| Sofiane | |
| Birth Name: | Sofiane Zermani |
| Alias: | Fianso, So |
| Birth Date: | 21 July 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France |
| Origin: | Le Blanc-Mesnil, France, Algérien |
| Genre: | French rap, trap, gangsta rap |
| Occupation: | Rapper |
| Years Active: | 2004–present |
| Label: | Suther Kane, Millenium, Capitol, Universal |
Sofiane Zermani (in French pronounced as /sɔfjan zɛʁmani/, Arabic: سفيان زرماني; born 21 July 1986) is a French rapper of Algerian descent. He is also known as Fianso (in French pronounced as /fjanso/; verlan of his first name). Born in Saint-Denis, Paris Region, he lived in the nearby Stains until age 13 when he moved to Le Blanc-Mesnil.[1] [2]
In 2011, he released independently the album Blacklist followed by Blacklist II in 2013. In 2016, he launched a series of videos titled #JeSuisPasséChezSo inviting other less-known rappers to take part. In November 2016, he was signed to Capitol Records, an affiliate of Universal Music France. In January 2017, he released "Ma cité a craqué" featuring Bakyl. The album #JeSuisPasséChezSo, same title as the earlier series has peaked at #2 on SNEP, the French Albums Chart. The album is certified Platinum in May 2017 for selling over 100,000 copies internationally.
In May 2017 Sofiane released the album Bandit saleté ("Filth bandit"), which again was certified platinum. For the music video for the song "Toka" from the album, Sofiane and around 10 of his crew stood in the middle of the A3 autoroute, blocking cars, while Sofiane rapped the song in front of cameras. The filming was done without a permit. In February 2018 he was fined €1,500 and given a suspended sentence of four months in jail for obstructing traffic. At the sentencing, Sofiane apologized for his actions, and said that the decision to film there had come to him in a moment of "bad inspiration".[3]
| Album details | Charts | Certifications | Details | |||
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| FRA [4] | BEL Wa [5] | SWI [6] | ||||
Bandit saleté
| 1 | 15 | 13 | |||
Affranchis
| 1 | 2 | 13 |
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La direction
| 1 | 9 | 23 | |||
| Album details | Charts | Certifications | Details | |||
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| FRA | BEL Wa | SWI | ||||
Première claque
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La vie de cauchemar
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Blacklist
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Blacklist II
| 79 | — | — | |||
| 2 [8] | 12 | 39 |
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| Year | Single | Charts | Certification | Album | ||
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| FRA | BEL Wa | SWI | ||||
| 2017 | "Tout l'monde s'en fout" | 3 | 7 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Bandit saleté" | 115 | Bandit saleté | ||||
| 2018 | "Longue vie" (feat. Ninho & Hornet La Frappe) | 2 | 45 |
| Affranchis | |
| 2020 | "#JeSuisPasséChezSo Ep 12" | 43 [10] | rowspan="4" | |||
| "Remontada" (feat. Azet) | 95 | |||||
| "American Airlines" (feat. SCH) | 18 | 19 (Ultratip*) | ||||
| "Nouveaux parrains" (feat. Soolking) | 42 | |||||
| 2021 | "#Attrape-moi si tu peux" | 56 | La direction | |||
| Year | Single | Charts | Certification | Album | ||
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| FRA | BEL Wa | SWI | ||||
| 2017 | "Grand Paris" (Médine feat. Lartiste, Lino, Sofiane, Alivor, Seth Gueko, Ninho & Youssoupha) | 64 [11] |
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| "Laisse pas traîner ton fils" (Ninho feat. Sofiane) | 8 | 14 (Ultratip*) |
| Ninho album Comme prévu | ||
| "T'es un marrant" (Hornet La Frappe feat. Sofiane) | 54 | Hornet La Frappe album Nous-mêmes | ||||
| "Bling Bling" (Kaaris feat. Kalash Criminel & Sofiane) | 9 | 3 (Ultratip*) |
| Kaaris album Dozo | ||
| 2018 | "Dragon" (Vald feat. Sofiane) | 4 |
| Vald album Xeu | ||
