Artist · chart history
Stromae
Solo artist Etterbeek Belgium
Stromae is an artist from Etterbeek. Stromae has 5 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2013–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “L'Enfer”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #3. The station that charted Stromae most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2022.
Stromae, born Paul Van Haver in Etterbeek in 1985, is the Belgian singer, rapper and producer who figured out how to make a dance record feel like a confession. His hip-hop and electronic hybrid first broke big in 2009 with "Alors on danse", off Cheese, a single that went to number one in several European countries.
Racine carrée, in 2013, made him a superstar, moving two million copies in France alone on the back of "Papaoutai" and "Formidable". The latter is his gift in a nutshell: a stumbling, woozy vocal, half-sung and half-ranted, dropped over a stately electronic pulse, the drama pitched high enough for a theatre stage. "Ta fête" brought the stomp.
After a long wait, Multitude arrived in 2022, and it kept his knack for melancholy you can move to. "L'Enfer" is its stark, exposed heart, while "Santé" and "Fils de Joie" dance on the edge of it. The Victoires de la Musique named him male artist of the year in 2014 and again in 2023, and Belgium made him a Commander of the Order of the Crown in 2024.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Stromae on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L'Enfer | 1 | #3 | – | 2022 | |
| 2 | Formidable | 1 | #19 | – | 2013 | |
| 3 | Ta fête | 1 | #27 | – | 2014 | |
| 4 | Santé | 1 | #70 | – | 2022 | |
| 5 | Fils de Joie | 1 | #81 | – | 2022 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | L'Enfer | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2022 |
| 2022 | 70 | Santé | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2022 |
| 2022 | 81 | Fils de Joie | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2022 |
| 2014 | 27 | Ta fête | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2014 |
| 2013 | 19 | Formidable | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2013 |
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