Imilo Lechanceux

Émile Ilboudo (born 20 September 1988),[3] better known by his stage name Imilo Lechanceux, is an Ivorian-Burkinabé singer, dancer and DJ. He sings in French, Mòoré and Dyula.[2] Lechanceux's music generally falls under the coupé-décalé and afrobeat genres, and he also occasionally raps on his songs.[1] He has toured in West Africa, Europe, Canada and the United States.[1][4] Lechanceux is sometimes known by his nickname on songs, Le Fils du Pays ("The Son of the Country").[5]

Imilo Lechanceux
Lechanceux in 2019
Background information
Birth nameÉmile Ilboudo
Born (1988-09-20) 20 September 1988
Tiassalé, Ivory Coast
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • dancer
  • DJ
Years active2005–present

Life and career
Lechanceux performing in Montréal, Canada in 2017

Émile Ilboudo was born on 20 September 1988 in Tiassalé, Ivory Coast, the seventh of eight children of retired driver Johany Ilboudo and housewife Bernadette Zoungrana, both from Burkina Faso.[3][5] During his childhood, he did dance and theatre as a hobby. In 2004, at age 16,[5] he moved to Tanghin-Dassouri, a village near Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso,[6] where he continued his dancing alongside school.[1] At this time, he joined the Atelier-Théâtre Burkinabé (ATB) theatre group.[3][5]

Ilboudo started DJing in 2005 under the name DJ Imilo.[3] His parents could no longer afford to pay for his education, and he eventually started performing for small maquis (bars) and later performed small shows.[1] Taking part in several DJing competitions, he was eventually recruited into the group Les Villageois ("The Villagers") with three other DJs, Baby, Tabaly and Zino, following a competition in 2009.[3][6] Ilboudo saved up money to rent a recording studio to record his own single, "Mot de Pass" ("Password"),[1] produced by Serge Beynaud.[5] His brother loaned him 250,000 CFA francs to record the music video. Lechanceux sent out his single to promoters and managers, but initially none took interest. However, the song gained large exposure following its broadcast during the half-time of a quarter-final match at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. Lechanceux subsequently received many calls from the same promoters and managers who'd turned him away.[1] His solo career began in 2010–2011, which is when he took the name Imilo Lechanceux.[3][6]

Following the death of Ivorian musician DJ Arafat on 12 August 2019, Lechanceux gave a commemoration at his funeral.[7]

Lechanceux has performed at festivals alongside artists including Floby, Dez Altino and Hawa Boussim[8] and has worked with Ivorian producers Bebi Philip and Serge Beynaud.[9][10][11]

Awards

Lechanceux won awards at the Cool Oneline Awards 2015 and the 2015 Faso Musique Awards.[1][5] He won the Golden Kundé and two other Kundé awards in 2017.[5][12]

Discography

Albums

[13][14][15]

  • En Voici 1 ("Here is 1") (produced by Serge Beynaud) (2013)[3][5]
  • Dieu est ma Force ("God is my Strength") (2015)[2]
  • Elevation (2017)[16]

Singles

[13][14]

  • "Soutiens les Étalons" ("Support the Talons") (2015)[2]
  • "Wassa Wassa" ("Done Quickly, Done Well" in Dyula) (produced by Bebi Philip) (2015)[2]
  • "Talaba" (produced by Bebi Philip) (2015)
  • "Attrapez Attrapez" ("Catch Catch") (2016)
  • "Qui a Dit" ("Who Said") (featuring Revolution) (2016)
  • "Une Minute au Village" ("One Minute in the Village") (2017)[16]
  • "Warb Nooma" (2017)
  • "On Aime Ça" ("We Like That") (2017)[17]
  • "Elle Me Rend Dingue" ("She Drives Me Crazy") (2018)
  • "Soukini" (2018)
  • "M'Nonga Fo" ("I Love You" in Mòore) (featuring Chidinma) (2019)[18]
  • "Pintinclin" (featuring Safarel Obiang) (2019)
  • "Attegban" (featuring Sidiki Diabate) (2021)

References
  1. "Imilo Lechanceux : "mes fans et moi savons qui sera le Kundé d'Or cette année" - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso". lefaso.net (in French). Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. Revelyn (15 June 2015). "Imilo Lechanceux : Le "wassa wassa" est un comportement". L'Actualité du Burkina Faso 24h/24 (in French). Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. Kouakou, Abel (30 April 2017). "Imilo Lechanceux: le petit prodige de la musique et de la danse". FASOZINE:Quotidien Burkinabè de linformation (in French). Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. "Imilo Lechanceux en voyage au Canada et aux Etats Unis". Afriyelba (in French). 22 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. "IMILO LECHANCEUX, SON HISTOIRE..." www.faso-moov.com (in French). Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  6. "Safarel Obiang et Imilo le Chanceux préparent un grand coup". www.afrique-sur7.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  7. "Obsèques de DJ Arafat: Imilo Lechanceux va donner sa voix pour la commémoration". Afriyelba (in French). 25 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  8. "[Ciné Droit Libre à Ouagadougou] Abdoulaye Diallo, Hawa Boussim, Imilo Lechanceux et Dez Altino (Rediffusion)". RFI Musique (in French). 8 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  9. "Imilo Lechanceux : Ses rapports avec Arafat, Bebi Philip, Serge Beynaud..." Abidjanshow.com (in French). 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  10. "IMILO LECHANCEUX - WASSA WASSA". www.faso-moov.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  11. "IMILO LE CHANCEUX : LES RAISONS DE SA VISITE À ABIDJAN". radiojam.biz (in French). Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  12. "KUNDE 2017 : Imilo LeChanceux remporte le trophée". Editions Le Pays (in French). 2 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  13. "Imilo Lechanceux - Listen on Deezer | Music Streaming". Deezer. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  14. "Imilo Lechanceux on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  15. "Amazon.co.uk: Imilo Lechanceux: Digital Music". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  16. "L'artiste burkinabè Imilo Lechanceux présente un extrait de son nouvel album (1)". RFI Musique (in French). 6 March 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  17. "Le Burkinabè Imilo Lechanceux présente sa nouvelle chanson (2)". RFI Musique (in French). 11 September 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  18. "Noel: Voici le cadeau qu'Imilo Lechanceux offre à ses fans". Afriyelba (in French). 25 December 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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