Stress shows it’s cool at Swiss Music Awards
Swiss rapper Stress took top honours on Wednesday evening at the first Swiss Music Awards held in Zurich.
The 29-year-old was nominated for three awards and took them all at a gala event held in the Kaufleuten club.
Stress won in the best Swiss song category with On n’a qu’une terre (We only have one planet) and his CD Renaissance took the best Swiss “urban” album award.
His video Mais où (But where) took the award for the best Swiss video.
The best Swiss pop/rock album award went to veteran band Gotthard for Domino Effect.
The prizes were awarded according to sales as well as votes from a jury and the public.
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