Mustii

{{Short description|Belgian actor and singer}}

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{{expand French|topic=bio|date=January 2023}}

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| image = Mustii 01 (cropped 2).jpg

| caption = Mustii in 2024

| birth_name = Thomas Michel Mustin{{cite web |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/918412801 |title=AFTER DARK (SAME OLD) |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-date=4 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504145155/https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/918412801 |url-status=live }}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|11|21}}

| birth_place = Brussels, Belgium

| education =

| years_active = 2012–present

| occupation=Singer, actor

| television = Drag Race Belgique

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Thomas Michel Mustin ({{IPA|fr|tɔma miʃɛl mystɛ̃}}; born 21 November 1990), better known by his stage name Mustii, is a Belgian actor and singer. As part of his career he has released two albums 21st Century Boy and It's Happening Now, which have both peaked inside the top ten of the Belgian Albums Charts. He is also known for being a judge on Drag Race Belgique.{{Cite web |last=Damshenas |first=Sam |date=7 January 2023 |title=Here are the judges joining Rita Baga on Drag Race Belgique |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/here-are-the-judges-joining-rita-baga-on-drag-race-belgique/ |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=Gay Times |language=en-GB |archive-date=7 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107150609/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/here-are-the-judges-joining-rita-baga-on-drag-race-belgique/ |url-status=live}}

Mustin represented {{esccnty|Belgium|y=2024}} in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Sweden with the song "Before the Party's Over".

Career

Mustin finished his studies in the theatre at the {{lang|fr|Institut des Arts de Diffusion|i=no}} (Louvain-la-Neuve) in 2012 and began to shoot for a French television series named {{lang|fr|À tort ou à raison}}, directed by Alain Brunard.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bellone.be/fra/cvpubdetail.asp?id=4343 |title=Thomas Mustin - La Bellone - Maison du Spectacle |access-date=2 February 2023 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025812/http://www.bellone.be/fra/cvpubdetail.asp?id=4343 |url-status=dead }} He also performed on stage as Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, directed by Yves Beaunesne.{{Cite web |date=25 March 2013 |title=Une Juliette flamande et son Roméo wallon |url=http://www.lalibre.be/culture/scenes/une-juliette-flamande-et-son-romeo-wallon-51b72cc2e4b0de6db97488ad |website=La Libre Belgique |access-date=29 September 2020 |archive-date=19 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119084300/http://www.lalibre.be/culture/scenes/une-juliette-flamande-et-son-romeo-wallon-51b72cc2e4b0de6db97488ad |url-status=live }} The play notably opened the new {{lang|fr|Théâtre de Liège|i=no}}.{{Cite web |title=Le profil de Thomas Mustin sur |url=http://www.comedien.be/thomasmustin |website=Comedien.be |access-date=29 September 2020 |archive-date=5 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805225625/https://www.comedien.be/thomasmustin |url-status=live }}

He then embarked on the staging of the play {{lang|fr|Débris}} by Dennis Kelly, performed in November and December 2014 at the {{lang|fr|Riches-Claires|i=no}} in Brussels.{{cite web | url=http://www.demandezleprogramme.be/Debris | title=Débris - Demandez le Programme | access-date=3 February 2023 | archive-date=24 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324024932/http://www.demandezleprogramme.be/Debris | url-status=live }}

In early 2015, he took part in the revival of the show {{lang|fr|L'Auberge du Cheval-Blanc}}, directed by Dominique Serron at the {{lang|fr|Palais des Beaux-Arts|i=no}} in Charleroi and the Royal Opera of Wallonia. He then starred in two films and a television series. In the first film, he played alongside Romain Duris and Gustave Kervern in the French film, Odd Job (2016), directed by Pascal Chaumeil. In the second film, he starred alongside Fabrizio Rongione in Les Survivors, directed by Luc Jabon. In the television series, The Break (directed by Matthieu Donck), he plays the role of Kevin.{{Cite web |url=http://www.helicotronc.com/latreve |title=La trêve (Saison 1) - Hélicotronc |access-date=3 February 2023 |archivedate=18 October 2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018075748/http://www.helicotronc.com/latreve |url-status=deviated }} The series was a great success in Belgium.{{Cite web |language=fr-FR |title=La Trêve vendue en Flandre et en Suisse |url=https://www.rtbf.be/tv/emission/detail_la-treve/actualites/article_la-treve-vendue-en-flandre-et-en-suisse?id=9263481&emissionId=9418 |website=RTBF TV |date=8 April 2016 |access-date=19 June 2016 |archive-date=10 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610213708/http://www.rtbf.be/tv/emission/detail_la-treve/actualites/article_la-treve-vendue-en-flandre-et-en-suisse?id=9263481&emissionId=9418 |url-status=live }}

