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Ménélik
Person · male · France · Yaoundé · born 1970
French rapper
Also known as 梅内利克
Timeline
2 events◦ Birth 1✦ Award 1
1970s
1990s
Biography
English biography165 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1306809334
Biography
Ménélik (Albert Tjamag; born 10 September 1970), is a Cameroonian-French rapper and singer.
Biography
He went to France at the age of nine. Then he met MC Solaar and started to write songs for artists such as No Sé, DJ Jimmy Jay and RPM. In 1995, he released his first album entitled Phenomenelik and performed at Solaar's shows. He toured across Europe and gained a Victoire de la Musique in 1996 in the category 'Male revelation of the year'. In 1997, he released his second album Je me souviens which provided the number five hit "Bye-Bye".
Albums
1995 : Phénoménélik – #33
1997 : Je me souviens – #46
2000 : OQP
2001 : E-Pop
2008 : Mnlk Project 2.0
2017 : Qlassiks
Singles
1995 : "Quelle aventure !" (with No Sé) – #8
1995 : "Tout baigne" (with La Tribu) – #16
1997 : "Je me souviens" – #30
1998 : "Bye-Bye" – #5
1999 : "Touché" – #35
2000 : "Je t'aime comme t'es" – #59
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Ménélik head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Victory for the male variety revelation | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M%C3%A9n%C3%A9lik_2023.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1957717genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1957717seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9n%C3%A9likbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9n%C3%A9lik
Why this artist is in the database
- List of French singers
- List of hip-hop musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: YanRB · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1957717 · MusicBrainz: e29f22ea-4524-4eba-a4d5-ef1ebffb5111
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