Louis-Jean Cormier

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Louis-Jean Cormier
Background information
Born (1980-05-26) May 26, 1980 (age 44)
OriginSept-Îles, Quebec
Genresindie rock
Websitelouisjeancormier.com

Louis-Jean Cormier (born May 26, 1980, in

second season of the television singing competition La Voix
.

While Cormier was with Karkwa, the band's fourth album Les Chemins de verre won the 2010 Polaris Music Prize, being the first French-language work to win the award.

His 2012 album Le Treizième étage was a longlisted nominee for the

Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2013.[3] His 2015 album Les Grandes artères was a longlisted nominee for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize.[4]

In early 2015, a group of 125 Québécois musicians and media personalities recorded a charity rendition of Cormier's single "Tout le monde en même temps" as a promotion for a public relations campaign to protect the

Société Radio-Canada from funding cuts.[5]

In 2016, he appeared as a duet vocalist on "J'aurai cent ans", the debut single by singer-songwriter Beyries.[6]

In 2018, Cormier collaborated with Serge Fiori on Seul ensemble, a theatrical show comprising new rerecordings of Fiori's classic songs.[7] The show had its theatrical debut in 2019.[8]

Le Ciel est au plancher was a Juno Award nominee for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022.[9]

Discography

  • Le Treizième étage (2012)
  • Les Grandes artères (2015)
  • Quand la nuit tombe (2020) (debuted at No. 24 in Canada)[10]
  • Le ciel est au plancher (2021)[11]

References

  1. ^
    Montreal Gazette
    , March 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "Polaris Music Prize Unveils 2013 Long List" Archived 2013-06-18 at the Wayback Machine. Exclaim!, June 13, 2012.
  3. Canadian Press
    , April 20, 2013.
  4. ^ "Polaris Music Prize Announces 2015 Long List". Exclaim!, June 16, 2015.
  5. Huffington Post
    , February 16, 2015.
  6. Ici Musique
    , October 30, 2016.
  7. ^ Yan Lauzon, "Serge Fiori et Louis-Jean Cormier: la magie opère en studio". Le Journal de Montréal, December 6, 2018.
  8. ^ Josée Lapointe, "Les chansons d'Harmonium en HD". La Presse, March 12, 2019.
  9. ^ Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.
  10. ^ "The Weeknd Has This Week's No.1 Album". FYIMusicNews. March 29, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  11. ^ Louis-Philippe Labrèche, "Louis-Jean Cormier annonce son nouvel album : Le ciel est au plancher". Le Canal auditif, March 19, 2021.
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