Klô Pelgag is the stage name of Chloé Pelletier-Gagnon (born March 13, 1990, in

Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, () is a city in La-Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Quebec province, in Canada. Sainte-Anne-des-Monts is located close to the Chic-Choc Mountains on the south shore of ...

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

), a Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec. Beginning her career in 2009 as a performer at various festivals and music contests in Quebec, she released her self-titled debut EP in 2012. Her full-length album ''L'Alchimie des monstres'' followed in 2013. She won the

Félix Award The Félix Award ( is an award, given by the ''Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois'' (ADISQ) on an annual basis to artists working in the music and humor industry in the Canadian province of Quebec. The award The firs ...

for New Artist of the Year in 2014. She was a shortlisted nominee for the

SOCAN Songwriting Prize The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, SOCAN Songwriting Prize, formerly known as the ECHO Songwriting Prize, was an annual competition recognizing the best in Canadian emerging music, both anglophone and francophone, fro ...

in 2014 for her song "La fièvre des fleurs", and ''L'Alchimie des monstres'' was a nominee for Francophone Album of the Year at the

Juno Awards of 2015 The Juno Awards of 2015 honoured Canadian music industry achievements in the latter part of 2013 and most of 2014. They were presented in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, during the weekend of March 14-15. The main ceremony was conducted at FirstOntari ...

. In December 2014, she won the

SOCAN The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 175,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collect ...

Breakout Award at the Francophone SOCAN Awards in Montreal. She released a new album in November 2016, ''L'étoile thoracique''. At the Gala de l'ADISQ in 2018, she won the

Prix Félix Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who ...

for Female Singer of the Year. Her 2020 album '' Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs'' was shortlisted for the

2021 Polaris Music Prize The 2021 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 27, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the award was presented in a livestreamed virtual event hosted by Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe of CBC Music. The longlist ...

. Her 2024 album ''Abracadabra'' was longlisted for the

2025 Polaris Music Prize The 2025 edition of the Canada, Canadian Polaris Music Prize will be presented on September 16, 2025 at Massey Hall.Kerry Doole"Polaris Music Prize Announces 40-Album 2025 Long List, Announces SOCAN Polaris Song Prize" ''Billboard (magazine), Bil ...

. Her brother, Mathieu David Gagnon, is a composer and arranger most noted for the instrumental music project

Flore Laurentienne ''Flore laurentienne'' (The Laurentian Flora English language, En) by Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Marie-Victorin Bro. (Conrad Kirouac), is the scientific inventory of vascular plant resources growing spontaneously in the St. Lawrence River valley, in ...

, although he has also composed orchestral arrangements for Pelgag's albums.

Discography

*''Klô Pelgag'' (EP; 2012) *''L'Alchimie des monstres'' (album; 2013) *''L'Étoile thoracique'' (album; 2016) *'' Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs'' (album; 2020) *''Abracadabra'' (album; 2024)

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pelgag, Klo 1990 births Canadian women singer-songwriters French-language singers of Canada Singers from Quebec People from Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Living people Canadian women pop singers 21st-century Canadian women singers Baroque pop musicians Félix Award winners 21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year winners