Slimane Nebchi (; born 13 October 1989), also known professionally by the mononym Slimane, is a French singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence after winning season 5 of The Voice: la plus belle voix as part of Team Florent Pagny.
As part of his solo career he has achieved over twenty-five chart entries on the French Singles Chart, including a number-one single as a featured artist with the song "Bella ciao". Nebchi has released four studio albums during his career with three of them peaking at number-one on the French Albums Charts. He represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Mon amour", finishing in fourth place.
Early life Nebchi was born on 13 October 1989 in Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, France. He is of Algerian descent through his grandparents, who migrated to Paris from Biskra and Ghazaouet. He attended the Lycée Jehan in Chelles, later moving to Les Lilas, a suburb of Paris, where he worked for la société ATEED for a few years.
Career He started putting music online including own compositions like "Toi et moi", "Je n'y suis pour rien", "Salem" and "Amour Impossible" the latter as a duo with Princesse Sofia. Before the French The Voice, he took part in a number of music competitions; Nouvelle Star in 2009, X Factor in 2011 and Encore une chance in 2012 and in season 2 of Je veux signer chez AZ.Public.fr: Slimane (The Voice 5) : Il avait déjà tenté Nouvelle Star, X Factor He performed during Star Music Beach Tour in 2012 with Richard Cross.Le Figaro: Slimane (The Voice) : cet habitué de la télé a ému Twitter
In 2015, he obtained a secondary role in Didier Barbelivien's French musical Marie-Antoinette et le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge, which launched in 2017.
In 2016, at age 26, he auditioned for season 5 of The Voice: la plus belle voix singing "À fleur de toi" originally by Vitaa. All four judges turned their chairs, indicating in the gameshow they wished to take him through to the next round. He opted to be in Team Florent Pagny. On 14 May 2016, he won the title with 33% of the public vote, beating his fellow finalist, MB14.
In November 2023, it was announced that he would represent in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Mon amour". He achieved fourth place in the final standings, in a pool of 26 contestants.
Legal issues On 29 October 2024, he was accused of sexual harassment by a technician during his tour in December 2023. On 18 November, it was revealed that a second sexual harassment complaint had been filed against him. In September 2025, he was found guilty, and fined €10,000.
Discography
Studio albums +List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions Units Certifications FRA BEL(Fl) BEL(Wa) GER SWI SWI(Ro) À bout de rêves Released: 8 July 2016 Label: Capitol Format: Physical, digital download, streaming 1 116 1 — 4 1 FRA: 300,000 BEL: 10,000 SNEP: 3× Platinum BRMA: Gold Solune Released: 26 January 2018 Label: Capitol Format: Physical, digital download, streaming 2 — 1 — 8 1 FRA: 200,000 BEL: 20,000 SNEP: 2× Platinum BRMA: Platinum VersuS Released: 23 August 2019 Label: Capitol Format: Physical, digital download, streaming 1 78 1 99 6 1 FRA: 1,000,000 BEL: 20,000 SNEP: 2× Diamond BRMA: Platinum Chroniques d'un Cupidon Released: 2 September 2022 Label: Noé Format: Digital download, streaming 1 83 1 — 6 1 FRA: 200,000 BEL: 20,000 SNEP: 2× Platinum BRMA: Platinum Il faut que tu saches Released: 4 December 2025 Label: Noé Format: Digital download, streaming 3 — 2 — 16 28 FRA: 200,000 SNEP: Gold "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory."*" denotes an album that did not exist at that time.
