Kevin Parent (born 12 December 1972) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from

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. He is fluent in both English and French.

Early life

Although his first language is English, he was born in

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(now a borough of the city of

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), and was raised and educated in the French-speaking area of

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( Gaspé Peninsula) in the municipality of Nouvelle during his childhood and attended high school at th
École Antoine-Bernard
in Carleton-sur-Mer.

Career

In 1993, Parent participated in a songwriting competition, and was consequently signed to Tacca Musique shortly thereafter. His first album, "Pigeon d'argile" sold over 360,000 copies, making it one of the greatest Québécois album sales successes of the decade. Hit singles "Nomade sedentaire", "Seigneur" and "Boomerang", made Parent became well known in Quebec music in the 1990s, winning a number of

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in the province and touring on both sides of the Atlantic. Two years later, Kevin released "Grand Parleur, Petit Faiseur", which also sold more than 350,000 copies and earned Kevin the Felix Award for Rock Album of the Year in 1998. His follow-up albums, ''Les Vents ont changé'' (2001) and ''Retrouvailles'' (2003), which featured collaborations with Claire Pelletier, Catherine Durand, among others, both achieved multi-platinum status and earned him Juno Award nominations (including a win for the best selling Francophone album of 2002) and Felix Awards. Parent has also worked as an actor, with acting roles including

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's 2011 film ''

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'' and Sonia Boileau's 2019 film '' Rustic Oracle''. He now lives in the town of Miguasha. ''Miguasha'' is also the title of one album he published in 2009.

Discography

* 1995: ''Pigeon d'argile'' * 1998: ''Grand parleur, petit faiseur'' * 2001: ''Les Vents ont changé'' * 2003: ''Retrouvailles'' * 2007: ''Fangless Wolf Facing Winter'' – English album * 2009: ''Miguasha'' * 2016: ''Kanji'' – English album

Compilation

* 2006: ''Kevin Parent Compilation''

References

* Kevin Parent discography: https://www.discogs.com/fr/artist/1132259-Kevin-Parent

External links

*
Quebec Info Musique: Kevin Parent

The Canadian Encyclopedia: Kevin Parent
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