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Louis-Jean Cormier (born May 26, 1980 in Sept-Îles, Quebec) is a Canadian indie rock singer and songwriter. Formerly associated with the band Karkwa,[1] since that band went on hiatus in 2012 he has recorded and performed as a solo artist[1] and was a judge on the second season of the television singing competition La Voix.

Louis-Jean Cormier
Background information
Born	(1980-05-26) May 26, 1980 (age 42)
Origin	Sept-Îles, Quebec
Genres	indie rock
Website	louisjeancormier.com

While Cormier was with Karkwa, the band's fourth album Les Chemins de verre 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 2013 Polaris Music Prize,[2] and won the Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2013.[3] His 2015 album Les Grandes artères was a longlisted nominee for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize.[4]

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 Société Radio-Canada from funding cuts.[5]

In 2016, he appeared as a duet vocalist on "J'aurai cent ans", the debut single by singer-songwriter Beyries.[6]

In 2018, Cormier collaborated with Serge Fiori on Seul ensemble, a theatrical show comprising new rerecordings of Fiori's classic songs.[7] The show had its theatrical debut in 2019.[8]

Le Ciel est au plancher was a Juno Award nominee for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022.[9]

Discography

• Le Treizième étage (2012)
• Les Grandes artères (2015)
• Quand la nuit tombe (2020) (debuted at No. 24 in Canada)[10]
• Le ciel est au plancher (2021)[11]

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