Tourist LeMC


Tourist LeMC is the artist name of Flemish singer Johannes Faes. He sings in his local Antverpian dialect; his music is mainly influenced by French hip-hop, as well as reggae, cabaret, and folk.

Biography

Johannes Faes was born the third of four sons in Schoten on October 9, 1984. His mother is a nurse, his father a teacher.
He is married to his former Polish neighbour Marta, with whom he has two sons. He graduated from university as a social worker.
In December 2010, Faes' debut album Antwerps Testament appeared, and in 2012 he reached the finals of the Flemish music competition Humo's Rock Rally. Antwerp Testament was reissued in 2013 under the Dutch hip-hop label TopNotch. The album was completely remastered and two bonus songs were added: "Visa Paspor", featuring rapper Typhoon, and "Small Prayer", featuring Sticky Steez. Both songs were picked up as singles by different radio stations.
In 2014, he released two EPs during preparations for his new album, En Route, which came out in early 2015. Among other songs, one of the EPs includes a cover of a song by Wannes Van de Velde. Later that year, Faes earned a gold music certification for this album. In January 2016, he gained more fame and recognition by being nominated for five Music Industry Awards and winning two, as "best singer in Dutch" and "breakthrough of the year".
In November 2018, Faes' third album, We begrijpen mekaar, was released. Just like En Route, this record was produced by Youssef Chellak. A month later, the album went Gold.

Discography

Album with hits in
the Flemish Ultratop 50		Year of
release		Highest
position		Number
of weeks		Remarks
Antwerps Testament2010--
En Route20152238BEA: 2× Platinum
We begrijpen mekaar2018150

EPYear of
release		Highest
position		Number
of weeks		Remarks
Bilan2014--
Deze Nacht2014--

Single with hits in
the Flemish Ultratop 50		Year of
release		Highest
position		Number
of weeks		Album
"Klein Gebedje"2013--Antwerps Testament
"Visa Paspor"201371-Antwerps Testament
"Bilan"201499-En route
"Deze nacht"201468-En route
"En Route"2015185En route
"Koning Liefde"20151715En route
"De troubadours"
2015359En route
"Horizon"
2016628En route
"Meester kunstenaar"
2016199En route
"Spiegel"
2018218We begrijpen mekaar
"We begrijpen mekaar"2018326We begrijpen mekaar
"Oprechte leugens"
2019354We begrijpen mekaar
"Tramontane"2019501We begrijpen mekaar
"Ubuntu"2019265
"Welkom"2020Tip2We begrijpen mekaar