Marc Antoine (born 26 April 1977) is a Canadian singer.

Biography

Born in

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 ...

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 ...

, Antoine is of Haitian descent. He was a musical talent from young age impersonating Michael Jackson. His parents were fans of various types of music (soul, French music,

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etc.). As an 11-year adolescent, he was part of a family group Eden with his brothers imitating harmonized tunes in the style of Boyz II Men. Marc Antoine studied law but concentrated on his music. After meeting renowned Montreal producer Sonny Black, he has broken as a local artist in Quebec and in France with three albums, ''Comme il se doit'' (2008), the follow-up ''Notre histoire'' (2010) and ''Je ferai tout'' (2013). He has had a number of charting singles in France,

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and

. "Tant besoin de toi" taken from his debut single remains his most successful hit having reached No. 4 on the SNEP French Singles Chart.

Musical theatre

Marc Antoine is playing the role of Petit Jean (

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) in the 2013 French musical ''

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''. He performs "Lui sait qui je suis" as solo in his role, and sings "À nous" with

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( Frère Tuck) and

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Discography

Albums

Singles

;Featured in ;Songs *2006: "Triste novembre" *2008: " Tant besoin de toi" (music video by John Gabriel Biggs) *2008: "Triste novembre" (2nd version) (music video by John Gabriel Biggs) *2008: "Comme il se doit" *2008: "Plus rien à perdre" *2010: "Qui tu aimes" *2010: "Ballade a la Marc Antoine" *2010: "Nous" *2010: "Remonter le temps (tu me manques) (Marc Antoine and Sarah Riani) *2011: "La promesse" *2012: "Je ferai tout"

Awards and nominations

*In 2009, Antoine won an International Achievement Award at the Francophone

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Awards in Montreal. *In 2010, nominated for "Francophone Revelation of the Year" at the

NRJ Music Award An NRJ Music Award (commonly abbreviated as an NMA) is an award presented by the French radio station NRJ to honor the best in the French and worldwide music industry. The awards ceremony, created in 2000 by NRJ in partnership with the televisio ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Antoine, Marc 1977 births Living people Canadian male songwriters Haitian Quebecers Singers from Montreal Songwriters from Quebec 21st-century Black Canadian male singers