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Sofien Hakim Manessour (born 21 March 1987 in Marseille), known professionally as Soso Maness (French pronunciation: [sosomanɛs] ), is a French rapper of Algerian descent. [1] [2] He has released three albums, Rescapé in 2019, Mistral in 2020 [3] and Avec le temps in 2021. [4] Mistral reached number 2 on the French Albums Chart. His song "Petrouchka" featuring rapper PLK reached number 1 on the French Singles Chart.
Title | Year | Peak positions | Certifications | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FRA [5] | BEL (Wa) [6] | SWI [7] | |||
Rescapé | 2019 | 49 | — | — | |
Mistral | 2020 | 2 | 14 | 47 | |
Avec le temps | 2020 | 1 | 5 | 12 | |
À L'aube | 2022 | — | 38 | 73 |
Title | Year | Peak positions | Album | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FRA [5] | BEL (Wa) [6] | SWI [7] | |||
"Zumba cafew" | 2021 | 90 | — | — | Avec le temps |
"Petrouchka" (featuring PLK) | 1 | 1 | 19 |
Title | Year | Peak positions | Album | |
---|---|---|---|---|
FRA [5] | BEL (Wa) [6] | |||
"So Maness" | 2020 | 19 | — | Mistral |
"Zodiaque" (feat. Da Uzi) | 50 | — | ||
"Dans mes rêves" | 55 | — | ||
"Qu'est-ce qu'ils connaissent?" (feat. Lacrim) | 65 | — | ||
"Mistral" | 75 | — | ||
"Boussole" (feat. Alonzo) | 78 | — | ||
"Pinpon" | 80 | — | ||
"Balance" | 102 | — | ||
"Le sang appelle le sang" | 122 | — | ||
"Fucked Up" | 125 | — | ||
"Interlude" | 126 | — | ||
"Ecouté par les vrais" | 183 | — | ||
"Sadio Maness" | 196 | — | ||
"DDD" (feat. Hornet La Frappe) | 198 | — | ||
"Lewandowski" (with Kore feat. Nahir) | 2021 | 145 | — | En Passant Pécho (soundtrack) |
"Les derniers marioles" (feat. SCH) | 15 | — | Avec le temps | |
"Puta Madre" (feat. Jul) | 13 | — | ||
"Dlb13" | 35 | — | ||
"Toute la noche" (feat. Gims) | 41 | — | ||
"3x filtre" | 67 | — | ||
"Fils de voyou" | 74 | — | ||
"Clair-obscur" | 82 | — | ||
"Sur la tête de mon ex" | 84 | — | ||
"Reveiller" | 89 | — | ||
"J'amerais tellement te dire" | 94 | — | ||
"Interlude (ô Baumettes)" | 100 | — | ||
"Outro" | 120 | — | ||
"Avec le temps" | 121 | — | ||
"Het gaat goed" | 127 | — | ||
"Madame Maness" | 133 | — | ||
Title | Year | Peak positions | Album | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FRA [5] | BEL (Wa) [6] | SWI [7] | |||
"Allez nique ta mère" (Lacrim feat. Soso Maness) | 2020 | 15 | — | — | Lacrim album R.I.P.R.O. 4 |
"Bande organisée" (SCH - Kofs - Jul - Naps - Soso Maness - Elams - Solda - Houari) | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 Organisé album 13 Organisé | |
"Combien" (Many - Jul - Solda - Moubarak - Soprano - Elams - Soso Maness - Veazy - Jhonson) | 6 | — | — | ||
"Ma gadji" (Kofs - Oussagaza - Don Choa - SAF - Soso Maness - 2Bang - Le Rat Luciano - Jul) | 10 | — | — | ||
"La nuit" (Tonyno - Soso Maness - Kara - Jul - Jazzy Jazz - Bilk - Fahar - Kamikaz - Djiha) | 36 | — | — | ||
"Nineta " (Alonzo feat. Soso Maness) | 2021 | 173 | — | — | Alonzo album Capo dei capi - Vol. II & III |
"Du nord au sud" (Da Uzi feat. Soso Maness & ZKR) | 64 | — | — | Da Uzi album Vrai 2 vrai |
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