Singer Slimane, targeted by a complaint for sexual harassment filed by a technician on one of his tours, won the trophy for French-speaking male artist at the NRJ Music Awards on Friday evening.
This prize “has a special taste,” admitted Slimane after winning his prize. “My daughter, when you grow up I really hope that you will be proud of your dad. (…) To my audience, sorry, from a human to many other human beings, thank you from the bottom of my heart,” he added, very moved.
This was his first public appearance since the revelation by Le Parisien of a complaint from a lawyer representing a technician who claims “to have been the victim of sexual harassment (…) in December 2023, on the occasion of ‘a concert at the Zénith de Saint-Etienne’, according to the Saint-Etienne public prosecutor’s office.
The latter indicated to AFP on Tuesday that he was “waiting for evidence, in the form of various recordings, which this lawyer announced that he had and must send (to him)”, to decide on the possible opening of a preliminary investigation. Slimane, 35, is on tour for his “Cupid tour”. In May, he took fourth place in Eurovision with his song “Mon amour”.
Revealed in The Voice on TF1 which he won in 2016, he was at the top, during his duet with the singer Vitaa, in the album sales ranking in France in 2020 with “Versus”.
The prize for the French-speaking female artist went to Vitaa, that of the best group in Indochina, and Pierre Garnier, revealed in the Star Academy, won two titles (French-speaking revelation and best song for “Ceux qu’on été”), at the end of this ceremony in Cannes, broadcast on TF1.
French-speaking female artist: Vitaa
French-speaking male artist: Slimane
French-speaking revelation: Pierre Garnier
French-speaking group: Indochina
International revelation: Benson Boone
Duo francophone: Dadju & Tayc, «I love you»
Duo international: Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, «Die with a smile»
International female artist: Taylor Swift
International male artist: The Weeknd
Groupe international: Coldplay
Hit International: Benson Boone, «Beautiful things»
Social hit: Jungeli, Imen Es, Alonzo, Abou Debeing & Lossa, «Petit génie»
Concert: Bigflo & Oli
DJ: David Guetta
French song: “Those we were”, Pierre Garnier
