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Silence is the lack of audible sound.
Paul Van Haver, better known by his stage name Stromae, is a Belgian-Rwandan singer-songwriter, rapper and musician. He is mostly known for his works in the genre of the hip hop and electronic music. Stromae came to wide public attention in 2009 with his song "Alors on danse", which became a number one in several European countries. In 2013, his second album Racine carrée was a commercial success, selling 2 million copies in France alone and nearly 600,000 units elsewhere. The main singles from the album include "Papaoutai" and "Formidable". He has sold over 8.5 million records worldwide.
Cheese is the debut album by Belgian musician Stromae, released on 14 June 2010. The songs "Bienvenue chez moi", "House'llelujah", "Rail de Musique", "Peace or Violence", "Te Quiero" and "Silence" were released as album-promo-singles, only "Rail de Musique" and "Bienvenue Chez Moi" did not chart. It features three official singles including the hit "Alors on danse", "Te Quiero" and "House'llelujah".
"Peace or Violence" is a 2010 song by Belgian singer Stromae, released on 31 May as the fourth promo-single for his album Cheese.
"Te Quiero" is a 2010 song by Belgian singer Stromae, released on May 10, 2010, as a CD-promo-single and on June 7 it was released as the 5th promo-single for his first album, Cheese. The official release date as a single of the album was August 27. The song has charted in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Poland and in Switzerland.
"House'llelujah" is a 2010 song by Belgian singer Stromae, released on 17 May 2010 as a promo-single for his album Cheese, on which it was included. The song only charted in Belgium. House'llelujah is derived from Hallelujah. He performed the song live at The Dome 55 in Hannover, Germany on 27 August 2010.
The discography of Belgian singer-songwriter Stromae consists of two studio albums, one extended play, 21 singles and five promotional singles.
"Up Saw Liz" is a song by Belgian singer Stromae, released in 2009 as a non-album single. In 2010, the song and a remix were featured on Stromae's second EP, called Mixture Elecstro. The title, "Up Saw Liz" has no significant meaning. Stromae has stated in one of his YouTube videos that the concept of the song was to point out that when it comes to a song, people care more about the beat than the lyrics. He even states this in the song: De toute façon tu t'enfous de c'que j'dirais. Que je fasse mon refrain ou pas, que je le bosse ou que j'le bacle alors j'dirais n'importe quoi, which in English means "anyway you don't care about what I'd say. If I make a chorus or not, whether I work hard on it or mess it up, so I'd say nonsense".
"Papaoutai" is a song written and performed by Belgian musician Stromae. The song was released as a digital download in Belgium on 13 May 2013 as the lead single from his second studio album Racine carrée (2013). The song peaked at number one in Belgium and France and became the best selling single of 2013 in Belgium. A remix of the song featuring Angel Haze also appears on the album.
"Formidable" is a song by Belgian singer Stromae. The song was released as a digital download in Belgium on 4 June 2013 as the second single from his second studio album Racine carrée (2013). The song entered at the number 1 spot the week of its release in Belgium and reached number 1 in France. It was his most financially successful single since "Alors on Danse" in 2009.
Racine carrée is the second studio album by Belgian musician Stromae. It was released digitally on 16 August 2013 and three days later physically in France and Belgium. Stromae expressed his desire to incorporate Caribbean and African musical influences along with his signature 1990s-inspired dance beats. The album, recorded in an attic, explores themes as diverse as alienation from social networks, relationship issues, discrimination, cigarettes and lung cancer, AIDS and absent father figures. Prior to its official release and afterwards, Racine carrée received critical acclaim for its thoughtful lyrics and gained comparisons to fellow Belgian recording artist Jacques Brel.
"Tous les mêmes" is a song by Belgian singer Stromae, released in 2014. The song has peaked at number one on music charts in both Belgium and France.
"Ta fête" is a song by Belgian singer Stromae. On 3 February 2014 it was released as the fourth single from his second studio album Racine carrée where it appears as the opening track. On 17 March 2014 it was announced that it would become the official song for the Belgian football selection at the 2014 World Cup. An official music video for the song was also released by Stromae official Vevo channel.
"Meltdown" is a song by Belgian artist Stromae featuring additional vocals from New Zealand singer Lorde, American hip hop artist Pusha T, American rapper Q-Tip and indie rock band Haim. It was released on 17 November 2014 as the opening track for the soundtrack album of the motion picture The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. "Meltdown" uses the instrumentation of "Merci", taken from Stromae's second studio album Racine carrée (2013), which was produced by the lead artist, Thomas Azier and Aron Ottingnon. It was well received by music critics and charted at the top spot in several of Stromae's native charts.
"Ave Cesaria" is a song by Belgian singer Stromae, the fifth single from his second album Racine carrée.
"Carmen" is a song by Belgian singer Stromae, the sixth single from his second album Racine carrée The animated music video, illustrated by Sylvain Chomet, the director of Belleville Rendez-Vous, was posted on social networks by the Facebook account of the American news website BuzzFeed Music. The video and lyrics of the song violently attack social networks through the depiction of the Twitter bird, set to the tune of "Habanera" from Georges Bizet's opera Carmen.
"Je cours" is a song by Belgian singer Stromae. It was released on his first studio album Cheese and is his fourth single.
"Santé" is a song by Belgian singer-songwriter Stromae. It was released on 15 October 2021 via Polydor Records. The song was written by Juanpaio Toch, Moon Willis and Stromae.
Multitude is the upcoming third album by Belgian musician Stromae. It will be released 4 March 2022. It will be the first studio album released by Stromae since Racine carrée in 2013. The first single, "Santé", was released on 15 October 2021.
References
- ↑ Silence aus dem Album Cheese
- ↑ "Stromae – Silence" (in French). Ultratop 50.
