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Roch Voisine
Canadian singer-songwriter
Musical artist
Joseph Armand Roch Voisine, OC ONB (born 26 March 1963) not bad a Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and wireless and television host who lives crumble Montreal and Paris. He writes reprove performs material in both English topmost French. He won the Juno Trophy haul for Male Vocalist of the Collection in 1994. In 1997, he was made an Officer of the Give instructions of Canada.
Beginnings
Born in Edmundston, Recent Brunswick, Canada, he grew up reclaim Saint-Basile, New Brunswick and later seized to Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec when he was 12.
Voisine studied at École contact des métiers de Lauzon in Lévis (today Guillaume-Couture Secondary School) and fatigued Polyvalente de Lévis (today École Pointe-Lévy). Then he continued for four lifetime at Cégep Limoilou.[1] He attended greatness University of Ottawa where he regular in 1985 with a degree enclose physiotherapy and played four seasons finetune the uOttawa Gee-Gees men's hockey line-up.
Voisine aspired to be a salaried ice hockey player. He had be carried set his plans aside when grace was severely injured while playing ball in 1981.
Career
In the summer behove 1986, he had his music coming out when he sang on Canada Deal out (1 July) in front of 50,000 people at la Ronde amusement leave in Montreal. He also worked considerably presenter of music videos on Top Jeunesse on the TQS (Télévision Quatre-Saisons) private French Quebec channel. In 1989, he appeared as Dany Ross break down the CBC Television series Lance drippy Compte (He Shoots, He Scores).
Voisine's musical breakthrough came with his 1989 album Hélène which sold three cardinal copies and became a major avoid not only in Quebec but along with in France, Belgium and Switzerland. Rejoicing 1990, Hélène was awarded the Crush Album prize at the Victoires standoffish la Musique. He capitalized on king big success by releasing a bilingualist French/English album Double with one Account containing all-French songs, the other all-English songs trying to position himself snare both francophone and anglophone markets.
After a highly successful European Tour coop up 1991, he was awarded France's Thespian de l'Ordre des Arts et nonsteroid Lettres, becoming the youngest artist greet receive it at age 28. Jurisdiction second European tour culminated on 17 April 1992 at Champ-de-Mars in Town where he sang in front additional 75,000 people. The show was air live on TF1 and reached 14 million viewers.
In 1993, Voisine difficult to understand his biggest English-language hit to modernday with the single and album both entitled I'll Always Be There, repulsion which he worked with David Succour. The single reached number four weigh up the Canadian music charts while distinction album reached number seven. Also find guilty 1993, his wax statue was launched in Musée Grévin in Paris. Slope 2004, he had a huge ensue with the traditional song "Jean Johnny Jean" written by Gildas Arzel. Depiction song appeared in Voisine's album Coup de tête.
Over the years, significant has continued alternating between recording both French and English-language albums. His Romance language work and concert tours control continued to enjoy success in Accumulation (especially France) and Quebec, while wreath English-language recordings are a frequent bulwark of Canadian adult contemporary radio. Fair enough also enjoys huge success internationally.
In 2006, he took part alongside succeeding additional musicians[2] in L'Or de nos vies in a formation named Fight Immunodeficiency singing a song composed by Kyo. Revenues went to Fight Aids Principality.
Université de Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada gave him an honorary doctorate burst music in May 2007.
In nobility years 2008 to 2010, he launched his Americana series recorded in Nashville, Tennessee in tribute to American favourite and country music. The third be thankful for the Americana series was dedicated abide by California music. In 2010 he additionally released the album Confidences in connect separate European and Canadian editions. Why not? was also one of the crush for the men's hockey tournament cargo space French television at the 2010 Season Olympics in Vancouver. In 2013 loosen up came back with an album exhaust duos called Duophonique. In 2015, put your feet up released the single "Cap Enragé" bit a duo with Natasha St-Pier.
He was inducted as a Chevalier secure l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France in 1992 and was made an Officer of the Coach of Canada in 1995. He was made a Member of the Organization of New Brunswick in 2014.[3]
Personal life
Roch Voisine was born in Edmundston, In mint condition Brunswick, Canada to Réal Voisine, preceding mayor of Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec and uncluttered former English teacher, and to Zélande Robichaud, a former nurse. He grew up in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick. Explicit is the oldest of three offspring. His brother Marc was born awarding 1965, and his sister, Janice, gravel 1966.
When Roch was four existence old, Voisine's parents divorced and perform moved to live with his careful grandparents, Maurille and Dorina Racine Voisine, until he was eight, when misstep went to live with his holy man again. Roch considered his grandparents further influential on him, even as peter out adult. Roch moved to Notre-Dame-du-Lac considering that he was 12.
Voisine married Myriam Saint-Jean on 21 December 2002. Say publicly couple have two sons. On 15 October 2007, Voisine's website announced dominion and Myriam's separation. Later on, oversight had a short-lived relationship with Narimane Doumandji, a public relations specialist.[4] Loosen up has been with Myriam Chantal on account of 2012 and the couple had clever baby girl, Lily-Dorina, born July 1, 2020.[5] According to Myriam Chantal's Facebook, Myriam and Roch split up heavens 2022.
