Orelsan discography
| Orelsan discography | |
|---|---|
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| Studio albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 29 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 18 |
| Mixtapes | 1 |
The following article outlines the discography of French rapper, songwriter and record producer Orelsan, which includes four solo studio albums, two extended plays and multiple singles. He is also one half of the French hip hop duo Casseurs Flowters, along with Gringe, with whom he has released two studio albums.
His first single, "Changement", was released in 2008 as the lead single from his first studio album, Perdu d'avance, which was released in 2009. His first extended play, Zéro, was released in 2010. His second studio album, Le chant des sirènes, was released in 2011. "RaelSan" was released as the lead single from the album, with five more singles released from the album thereafter.
Together with fellow rapper Gringe, Orelsan released Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters, in 2013 as the duo Casseurs Flowters. "Bloqué" was released as the lead single from the album. In 2015, the two followed up with their second studio album as a duo, Comment c'est loin, which is also a soundtrack album for their film of the same name. "À l'heure où je me couche" was released as the album's lead single.
On 20 September 2017, Orelsan released the first single from his third solo studio album, entitled "Basique", along with its music video which went viral, generating 100+ million views on Youtube. On 20 October 2017, the album La fête est finie was released, to huge critical and commercial success, selling over one million copies in France.
Civilisation is his fourth solo studio album, released on 19 November 2021. It topped the French Albums Chart and Belgian (Wallonia) record chart Ultratop. Most notable singles from the album include L'odeur de l'essence, "Jour meilleur" and "La Quête" .
Albums[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [1] |
BEL (WA) [2] |
SWI [3] | |||
| Perdu d'avance |
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64 | 20 | — | |
| Le chant des sirènes |
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3 | 10 | 31 |
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| La fête est finie |
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1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Civilisation |
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1 | 1 | 2 |
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Collaborative albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [1] |
BEL (WA) [2] |
SWI [3] | |||
| Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters (with Gringe as Casseurs Flowters) |
|
8 | 29 | 40 |
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| Comment c'est loin (with Gringe as Casseurs Flowters) |
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24 | 61 | 83 |
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Mixtape[edit]
| Title | Notes |
|---|---|
| Fantasy : Episode 1 (with Gringe as Casseurs Flowters) |
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Extended plays[edit]
| Title | Notes |
|---|---|
| Zéro |
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| N'importe comment (with The Toxic Avenger) |
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Singles[edit]
As lead artist[edit]
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (WA) [2] |
FRA [1] |
SWI [3] | ||||
| "Changement" | 2008 | — | — | — | Perdu d'avance | |
| "RaelSan" | 2011 | — | 77 | — | Le chant des sirènes | |
| "Double vie" | — | — | — | |||
| "Plus rien ne m'étonne" | —[a] | 46 | — | |||
| "Suicide social" | — | 53 | — | |||
| "La terre est ronde" | —[b] | 15 | —[c] | |||
| "Ils sont cools" (featuring Gringe) |
31 | 66 | — | |||
| "Si seul" | — | 176 | — | |||
| "Basique" | 2017 | 10 | 9 | 69 | La fête est finie | |
| "La pluie" (featuring Stromae) |
2 | 10 | —[d] |
| ||
| "Rêves bizarres" (featuring Damso) |
2018 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
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Épilogue (re-release of La fête est finie) |
| "Millions" (with Ninho) |
2021 | 3 | 3 | 74 |
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No Limit (compilation album) |
