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Loïc Nottet

Belgian musician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ18439233 ↗
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Loïc Jean-Pierre Nottet (French pronunciation: [lɔik nɔtɛ]; born 10 April 1996) is a Belgian singer, songwriter and dancer. He began his career as a singer in the third season of The Voice Belgique in 2014 and represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, where he placed fourth with his song "Rhythm Inside".

After the contest, he released "Million Eyes", the first single from his debut album Selfocracy, which later topped the charts in Belgium, reached number eight in France and number twenty in Switzerland. His second studio album Sillygomania was released on 29 May 2020.

Music career

2013–2015: The Voice Belgique and Eurovision Song Contest

Nottet auditioned for The Voice Belgique and reached second place in the final of the third season, behind the winner Pagna. He was in the team of B.J. Scott. He cited Imagine Dragons, Lana Del Rey, Sia and Dua Lipa as his inspirations.

List of songs performed on The Voice Belgique

On 3 November 2014, Belgium's French-language broadcaster, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), announced Nottet as the Belgian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 to be held in Vienna, Austria. On 10 March 2015, "Rhythm Inside", his entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, was presented (co-written by his voice mentor). The song went to number one on both the Flanders and Wallonia Ultratop charts.

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“Loïc Nottet” enters the record as belgian musician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Loïc, Nottet and Belgian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1996, 2014, 2015, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1996-04-10. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Loïc, Nottet and Belgian.
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“Loïc Nottet” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Loïc, Nottet and Belgian provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18439233. VIAF identifies the subject as 1343150264368305860005. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1996, 2014, 2015 and 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from “Loïc Nottet” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.