Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
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Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
, Canada, which spotlights emerging francophone musical artists from Quebec.
At the end of each year's festival, three finalists are named, following which a jury presents an award of $10,000 to an artist chosen as the best artist of the festival.
Winners
Following are the winners and first and second runners-up of each year's event.
1995
* Sylvie Royer
*8e porte à gauche
*Les Tchigaboux
1996
* Jocelyn Bigras
*Garnote
*Danielle Richard et sa cage de bruits
1997
* Ivy
*Sara Vafaï
*WD-40
1999
* Apogée
*Gwenwed
*Le Quartier des papillons souterrains
2000
*
Loco Locass
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*Gaétan Leboeuf
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Les Cowboys Fringants
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They perform '' Québécois'' néo-trad music (modernized Quebec folk musi ...
2001
* La Chango Family
*?Alice!
*Hugo Bonneville
2002
* Kulcha Connection
*Karlof Orchestra
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Karkwa
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History
Formed in 1998, the group consists of vocalist and guitarist Louis-Jean Cormier, keyboardist François Lafontaine, bass guitarist Martin Lamontagne, percussionist ...
2003
* Syncop
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Les Breastfeeders
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*Caniche Hara-Kiri
*Masse Poésie
2006
* Ma blonde est une chanteuse
*David Marin
*Mathieu Mathieu
Bonjour Brumaire
Bonjour Brumaire was a francophone indie pop band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its members were Youri Zaragoza (vocals, guitar), Nathan Howard (guitar, vocals), Francois Lessard (drums), Karine Novelle (keyboards, vocals), Béatrice Martin ...
2009
* Ariel
*Francis d'Octobre
*Mad'Moizèle Giraf
2010
*
Bernard Adamus
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History
After releasing their first EP in 2009, entitled ''La saveur des fruits'' on Paper Bag Records, they came in second place at the 2010 edition of Les Francouvertes.
Th ...
Karim Ouellet
Karim Ouellet (December 8, 1984 – November 15, 2021) was a Senegalese-born Canadian pop singer-songwriter. He released three albums between 2011 and 2016; his second album ''Fox'' won a Juno Award in 2014.
Early life
Ouellet was born in Daka ...
Dead Obies
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*Marcie
2014
* Philippe Brach
*Julie Blanche
*Deux pouilles en cavale
2015
* Dylan Perron et Élixir de Gumbo
*C-Antoine Gosselin
*Émile Bilodeau
Laurence-Anne
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Originally from Saint-Pascal in the Kamouraska RCM of Quebec, Gagné was a ...
Le Devoir
''Le Devoir'' (, "Duty") is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journalist and politician Henri Bourassa in 1910.
''Le Devoir'' is one of few independent large-c ...