The last few weeks have been very eventful for Slimane. According to an investigation by Parisianthe singer finds himself accused of sexual harassment by a technician on his tour, whom he allegedly “ stuck against a wall » before making advances towards her and sending her videos of a sexual nature, after a concert in Saint-Etienne. Subsequently, a second complaint was filed against him for sexual assault. Although he never reacted publicly to the affair, and although an investigation was opened, Slimane still continued his tour and received the NRJ Music Award for French-speaking male artist of the year. . A price at “ special taste » as he declared, in tears, upon receiving the reward: “ Thank you for being there in the street, in the concerts. My daughter, when you grow up, I really hope that you will be proud of your dad, I love you. Mom and Dad, I love you very much. For my audience, thank you from the bottom of my heart ».
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Slimane in the top 20 bestsellers
While he is in the running for the Purecharts Awards for his song “Mon amour”, performed during the Eurovision final, Slimane receives a new award. His best-of “Essentiels” exceeds the milestone of 100,000 copies sold! Released last May to accompany his performance during the famous competition, where he finished fourth, this compilation contains the greatest hits from his early career, from “Viens on s'aime” to “Chez toi” via ” Paname”, “Before you” and “It's going, it's coming” with Vitaa and the latest “My love”. Entering number one in the charts with 9,500 purchases, the best-of “Essentiels” has never left the top 20 since its release. And by adding 2,600 new sales this week, the counter displays precisely 104,800 copies sold.
A very nice success which was built mainly thanks to streaming because the listenings of his hit singles are now carried over to the most recent disc, therefore to this best-of. Thus, this is the reason why his latest album “Chroniques d'un cupidon” gradually collapsed in the rankings following the release of the compilation “Essentiels”. It's the same case for Ed Sheeran, who has just released the best-of “The Mathematics Tour”, which replaced the album “Equals” in the top positions of the French charts. Note that only 20 albums have exceeded the 100,000 sales mark since the start of the year in France. We can cite those of Jul, Zaho by Sagazan, Taylor Swift, Indochine, but also Billie Eilish, The Weeknd and even Bob Marley !
