Klô Pelgag

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Klô Pelgag
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Background information
Birth nameChloé Pelletier-Gagnon
Born (1990-03-13) March 13, 1990 (age 31)
Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec
Genrespop, baroque pop
Occupation(s)singer, songwriter
Years active2009–present
Associated actsPhilippe Brach, Flore Laurentienne

Klô Pelgag is the stage name of Chloé Pelletier-Gagnon (born March 13, 1990 in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec), a Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec.[1]

Beginning her career in 2009 as a performer at various festivals and music contests in Quebec, she released her self-titled debut EP in 2012.[2] Her full-length album L'Alchimie des monstres followed in 2013.[3]

She won the Félix Award for New Artist of the Year in 2014.[4] She was a shortlisted nominee for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in 2014 for her song "La fièvre des fleurs",[5] and L'Alchimie des monstres was a nominee for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2015.[6] In December 2014, she won the SOCAN Breakout Award at the Francophone SOCAN Awards in Montreal.[7]

She released a new album in November 2016, L'étoile thoracique.

At the Gala de l'ADISQ in 2018, she won the Prix Félix for Female Singer of the Year.[8] Her 2020 album Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs was shortlisted for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize.[9]

Her brother, Mathieu David Gagnon, is a composer and arranger most noted for the instrumental music project Flore Laurentienne, although he has also composed orchestral arrangements for Pelgag's albums.[10]

Discography[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Klô Pelgag : faire dévier la réalité". La Presse, September 24, 2013.
  2. ^ "Klô Pelgag: un disque nommé EP" (in French). Metro. April 18, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. ^ Alice Gancel et Valérie Lehoux (June 18, 2014). "Klô Pelgag, l'extra terrestre de Montréal". Télérama. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  4. ^ Julie Ledoux (October 28, 2014). "Klô Pelgag : La révélation de l'année de l'ADISQ de retour au Boquébière". Voir. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  5. ^ "SOCAN Songwriting Prize nominees announced". The Globe and Mail, June 3, 2014.
  6. ^ "Juno Awards 2015: Serge Fiori décroche trois nominations" Archived May 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. En Manchette, January 27, 2015.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 28, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "ADISQ: les jeunes font la loi, Hubert Lenoir remporte trois Félix". Le Journal de Montréal, October 28, 2018.
  9. ^ David Friend, "Dominique Fils-Aimé, Mustafa, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson are among the 10 artists shortlisted for this year's Polaris Music Prize". Toronto Star, July 15, 2021.
  10. ^ Émilie Côté, "Flore laurentienne : là où nous mène la quête". La Presse, September 23, 2020.

External links[]

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