Sylvain Cossette (born May 8, 1963) is a French-Canadian singer-songwriter from Grand-Mère, Quebec (located in the Mauricie region). Sylvain was a founding member of the Quebec-based English language band Paradox in 1984, before becoming a French language solo artist by 1994. During his career he has sold over 800,000 albums, recorded several hit albums, won many Quebec Felix Music Awards and Juno nominations, and performed in Canada and Europe in the hit stage musicals Notre Dame De Paris and Dracula. Cossette's 2001 album Rendez-vous was certified Platinum by the CRIA in November 2002.[1] His 2007 album 70s (#1 Quebec, #2 Canada) is his first all English release and produced four #1 hit singles and two #1 hit videos. The album went Gold (50,000 CDs sold) in 27 days and Platinum (100,000 CDs sold) in 15 weeks. The 70s concert tour went Silver Ticket (25,000 tickets sold) in 3 months and Gold Ticket (50,000 tickets sold) within a year. On October 21 2008, he released the album 70s Volume 2 and produced three #1 hit singles and one #1 hit video. The album went Gold (50,000 CDs sold) in 19 days and Platinum (100,000 CDs sold) in 11 weeks. The 70s project has so far sold 260,000 albums, 100,000 concert tickets and been seen by over a 400,000 people at outdoor festivals. On August 22nd, Cossette announced the recording of the album 70s Volume 3 to be released October 25th, 2010.
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