| "L'odeur de l'essence" | 4 | 1 | 19 |
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Civilisation | |
| "Jour meilleur" | — | 1 |
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| "La quête" | 12 | 2 | 20 |
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| "Du propre" | — | 3 | 25 |
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| "Ensemble" (featuring Skread) | — | 15 | — |
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| "Évidemment" (with Angèle) | 2022 | 10 | 4 | 65 |
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Civilisation Édition Ultime |
| with Casseurs Flowters | ||||||
| "Bloqué" | 2013 | 40 | 70 | — | Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters | |
| "À l'heure où je me couche" | 2015 | — | 34 | — |
|
Comment c'est loin |
As featured artist[edit]
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (WA) [2] |
FRA [1] |
SWI [3] | ||||
| "Ma grosse" (Nessbeal featuring Orelsan) |
2010 | — | — | — | NE2S | |
| "D.P.M.O. (remix)" (Professor Green featuring Orelsan) |
2012 | — | 160 | — | Non-album single | |
| "Ne regrette rien" (Benjamin Biolay featuring Orelsan) |
— | 157 | — | Vengeance | ||
| "Mon pote" (Flynt featuring Orelsan) |
— | 185 | — | Itinéraire bis | ||
| "AVF" (Stromae featuring Maître Gims and Orelsan) |
2013 | 38 | 43 | — | Racine carrée | |
| "La nuit c'est fait pour dormir" (Maître Gims featuring Orelsan & H Magnum) |
2018 | — | 83 | — | Ceinture noire | |
| "Potentiel" (Lefa featuring Orelsan) |
— | 41 | — | 3 du mat | ||
| "Le temps" (MHD featuring Orelsan) |
— | 58 | — | 19 | ||
| "Qui dit mieux" (Gringe feat. Orelsan, Vald & Suikon Blaz AD) |
— | 24 | — | Enfant lune | ||
| "Déchiré" (Gringe feat. Orelsan) |
— | 67 | — | |||
| "La vérité" (Lomepal feat. Orelsan) |
8[e] | 5 | — | Jeannine | ||
| "À qui la faute" (Kery James featuring Orelsan) |
2019 | — | 94 | — | ||
| "Toujours plus" (Lorenzo featuring Orelsan) |
13 | — | — | Sex in the City | ||
| "Ma Life" (Oxmo Puccino featuring Orelsan) |
— | 140 | — | |||
| "Peon" (Vald featuring Orelsan) |
2022 | 33 | 1 | — | V | |
| "Jour Meilleur (Edit)" (Lost Frequencies featuring Orelsan) |
2023 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
Other charted songs[edit]
| Song | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (WA) [2] |
FRA [1][9][10] |
SWI [3] | ||||
| "Zone" (featuring Nekfeu and Dizzee Rascal) |
2017 | — | 12 | — | La fête est finie | |
| "Notes pour trop tard" (featuring Ibeyi) |
— | 15 | 42 |
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| "San" | — | 20 | 24 |
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| "Paradis" | — | 32 | — |
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| "Défaite de famille" | — | 33 | 40 |
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| "La fête est finie" | — | 38 | — |
| ||
| "Christophe" (featuring Maître Gims) |
— | 43 | — |
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| "Tout va bien" | 24 | 20 | — |
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| "Quand est-ce que ça s'arrête ?" | — | 83 | — |
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| "Dans ma ville, on traîne" | — | 105 | — |
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| "Bonne meuf" | — | 107 | — |
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| "La lumière" | — | 115 | — |
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| "Fantômes" | 2018 | — | 19 | — | Épilogue (re-release of La fête est finie) | |
| "Tout va bien" (Remix) (featuring Eugy and Kojo Funds) |
— | 53 | — |
| ||
| "Tout ce que je sais" (featuring YBN Cordae) |
— | 21 | — | |||
| "La famille, la famille" | — | 13 | 98 | |||
| "Mes grands-parents" | — | 17 | — | |||
| "Discipline" | — | 27 | — | |||
| "Adieu les filles" | — | 14 | 100 |
| ||
| "Excuses ou mensonges" | — | 24 | — | |||
| "Dis-moi" | — | 28 | — | |||
| "Epilogue" | — | 15 | — |
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| "Shonen" | 2021 | — | 4 | — |
|
Civilisation |
| "Seul avec du monde autour" | — | 6 | — |
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| "Casseurs Flowters Infinity" | — | 7 | — |
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| "Rêve mieux" | — | 8 | — |
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| "Baise le monde" | — | 10 | — |
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| "Bébéboa" | — | 11 | — |
