Zaho de Sagazan, revelation of French song, tops the nominations for the Victoires de la Musique, being cited on Monday in five categories. The Victories ceremony is scheduled for February 9. In the wake of her first album La symphonie des éclairs, the 24-year-old singer’s Zénith de Paris scheduled for March is already sold out.

The native of Saint-Nazaire stands out in the categories “female revelation”, “stage revelation”, “album”, “song” and “audiovisual creation” (clip). The artist with peroxide hair first brought his unique universe to life live, ticking off the “3 Bs”, namely Brel and Barbara for skin-deep texts and Berlin for the electro atmosphere of the clubs of this city that ‘we find.

“I really like making people dance but I don’t know how to make happy songs,” she summarized to AFP after her appearance on a small stage at Rock en Seine, a festival on the outskirts of Paris in August 2022. Then came the time of her stage consecration in front of professionals in the music industry at the Trans Musicales in Rennes in December 2022, before the release of her record in March 2023. She will return to Rock en Seine in 2024, but this time on a big scene.

Jean-Louis Brossard, boss of Trans Musicales, portrayed at the end of 2022 for AFP “an electro side and a very song side, a character, a voice not heard before, a real stage presence”. Zaho de Sagazan “is exceptional, his album is insane”, describes today Vincent Frèrebeau, president of Victoires, met by AFP before the nominations were revealed. “Many are likely to say to themselves: “We are going to do like Zaho”, but she is extraordinary and not everyone perhaps has her level,” explains the manager.

The rapper OrelSan was the big winner of the 2023 edition with three trophies.