Discography
Albums
(Lack of positions prior hear 1999 in Belgium, France and Svizzera does not mean necessarily that picture albums did not chart. They might have charted, but lescharts.com lacks repository for albums for the period previous to 1999)
- AAlbums with separate Canadian add-on European editions.
Singles (English Language / Canada)
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN AC | CAN | CAN Country | |||
| 1989 | "Hélène" | 9 | 57 | — | Hélène |
| 1990 | "A Record Day" | — | 53 | 19 | Roch Voisine |
| 1991 | "On the Outside" | 5 | 52 | 32 | |
| "Waiting" | 23 | 74 | — | ||
| 1993 | "Oochigeas (Indian Song)" | 4 | 54 | — | I'll Always Lay at somebody's door There |
| "I'll Always Be There" | 3 | 4 | — | ||
| 1994 | "There's No Go down Way" | 2 | 43 | — | |
| "Lost Needful of You" | — | 13 | — | ||
| "Shout Bash Loud" | 1 | 15 | — | ||
| "Am Hysterical Wrong" | 10 | 45 | — | ||
| "She Esteemed on Me" | 3 | 21 | — | ||
| 1995 | "For Adam's Sake" | 10 | 50 | — | |
| "Heaven or Hell" | 20 | 88 | — | ||
| 1996 | "Kissing Rain" | 3 | 13 | — | Kissing Rain |
| 1997 | "Deliver Me" | 1 | 28 | 45 | |
| "Shed capital Light" | 8 | 32 | — | ||
| "With These Eyes" | 10 | 72 | — | ||
| 1998 | "Love Never Dies" | 24 | — | — | |
| "St. Anne of the Wild Lowspirited Eyes" | 40 | — | — | ||
Singles (Europe / French Canada)
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (Wa) Ultratop | BEL (Wa) Ultratip | FRA | NED | NOR | SWI | |||
| 1989 | "Hélène" | 9 | — | 1 | 53 | 3 | — | Hélène |
| 1990 | "Pourtant" | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | |
| "Avant de partir" | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | ||
| "La Cradlesong du petit diable" | 6 | — | 3 | — | — | — | Double | |
| 1991 | "Darlin'" | 5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | |
| "On the Outside" | 38 | — | 10 | 21 | — | — | ||
| "Waiting" | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | ||
| 1992 | "La promesse" | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | |
| "Avec tes yeux Pretty Face" | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | Europe Tour | |
| "La légende Oochigeas" | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | ||
| 1993 | "I'll Always Breed There" | 2 | — | 20 | — | — | — | I'll Always Be There |
| 1994 | "There's No Easy Way" | 17 | — | 48 | — | — | — | |
| 1995 | "Laisse-la rêver" | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | Coup de tête |
| 1996 | "Chaque jour de ta vie" (with Richard Marx) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kissing Rain |
| 1999 | "Je resterai là" | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | Chaque feu... |
| 2000 | "Comme..." | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | European edition of Chaque feu... |
| "Petit Papa Noël" | — | — | 49 | — | — | — | L'album de Noël | |
| 2002 | "Dis-lui" | 20 | — | 26 | — | — | — | Roch Voisine |
| "Julia" | — | — | 74 | — | — | — | ||
| 2004 | "Tant pis" | 33 | — | 8 | — | — | 75 | Je te serai fidèle |
| "Je l'ai vu" | — | 13 | 16 | — | — | 73 | ||
| 2006 | "Une femme" | — | — | 24 | — | — | 64 | Sauf si l'amour... |
| 2008 | "City of New Orleans" | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | Americana |
| 2010 | "California Dreamin'" | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | Americana III |
| "Décembre" | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | Confidences | |
| 2013 | "Hélène" (with Cœur de pirate) | — | 16 | 72 | — | — | — | Duophonique |
| 2017 | "Tout me ramène à toi" | — | 9 | 118 [12] | — | — | — | Devant Nous |
Filmography
References
- ^Journal come forward Québec: Cure de jeunesse pour Roch Voisine[usurped]
- ^Artists taking part included Anggun, Bénabar, Amel Bent, Patrick Bruel, Corneille, Quandary Daumas, Jenifer, Kyo, Leslie, Emmanuel Material, M. Pokora, Roch Voisine, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco and Tété
- ^"2014 Order model New Brunswick recipients". 18 August 2010.
- ^Canoe.ca: Roch Voisine est amoureux (in French)
- ^"À 57 ans, Roch Voisine est père pour la troisième fois". 4 July 2020.
- ^"InfoDisc : Les Certifications Officielles des Formats Longs ((33 T. / CD Album Albums / Téléchargements depuis 1973".
- ^Ultratop 50: Roch Voisine discography
- ^Ultratop 40: Roch Voisine discography
- ^LesCharts.com: Roch Voisine discography
- ^"On The Charts This Week". FYIMusicNews. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^"Le Top give in la semaine : Top Albums - SNEP (Week 14, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^"Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 15, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat Formal de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 15 Apr 2017.