In 2014, Mustin signed a contract with Kid Noize's label, Black Gizah Record. His first single, "The Golden Age", was quickly broadcast on many Belgian radio stations in Flanders and Wallonia.{{cite web | url=http://botanique.be/fr/artiste/mustii | title=Mustii | Botanique | access-date=3 February 2023 | archive-date=3 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203002150/https://botanique.be/fr/artiste/mustii | url-status=live }}

In December 2016, he was nominated six times at the D6bels Music Awards in the following categories: Male Solo Artist, Concert, Pure FM Artist/Group, Revelation, Music Video, and Songwriter. He leaves with the trophy for Revelation of the Year.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} On February 2, 2019, he received the Magritte Award for Most Promising Actor for the film The Royal Exchange.{{Cite web |date=2019-10-28|title=Mustii: "Ma première Nuit du Soir a été une révélation" |url=https://www.lesoir.be/256833/article/2019-10-28/mustii-ma-premiere-nuit-du-soir-ete-une-revelation|access-date=2023-08-30 |website=lesoir.be |publisher=Le Soir |language=fr}} In September 2019, he was nominated at the Prix de la critique in the following category Male Revelation (Espoir masculin).{{Cite web |date=2019-06-27 |title=Scènes : le Prix de la Critique devient Le Prix Maeterlinck |url=https://www.lesoir.be/233326/article/2019-06-27/scenes-le-prix-de-la-critique-devient-le-prix-maeterlinck |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=lesoir.be |publisher=Le Soir |language=fr |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830131707/https://www.lesoir.be/233326/article/2019-06-27/scenes-le-prix-de-la-critique-devient-le-prix-maeterlinck |url-status=live }}

On 30 August 2023, it was announced that he would be representing {{esccnty|Belgium|y=2024}} in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-30 |title=Belgium announces first artist for Eurovision 2024! |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/belgium-announces-first-artist-eurovision-2024 |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=eurovision.tv |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |language=en |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830095616/https://eurovision.tv/story/belgium-announces-first-artist-eurovision-2024 |url-status=live }} His entry, titled "Before the Party's Over", was released on 20 February 2024.{{Cite web |last=Bertinchamps |first=Pierre |date=16 February 2024 |title=Eurovision 2024 : la chanson de Mustii sera dévoilée dans «Le 8/9» de VivaCité ce mardi 20 février |trans-title=Eurovision 2024: Mustii's song will be revealed on "Le 8/9" by VivaCité this Tuesday, February 20 |url=https://www.telepro.be/tv/eurovision-2024-la-chanson-de-mustii-sera-devoilee-dans-le-89-de-vivacite-ce-mardi-20-fevrier |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=Télépro |language=fr-BE |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216200224/https://www.telepro.be/tv/eurovision-2024-la-chanson-de-mustii-sera-devoilee-dans-le-89-de-vivacite-ce-mardi-20-fevrier |url-status=live }} He performed in the second semi-final of the event, on 9 May 2024, but failed to qualify to the final.{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=William Lee |date=May 9, 2024 |title=Eurovision 2024: Semi-Final 2 Results and Qualifiers |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2024/05/09/live-discussion-semi-final-2-of-eurovision-2024/281585/ |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=wiwibloggs |language=en-US |archive-date=9 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709153339/https://wiwibloggs.com/2024/05/09/live-discussion-semi-final-2-of-eurovision-2024/281585/ |url-status=live }} It was later revealed that he finished 13th out of 16 in the semi-final, scoring 18 points.

Discography

{{Infobox artist discography

| Artist = Mustii

| Studio = 3

| EP = 3

| Singles = 10

}}

= Studio albums =

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|+ List of studio album(s), with selected chart positions and details

scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:2.8em;font-size:85%;"| BEL
(Wa)

