Ingrid St-Pierre

Ingrid St-Pierre

Ingrid St-Pierre (born in 1985) is a French Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec.

Biography[]

Ingrid St-Pierre was born and raised in Cabano, a town within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.^[1] Her father is a businessman while her mother is a painter and an artist. Since a young age, Ingrid took piano and Gregorian classical singing classes. At age 17, she left her hometown to go study in Quebec City. She later on settled in Trois-Rivières where she decided to study psychology. Ultimately, she left university to pursue a musical career.

Musical career[]

She joined independent Canadian record label "La Tribu" in 2011 and still works with them to this day^[2]

She released her first album Petite mam’zelle de chemin on May 24, 2011. The album sold relatively well in Quebec and it even won St-Pierre her first nomination for the Breakthrough Award at the ADISQ, the main awards for music in Quebec. Ingrid was called Francophone discovery by the Public Francophone Radio Association.^[3] On January 20, 2012, Ingrid released a music video for her song "Ficelles" on YouTube, a video on her Grandmother and her struggle with Alzheimer's^[4] which now has nearly three million views.^[5] In 2012, she released her second album L’Escapade, receiving three ADISQ nominations: album of the year, singer-songwriter of the year and the Contemporary adult award, an award she lost to Celine Dion. After a three-year hiatus due to personal reasons, during which St-Pierre suffered a miscarriage in 2014, she released her third album Tokyo in November 2015. Ingrid with her partner and drummer, Liu-Kong Ha, had a baby boy on September 9, 2015 who they decided to name Polo.^[6] Her son was conceived in Tokyo hence the name she gave to her new album. Later that year, she was nominated once again for the ADISQ Gala and finally won her first Felix for artist of the year.^[7] Following her vocality on the subject, The Federation of Quebec Alzheimer's society named Ingrid St-Pierre their Spokesperson for the Alzheimer's movement.^[8][9]

Ingrid is presently on tour for her third album Tokyo since January 2016. She also joined the Canadian celebrity dancing show Les Dieux de la danse^[10] with her long-time friend, singer and television host .

Discography[]

2011 : Ma petite mam’zelle de chemin[]

1. Mercure au Chrome et p’tits pansements

2. Homéostasie crânienne

3. Colle sur tes papilles

4. Desjardins

5. Les froufrous blancs

6. Les Ex

7. Pates au basilic

8. Sous les Aquarelles

9. Une luciole sur un high

10. T'se

11. Ficelles

2012 : L’escapade[]

1. La chocolaterie

2. La planque a libellules

3. La courte échelle

4. L’escapade

5. Valentine

6. Coin Livernoche

7. Deltaplane

8. En p’tit bonhomme

9. Les elles

2015 : Tokyo[]

1. Tokyo Jelly Bean

2. La ballerine

3. 63 Rue Leman

4. Place Royale

5. La dentellière

6. Lucie

7. Les loups pastel

8. Les aéronefs

9. Monoplace

10. L’éloge des dernières fois

2019 : Petite Plage[]

1. À la mer

2. Les joailliers

3. Les éléphants Massaï

4. Les amoureux scaphandres

5. Les épousailles

6. La vie devant

7. Sac banane

8. La lumineuse (lettre à mon fils)

9. L'enneigée

Videography[]

Desjardins (August 11, 2011), Directed by Philippe Arsenault

Ficelles (January 20, 2012). Directed by Valerie Dupras and Jean-Francois Levesque

Valentine (March 28, 2013) Directed by Sebastien Gagne

Feu de Bengale (October 11, 2013) Directed by Sebastien Gagne

La planque à libellules (December 6, 2013) Jean-Francois Blais

Tokyo Jellybean (September 21, 2016) Directed by Pierre Alexandre Gerard

References[]