Marie-Élaine Thibert

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Marie-Elaine Thibert
Born April 18, 1982 (1982-04-18) (age 26)
Origin Montreal, Quebec
Genre(s) Light rock, adult contemporary, pop music
Years active 4 years
Label(s) Musicor [1]

Marie-Élaine Thibert (born April 18, 1982 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Quebec adult contemporary and pop singer. Thibert was first notable for being the runner-up in the first season of Star Académie in 2003, the Quebec singing idol reality show. She is also a two-time Felix-award winner for best Female artist in Quebec and one-time Juno-award winner for Best Francophone album in Canada.

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[edit] Background

Self-titled Debut album from Marie-Elaine Thibert released in 2004
Self-titled Debut album from Marie-Elaine Thibert released in 2004

[edit] Early Life

Born in the district of LaSalle in the Montréal region, Thibert started to express interest in music during high school and college. She participated in several competitions and contests some of which she won. Thibert then auditioned for Star Académie in 2003 in which she performed on several occasions one of her favorites songs performed originally by Jacques Brel. Thibert finished second to Acadien-born Wilfred Le Bouthillier in the show's first season.

After Star Académie, Thibert met up several times with her long-time Idol Celine Dion and once met a duet performance prior to her disc launch. [2]

[edit] Music career

Her self-titled debut album was launched a few months after Star Académie in early 2004. 300 000 copies of the album were sold which easily surpassed the totals of Le Bouthiller's self-titled album and season two champion Stéphanie Lapointe's Sur le fil, the latter of which is in a genre similar to Thibert but with a much lighter tone. The success of the album resulted in two Felix award at the ADISQ gala later that year. She won the awards for the album with the best sales [3] and best female singer [4]. She won the again the latter category again in 2005. She also won a Juno Award for best Francophone Album in Canada for her debut album ahead of Dany Bédard, Nicola Ciccone, Canadian Idol finalist Audrey De Montigny and Les Trois Accords. She was also nominated for Juno Fan Choice Award in which Avril Lavigne won ahead of Thibert, Sarah McLachlan, Diana Krall and Shania Twain. [5]

Album cover of Thibert's second release: Comme ça (2007)
Album cover of Thibert's second release: Comme ça (2007)

In 2007, Thibert released her second album Comme ça and as of August 2007, over 100 000 copies were sold. The albums was made with the help of collaborators such as Chris de Burgh, Luc de la Rochelliere, Michel Rivard and Paul Piche as well as musical contributions from Marc Dupre, Marc Dery and Daniel Lavoie [6]

In addition, Thibert has released a DVD from a live performance at Montreal's Bell Centre during her Quebec-wide tour in 2005-2006. The show aired on TV network TVA which was the main network of all three Star Académie seasons from 2003 to 2006. In 2007-2008, she made a second province-wide tour in which most shows were sold out very quickly.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Star Académie (2003)

  • Et c'est pas fini (with all Star Académie 2003 finalists)
  • La quête
  • Rien n'est impossible (with Maritza Bosslé-Pelchat)

[edit] Marie-Elaine Thibert (2004)

  • Label:Musicor
  • 1- Dans chacun de mes silences
  • 2- Encore une fois (with Boom Desjardins)
  • 3- Le ciel est à moi
  • 4- Une force en toi
  • 5- Aller plus haut
  • 6- Fille de ville
  • 7- Je te le jure
  • 8- La quête
  • 9- Il etait une fois des gens heureux
  • 10- La paix
  • 11- Quand on n'a que l'amour
  • 12- J'veux
  • 13- That's it that's all
  • 14- L'amitié
  • 15- Le tour de l'île
  • 16- Tout le temps

[edit] Comme ca (2007)

  • Label : Musicor
  • 1- Pour cet amour
  • 2- Le souffle de vivre
  • 3- Loin de moi (with Chris de Burg)
  • 4- Changer
  • 5- Entre 2 maisons
  • 6- Ne m'en veux pas
  • 7- Comme ça
  • 8- Laisse faire la vie
  • 9- Mon coeur n'est pas numero un
  • 10- De sable et de rochers
  • 11- Oui
  • 12- J'ai mal à ça
  • 13- L'enfant prodigue
  • 14- Dans tes yeux
  • 15- Les hautes herbes
  • 16- Le temps file

[edit] Filmography

  • Marie-Elaine en spectacle (2006) - DVD

[edit] Footnotes/References

  1. ^ Marie-Élaine Thibert
  2. ^ Québec Info Musique - Marie-Élaine THIBERT
  3. ^ http://www.radio-canada.ca/television/adisq2004/finalistes/txt_nomin-artis-meilleur_vend.html
  4. ^ http://www.radio-canada.ca/television/adisq2004/finalistes/txt_nomin-artis-inter_feminine.html
  5. ^ 2008 Juno Awards
  6. ^ Marie-Elaine Thibert : son album «Comme ça» est certifié platine - Showbizz.net : La référence en showbizz québecois, canadien et international!
  7. ^ Marie-Élaine Thibert - Sa discographie

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