Kevin Parent
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| File:Tony levin et kevin parent.jpg
Tony Levin and Kevin Parent (right)
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| Background information | |
| Born | 12 December 1972 Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Audiogram |
| Website | www.kevinparent.com |
Kevin Parent (born 12 December 1972) is a bilingual Québécois singer-songwriter.[1]
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Early life
Although his first language is English,[2] he was born in Greenfield Park, Quebec (now a borough of the city of Longueuil), and was raised and educated in the French-speaking area of Bay of Chaleur (Gaspé Peninsula) in the municipality of Nouvelle during his childhood and attended high school at the École Antoine-Bernard in Carleton-sur-Mer.
Career
In 1993 Parent participated in a songwriting competition, and was consequently signed to Tacca Musique shortly thereafter. His first album, "Pigeon d'argile" sold over 360,000 copies,[3] making it one of the greatest Québécois album sales successes of the decade.
Hit singles "Nomade sedentaire", "Seigneur" and "Boomerang", made Parent became well known in Quebec music in the 1990s, winning a number of Felix Awards in the province and touring on both sides of the Atlantic. Two years later, Kevin released "Grand Parleur, Petit Faiseur", which also sold more than 350,000 copies and earned Kevin the Felix Award for Rock Album of the Year in 1998. His follow-up albums, Les Vents ont changé (2001) and Retrouvailles (2003), which featured collaborations with Claire Pelletier, Catherine Durand, among others, both achieved multi-platinum status and earned him Juno Award nominations (including a win for the best selling Francophone album of 2002) and Felix Awards.
Parent has also worked as an actor, with acting roles including Jean-Marc Vallée's 2011 film Café de Flore and Sonia Boileau's 2019 film Rustic Oracle.
He now lives in the town of Miguasha.[4] Miguasha is also the title of one album he published in 2009.
Discography
- 1995 : Pigeon d'argile
- 1998 : Grand parleur, petit faiseur
- 2001 : Les Vents ont changé
- 2003 : Retrouvailles
- 2007 : Fangless Wolf Facing Winter – English album
- 2009 : Miguasha
- 2016 : Kanji – English album
Compilation
- 2006 : Kevin Parent Compilation
Awards and recognition
- 2002: Juno Award for Best Selling Francophone Album, Les Vents ont changé
- 1999: ADISQ award for Album Pop-Rock of the Year, Grand parleur, petit faiseur
- 1998: ADISQ award for Song of the Year, "Fréquenter l’oubli"
- 1998: ADISQ award for Male artist of the Year
- 1997: ADISQ award for Song of the Year for "Father on the Go"
- 1996: ADISQ award for Song of the Year for "Seigneur"
- 1996: ADISQ award for Male artist of the Year
- 1996: ADISQ award for Concert of the Year
References
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- Kevin Parent Discography : https://www.discogs.com/fr/artist/1132259-Kevin-Parent
External links
- Official website
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- Script error: No such module "In lang". TQS: Kevin Parent profile
- The Canadian Encyclopedia: Kevin Parent
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- French Quebecers
- Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year winners
- People from Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- People from Longueuil
- Singers from Quebec
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Audiogram (label) artists
- French-language singers of Canada
- 21st-century Canadian singers
- 21st-century male singers