{{Cite web |title=Discographie Mustii |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mustii#charts |access-date=15 December 2024 |website=Ultratop |language=fr}}
scope="row" | 21st Century Boy

|

  • Released: 19 October 2018{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6Lx9oNAZPH4b5nSYiQAWYN|title=21st Century Boy - Album by Mustii|website=Spotify|access-date=29 November 2023|archive-date=23 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123024502/https://open.spotify.com/album/6Lx9oNAZPH4b5nSYiQAWYN|url-status=live}}
  • Label: Warner Music Belgium
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

| 5

scope="row" | It's Happening Now

|

  • Released: 21 January 2022{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6Lx9oNAZPH4b5nSYiQAWYN|title=It's Happening Now - Album by Mustii|website=Spotify|access-date=29 November 2023|archive-date=23 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123024502/https://open.spotify.com/album/6Lx9oNAZPH4b5nSYiQAWYN|url-status=live}}
  • Label: Warner Music Belgium
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

| 4

scope="row" | The Maze

|

  • Released: 6 December 2024{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/463yyGFixKWTShVPSjVu3S|title=THE MAZE - Album by Mustii|website=Spotify|access-date=10 December 2024}}
  • Label: PIAS Recordings
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

| 25

= Extended plays =

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|+ List of extended play(s), with selected details

scope="col" style="width:10em" | Title

! scope="col" style="width:20em" | EP details

scope="row" |The Golden Age

|

  • Released: 2015{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7LCNkso7hPHdiqb13Zet49|title=The Golden Age - EP by Mustii|website=Spotify|access-date=29 November 2023|archive-date=26 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626094202/https://open.spotify.com/album/7LCNkso7hPHdiqb13Zet49|url-status=live}}
  • Label: Black Gizah Records
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
scope="row" |The Darkest Night

|

  • Released: 12 February 2016{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2Dbb21UkQhEpwSuKEX2c5v|title=The Darkest Night - EP by Mustii|website=Spotify|access-date=29 November 2023|archive-date=1 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901010047/https://open.spotify.com/album/2Dbb21UkQhEpwSuKEX2c5v|url-status=live}}
  • Label: Black Gizah Records
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
scope="row" |Shame - Remixes

|

  • Released: 30 December 2022{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5lGYHJqnFdaPixWaBCyTLb?si=JAZTwW-tSQGjhD-6o9tBOg|title=Shame - Remixes - EP by Mustii|website=Spotify|access-date=29 November 2023|archive-date=10 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710152334/https://open.spotify.com/album/5lGYHJqnFdaPixWaBCyTLb?si=JAZTwW-tSQGjhD-6o9tBOg&nd=1&dlsi=e8e491b68b514600|url-status=live}}
  • Label: Warner Music Benelux
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

= Singles =

== As lead artist ==

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year

! scope="col" colspan="4" | Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album

scope="col" style="width:2.8em;font-size:85%" | BEL
(Wa)

{{Cite web |title=Discographie Mustii |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mustii#charts |access-date=5 May 2024 |website=Ultratop |language=FR |archive-date=31 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831073350/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mustii#charts |url-status=live}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.8em;font-size:85%" | BEL
(Fl)

{{Cite web |title=Discografie Mustii |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mustii#charts |access-date=19 May 2024 |website=Ultratop |language=NL |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202175054/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mustii#charts |url-status=live}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.8em;font-size:85%" | GRE
{{cite web|date=22 May 2024 |url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html|title=Official IFPI Charts − Digital Singles Chart (International) − Εβδομάδα: 20/2024|publisher=IFPI Greece|access-date=13 September 2024|language=el|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522063137/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html|archive-date=22 May 2024|url-status=dead}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.8em;font-size:85%" | LTU
{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s20-3/|title=2024 20-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|language=lt|publisher=AGATA|date=17 May 2024|access-date=17 May 2024|archive-date=17 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517144154/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s20-3/|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | "The Golden Age"

| 2014

| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"The Golden Age" did not enter the official Belgian Ultratop 50 chart, but peaked at No. 16 on the Walloon Ultratip Bubbling Under chart.}} || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"The Golden Age" did not enter the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but peaked at No. 13 on the Flanders Ultratip Bubbling Under chart.}} || — || —

|

| The Golden Age

scope="row" | "Feed Me"

| 2015

| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Feed Me" did not enter the official Belgian Ultratop 50 chart, but peaked at No. 21 on the Walloon Ultratip Bubbling Under chart.}} || — || — || —

|

| The Darkest Night

scope="row" | "21st Century Boy"

| rowspan="3" | 2018

| 9 || — || — || —

|

| rowspan="3" | 21st Century Boy

scope="row" | "What a Day"

| 24 || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"What a Day" did not enter the official Belgian Ultratop 50 chart, but appeared on the Flanders Ultratip Bubbling Under chart.}} || — || —

|

scope="row" | "Blind"

| 11 || — || — || —

|

scope="row" | "Time Is Up"
(with Brut)

