This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Booba | |
---|---|
Background information | |
Birth name | Élie Thitia Yaffa [1] |
Also known as |
|
Born | Sèvres, Île-de-France, France | 9 December 1976
Genres | |
Occupation | Rapper |
Years active | 1994–present |
Labels |
Élie Thitia Yaffa (French pronunciation: [elijafa] ; born 9 December 1976), better known under his stage name Booba, is a French rapper.
After a brief stint as a break dancer in the early 1990s, Booba partnered with his friend Ali to form Lunatic. The duo released a critically acclaimed album in 2000 but disbanded in 2003. Booba has since embarked on a successful solo career, selling more than 10 million discs over his career [2] and becoming the most downloaded artist (legally) in France. [3] Booba is praised for the quality of his flow and beats but often criticized because of the controversial nature of his lyrics. He has also established the rap label Tallac Records, and developed a line of jewellery.
Élie Yaffa was born on 9 December 1976 in the outskirts of Paris in Sèvres. His father is Senegalese and his mother is French of Mosellan and Belgian descent.
With his friend Ali they formed the duo Lunatic in 1994. Unable to secure a record deal from a major label because of their controversial lyrics, they created their own independent record label 45 Scientific in 1999. The following year, Lunatic released its first and only album entitled Mauvais œil .
In 2002, Booba released his debut solo album Temps mort . He followed this up with four further albums: Panthéon , Ouest Side (the most successful), [4] 0.9 and Lunatic . In late 2012, he released his sixth solo album Futur . In whole, Booba has ten disks certified, six Disques d'Or (Gold album), three Disques de platine (Platinum album) and one Double disque de platine (Double-Platinum album). [5] In 2011, Booba won the "My Youtube" contest, ahead of popular artists like Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Jay-Z, Sexion D'Assaut, Shakira, Stromae,... [6]
Booba was influenced by the American hip-hop scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s – Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, 2Pac, and Biggie Smalls. Dark melodies accompanied with raw lyrics, typical of the rap from New York, are present on every album of his. He is often criticized for being an apologist for easy money and murder. Booba advocates a reduction in the taxes and claims himself in support of individual freedom. [7] Racism is a recurring topic of his songs (see for example "Couleur ébène", "Pitbull", "Ma Couleur"), although he sometimes deliberately advocates communitarian positions. [8]
Booba is also the creator of a streetwear brand, Ünkut, one of the most popular brands of this type in France. [9] [10]
Year | Album | Peak positions | Certifications | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FRA [11] | BEL (Fl) | BEL (Wa) [12] | SWI [13] | |||
2002 | Temps mort | 2 | – | 41 | – |
|
2004 | Panthéon | 3 | – | 26 | 25 |
|