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| "Manifeste" | — | 12 | — |
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| "Civilisation" | — | 16 | — |
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| "Athéna" | — | 17 | — |
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| "Dernier verre" (featuring The Neptunes) | — | 18 | — |
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| with Casseurs Flowters | ||||||
| "La mort du disque" | 2013 | — | 57 | — | Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters | |
| "Fais les backs" | — | 115 | — | |||
| "Dans la place pour être" | 43[f] | 34 | — | |||
| "Regarde comme il fait beau (dehors)" | 3[g] | 58 | — | |||
| "Inachevés" | 2015 | — | 101 | — | Comment c'est loin | |
| "Si facile" | — | 174 | — | |||
Guest appearances[edit]
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "No Life" (remix)[11] | 2009 | Nessbeal | RSC Sessions Perdues |
| "Je rêve en enfer"[12] | 2010 | Jena Lee | Ma référence |
| "Ma grosse"[13] | Nessbeal | NE2S | |
| "The Experience"[14] | 2011 | MC Melodee, Frenkie, Curse, Mariama, Remi, Rival, Valete, GMB, Marcus Price, Shot, Nach, Luche, Pitcho | Diversidad – The Experience Album |
| "We Don't Sleep"[14] | Marcus Price, Pitcho, Nach, Remi | ||
| "Nouveau monde"[14] | Curse, Luche | ||
| "Cookin' in Your Pot"[14] | Marcus Price, Mariama, Curse, MC Melodee, Luche | ||
| "Slow Down"[14] | Rival, Valete, Shot, Frenkie | ||
| "La machine"[15] | Luce | Première Phalange | |
| "Tu vas prendre cher"[16] | La Fouine | Capital du crime, Vol. 3 | |
| "Mauvais plan"[17] | 2012 | Canardo, Gringe | À la youv |
| "Go Go Gadget"[18] | Disiz | Extra-lucide | |
| "Mon pote"[19] | Flynt | Itinéraire bis | |
| "D.P.M.O." (remix)[20] | Professor Green | — | |
| "C'est beau de rêver"[21] | Taipan, Gringe | Dans le circuit | |
| "Dernier MC" (remix)[22] | 2013 | Kery James, Fababy, Ladéa, Lino, Médine, REDK, S.A.M., Scylla, Tunisiano | Dernier MC |
| "Ceci n'est pas un Clip V: Sharingan"[23] | Maître Gims, 1solent, The Shin Sekaï | — | |
| "Courage fuyons"[24] | Médine | Protest Song | |
| "Lève les draps"[25] | Seth Gueko | Bad Cowboy | |
| "AVF"[26] | Stromae, Maître Gims | Racine carrée | |
| "Accélère"[27] | 2014 | Isleym | Où ça nous mène |
| "Can I Live"[28] | Murkage | Of Mystics and Misfits | |
| "Les portes du pénitencier" (Version longue)[29] | Shtar Academy, Bakar, Gringe, Keny Arkana, Lino, Médine, Nor, Nekfeu, Nemir, REDK, Sat, Alonzo, Soprano, Tékila, Vincenzo | Shtar Academy |
Music videos[edit]
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | "Ramen" (as Orel) | Orelsan |
| 2008 | "Changement" | Not available |
| 2009 | "No Life" | Pasquale Pagano |
| "La peur de l'échec" | David Tomaszewski | |
| 2011 | "RaelSan" | |
| "Différent" | Matthieu Valluet | |
| "Soirée ratée" | Jay Veesualz | |
| "1990" (appearances by Oxmo Puccino, Olivier Cachin and members of 1995) | Not available | |
| "Suicide social" | Mathieu Foucher | |
| "Plus rien ne m'étonne" | David Tomaszewski | |
| "RaelSan" (remixed video) | Not available | |
| "La terre est ronde" | Not available | |
| 2012 | "Ils sont cools" (feat. Gringe) | David Tomaszewski |
| "Si seul" | ||
| 2017 | "Basique" | Greg&Lio |
| "Tout va bien" | ||
| 2018 | "Défaite de famille" | Orelsan |
| "Paradis" | ||
| "La pluie" (feat. Stromae) | Paul, Luc & Martin | |
| "Rêve bizarres" | Adrien Lagier & Ousmane Ly | |
| 2019 | "Discipline" | |
| "Tout ce que je sais" | Simon David | |
| "Dis moi" | Orelsan | |
| "Fantômes" | Luke Monaghan | |
| 2021 | "L'odeur de l'essence" | David Tomaszewski |
| "Jour meilleur" | ||
| 2022 | "La Quête" | Victor Haegelin |
| "Du propre" | Kourtrajmeuf | |
| "Ensemble " | Quentin Deronzier | |
| with Casseurs Flowters | ||
| 2013 | "Bloqué" | David Tomaszewski |
| "La mort du disque" | Not available | |
| "Regarde comme il fait beau (dehors)" | ||
| 2014 | "Fais les backs" | David Tomaszewski |
| "Change de pote" | Jiwee, Orelsan | |
| "Des histoires à raconter" | Greg&Lio | |
| 2015 | "À l'heure où je me couche" | Christophe Offenstein |
| 2016 | "J'essaye, j'essaye" | Orelsan, Clément Cotentin |
| "Quand ton père t'engueule" | Not available | |
| "Le mal est fait" | Not available | |
Production[edit]
2011[edit]
Orelsan – Le chant des sirènes
