Louis-Jean Cormier

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 Sept-Îles, Quebec) is a Canadian indie rock singer and songwriter. Formerly associated with the band Karkwa,[1] since that band went on hiatus in 2012 he has recorded and performed as a solo artist[1] and was a judge on the 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 2013 Polaris Music Prize,[2] and won 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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b "Great Expectations; Louis-Jean Cormier reclaims his own identity with his second solo album". 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. ^ "La première oeuvre solo de Louis-Jean Cormier est recompensee aux Junos". Canadian Press, April 20, 2013.
  4. ^ "Polaris Music Prize Announces 2015 Long List". Exclaim!, June 16, 2015.
  5. ^ "«Tout le monde en même temps»: les artistes chantent pour Radio-Canada". Huffington Post, February 16, 2015.
  6. ^ "J'aurai cent ans: un superbe duo de Beyries et Louis-Jean Cormier". 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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