Mario Pelchat
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Mario Pelchat is a francophone
Francophone
The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....

 singer.

Biography

Quebec singer Mario Pelchat has performed since 1973. His first 45 RPM single recording was released in September 1981. His early albums include 1982's Je suis un chanteur (I Am a Singer) and Tu m’as fait mal (You hurt me) the following year. His 1988 self-titled album and 1990's Couleur Passion (The Color of Passion) attained gold record sales status. His 1992 double-platinum album Pelchat on the Sony label included a duet with Céline Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

. He also recorded with Belgian singer Maurane
Maurane
Maurane, real name Claudine Luypaerts, is a Belgian singer. She lives currently in Schaerbeek.Maurane was born at Ixelles. Her father was director in the Académie de Musique de Verviers, and when she was a teenager she took part in several musical contests...

 on his Pelchat 2002 album.

Pelchat has performed in various theatrical productions. He played the title role in a 1998 musical on the artist Picasso during a European tour. He portrayed Quasimodo in a production of Notre Dame de Paris, Moses in a production of The Ten Commandments and Don Carlos in Don Juan.

He earned ADISQ's Félix Award
Félix Award
The Félix Award is a music award, given on an annual basis to artists in the Canadian province of Quebec.The first Félix awards were presented on September 23, 1979, by the Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois...

s for Male Singer of The Year in 1990 and Album of the Year for 1992's Pelchat. He also earned a Jazz album Félix for the 2009 collaborative album Mario Pelchat-Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
Michel Jean Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist...

. Besides touring in Canada, Pelchat has performed in Europe, the Middle East and the United States.

Studio albums

Year Album CAN
Canadian Albums Chart
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CRIA
Cria
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1982 Je suis un chanteur -
1983 Tu m'as fait mal -
1988 Mario Pelchat - Gold
1990 Couleur passion - Gold
1993 Pelchat - 2xPlatinum
1995 C'est la vie - Gold
1999 VII - Gold
2002 Pelchat 2002 -
2004 Noël avec Jireh Gospel Choir -
2006 Le monde où je vais - Gold
2009 Mario Pelchat chante Michel Legrand -
2010 Toujours de nous 3 Gold

Live albums

Year Album CA
Canada
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Sales
2003 Live -

Compilations

Year Album CA
Canada
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Sales
1998 Mes premières chansons -
1998 Les incontournables -

External links

Mario Pelchat Official Website Quebec Info Musique: Mario Pelchat
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