Background
Amel Bent grew up in the French commune of Louisiana Courneuve with her Algerian father and a Moroccan mother.
Amel Bent grew up in the French commune of Louisiana Courneuve with her Algerian father and a Moroccan mother.
Her career jump started after making it to the semi-finals of the reality television show Nouvelle Star 2, France"s version of People’s Idol. Although her performance did not make it to the finals, she was still noticed by some of the show"s producers, and would end up making her début album later that year, titled: Un Jour d"été, released in late 2004. The album would sell more than 550,000 copies in France alone, but the success of the album would ultimately be derived from the single, "Ma Philosophie", which would sell at more than 500,000 copies, staying at the Number.1 slot, in France, for more than six weeks during and after sales.
She recently starred in the fourth French version of Dancing with the Stars.
Foreign her single "je reste" 2011, she co-starred with the actor from Metal Hurlant Chronicles Karl East. Landler Bent has the ability to sing in the whistle register.
2005: Nominated at the Music Television Europe Music like Best French Acting 2006: Nominated at the NRJ Music Award like Francophone Revelation of the Year 2006: Win the European Border Breakers Award of The Best French Acting 2006: Win the Victoires de la Musique of The Revelation of the Year 2008: Nominated at the NRJ Music Award like Francophone Female Artist of the Year 2010: Nominated at the NRJ Music Award like Francophone Female Artist of the Year 2013: Nominated at the NRJ Music Award like Francophone Female Artist of the Year.