2006 | Ouest Side | 1 | – | 12 | 18 |
|
2008 | 0.9 | 6 | – | 27 | 60 |
|
2010 | Lunatic | 1 | – | 1 | 24 |
|
2012 | Futur | 4 | 74 | 5 | 14 |
|
2013 | Futur 2.0 (reissue) | 6 | – | – | 28 | |
2015 | D.U.C | 1 | 40 | 1 | 2 |
|
2015 | Nero Nemesis | 7 | 127 | 7 | 9 |
|
2017 | Trône | 1 | 39 | 3 | 12 |
|
2021 | Ultra | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
|
2024 | Ad vitam æternam | 1 [16] | 137 | 1 | 3 |
Year | Album | Peak positions | Certifications | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FRA [11] | BEL (Wa) [12] | SWI [13] | |||
2005 | Autopsie Vol. 1 | 66 | – | – | |
2007 | Autopsie Vol. 2 | 8 | 98 | – | |
2009 | Autopsie Vol. 3 | 2 | 19 | – | |
2011 | Autopsie Vol. 4 | 2 | 32 | 64 | |
2017 | Autopsie 0 | 20 | 48 | * FRA: Gold [14] |
Year | Single | Peak positions | Certification | Album | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FRA [11] | BEL (Wa) [12] | SWI [13] | ||||
2002 | "Destinée" (featuring Kayna Samet) | 41 | – | – | Temps mort | |
2004 | "Avant de partir" (featuring Léya Masry) | 24 | 17 (Ultratip*) | – | Panthéon | |
2006 | "Au bout des rêves" (featuring Trade Union & Mister Rudie) | 22 | 4 (Ultratip*) | – | Ouest Side | |
2010 | "Caesar Palace" (featuring P. Diddy) | – | – | – | ||
"Ma couleur" | – | 24 (Ultratip*) | – | Lunatic | ||
"Jour de paye" | – | – | – | |||
2011 | "Paradis" | 99 | – | – | ||
"Comme une étoile" | – | 36 (Ultratip*) | – | |||
"Paname" | 48 | – | – | Autopsie Vol. 4 | ||
"Bakel City Gang" | 30 | 43*(Ultratip*) | – | |||
"Vaisseau Mère" | – | – | – | |||
"Scarface" | 20 | 33 (Ultratip*) | – |
| ||
2012 | "Caramel" | 10 | 42 | – | Futur | |
"Tombé pour elle" | 16 | 44 | – | |||
2013 | "A.C. Milan" | 7 | 19 | – | Futur 2.0 | |
"T.L.T" | 16 | 44 | – | |||
"Turfu" | 11 | 34 | – | |||
"RTC" | 13 | 15 (Ultratip*) | – | |||
"Parlons peu" | 5 | 27 | – | |||
"Longueur d'avance" (featuring Maître Gims) | 13 | 48 | – | |||
2014 | "La mort leur va si bien" | 7 | – | – | D.U.C | |
"OKLM" | 1 | 7 | 72 | |||
2015 | "Tony Sosa" | 14 | 46 | – | ||
"LVMH" | 28 | 35 (Ultratip*) | – | |||
"Mon pays" | 37 | – | – | |||
"Validée" (featuring Benash) | 2 | 41 | – | Nero Nemesis | ||
"Attila" | 35 | – | – | |||
"Génération Assassin" | 40 | – | – | |||
2016 | "JDC" | 10 | 21 (Ultratip*) | – | Autopsie 0 | |
"Salside" | 8 | 23 (Ultratip*) | – |
| ||
"E.L.E.P.H.A.N.T." | 1 | 39 | – |
| Trône | |
"DKR" | 1 | 42 | 42 |
| ||
2017 | "Daniel Sam" | 27 [17] | 11 (Ultratip*) | – |
| Non-album single |
"Nougat" | 2 [18] | 42 | 61 |
| Trône | |
2018 | "Gotham" | – | 17 | 48 |
| |
"BB" | – | 17 | 42 |
| ||
"Kyll" (with Médine) | 2 | 34 | 62 |
| ||
2019 | "PGP" | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| Non-album singles |
"Arc-en-Ciel" | 1 | 16 | 37 |
| ||
"Freestyle Pirate" | 42 | 28 (Ultratip*) | – | |||
"Glaive" | 10 | 13 (Ultratip*) | – |
| ||
2020 | "Cavaliero" | 28 | 29 (Ultratip*) | – | ||
"Jauné" (featuring Zed) | 1 | 25 | 26 |
| ||
"Dolce Vita" | 6 | 47 | 51 |
| ||
"5G" | 1 | 16 | 28 | |||
2021 | "Ratpi World" | 1 | 27 | 34 |