| 2020

| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Time Is Up" did not enter the official Belgian Ultratop 50 chart, but appeared on the Walloon Ultratip Bubbling Under chart.}} || — || — || —

|

| {{Non-album single}}

scope="row" | "Skyline"

| 2022

| 17 || — || — || —

|

| It's Happening Now

scope="row" | "Before the Party's Over"

| rowspan="3" | 2024

| 8 || 6 || 34 || 28

|

  • BEA: Gold{{Cite certification|region=Belgium|type=single|certyear=2024|access-date=21 December 2024}}

| rowspan="3" | The Maze

scope="row" | "Tell the Kids It's Alright"

| — || — || — || —

|

scope="row" | "The Maze"

| — || — || — || —

|

colspan="8" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Awards and nominations

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! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Nominee(s)

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

rowspan="6" | 2016

| rowspan="6" | {{ill|D6bels Music Awards|fr}}

| Best Music Video

| "Feed Me"

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="6" | {{center|{{cite newspaper |date=12 December 2016 |title=Quatre artistes brabançons nommés aux D6bels Music Awards |trans-title=Four Brabant artists nominated for the D6bels Music Awards |url=https://www.lavenir.net/regions/brabantwallon/wavre/2016/12/12/quatre-artistes-brabancons-nommes-aux-d6bels-music-awards/ |newspaper=L'Avenir |access-date=5 January 2025 |lang=fr |url-access=subscription}}{{cite web |title=Le palmarès de la deuxième édition des D6bels Music Awards |trans-title=

The winners of the second edition of the D6bels Music Awards |url=https://www.conseildelamusique.be/pages-projet/701-dma-2016 |work={{ill|Conseil de la Musique|fr}} |access-date=5 January 2025 |lang=fr}}}}

Best Male Solo Artist

| rowspan="5" | Himself

| {{nom}}

Concert of the Year

| {{nom}}

Best Pure FM Artist/Group

| {{nom}}

Best Songwriter

| {{nom}}

Revelation of the Year

| {{won}}

rowspan="2" | 2019

| Magritte Award

| Most Promising Actor

| The Royal Exchange

| {{won}}

| {{center|{{cite newspaper |date=11 January 2019 |last=Heyrendt |first=Hubert |title=Les nommés aux Magritte 2019 sont... |trans-title=The 2019 Magritte nominees are... |url=https://www.lalibre.be/culture/cinema/2019/01/11/les-nommes-aux-magritte-2019-sont-REU7U5NHHBEM5CXGKLV4Z7CXNU/ |newspaper=La Libre Belgique |access-date=5 January 2025 |lang=fr}}}}

{{ill|Prix de la critique (Belgian awards)|fr|Prix de la critique (Belgique, spectacle)|lt=Prix de la critique}}

| Male Revelation

| rowspan="2" | Himself

| {{nom}}

| {{center|{{cite web |date=23 September 2019 |title=Les Prix Maeterlinck de la Critique - Edition 2019 |url=https://www.federation-wallonie-bruxelles.be/index.php?id=detail_article&no_cache=1&tx_cfwbarticlefe_cfwbarticlefront%5Baction%5D=show&tx_cfwbarticlefe_cfwbarticlefront%5Bcontroller%5D=Document&tx_cfwbarticlefe_cfwbarticlefront%5Bpublication%5D=2981&cHash=45f9976d47e1b7c8084851bb48a8212e |work=French Community of Belgium |access-date=5 January 2025 |lang=fr}}}}

2024

| Eurovision Awards

| Style Icon

| {{nom}}

| {{center|{{cite web |date=6 December 2024 |title=Vote now in the Eurovision Awards 2024 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/vote-eurovision-awards-2024 |website=eurovision.tv |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=5 January 2025}}{{cite web |date=31 December 2024 |title=The Eurovision Awards 2024: The Winners! |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-awards-2024-winners |website=eurovision.tv |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=5 January 2025}}}}

2025

| Magritte Awards

| Best Supporting Actor

| Night Call

| {{nom}}

| {{center|{{cite web |title=Magritte du cinéma 2025: 'La nuit se traîne', nommé 11 fois, en tête des nominations de la 14e édition |url=https://www.lalibre.be/culture/cinema/2025/01/21/magritte-du-cinema-2025-la-nuit-se-traine-nomme-11-fois-en-tete-des-nominations-de-la-14e-edition-NQTR67YEZND4REZAVZSZ65P6UI/ |website=La Libre |access-date=22 January 2025 |language=fr |date=21 January 2025}}}}

Notes

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References

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