The artist Camille Yembe wins the Joséphine 2026 prize for her album Jeune & Laide

The Belgian-Congolese artist Camille Yembe, among the new faces of the French-speaking pop scene, was awarded the Joséphine Prize on Wednesday September 30 for her first album Jeune & Laide.

The jury of artists, chaired for this fifth edition by the artist Pomme, chose to award him this award during a ceremony at the Olympia, in Paris. Another jury, made up of 13 young music lovers aged 18 to 20, also praised the world of Camille Yembe, discovered in 2025 with Plastique.

This project highlighted this 29-year-old native of Brussels, who is gradually carving out a place in the music industry, after having cut her teeth writing for others, such as the rapper Tiakola. “I have so much more to say!” », enthused Camille Yembe to AFP last year, explaining that her music was positioned between “a personal diary” and a speech “of the order of affirmation”, capable of resonating with others.

With Jeune & Laide, she delivers personal songs while juggling with the words of the French language that this fan of eloquence competitions likes to use. In a pop setting open to other musical genres, she offers the often distorted story of her own trajectory, in complete freedom.