Kendji girac: his album crosses the million sales – Le Point

His story looks almost like a fairy tale. At a time when many artists still struggling to sell records in a market increasingly complicated kendji girac displays an unabashed success by winning the setting: according to the site Purecharts, his first album has just crossed the million mark sales in 13 months, supported by several tubes, including “Color Gitano” or “Andalusian”. What makes the third young gypsy singer of the decade to cross the symbolic threshold of one million copies sold in France, behind Adele album with 21 (1.7 million) and Stromae and his Square root (1.4 million).

kendji distance did a lot of heavyweights like Céline Dion, Johnny Hallyday, Master Gims or the group Daft Punk Random Access Memories . The music site also recalls that his album was number one in sales in France for 12 weeks, while still ranked within the top albums in a year. What falls a true performance for a first

It should be said that the young artist has not lost time. Just after winning The Voice in in May 2014, he took advantage of his sudden fame to get his first titles in the summer and in the wake his album, simply titled “kendji”. An approach that has proved winning, widely supported, indeed, by its record house Universal, who saw in the young man a chance to revive the taste of French for the gipsy music, always bearing. In public, many young fans of the talent show of TF1, but also women who crack for its rhythmic music.

A new album in late October

Why stop along the way? For September 2015, kendji just released a new title, “Me quemo”, pending the arrival of a second album, Together , expected late October, followed by a great tour from March 2016. This time, he said he wanted to take his time, to put a personal touch to a colorful album that still may have more funk tones in some pieces. “I’m much more involved on this second album, he explained last June on NRJ. On the first album, I could not involve myself too, because I did not know many things, unlike today. On the second album, I composed with the teams, I have co-written, it allows me to grow in music and can even put my key. “

For the rest, who celebrated his 19th birthday this summer trying to keep a cool head, very surrounded by his family. He goes to sleep whenever he can in his caravan, often regretted not being able to go for a quiet drink, as before, and says he is very proud of his career, allowing to wear another look at its community. Very attached to his roots and his faith, the artist never forgets to give thanks for the success he met. “Every day, I have my mind to thank God for everything that happens to me today, ‘he told the RTL antenna. I think that it is thanks to God, thanks to my audience, thanks to my family who gave me this gift … “