Marilou

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Marilou
Birth name Marilou Bourdon
Born September 20, 1990 (1990-09-20) (age 17)
Origin Longueuil, Quebec
Genre(s) Light rock, adult contemporary, pop music
Years active 2005 - present
Label(s) Sony-BMG

Marilou Bourdon is a Quebecoise/Canadian popular singer. She was born on September 20, 1990 in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.

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[edit] Background/Early Life

Marilou developed interest in the musical world starting at the age of eight when she started dance, music and theater courses. Her first show was made in several of several hundreds of spectators at an annual concert show. She was first discovered in 2001, when she sang a duet with Natasha St-Pier in a Quebec show called Stars à domicile. [1].

[edit] Music Career

Marilou's self-titled album released in 2007
Marilou's self-titled album released in 2007

Her career started in 2002 when she had her first single Je serai la pour toi in a duo with Canadian Gino Quilico and signed with the Sony label in 2004 before going on a tour opening for Garou.

In 2005, she released at the age of 15 her debut La fille qui chante in which one of the singles includes a duet with Garou. Also, René Angélil, who also manages Celine Dion became her manager. [2] After several concerts and promotions Marilou played in Luc Plamondon's musical comedy Notre-Dame-de-Paris. She started her first own music tour in 2006 while continuing with her high school studies.

In 2007, her self-titled second album was released with the most notable song being Danser sur la lune which includes also a non-Canadian version duet with Merwan Rim. A European version of the album was also released a few months after the Canadian date release. Later in the year, she made her Tout simplement Marilou province wide tour.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • 2005 La fille qui chante
  • 2007 Marilou

[edit] Singles

  • 2005 Chante
  • 2005 Tu es comme ça (duet with Garou)
  • 2007 Danser sur la lune

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