He and his siblings were raised by their mother, as his father, an architect, was killed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, while visiting his family. Paul Van Haver was born in Brussels and raised in the city's Laeken district, to a Rwandan Tutsi father, Pierre Rutare, and a Flemish mother, Miranda Van Haver. 2.5 2018–present: New work and Multitude.2.3 2008–2012: Breakthrough and international success.2.2 2007–08: Debut EP and record career.‘Papaoutai’, the first single for his new album has reached 120 million views on Youtube. And in 2011, his debut album 'Cheese' won the award for Best Dance Album at the Victoires de la Musique. Stromae was one of the ten winners of the European Border Breakers Award 2011. At the end of 2010, he was nominated for "Best Dutch and Belgian Act" at the MTV Europe Music Awards. In September of the same year, Stromae collaborated with Kanye West on a remix of his hit ‘Alors on danse’. Vertigo Records, a label of Mercury Records France (Universal Music Group) signed him for a worldwide licensing deal soon after this.īy May 2010, the track ‘Alors on danse’ had reached number one in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Greece, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Romania and the Czech Republic.
Sales quickly rose to number one in Belgium in just a matter of weeks. The response from listeners was one of extreme enthusiasm and Stromae's career was launched. Vincent Verbelen, Music Manager, was impressed by the talent of Stromae's first single 'Alors on danse' and decided to air it for the first time on NRJ. In 2009 Paul worked as a young trainee at the musical radio station NRJ in Brussels. At the age of eleven, Paul Van Haver showed an interest in music and attended 'l'Académie Musicale de Jette', where he studied music history and learned to play the drums. He was born in Brussels of a Rwandan father and a Belgian mother.
He first became famous with the song ‘Alors on danse’, which remained at number one for several weeks in numerous countries throughout Europe. He has distinguished himself in both hip-hop and electronic music. Paul Van Haver, better known as Stromae is a Belgian singer-songwriter.
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