France D'Amour (born France Rochon on March 30, 1967, in Mont-Rolland,
Sainte-Adèle, Quebec, Canada) is a French Canadian singer songwriter from Quebec.
She studied music at
Collège Lionel-Groulx
Collège Lionel-Groulx is a general and vocational college (CEGEP) located in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada. The college has about 5,200 full-time students and 2,000 continuing education students.
History
The college traces its origins to ...
in
Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec
Sainte-Thérèse is an off-island suburb northwest of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality.
The town is mostly known as a home for heavy industry, but it is also a centre of re ...
specialising in jazz and playing guitar. Later, she was part of various musical formations, notably U-Bahn, The Answer and France. In 1992, she gained great fame with her debut album
''Animal'' that was certified gold in Quebec. In 2002, she had success in France as well through her collaboration with
Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman (; born 11 October 1951) is a French singer-songwriter and music record producer. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017 he has been the highest grossing living French p ...
, who co-wrote the album with his team (Robert Goldman, Jacques Veneruso, Christophe Battaglia,
Erick Benzi
Erick Benzi (born 1 March 1959) is a French musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer from Marseille.
He was previously part of the duo Die Form, with Gildas Arzel, and the group Canada (with Arzel, Jacques Veneruso, and Gwenn Arze ...
and
Gildas Arzel).
She has also appeared on stage and in film. In 1998, she played the role of Esmeralda in a French tour version of the musical comedy ''Notre-Dame-de-Paris''. She also appeared in a secondary role in the film ''Les Boys 3'' as well as in the film's soundtrack.
France d'Amour has a son, François, born in 1988.
In April 2011, she also confirmed during a popular talk show on Quebec television ''
Tout le monde en parle'' that she followed the
Church of Scientology for almost 20 years.
Discography
Albums
*1992: Animal
*1994: Déchaînée
*1998: Le Silence des roses
*2002: France D'Amour
*2005: Hors de tout doute
*2007: Les autres
*2009: Le présent
*2011: Bubble Bath & Champagne
*2013: En love majeur
*2016: Bubble Bath & Champagne, Volume 2
*2019: D'Amour et Rock&roll
;Compilation albums
*2000: Nomade (compilation)
*2018: Best of (compilation)
References
External links
Official website
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20th-century Canadian women singers
1967 births
Living people
Singers from Quebec
Canadian women singer-songwriters
French-language singers of Canada
21st-century Canadian women singers
Canadian women pop singers
Scientologists