Music in France?

Question

I am planning on studying abroad in Angers, France within the next year, and I was curious as to what music is popular over there. I have listened to MC Solaar and a band called Kyo and liked them both. Can anyone suggest any sort of rap or rock that is good?

Answer 1

when i went to europe a while back, i picked up a cd. it was completely random. and kinda metalish, it was by a band called the Eths. I liked it. they have a badass lead singer female.

Answer 2

Rap:

Sniper

Sinik

IAM

Booba

...

Rock:

Déportivo

Dionysos

Luke

Renan Luce

Damien Saez

Noir Desir

Indochine (<-- older stuff)

Louise Attaque (<--- folk-rock)

...

These are the only one I can think of right know.

Personaly, I'm not a rap fan, but I like some of Sniper's song.

The French are really into electro music now, with House Dj's like David Guetta, Bob Sinclair, Joachim Garraud and Martin Solveig.

Also, one of the big electro band of the moment is Justice.

Answer 3

In rap, the biggest right now is soprano.

Here is a duet with a young french singer :

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4l9uq_...

(the song starts at 1min)

Here is the French single chart :

http://www.chartsinfrance.net/charts/sin...

and the album chart :

http://www.chartsinfrance.net/charts/alb...