Dany Bédar is a francophone Québécois singer from

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'', February 17, 2005. At the age of 19, Bédar moved to

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, where he played bass guitar with the local band

La Chicane La Chicane is a Canadian francophone rock band based in Val-d'Or, Quebec. Their sound is described as "jazz-rock" or "lounge rock". History La Chicane was formed in 1993 in Val-d'Or, Quebec by Boom Desjardins, Alain Villeneuve, Suzanne Dufour, ...

from 1999 to 2007, quickly demonstrating his talents as a composer with "Tu m'manques," which earned three

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and one Juno Award. Bédar was the bass player for the group Sex Solution, along with follower members, Richard Gibouleau (percussionist) and Karl Coderre (singer/guitarist). Bédar launched his solo career in 2002. He has also written for several artists, including

Boom Desjardins Daniel "Boom" Desjardins (born 1971) is a French Canadian singer from Val-d'Or, Quebec. He was an original member of the rock band La Chicane for eleven years, from 1993 until 2004, when he left to begin a solo career. Desjardins was nominated fo ...

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, and

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. He also had a bilingual (French/English) hit with Joel Kroeker entitled "Déjà Vu".

Discography

* 2002: ''Fruit de ma récente nuit blanche'' * 2004: ''Écoute-moi donc'' * 2004: ''La Tournée Boombox'' (with

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) * 2006: ''Acoustique... en studio !'' * 2007: ''Y'a du monde'' DVD * 2011: ''L'avocat du Yab'' * 2012: ''On a tous une histoire a cont'' No. 40 CAN

Awards and nominations

* 28th ADISQ awards, 2005 – Pop rock album of the year ''Écoute-moi donc'' * 28th ADISQ awards, 2005 – Best male artist *

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– Best Selling Francophone Album (nominated) – ''Écoute-moi donc'' *

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- to honor achievements in

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in 2020

References

External links

* Canadian pop singers Canadian male singers People from Val-d'Or Living people French-language singers of Canada 1976 births {{canada-singer-stub