Stacy (zouk singer)

Stacy is a zouk singer from Martinique and Guyana who sings in French and Creole.

Biography

Volga-Plage beach near Fort-de-France
Volga-Plage, Fort-de-France

She grew up in the grew up in the Volga-plage and Baie des Tourelles neighbourhoods in Fort-de-France, Martinique.[1] Her father is also a zouk singer.[2]

Career

Her first single recorded with Dj Creeks MX, Et sans toi was a hit, charting at number 1 in the French West Indies and Guyana in 2014; its official video has been viewed over 10 million times on YouTube.[3]

She has made appearances on television including France 24, in the programme Le Paris des Arts en Martinique and at the Olympia Hall.[4][5]

Stacy was nominated for Best New International Act at the BET awards in 2020.[6] At the Soul Train Music Awards later that year, she performed in Creole as Soul Cypher, where guests show their talent by freestyling over an instrumental track.[7]

Stacy has recently moved from releasing singles to creating an album with her new label, Aztec Musique, the same label who signed Edith Lefel. As of March 2022, her track Fwisson has had nearly four million views on YouTube.[8] It inspired a number of lipsync videos; Stacy has said in an interview that she is pleased to see her work and language resonate and become better known in this way, defying an expectation that Creole language music cannot be exported from the Caribbean.[9]

Album

2020 Sous ma plume (Aztec Musique)[10]

References

  1. ^ Pinel-Fereol, Peggy (19 June 2020). "La chanteuse Stacy originaire de Martinique et de Guyane nominée au BET Awards". Martinique la 1ère (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  2. ^ "Stacy – AZTEC Musique". Aztec Musique (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  3. ^ "STACY - ET SANS TOI - (Clip officiel) Remake Zouk 2014". YouTube. 2014-01-22. Archived from the original on 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  4. ^ Fayolle, Valérie (2021-03-19). "Le Paris des arts - Le Paris des Arts en Martinique". France 24 (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  5. ^ Guyon, Nathalie (2020-10-22). "Vivez une semaine au rythme de Cœur Outre-mer". France tv & vous (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  6. ^ Etienne, Guy (2020-11-27). "La chanteuse Stacy, une nouvelle fois sollicitée par la chaîne américaine BET". Martinique la 1ère (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  7. ^ "Stacy : Cypher - Soul Train Awards 2020 - YouTube". YouTube. 2020-11-26. Archived from the original on 2022-03-29. Stacy pose sur le classique Lady de D'Angelo. Retrouvez sa performance le 1er Décembre lors des Soul Train Awards 2020
  8. ^ "STACY - FWISSON ( clip officiel )". YouTube. Apr 15, 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  9. ^ "J'interviewe STACY (Le milieu du Zouk, Fwisson, les BET Awards etc...) | NAKED - YouTube". YouTube. Wizzee. 28 November 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-03-29. La chanteuse de zouk est revenu sur son succès cette année, le milieu du zouk ou encore la gestion de sa carrière.
  10. ^ ""Sous ma plume" le premier album de Stacy". NRJ Antilles (in French). 2020-07-24. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2022-03-27.