Aurélien N'Zuzi Zola (born November 16, 1999, in Évry, Essonne), better known by the mononym Zola, is a French rapper of Congolese descent.[1][2] Cicatrices, his debut album was released in 2019.[3] His song "California Girls" was featured in the soundtrack of the film Taxi 5.[4] He released his second album Survie in 2020 for which he sold 24,000 records in 7 days.
Zola | |
|---|---|
 Zola perform on Beat Festival in 2022 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Aurélien N'Zuzi Zola |
| Also known as | Zolaski |
| Born | 16 November 1999 Évry, Essonne, France |
| Origin | Congolese |
| Genres | French rap, trap |
| Occupation | Rapper |
| Instrument | Voice |
| Years active | 2016-present |
| Labels | Truth Records, AWA |
| Website | https://binkszolashop.com/ |
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Title | Year | Peak positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [5] |
BEL (Fl) [6] |
BEL (Wa) [7] |
SWI [8] | ||
| Cicatrices | 2019 | 4 | 65 | 3 | 6 |
| Survie | 2020 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 13 |
| Diamant du Bled | 2023 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 2 |
| Frères ennemis (with Koba LaD) |
2024 | 1 [9] |
— | 2 | 3 |
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [5] |
BEL (Wa) [7] |
SWI [8] | |||
| "Extasy" | 2018 | 47 | — | — | Cicatrices |
| "Bernard Tapie" | 182 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Extasy" | 44 | 49 | — | Cicatrices | |
| "Spiderman (Freestyle OKLM)" | 158 | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Booska Rocket" | 2019 | 62 | — | — | |
| "Zolabeille" | 42 | — | — | Cicatrices | |
| "Papers" (featuring Ninho) |
18 | — | 56 | ||
| "Fuckboi" | 24 | — | 89 | ||
| "Bro Bro" | 2020 | 3 | 29 | 51 | Non-album singles |
| "Wow" | 5 | 37 | 52 | ||
| "Booska'Sten" | 31 | 21 | — | ||
| "9 1 1 3" (featuring SCH) |
1 | 23 | 51 | Survie | |
| "Amber" | 2022 | 1 | 11 | 21 | TBA |
| "Toute la journée" (featuring Tiakola) |
2023 | 4 | 15 | 26 | |
| "Coeur de ice" (featuring Damso)[10] |
1 | 2 | 7 | Diamant du Bled | |
| "Aller sans retour" (with Koba LaD) |
14 | 38 | — | Frères ennemis | |
| "Temps en temps" (with Koba LaD featuring Kore) |
2024 | 3 | 10 | — | |
| "Amiri Jeans" (with Koba LaD) |
9 | 41 | — | ||
Other charted songs
edit| Title | Year | Peak positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [5] |
BEL (Wa) [7] |
SWI [8] | |||
| "Baby boy" | 2019 | 27 | — | 96 | Cicatrices |
| "Mojo" | 31 | — | — | ||
| "L1 L2" | — | — | — | ||
| "7.65" | 46 | — | — | ||
| "Jamais" | 48 | — | — | ||
| "Astroboy" | 50 | — | — | ||
| "Kinshasa" | 56 | — | — | ||
| "Alloicizolaski4" (featuring Key Largo & No'Name) |
57 | — | — | ||
| "Club" | 58 | — | — | ||
| "Cicatrices" | 53 | — | — | ||
| "B.A.L" | 89 | — | — | ||
| "Papillon" | 2020 | 6 | — | 81 | Survie |
| "Ma jolie" (feat. Leto) |
7 | — | 95 | ||
| "Madame" | 13 | — | — | ||
| "Le sauveur" | 17 | — | — | ||
| "Mula" | 21 | — | — | ||
| "Pollos hermanos" | 26 | — | — | ||
| "TLM" | 28 | — | — | ||
| "Pistou" | 29 | — | — | ||
| "Cache cash" | 37 | — | — | ||
| "Les puristes" | 43 | — | — | ||
| "Money Train" | 48 | — | — | ||
| "Tu connais l'gang" | 52 | — | — | ||
| "Nochey" | 2023 | 9 | 30 | 79 | Diamant du Bled |
| "Envie7vie" | 10 | — | — | ||
| "L'Armoire" | 14 | — | — | ||
| "Frosties" | 16 | — | — | ||
| "Electro" | 18 | — | — | ||
| "Zaza" | 20 | — | — | ||
| "Brulures Indiennes" | 24 | — | — | ||
| "Cote Hublot" | 37 | — | — | ||
| "Gorgee Pour Les Morts" | 39 | — | — | ||
| "Make Up" | 41 | — | — | ||
| "Cartier PanthÈre" | 43 | — | — | ||
| "La Lumiere" | 53 | — | — | ||
| "C'est Non"
(with koba Lad) |
2024 | 37[11] | — | — | Frères ennemis |
| "Parano"
(with koba Lad) |
42[11] | — | — | ||
| "Un Billet"
(with koba Lad) |
43[11] | — | — | ||
| "Mexicana"
(with koba Lad) |
50[11] | — | — | ||
| "Roulette Russe"
(with koba Lad) |
52[11] | — | — | ||
| "Dans La Nuit"
(with koba Lad) |
58[11] | — | — | ||
| "Freres Ennemis"
(with koba Lad) |
61[11] | — | — | ||
References
edit- ^ Intrld.com: Il est temps que l’on parle de Zola (in French)
- ^ Trunks Magazine: Zola, un futur prometteur pour ce jeune rappeur?
- ^ Booska: CICATRICES de Zola - Le premier album de Zola devrait sortir avant la fin de l'annee 2018. (in French)
- ^ Wave.fr: Zola drops a new freestyle named “Manger”
- ^ a b c "Zola discography". lescharts.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Zola discography". ultratop.be. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Zola discography". ultratop.be. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Zola discography". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Top Albums (Week 5, 2024)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ Pauquelin, Romain (23 March 2023). "Damso: le rappeur Zola dévoile les coulisses de leur feat "Coeur de ice" !". MCE (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Top Albums (Week 5, 2024)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 5 February 2024.