Lynda Lemay
Lynda Lemay ( born July 25, 1966 in Portneuf, Quebec ) is a francophone Canadian singer. Lemay referred to in their songs always as Quebecerin ( " Quebecoise " ) and rejects the designation of the inhabitants of Quebec as a " Canadian " explicitly from. Their music is rather text -heavy and often tells little stories of everyday life. On July 22, 2006 their daughter Ruby was born, whose father is American Michael Weisinger is, is married to the Lemay since the summer of 2005. The singer has another daughter of a divorced marriage to comedian and actor Patrick Huard.
Your first " Chansons " she wrote at the age of 9 years ( Dad, are you there? ). At 18, she began a study of literature, wrote a novel and discovered her interest in the piano. Your biggest musical role model is the French rock star Johnny Hallyday. In 1988 she had her first major success in 1989 and won the prestigious song festival in Granby. Through the support of Charles Aznavour, she managed to gain notoriety outside of Canada. Since then, she has received numerous awards in Quebec and in France (eg, in 1995 the price " Sentier des Halles " or the award for best female performer of the year at the 2003 " Victoires de la musique "). The lyrics of their songs are often characterized by a mixture of despair and (self ) irony; often from the worries of single mothers talk, occasionally the identity of Quebec. Lemay's last released album ( "Ma Signature" ) reached in France already platinum status and provides for them a return to the origins of their career is, so acoustic guitar sounds and poetic lyrics. Overall, it has now been sold in the French-speaking over 3 million albums, what makes Lynda Lemay to one of the most successful French-Canadian musicians. Since February 2007 she has been with her tour " C'est que du bois" in France, Quebec, Switzerland and Belgium go. Lynda Lemay's fortieth appearance in the famous Olympia Hall in Paris was released in November 2007 on DVD. For the realization of this project Gerard Pullicino was won.