Lynda Lemay (born 25 July 1966 in Portneuf, Quebec) is a Canadian francophone singer-songwriter. Through her mother she is a descendant of

Zacharie Cloutier Zacharie Cloutier (c. 1590 – September 17, 1677) was a French carpenter who immigrated to New France in 1634 in the first wave of the Percheron immigration from the former province of Perche, to an area that is today part of Quebec, Canad ...

. After winning regional awards in 1989 she went to France and regularly tours in Quebec and France, including at the

Paris Olympia The Olympia (; commonly known as L'Olympia or in the English-speaking world as Olympia Hall) is a concert venue in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France, located at 28 Boulevard des Capucines, equally distancing Madeleine church and Opéra ...

. Her recording "Live" was nominated as one of the best-selling Francophone albums at the 2000

Juno Awards The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...

Discography

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Awards and recognition

* 1995: 4

Félix Award The Félix Award (french: Trophée Félix or Prix Félix) 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 ...

nominations: Female Artist of the Year, Pop Album of the Year (''Y''), Songwriter of the Year, Concert of the YearGala de l'ADISQ – 1995
* 1996:

nomination: Artist with best recognition outside QuebecGala de l'ADISQ – 1996
* 1998:

winner, Female Artist of the Year; 4 other Félix nominations: Pop Album of the Year (''Lynda Lemay''), Best Selling Album of the Year (ibid.), Concert of the Year, Artist with best recognition outside QuebecGala de l'ADISQ – 1998
* 1999: 2

nominations: Pop Album of the Year (''Lynda Lemay live''), Artist with best recognition outside QuebecGala de l'ADISQ – 1999
* 2000:

winner, Artist with best recognition outside QuebecGala de l'ADISQ – 2000
* 2001: 4

nominations: Female Artist of the Year, Pop Album of the Year (''Du coq à l'âme''), Concert of the Year, Quebec Artist with most recognition outside QuebecGala de l'ADISQ – 2001
* 2002: 3

nominations: Female Artist of the Year, Pop Album of the Year (''Les lettres rouges''), Quebec Artist with best recognition outside QuebecGala de l'ADISQ – 2002
* 2004:

nomination: Quebec Artist with best recognition outside QuebecGala de l'ADISQ – 2004

Discography

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Compilation albums

Awards and recognition

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