Slimane

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. He performed during Star Music Beach Tour in 2012 with Richard Cross.

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. 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 VersuS Released: 23 August 2019 Label: Capitol Format: Physical, digital download, streaming 1 78 1 99 6 1 FRA: 1,000,000 Chroniques d'un Cupidon Released: 2 September 2022 Label: Noé Format: Digital download, streaming 1 83 1 — 6 1 FRA: 200,000 Il faut que tu saches Released: 4 December 2025 Label: Noé Format: Digital download, streaming 3 — 2 — 16 28 FRA: 200,000 Label: Capitol Format: Digital download, streaming 1 3 16 SNEP: Platinum Label: Jasamara Format: Digital download, streaming Selfish Released: 5 June 2026 Label: Noé Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles Charted and certified singles

10 — — — — — — — — — SNEP: Platinum BRMA: 2× Platinum

68 — — — — — — — — — BRMA: Gold

42 — 4 — — — — — — — SNEP: Platinum Essentiels

2024 161 — 46 — — — — — — — SNEP: Gold

12 — SNEP: Diamond — SNEP: Gold