Sliimy
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Sliimy performing live
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Yanis Sahraoui |
| Born |
16 September 1988 Saint-Étienne, France. |
| Genres | Pop, Rock, Soul |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, performance artist, dancer |
| Instruments | Vocals, Piano |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Warner Music Group |
| Website | www |
Yanis Sahraoui better known by his stage name Sliimy, pronounced like "Jimmy", (born 16 September 1988) is a French pop musician of Moroccan-Algerian descent who in 2009 released the album Paint Your Face, which reached number 2 in the French charts.
In spring 2015, he returned under his real name Yanis with his new single Hypnotized.
Yanis Sahraoui was born on 16 September 1988 in Saint-Étienne. He grew up in the neighborhood of Vivaraize, along with his three sisters and his brother. He studied at high school and then went to the university of Notre-Dame Valbernoîte. "I participated in choir at school. Otherwise, I would sing by myself! In 2005, I won a contest and then suddenly I recorded my first song. What’s funny is that I put the video on my blog, but people wouldn’t believe it was me." In 2005, he won a singing contest at Pax in Saint-Etienne, and won a record in a studio where he met Etienne Feed, now his partner and guitarist.
Discovered on MySpace by blogger Perez Hilton due to his cover of the song Womanizer by Britney Spears at the end of December 2008, Sliimy had some success in the Internet community (YouTube, Dailymotion, etc). His cover of the singer created a huge buzz, until reaching the ears of the star. Britney Spears, who adored Sliimy, immediately offered him the first part of her tour The Circus Starring Britney Spears during her concerts in Paris-Bercy in France in July 2009.
In February 2009, he was part of the coming-nexts du Grand Journal in Canal+. His first single was titled Wake Up and is available on legal download platforms.
His first album, Paint Your Face, was recorded in Saint-Étienne in January 2009. It was mixed at Trout Recording Studio in New York in March by Bryce Goggin, who has worked with Antony and the Johnsons and Pavement. The album was released on 6 April 2009 by Warner Music.
In addition to having been the first part of Britney Spears's tour, Sliimy also went on tour with singer Katy Perry for the Hello Katy Tour in Switzerland and England in 2009. A few months later, the artist made a surprising appearance in the music video for the hit song I Gotta Feeling by The Black Eyed Peas in the album The END.
Four singles were taken from Paint Your Face between 2009 and 2010: Wake Up, Trust Me, the song Paint Your Face, and the double-single Our Generation I See U Again.
In January 2010, the singer was nominated for the European Border Breakers Awards 2010, representing France with Paint Your Face. He lost to Milow.
In spring 2015, he returned under his real name Yanis with his new single Hypnotized in the clip which Charlotte Le Bon is staged under hypnosis.
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