître Gims album Ceinture noire | |
"ALZ" (Caballero & JeanJass feat. Sofiane) |
132 | – | – | Caballero & JeanJass album Double hélice 3 | ||
"Encore" (Sadek feat. Sofiane) |
110 | – | – | Sadek album Johnny de Janeiro | ||
"Woah" (Sofiane, Vald, Mac Tyer, Soolking, Kalash Criminel, Sadek & Heuss L'Enfoiré) |
7 | 12 (Ultratip*) |
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93 Empire (by Various Artists) | |
"Sur le drapeau" (Suprême NTM & Sofiane) |
4 | – | – |
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"Empire" (Sofiane & Kaaris) |
8 | – | – | |||
"Iencli" (Vald & Sofiane) |
11 | – | – | |||
"Nouvelle monnaie" (Landy, Kaaris & Sofiane) |
34 | – | – | |||
"Apollonia" (Dadju & Sofiane) |
48 | – | – | |||
"Crépuscule des empires" (Alpha 5.20 & Sofiane) |
88 | – | – | |||
"Pas le choix" (Lartiste, Sofiane & Kaaris) |
90 | – | – | |||
"93 Coast" (Hornet La Frappe & Sofiane) |
94 | – | – | |||
"Jusqu'ici tout va bien" (Vegedream & Sofiane) |
114 | – | – | |||
"Dans le bat" (Dabs & Sofiane) |
149 | – | – | |||
"Viens dans mon 93" (Dinos, Hornet La Frappe & Sofiane) |
159 | – | – | |||
"Jay-Z" (Busta Flex, Shone, Sofiane & Nakk Mendosa) |
179 | – | – | |||
"Fashion Week Rmx" (Tedua & Chris Nolan feat. Sofiane) |
– | – | – | |||
"Cosa nostra" (Soolking feat. Sofiane, Lacrim) |
39 | – | – | Soolking album Fruit du démon | ||
"Il se passe quoi" (Mac Tyer feat. Kaaris & Sofiane) |
107 | – | – | Mac Tyer album C'est la street mon pote | ||
2019 | "Briganté" (Kaaris feat. Mac Tyer & Sofiane) |
33 | – | – | Kaaris album Or Noir Part 3 | |
"Khapta" (Heuss l'Enfoiré feat. Sofiane) |
7 | – | – | Heuss l'Enfoiré album En esprit | ||
"C'est mon sang" (RK feat. Sofiane) |
3 | 10 (Ultratip*) |
99 |
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"Sur le banc" (Naps feat. Sofiane, Dika & Kalif) |
172 | – | – | |||
2020 | "Mecs de cités" (Sifax feat. Sofiane) |
38 | – | – |
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Sifax album La mentale |
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Other charted songs
[edit]Year | Single | Charts | Certifications | Album | |
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FRA [4] |
BEL Wa [5] | ||||
2017 | "X" | 84 | #JeSuisPasséChezSo | ||
"Jesuispasséchezso: Episode 5" / "Police Nationale" | 94 |
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"Ma cité a craqué" (feat. Bakyl) |
96 | ||||
"Un boulot sérieux" | 110 | ||||
"93 Empire" (feat. Kalash Criminel) |
121 |
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"Fais le mouv" | 186 | ||||
"DZ Mafia" | 198 | ||||
"Toka" | 16 | 6 (Ultratip*) |
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Bandit saleté | |
"Mon p'tit loup" | 9 | 16 (Ultratip*) |
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"Dis-leur" | 81 | ||||
"Pegase" | 83 | ||||
"Cordelette" | 105 | ||||
"Parti de rien" | 106 | ||||
"Le bruit des blocks" | 113 | ||||
"Poto" | 42 | ||||
"Marion maréchal" | 22 |
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"Bois d'argent" | 122 | ||||
"Le cercle" (feat. Hornet La Frappe, GLK & YL) |
46 | ||||
"Bain de sang" (feat. feat. Bakyl & Samat) |
156 | ||||
2018 | "Lundi" | 3 | 2 (Ultratip*) |
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Affranchis |
"#JesuispasséchezSo EP 11" | 27 | ||||
"T'es une galère" | 38 | ||||
"200" | 41 | ||||
"Sous contrôle" | 42 | ||||
"Je fais la fête" | 56 | ||||
"Coluche" | 57 | ||||
"Sa mère" | 68 | ||||
"Arafricain" (feat. Maître Gims) |
22 | ||||
"Cramé" | 32 | ||||
"Mistigris" (feat. Kaaris) |
13 | ||||
"Madame courage" (feat. Soolking) |
35 | ||||
"IDF" (feat. Heuss l'Enfoiré) |
49 | ||||
"#cpasdmafaute" (feat. Bakyl) |
82 | ||||
2020 | "Training Day" | 133 [13] |
Non-album singles | ||
"Des malades" | 113 | ||||
2021 | "Case départ" | 40 | La direction | ||
"Windsor" | 57 | ||||
"Zidane" | 58 | ||||
"XIII" | 64 | ||||
"Monsieur Alexandre" | 71 | ||||
"Bout de papier" (feat. Sifax) |
79 | ||||
"C'est la loi" (feat. Zeguerre) |
82 | ||||
"I.R.F" | 83 | ||||
"Traumatisé" | 91 | ||||
"J'te raconte pas" (feat. Kenem) |
104 | ||||
"Windsor - A Colors Show" | 182 | ||||
"Ouais Igo" | 88 |
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Filmography
[edit]- 2014: Terremère by Aliou Sow
- 2018: Frères Ennemis (English title Close Enemies) by David Oelhoffen
- 2018: Mauvaises herbes (English title Bad Seeds) by Kheiron
- 2019: Les Sauvages (TV series) (English title Savages by Sabri Louatah and Rebecca Zlotowski
Theatre
[edit]- 2018: Le Magnifique, adaptation of The Great Gatsby of F. Scott Fitzgerald, at Festival d'Avignon
- 2019: La Mort d'Achille, by Wajdi Mouawad, at Festival d'Avignon
Videography
[edit]- 2011: En ouvrant les bras
- 2012: Aller retour
- 2012: Elle était belle
- 2013: Échec et Mat
- 2013: So
- 2013: Ciao bonne vie (feat. Léa Castel)
- 2016: Rapass
- 2016: #JeSuisPasséChezSo (video series)
- 2017: Ma cité a craqué (feat. Bakyl)
- 2017: Tout l'monde s'en fout
- 2017: Bakhaw (feat. Boozoo)
- 2017: Toka
- 2017: Mon ptit loup
- 2017: Bandit saleté
- 2017: Pégase
- 2017: Le cercle (feat. Hornet La Frappe, GLK & YL)
- 2017: Bois d'argent
- 2017: Parti de rien
- 2020: American Airlines Ft. SCH
- 2021: Nouveaux Parrains Ft. Soolking
References
[edit]- ^ Quentin Girard (17 February 2017). "Sofiane: La voix désarme". Libération (in French). Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ Les InRocks: Qui est Sofiane, le rappeur de Blanc-Mesnil devenu porte-parole malgré lui (in French)
- ^ Serre, Myrtille (5 February 2018). "Blocage de l'A3: Fianso condamné à 4 mois de prison avec sursis et 1 500 € d'amende". Agence France Presse.
- ^ a b c d e f LesCharts.com: Sofiane page
- ^ a b c d e f "Discographie Sofiane". ultratop.be. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Sofiane - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ a b c "French album certifications – Sofiane" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 5, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "French single certifications – Sofiane" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Top Singles (Week 5, 2020)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 9, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 2019". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Top Singles (Week 7, 2020)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 18 February 2020.