For the second year in a row, Les Flammes will reward rap artists and other urban trends.
This start of the year is that ofAya Nakamura. In the middle of two unjustified controversies over her participation in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the singer is THE star of the 2024 Flames ceremony, which rewards, for its second edition, urban cultures in music. Aya Nakamura, competing in six categories, rises to the top of the nominations for the festivities dedicated to rap and its trends, the organizers announced this Monday, April 8 in a press release.
In total, around fifty artists are nominated in the 24 categories for the second edition of Les Flammes, which will be held on April 25 at the Théâtre du Châtelet, in Paris. The ceremony will be broadcast “free of charge and live on YouTube, Twitch and for the first time live on W9”, say the organizers of the event.
The Flames ceremony, inaugurated in 2023, aims to represent popular cultures, in particular rap, R&B or African and Caribbean music, in the face of criticism of a lack of diversity which affects classic ceremonies such as the Victoires de la Musique or the NRJ Music Awards.
Here is the complete list of nominees for the 2024 Flames:
Spotify Flame for Album of the Year
- Aya Nakamura – DNK
- Hamza – Sincerely
- Werenoi – Square
Rap album
- Freeze Corleone – ADC
- Josman – J.000.$
- Werenoi – Square
New pop album
- Aya Nakamura – DNK
- Luidji – Season 00
- Yamê – Elowi
Song of the year
- Jungeli, Imen ES, Alonzo, Abou Debeing & Lossa – Little Genius
- PLK – Tomorrow
- SDM – German racing car
- Soolking- Casanova feat. Gazo
- Werenoi – Laboratory
- Aya Nakamura- Baby
- Dave & Tiakola – Meridian
- Hamza – Harmful feat. Damso
- Heuss the Bastard – Saiyan feat. Gazo
- Jey Brownie & Flem – GTB
Feature of the year
- Dave & Tiakola – Meridian
- Jungeli, Imen ES, Alonzo, Abou Debeing & Lossa – Little Genius
- No Limit, Gazo & Damso – THE STREET
Rap performance track
- Freeze Corleone – Shavkat
- Gazo – 100K
- Ninho – LVL Up Vol. 1
R&B Song of the Year
- Mr. Nov – Last I love you feat. Joseman
- Tayc – Room 69
- Killing – Where we sleep happily
African or African-inspired music piece of the year
- Dave & Tiakola – Meridian
- Jungeli, Imen ES, Alonzo, Abou Debeing & Lossa – Little Genius
- Tam Sir, Team Paya, Ste Milano, Renard Barakissa, Tazeboy & PSK – Hammer blow
Caribbean or Caribbean-inspired track of the year
- Kalash – Doliprane
- Kima – Toxic
- Meryl- Jack Sparrow
Female revelation of the year
- Bianca Costa
- Kay The Prodigy
- Wonder
Male revelation of the year
Female Artist of the Year
Male Artist of the Year
Composer of the year
- Boumidjal
- Flem
- Richie Beats
Music video of the year
- Aya Nakamura- Baby (dir. YC, prod. IDZ)
- Shay- Commando (dir. Guillaume Doubet, prod. Pélican Paris)
- Ziak – Not even a squeak (dir. BLEU DESERT, prod. OCURENS)
Concert of the year
- Aya Nakamura, at the Accor Arena
- Fally Ipupa, in Paris La Défense Arena
- SCH, at the Orange Vélodrome
Album cover of the year
- Isha & Limsa d’Aulnay – Bitumen Caviar Vol.1 (Romain Garcin)
- Mairo – Omar Chappier (Dexter Maurer)
- Kekra- Stratos (Fifou)
Scenic revelation of the year