| |
"Mona Lisa" (featuring JSX) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ultra | |
"Azerty" | 11 | 23 | – | |||
"Kayna" | 4 | 40 | 55 |
| Non-album singles | |
"Plaza Athénée" | 10 | – | – | |||
"Dragon" | 22 | – | 77 | |||
"Variant" | 7 | 47 | 65 | |||
"Geronimo" | – | 41 | 35 | |||
"Leo Messi" | – | 48 | 72 | |||
2022 | "Koa" | – | 47 | – | ||
2023 | "Sport Billy" | 10 | – | – | ||
2024 | "6G" | – | 32 | 44 | Ad vitam æternam | |
"Rebel" | 7 | 45 | – | |||
"Saga" | 4 | 41 | – | |||
"Dolce Camara" (featuring SDM) | 2 | 14 | – |
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Year | Single | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FRA [11] | BEL (Wa) [12] | SWI [13] | ||||
2011 | "Corner" (Gato featuring Booba & Philly Poe) | – | – | – | ||
"Cruella" (Shay featuring Booba) | – | – | – | |||
2012 | "Call of Bitume" (Rim'K featuring Booba) | 72 | – | – | Rim'K album Chef de famille | |
2013 | "L.E.F" (Kaaris featuring Booba) | 122 | – | – | ||
2014 | "Même tarif " (Alonzo featuring Booba) | 8 | 39 | – | Alonzo album Règlement de comptes | |
2015 | "A.T.R" (Twinsmatic featuring Booba) | 145 | – | – | Twinsmatic album Nowhere | |
2016 | "Here" (Christine and the Queens featuring Booba) | 52 | – | – | ||
"Rouge et bleu" (Kalash featuring Booba) | 15 | 33 (Ultratip) | – | * FRA: Platinum [14] | Kalash album Kaos | |
"N.W.A." (Kalash featuring Booba) | 49 | – | – | |||
"M.L.C" (Niska featuring Booba) | 46 | – | – | Niska album Zifukoro | ||
"Infréquentables" (Dosseh featuring Booba) | 19 | 13 (Ultratip*) | – | * FRA: Diamond [14] | ||
"Kiname" (Fally Ipupa featuring Booba) | 10 | 38 | – | * FRA: Gold [14] | ||
2017 | "Mula" (Siboy featuring Booba) | 9 | 32 (Ultratip*) | – | ||
"Ghetto" (Benash featuring Booba) | 10 | 16 (Ultratip*) | – | * FRA: Diamond [14] | ||
"Oh bah oui" (Lacrim featuring Booba) | 2 | – | 48 | * FRA: Platinum [14] | Lacrim album Force & Honneur | |
"Tuba Life" (Niska featuring Booba) | 2 | 9 (Ultratip*) | 29 | * FRA: Diamond [14] | Niska album Commando | |
2018 | "MQTB" (Dosseh featuring Booba) | 1 | 25 (Ultratip*) | – | ||
"Madrina" (Maes featuring Booba) | 24 | 31 | – | * FRA: Diamond [14] | Maes album Pure | |
"Sale mood" (Bramsito featuring Booba) | 1 | 48 | – | * FRA: Platinum [14] | ||
2019 | "Médicament" (Niska featuring Booba) | 1 | 26 | 43 | * FRA: Platinum [14] | Niska album Mr Sal |
"Haï" (Gato featuring Booba) | 21 | – | – | |||
2020 | "Blanche" (Maes featuring Booba) | 2 | 49 | 10 | * FRA: Diamond [14] | Maes album Les derniers salopards |
"La zone" (SDM featuring Booba) | 28 | – | – | |||
"Charbon" (Leto featuring Booba) | 27 | – | – | Leto album 100 visages | ||
"Tout gâcher" (Green Montana featuring Booba) | 25 | 9 (Ultratip*) | 80 | Green Montana album Alaska | ||
"Pompeii" (JSX featuring Booba) | 8 | 23 (Ultratip*) | – | * FRA: Gold [14] | ||
2021 | "Daddy" (SDM featuring Booba) | 14 | – | – | SDM album Ocho | |
"32" (Dala featuring Booba) | 65 | – | – | |||
"Kayna" (Kayna Samet featuring Booba) | 106 | – | – | |||
