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Aurélien Cotentin better known by his stage name Orelsan stylized as OrelSan (born 1 August 1982 in Alençon, Orne), is a French hip hop and rap artist. He has released two albums, his debut Perdu d´avance released on 16 February 2009, and the follow-up Le Chant des sirènes released on 26 September 2011.
In May 2011, he released ”RaelSan”, as a first a pre-release and first single from the new album set for September 2011 entitled Le Chant des Sirènes. A second track from the album called ”Double view” was made available through Youtube and Skyrock. JUly to September 2011 saw the release of three more tracks, ”Plus rien ne m´étonne” at end of July, ”1990” as a tribute to the 1990s with appearances by Oxmo Puccino, Olivier Cachin and members from 1995, released end of August and finally ”Suicide social” released on 12 September. The album Le Chant des sirènes was released on 26 September 2011, with 16 tracks including in addition to the title track and the pre-releases, songs like ”Mauvaise idée”, ”Finir mal” and designated hit single ”La Terre est ronde” in addition to ”Ils sont cool” that featured Gringe. The album was certified gold peaking at #3 in the Fremch Albums Chart.
In 2012 , Orelsan won two awards in Victoires de la musique, one in the category ”Rap and Urban Album of the Year” for his album Le Chant des sirènes and for ”Best Group or Artist Revelation” chosen by the public.
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