Louis-Jean Cormier (born May 26, 1980 in Sept-Îles,

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) is a Canadian

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singer and songwriter. Formerly associated with the band Karkwa,"Great Expectations; Louis-Jean Cormier reclaims his own identity with his second solo album". ''

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'', March 24, 2015. since that band went on hiatus in 2012 he has recorded and performed as a solo artist and was a judge on the second season of the television singing competition '' La Voix''. While Cormier was with Karkwa, the band's fourth album ''

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'' won the 2010 Polaris Music Prize, being the first French-language work to win the award. His 2012 album ''Le Treizième étage'' was a longlisted nominee for the

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,"Polaris Music Prize Unveils 2013 Long List"
. '' Exclaim!'', June 13, 2012. and won the Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year at the

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. His 2015 album ''Les Grandes artères'' was a longlisted nominee for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize."Polaris Music Prize Announces 2015 Long List"
'' Exclaim!'', June 16, 2015. In early 2015, a group of 125 Québécois musicians and media personalities recorded a charity rendition of Cormier's single "Tout le monde en même temps" as a promotion for a public relations campaign to protect the

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from funding cuts. In 2016, he appeared as a duet vocalist on "J'aurai cent ans", the debut single by singer-songwriter Beyries. In 2018, Cormier collaborated with

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on ''Seul ensemble'', a theatrical show comprising new rerecordings of Fiori's classic songs. The show had its theatrical debut in 2019. ''Le Ciel est au plancher'' was a Juno Award nominee for Francophone Album of the Year at the

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Discography

*''Le Treizième étage'' (2012) *''Les Grandes artères'' (2015) *''Quand la nuit tombe'' (2020) (debuted at No. 24 in Canada) *''Le ciel est au plancher'' (2021)Louis-Philippe Labrèche
"Louis-Jean Cormier annonce son nouvel album : Le ciel est au plancher"
''Le Canal auditif'', March 19, 2021.

References

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