"GTA" (JSX featuring Booba) | 20 | – | – |
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | Certifications | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FRA [11] | BEL (Wa) [12] | SWI [13] | ||||
2012 | "Jimmy" | 108 | – | – | Futur | |
"Kalash" (featuring Kaaris) | 116 | – | – | |||
"Wesh Morray" | 121 | – | – | |||
"Rolex" (featuring Gato) | 131 | – | – | |||
"Tout c'que j'ai" | 150 | – | – | |||
"C'est la vie" (featuring 2 Chainz) | 153 | – | – | |||
"1.8.7" (featuring Rick Ross) | 158 | – | – | |||
"2Pac" | 191 | – | – | |||
2013 | "2.0" | 41 | – | – | Future 2.0 | |
"Une vie" | 44 | – | – | |||
"Billets verts" | 87 | – | – | |||
2015 | "Temps mort 2.0" (featuring Lino) | 58 | – | – | D.U.C | |
"G-Love" (featuring Farruko) | 69 | – | – | |||
"3 G" | 70 | – | – | |||
"Caracas" | 116 | – | – | |||
"D.U.C" | 84 | – | – | |||
"Bellucci" (featuring Future) | 86 | – | – | |||
"Loin d'ici" | 112 | – | – | |||
"Les meilleurs" (featuring 40 000 Gang) | 151 | – | – | |||
"Billets violets" | 161 | – | – | |||
"All Set" (featuring Jeremih) | 163 | – | – | |||
"Jack Da" | 165 | – | – | |||
"Mr. Kopp" | 146 | – | – | |||
"Comme les autres" | 169 | – | – | Nero Nemesis | ||
"Habibi" | 119 | – | – | |||
"4G" | 109 | – | – | |||
"Walabok" | 124 | – | – | |||
"Talion" | 137 | – | – | |||
"92I Veyron" | 57 | 16 (Ultratip*) | – | * FRA: Diamond [14] | ||
"Charbon" | 168 | – | – | |||
"Pinocchio" (featuring Damso and Gato) | 115 | – | – | |||
"Zer'" (featuring Siboy and Benash) | 120 | – | – | |||
2017 | "Petite fille" | 28 | – | 32 | Trône | * FRA: Diamond [14] |
"Trône" | 32 | – | 34 | * FRA: Platinum [14] | ||
"113" (featuring Damso) | – | – | 38 | * FRA: Platinum [14] | ||
"Ridin'" | 40 | – | – | * FRA: Platinum [14] | ||
"Ça va aller" (featuring Niska and Sidiki Diabaté) | 40 | – | – | * FRA: Gold [14] | ||
"Friday" | 43 | 30 | 74 | * FRA: Diamond [14] | ||
"Drapeau noir" | 48 | – | 91 | * FRA: Platinum [14] | ||
"À la folie" | 55 | – | – | * FRA: Gold [14] | ||
"Terrain" | 74 | – | – | * FRA: Gold [14] | ||
"Centurion" | 85 | – | – | * FRA: Gold [14] | ||
"Bouyon" (featuring Gato) | 98 | – | – | * FRA: Gold [14] | ||
"Magnifique" | 130 | – | – | * FRA: Gold [14] | ||
2021 | "GP" | 2 | – | – | Ultra | * FRA: Gold [14] |
"VVV" | 3 | – | 26 | * FRA: Gold [14] | ||
"Ultra" | 4 | – | 27 | * FRA: Gold [14] | ||
"RST" | 5 | – | – | * FRA: Gold [14] | ||
"Bonne journée" (featuring SDM) | 6 | – | – | |||
"Vue sur la mer" (featuring Dala) | 8 | – | – | |||
"Je sais" | 9 | – | – | |||
"Dernière fois" (featuring Bramsito) | 10 | – | – | * FRA: Gold [14] | ||
"L'olivier" | 12 | – | – | |||
"Grain de sable" (featuring Elia) | 13 | – | – | |||
"31" (featuring Gato) | 14 | – | – | |||
2024 | "Abidal" | 18 | – | – | Ad vitam æternam | |
"Bénigni" | 21 | – | – | |||
"Signé" | 27 | – | – | |||
"GM" | 36 | – | – | |||
"CVBSP" | 41 | – | – |
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Nolwenn Le Magueresse, known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy, is a French musician and actress.
