Artist of the Year (France)
On the French music scene, French-Malian pop artist Aya Nakamura is widely recognized as the most-streamed Francophone artist in the world. Her breakout hit song Djadja was accompanied by three albums that all included numerous chart-topping songs, such as Copines, Pookie, Plus Jamais, and Jolie nana.
I am extremely honored to be the very first Francophone artist to win an Apple Music Award as Artist of the Year (France). Thank you, Apple!
Aya Nakamura
Nakamura is one of the very few female artists to consistently land in the streaming charts in France, where are dominated primarily by male rappers. Her album AYA also garnered the highest first-week streams for an album released by a female artist on Apple Music, which several of her other songs have regularly topped the charts in France, Belgium, Niger, Cape Verde, and Micronesia.