Sofian Medjmedj

Who is Sofian Medjmedj?

Sofian Medjmedj is a singer from Prague's Jižní Město district. He played the violin for ten years, took up hip hop dance at twelve and taught himself the guitar. He says a Justin Bieber concert at Prague's O2 arena, which he went to at fifteen, led him to singing. In 2017 he won Vodafone's Je to v tobě contest and recorded the song TV Shows with Ben Cristovao at Abbey Road Studios. He played The Culture seven times between 2023 and 2026, in Liberec, České Budějovice, Olomouc and Plzeň.

He released his first solo single Čekám na zázrak in 2018 and his debut album 19 in April 2021. Guests on PROJECT⎜23 from October 2023 include Ben Cristovao, Adam Mišík, Blako, Hasan, Ewa Farna and the band Mirai. Slzy with Ben Cristovao peaked at no. 2 on the Czech digital chart, spent 135 weeks on it, is Platinum and was nominated for the Anděl for 2023 in the Song and Collaboration categories. The album PORTIMÃO from May 2024 entered the album chart at no. 6. He won Discovery of the Year in the 2024 Český slavík poll, and Forbes included him in its 30 Under 30 list for 2025.

He guests on Calin's Pistácie, which spent 20 weeks at no. 1 on the Czech digital chart and was the most-streamed song of 2025 on Czech Spotify. In 2025 he released two joint albums with Ben Cristovao: KHAOSAN, with Ben as the lead artist, which spent four weeks at no. 1 on the album chart, and DENPASAR, which entered at no. 3. According to Forbes he sold out Prague's Forum Karlín.

What are Sofian Medjmedj's best-known songs?

His biggest hits on the Czech IFPI digital chart include:

• Pistácie (Calin featuring Sofian Medjmedj, 2024, 20 weeks at no. 1, Platinum single)
• Slzy (with Ben Cristovao, album PROJECT⎜23, 2023, no. 2, Platinum single)
• moonlight (2024, no. 3)
• Dlouhá noc (Ben Cristovao featuring Sofian Medjmedj, album KHAOSAN, 2025, no. 6)
• Samota (STEIN27 featuring Sofian Medjmedj, 2023, no. 7, Platinum single)
• MONA LISA (2024, no. 7, Platinum single)
• FANCY (Ben Cristovao featuring Sofian Medjmedj, album KHAOSAN, 2025, no. 12, Gold single)
• Hedvábí (with Ben Cristovao, album DENPASAR, 2025, no. 18)
• Vodopády (Ben Cristovao featuring Sofian Medjmedj, 2025, no. 18)
• VMBR (2020, no. 23)

What albums has Sofian Medjmedj released?

His releases include:

• DENPASAR (with Ben Cristovao, 2025)
• KHAOSAN (Ben Cristovao with Sofian Medjmedj, 2025)
• PORTIMÃO (2024)
• PROJECT⎜23 (2023)
• 19 (2021)

A seven-track collection of his first singles, Sofian Medjmedj, came out in June 2020 and includes Čekám na zázrak.

Who has Sofian Medjmedj worked with?

He works most with Ben Cristovao: they have more than 30 joint tracks on Deezer and two joint albums. Producers Reginald and David Kandler are behind PORTIMÃO and DENPASAR. He guested on Calin's Pistácie, Adam Mišík's Ty se díváš and FALCON, Ewa Farna's Reinkarnační, Orion's City cowboy and Paulie Garand's Masky. With STEIN27 he made Prázdno, Samota and OK.