- 9. "La petite marchande de porte-clefs" (co-produced with Marc Chouarain)
2013[edit]
- 4. "Ave cesaria" (co-produced with Stromae, Mauricio Delgados, Antonio Santos, Vincent Peirani and Schérazade)
- 13. "AVF" (featuring Maître Gims and Orelsan; co-produced with Stromae, Maître Gims and Atom)
Casseurs Flowters – Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters
- 8. "19h26 – La mort du disque"
- 16. "03h53 – Manger c'est tricher"
2017[edit]
Orelsan – La fête est finie
- 7. "Bonne meuf"
See also[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ "Plus rien ne m'étonne" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 35 on the Wallonian Ultratip chart.
- ^ "La terre est ronde" did not enter the Wallonian Ultratip chart, but peaked at number 9 on the Ultratop 50 chart.
- ^ "La terre est ronde" did not enter the Singles Top 100, but peaked at number 20 on the Romandy Top 20 Singles chart.
- ^ "La pluie" did not enter the Singles Top 100, but peaked at number 15 on the Romandy Top 20 Singles chart.
- ^ "La vérité" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 8 on the Wallonian Ultratip chart.
- ^ "Dans la place pour être" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 43 on the Wallonian Ultratip chart.
- ^ "Regarde comme il fait beau (dehors)" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 3 on the Wallonian Ultratip chart.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Discographie Orelsan". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ^ a b c d e "Discographie Orelsan". Belgium (Wallonia) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ^ a b c d e "Discographie Orelsan". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ^ a b c d "French album certifications – Orelsan" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2018". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ a b "French album certifications – Casseurs Flowters" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak "French single certifications – Orelsan" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "French single certifications – Casseurs Flowters" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
- ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles (téléchargement + streaming) – SNEP (Week 47, 2018)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ "Top Singles (Week 47, 2021)". SNEP. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Nessbeal – RSC Sessions Perdues". Discogs. 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Jena Lee – Ma Référence". Discogs. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Nessbeal – Ne2s". Discogs. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Diversidad – The Experience Album". Discogs. 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Chronique de Première Phalange" (in French). Music Story. 20 June 2011. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Tracklist Album La Fouine "Capitale du Crime Vol 3"" (in French). Rap2France.com. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Tracklist Album Canardo "A la youv"" (in French). Rap2France.com. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Disiz - Extra-Lucide". Discogs. 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Flynt - Itinéraire Bis". Discogs. October 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Professor Green - D.P.M.O (feat. Orelsan) - Single". iTunes. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ^ "Taipain – Court-circuit". Discogs. 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Kery James – Dernier MC". Discogs. May 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Maitre Gims - Ceci n'est pas un clip #05 - Sharingan" (in French). Maître Gims / Sexion d'Assaut on YouTube. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Medine – Protest Song". Discogs. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Seth Gueko - Bad Cowboy". Discogs. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Stromae – Racine Carrée". Discogs. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Isleym - Où ça nous mène (Album)". 2K Music. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Murkage - Of Mystics & Misfits". Discogs. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Shtar Academy - Shtar Academy". Discogs. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.