Suarez (band)

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Suarez
Origin Mons, Belgium
Genres Pop
Years active2008-present
LabelsPIAS/30 février
MembersMarc Pinilla
Max "Njava" Randriamanjava
Pata "Njava" Randriamanjava
Dada Ravalison
David Donnat (since 2011)
Website www.tadros.com

Suarez is a Belgian rock pop band with Marc Pinilla on lead vocals and the musician brothers Max et Pata Njava and their cousin Dada Ravalison. The band was established in 2008 in Mons, Belgium where the band had its own studio. In 2008, they showcased in a number of festivals including Les Francofolies de Spa where they performed in the new talents section of the festival with great reception prompting them to release two albums On attend, their debut in 2008 and L'indécideur in 2010. For their second album, Suarez received "Best new talent" award during Octaves de la musique, the music awards of the French Belgian market as well as "Album of the Year" for the same album. Their 2010 hit "Qu'est-ce que j'aime ça" remains their most known hit.

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2011 saw the joining of David Donnat as a fifth member to the band. The band's third album En équilibre in 2014 has been a commercial success and made it to the top of the Ultratop Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart.

Suarez' style of music includes elements of rock, pop, acoustic music, French, English, Latin and Malagasy (Madagascar) music from where most of the members come from. The band was named after Portuguese explorer Diego Suarez who explored Madagascar where the Bay of Diego Suarez is named after him. The band has a following in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Canada.

Members

Suzarez' lead vocalist Marc Pinilla served as a coach during the second, third and sixth season, and a guest mentor on the anniversary season of The Voice Belgique , the Belgian version of the music competition show.

Discography

Albums

YearAlbumPeak positionsCertification
BEL
(Fl)
[1] 		BEL
(Wa)
[2]
2008On attend—10
2010L'indécideur—6Gold
2014En équilibre1061Gold
2017Ni rancœur ni colère—2

Singles

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
BEL
(Wa)
Ultratop
[2] 		BEL
(Wa)
Ultratip
FR
[3]
2008"On attend"—22—On attend
2009"Juste pour voir"
(Suarez & Stéphanie Crayencour)		—11—
2010"Qu'est-ce que j'aime ça"8—163L'indécideur
"L'indécideur"17——
2011"On s'en fout"36——
"Le temps de voir"—11—
"La fin du monde"—1—Non-album release
2012"Le temps de voir"
(Léonie & Suarez)		—6—En équilibre
2013"Souffle de délire"39——
2014"Au bord du gouffre"16——
"Envoyer valser"—3—
2017"Ni rancœur ni colère"14——Ni rancœur ni colère
"Sur tes lèvres"18——
2019"Dix ans"24——Non-album singles
2020"Cavale"15——
"Céleste"49——
2022"La vie devant"40——

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Suarez discography". ultratop.be/fr/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Suarez discography". lescharts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
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