Marie-Mai
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Marie-Mai Bouchard, (born on July 7, 1984, in Varennes, Quebec) also known as her stage name Marie-Mai, is a Quebec singer. She was initially known as one of the top finalists of the first season of the Quebec reality show Star Académie.
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[edit] Profile/Background
Marie-Mai began her interest to music in her early years when practicing piano lessons. Shortly, she began singing in which her grandmother noticed her talent. In the following years, she would help Marie-Mai in improving even further singing abilities. At that time, her grandmother proposed her to auditioned for the new competition Star Académie.
She became a finalist in the 2003 edition, in which she was immediately noticed by her pop-rock style. While, she was never in danger of elimination throughout the competition, Marie-Elaine Thibert, the runner-up of the competition behind Wilfred Le Bouthillier, had reached the finals thus finishing third in the reality show's first season.
[edit] Debut album
Her debut album "Inoxydable" was released on September 28, 2004. 75 000 albums were sold in Quebec alone while the album was released in France in 2006. Several singles had reached high in the Quebec charts including the songs "Il faut que tu t'en ailles" and "Encore une nuit" which reached the top of the Radio Énergie charts.
[edit] European Tour
In the fall of 2006, Marie-Mai had already reached the international stage, when she opened for Garou for four shows at the Olympia in Paris where several international acts made their mark at the landmark music hall. Additionnal stops in the European Tour will include Switzerland, Belgium, Romania and Russia. in an interview with TVA's correspondent in Paris, Claude Charron, Marie-Mai mentioned she was thrilled about the experience and was amazed by the public reception in Paris. She also added that despite being a short experience each night (she opens with 30-minute performance), she enjoys every single moment of it and would stay there forever on the scene. [1]
[edit] Upcoming Album
There are plans for Marie-Mai to do a second album in 2007. She mentionned in the interview with Charron that she hopes for similar success then her debut album "Inoxydable".
[edit] Discography
[edit] Inoxydable (2004)
- Il faut que tu t'en ailles
- Inoxydable
- Tu t'en fous
- En hiver
- Tous les chemins
- Encore une nuit
- Un million d'années
- Rien
- Take the money
- Salaud!
- Entre mes mains
- Chanson pour hier et demain
- Seule à Montréal
[edit] References
- ^ Charron, Claude, Interview on TVA 17 Heures, TVA, November 20, 2006
