
Artist
Stromae
Stromae is a dance artist from Bruxelles, Belgium formed in 2002. 14 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Dance · Bruxelles, Belgium · Best dance albums
- 14
- Releases
- 2009–2025
- Active years
- 2002
- Formed

Artist
Stromae is a dance artist from Bruxelles, Belgium formed in 2002. 14 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Dance · Bruxelles, Belgium · Best dance albums

Most popular
Racine Carrée
2013 · 14 tracks

Anderlecht Champion (Stromae Remix)
Single · 2025

QUE CE SOIT CLAIR
Single · 2025

Santé (Remix)
Single · 2025

L’enfer
Single · 2022

Mon amour
Single · 2022

Santé
Single · 2021

Défiler (Bande originale de la capsule No. 5 Mosaert)
Single · 2018

papaoutai
Single · 2013

Formidable
Single · 2013

Alors on danse
Single · 2009
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Victoires de la Musique
×1
MTV Europe Music Awards
×1
Awards of the Académie Française
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honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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National Order of the Golden Paper Cone
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Order of the Crown
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Paul van Haver, better known as Stromae (born March 12, 1985 in Brussels, Belgium) is a singer-songwriter from Belgium. Of mixed Belgo-Rwandan descent, he distinguished himself in both the hip-hop and the electronic music. He first became famous with the song Alors On Danse which remained at number one for several weeks in numerous countries throughout Europe. He was born to a Rwandan father and a Belgian mother. At the age of eleven Paul van Haver already showed an interest in music and attended ‘l’Académie Musicale de Jette’, where he studied music history and learnt to play the drums. In 2000 he appeared as a rapper called Opmaestro, though he later changed his stage name to Stromae (“Maestro” with the syllables switched, a practice called verlan). It was with this name that van Haver became successful. At the age of 18, he founded a rap group called Suspicion, along with rapper J.E.D.I. in Eichof. They produced the song and music video “Faut k’t’arrêtes le Rap”, though later, J.E.D.I. decided to leave the rap duo. In order to finance his private school education, van Haver worked part-time in the hospitality industry, but his school performance wasn’t up to standard. It was…