| "La hagra" (YL feat. Sofiane & Niro) | 45 | YL album Confidences | ||||
| "Loup Garou" (Maître Gims feat. Sofiane) | 3 | 38 | 86 |
| Maître Gims album Ceinture noire | |
| "ALZ" (Caballero & JeanJass feat. Sofiane) | 132 | Caballero & JeanJass album Double hélice 3 | ||||
| "Encore" (Sadek feat. Sofiane) | 110 | Sadek album Johnny de Janeiro | ||||
| "Woah" (Sofiane, Vald, Mac Tyer, Soolking, Kalash Criminel, Sadek & Heuss L'Enfoiré) | 7 | 12 (Ultratip*) |
| 93 Empire (by Various Artists) | ||
| "Sur le drapeau" (Suprême NTM & Sofiane) | 4 |
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| "Empire" (Sofiane & Kaaris) | 8 | |||||
| "Iencli" (Vald & Sofiane) | 11 | |||||
| "Nouvelle monnaie" (Landy, Kaaris & Sofiane) | 34 | |||||
| "Apollonia" (Dadju & Sofiane) | 48 | |||||
| "Crépuscule des empires" (Alpha 5.20 & Sofiane) | 88 | |||||
| "Pas le choix" (Lartiste, Sofiane & Kaaris) | 90 | |||||
| "93 Coast" (Hornet La Frappe & Sofiane) | 94 | |||||
| "Jusqu'ici tout va bien" (Vegedream & Sofiane) | 114 | |||||
| "Dans le bat" (Dabs & Sofiane) | 149 | |||||
| "Viens dans mon 93" (Dinos, Hornet La Frappe & Sofiane) | 159 | |||||
| "Jay-Z" (Busta Flex, Shone, Sofiane & Nakk Mendosa) | 179 | |||||
| "Fashion Week Rmx" (Tedua & Chris Nolan feat. Sofiane) | ||||||
| "Cosa nostra" (Soolking feat. Sofiane, Lacrim) | 39 | Soolking album Fruit du démon | ||||
| "Il se passe quoi" (Mac Tyer feat. Kaaris & Sofiane) | 107 | Mac Tyer album C'est la street mon pote | ||||
| 2019 | "Briganté" (Kaaris feat. Mac Tyer & Sofiane) | 33 | Kaaris album Or Noir Part 3 | |||
| "Khapta" (Heuss l'Enfoiré feat. Sofiane) | 7 | Heuss l'Enfoiré album En esprit | ||||
| "C'est mon sang" (RK feat. Sofiane) | 3 | 10 (Ultratip*) | 99 |
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| "Sur le banc" (Naps feat. Sofiane, Dika & Kalif) | 172 | |||||
| 2020 | "Mecs de cités" (Sifax feat. Sofiane) | 38 |
| Sifax album La mentale | ||
| Year | Single | Charts | Certifications | Album | |
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| FRA | BEL Wa | ||||
| 2017 | "X" | 84 |
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| "Jesuispasséchezso: Episode 5" / "Police Nationale" | 94 |
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| "Ma cité a craqué" (feat. Bakyl) | 96 | ||||
| "Un boulot sérieux" | 110 | ||||
| "93 Empire" (feat. Kalash Criminel) | 121 |
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| "Fais le mouv" | 186 | ||||
| "DZ Mafia" | 198 | ||||
| "Toka" | 16 | 6 (Ultratip*) |
| Bandit saleté | |
| "Mon p'tit loup" | 9 | 16 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Dis-leur" | 81 | ||||
| "Pegase" | 83 | ||||
| "Cordelette" | 105 | ||||
| "Parti de rien" | 106 | ||||
| "Le bruit des blocks" | 113 | ||||
| "Poto" | 42 | ||||
| "Marion maréchal" | 22 |
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| "Bois d'argent" | 122 | ||||
| "Le cercle" (feat. Hornet La Frappe, GLK & YL) | 46 | ||||
| "Bain de sang" (feat. feat. Bakyl & Samat) | 156 | ||||
| 2018 | "Lundi" | 3 | 2 (Ultratip*) |
| Affranchis |
| "#JesuispasséchezSo EP 11" | 27 | ||||
| "T'es une galère" | 38 | ||||
| "200" | 41 | ||||
| "Sous contrôle" | 42 | ||||
| "Je fais la fête" | 56 | ||||
| "Coluche" | 57 | ||||
| "Sa mère" | 68 | ||||
| "Arafricain" (feat. Maître Gims) | 22 | ||||
| "Cramé" | 32 | ||||
| "Mistigris" (feat. Kaaris) | 13 | ||||
| "Madame courage" (feat. Soolking) | 35 | ||||
| "IDF" (feat. Heuss l'Enfoiré) | 49 | ||||
| "#cpasdmafaute" (feat. Bakyl) | 82 | ||||
| 2020 | "Training Day" | 133 [13] | rowspan=2 | ||
| "Des malades" | 113 | ||||
| 2021 | "Case départ" | 40 | La direction | ||
| "Windsor" | 57 | ||||
| "Zidane" | 58 | ||||
| "XIII" | 64 | ||||
| "Monsieur Alexandre" | 71 | ||||
| "Bout de papier" (feat. Sifax) | 79 | ||||
| "C'est la loi" (feat. Zeguerre) | 82 | ||||
| "I.R.F" | 83 | ||||
| "Traumatisé" | 91 | ||||
| "J'te raconte pas" (feat. Kenem) | 104 | ||||
| "Windsor - A Colors Show" | 182 | ||||
| "Ouais Igo" | 88 | ||||