Compilation albums
+List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications FRA BEL(Wa) SWI Essentiels Released: 9 May 2024 Label: Capitol Format: Digital download, streaming 1 3 16 SNEP: Platinum
Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected details Title Details Tourne le monde Released: 5 April 2011 Label: Jasamara Format: Digital download, streaming Selfish Released: 5 June 2026 Label: Noé Format: Digital download, streaming
Singles Charted and certified singles Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album or EP FRA AUT BEL(Wa) FIN IRE LTU NLD NOR SWE WW ""201610————————— SNEP: Platinum BRMA: 2× PlatinumÀ bout de rêves ""68————————— BRMA: Gold ""75————————— SNEP: Gold BRMA: Platinum ""(with ) 37 — 8 — — — — — — — SNEP: Gold ""139————————— ""2017163————————— BRMA: Gold ""195————————— BRMA: GoldSolune ""103—10——————— SNEP: Diamond BRMA: 2× Platinum ""(featuring )2018——10——————— BRMA: Gold "" — — 13 — — — — — — — SNEP: Gold BRMA: 2× Platinum "Je te le donne"(with Vitaa)201912—3——————— SNEP: DiamondVersuS "Versus"(with Vitaa) 159 — 35 — — — — — — — SNEP: Gold BRMA: Platinum ""(with Vitaa) 42 — 4 — — — — — — — SNEP: Platinum BRMA: Platinum "Avant toi"(with Vitaa)11—2——————— SNEP: Diamond BRMA: 2× Platinum "Pas beaux"(with Vitaa)112—5——————— BRMA: Gold ""(with Vitaa) 2020 178 — 20 — — — — — — — SNEP: Gold VersuS - Chapitre II "De l'or"(with Vitaa)109—8——————— SNEP: Platinum "XY"(with Vitaa)2021182—47——————— SNEP: PlatinumVersuS ""(with Dadju and Gims) 36 — — — — — — — — — SNEP: Platinum Le fléau ""(with Hatik) 103 — — — — — — — — — Noyé: vague à l'âme(Suite et fin) "" 2022 39 — 7 — — — — — — — SNEP: Diamond Chroniques d'un cupidon ""30—7——————— SNEP: Diamond ""(featuring Claudio Capéo)2023 110 — 19 — — — — — — — SNEP: Platinum "Mon amour" 2 45 4 47 76 8 37 53 24 144 SNEP: Diamond BRMA: 2× Platinum Essentiels " (What About Peace?)" 2024 161 — 46 — — — — — — — SNEP: Gold "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
As featured artist Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album FRA BEL (Wa) SWI ""(Patrick Fiori featuring Slimane) 2017 — — — Promesse "Bella ciao"(Naestro featuring Maître Gims, Vitaa, Dadju, and Slimane) 2018 1 13 41 SNEP: Diamond Ceinture noire ""(Jenifer featuring Slimane) 183 8 — SNEP: Platinum Nouvelle page "Safe Digga"(Mike Singer featuring Slimane) — — — Deja Vu ""(Madame Monsieur featuring Slimane) 2020 — — — Tandem ""(A Filetta featuring Slimane) 2022 — — — Corsu - Mezu Mezu 2 ""(Florent Pagny featuring Slimane) 2023 — — — 2bis ""(Nej' featuring Slimane) — — — Athena ""(Ycare featuring Slimane) — — — Nos futurs ""(Patrick Fiori featuring Slimane, Claudio Capéo, and Soprano) 2024 — — — Le chant est libre ""(Zacques featuring Slimane) — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Other singles Title Year Album or EP "" 2017 ""(with Vitaa) 2019 VersuS "On My Skin"(with Vitaa and Camélia Jordana) ""(with Vitaa and Dadju) 2020 VersuS – Chapitre II "" 2021 "" 2022 Chroniques d'un cupidon "" "" "" ""(featuring Soprano) ""(featuring La Zarra) ""(featuring ) ""(featuring Manal) "" 2025 Il faut que tu saches "Higher"(with Vanina) 2026 Selfish
Other charted and certified songs Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album FRA BEL(Wa) ""2016 12 — SNEP: Diamond BRMA: GoldÀ bout de rêves "" 192 — "" 120 — ""(with Michel Delpech) 137 — J'étais un ange ""(with Vitaa and Kendji Girac) 2019 — — SNEP: Gold VersuS ""(with Vitaa) — — SNEP: Gold ""(with Vitaa and Gims) — — ""(with Vitaa and Amel Bent) — — ""(with Vitaa) — — ""(with Vitaa) — — "" 2022 — — SNEP: Gold Chroniques d'un cupidon "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Soundtracks 2015: Marie-Antoinette et le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge "Tu penses à elle" (with Mickaël Miro) "La terreur citoyen" (solo) "La France" (with Kareen Antonn, Mickaël Miro and Valentin Marceau) "La désillusion" (with Valentin Marceau and Mickaël Miro) "Marie-Antoinette" (solo)
Filmography 2016 – Léo Matteï, Brigade des mineurs as Raphaël 2018 – Break as Malik
Television France 2007 – Popstars (M6, 4 season) – candidate 2009 – Nouvelle Star (M6, 7 season) – candidate 2011 – X Factor (M6, 2 season)– candidate 2012 – Encore une chance (NRJ 12) – candidate 2016 – The Voice (season 5) (TF1) – winner 2018 – Fort Boyard (France 2) – candidate 2018 – La France a un incroyable talent (M6, 13 season) – participation in the jury of the second semi-final 2019 – Miss France (TF1) – jury 2019 – Boyard Land (France 2) – candidate 2023-2024 The Voice Kids France (TF1) – jury
Sweden 2024 – Eurovision 2024 – Finalist
Belgium 2018-2019 – The Voice Belgique (7 & 8 season) – jury 2020 The Voice Kids Belgique (season 1) – jury
Philanthropy Slimane has been part of the Les Enfoirés charity show since 2019.
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