Kevin Parent (born 12 December 1972) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from
Quebec
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.
He is fluent in both English and French.
Early life
Although his first language is English, he was born in
Greenfield Park, Quebec
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(now a borough of the city of
Longueuil
Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly ac ...
), and was raised and educated in the French-speaking area of
Bay of Chaleur
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(
Gaspé Peninsula) in the municipality of
Nouvelle during his childhood and attended high school at th
École Antoine-Bernardin
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
Felix Awards
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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
Jean-Marc Vallée
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's 2011 film ''
Café de Flore
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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
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* 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 ParentThe Canadian Encyclopedia: Kevin Parent
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1972 births
Living people
Canadian rock singers
Canadian male film actors
French Quebecers
Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year winners
People from Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
People from Longueuil
Singers from Quebec
Anglophone Quebec people
Audiogram (label) artists
French-language singers of Canada
21st-century Canadian male singers
Canadian male singer-songwriters
Canadian singer-songwriters