Thomas Gérard Idir, better known by his stage name Sinik, is a French-language rapper. He is also known as Malsain ("Unhealthy") and L'assassin. His father is Algerian while his mother is French. In 2001, he founded his label Six o Nine (6-0-9).
The discography of Hélène Ségara, a French pop singer, consists of eleven studio albums, various compilation albums, one live albums and twenty-nine singles. Throughout her singer career, Ségara has obtained success in France and Francophone Belgium.
This article presents the discography of the French pop rock singer Calogero.
Kassim Djae, better known by his stage name Alonzo, is a French rapper and singer. He was signed to Def Jam Recordings France.
The discography of French recording artist Shy'm consists of seven studio albums, two compilation albums, and 35 singles. All six of her studio albums have reached the top ten position on France; Caméléon, released in 2012, managed to reach number one. In the same week that Caméléon was released, she released her only compilation album to date, L'intégrale. She has sold over 1,500,000 albums in France.
Karim Zenoud, better known by his stage name Lacrim, is a French rapper of Algerian descent. Fans of him widely refer to themselves as "Lacriminels" (masculine), "Lacriminelles" (feminine), or simply "Lacriminals" in English.
Gilles Ateyaba Koffi Soler better known as Ateyaba, previously as Joke is a French rapper.
Wanani Gradi Mariadi, better known by his stage name Gradur, is a French rapper of Congolese origin from Roubaix, Hauts-de-France. He first gained recognition from a series of freestyles called Sheguey.
Kévin Valleray, known by his stage name Kalash, is a Martinican-born French rapper and singer mixing trap music and Caribbean influences. Kalash is a reference to the Russian Kalashnikov rifle. He is also famous for his collaborations with French rap and hip hop artists notably Booba and Admiral T. His album Kaos released on 6 May 2016 on Capitol Records / Universal Music Group reached number 4 on the French SNEP albums chart.
Julien Schwarzer, known professionally as SCH, is a French rapper from Marseille.
Stanislas Georges Dinga-Pinto, better known by the stage name Niska, is a French rapper from Évry, Essonne. He is signed to Universal Music France and Barclay Records. He was initially in the rap group Negro Deep before going solo. Niska is an anagram of the shortened version of his name (Stani) with the syllables in reverse (Nista). He then replaced the "t" with a "k". Niska has released four albums, Charo Life (2015), Zifukoro (2016), Commando (2017), Mr Sal (2019), and Le monde est méchant (2021) with the first two reaching number 3 on SNEP, the official French Albums chart and the third and fourth topping the French chart.
This is the discography of French singer and songwriter M. Pokora.
Sofiane Zermani is a French rapper. He is also known as Fianso. Born in Saint-Denis, Paris Region, he lived in the nearby Stains until age 13 when he moved to Le Blanc-Mesnil.
William Kalubi Mwamba, better known by his stage name Damso ‘, is a Belgian-Congolese rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is popular in France, where all of his albums were certified at least platinum.
Marwa Outamghart, commonly known as Marwa Loud, is a French singer. In 2017, she was signed to Lartiste's record label Purple Money Purple (PMP). She is best known for a number of singles, notably "Bimbo". Her debut album Loud was certified gold in 2018 reaching number 2 on the French Albums Chart and also charting in Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland. Her song "Bad Boy" rose to popularity after several videos on social media used the song over clips of English footballer Mason Mount doing his signature goal celebration.
Jean-Désiré Dimitri Sosso Dzabatou, better known by his stage name Naza, is a French rapper and singer of Congolese descent. He is signed to the record label Bomayé Musik. Naza has released three albums: Incroyable (2017), C'est la loi (2018), and Bénef (2019). He is also known for collaborating frequently with fellow French rapper KeBlack.
French singer Louane has released four studio albums, two extended plays, 20 singles, and five promotional singles.
Walid Georgey, known professionally as Maes, is a French rapper of Moroccan origin from Sevran. He has released two albums and a number of singles and is best known for "Madrina" featuring French rapper Booba.