Klô Pelgag
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]
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Background information | |
Birth name | Chloé Pelletier-Gagnon |
Born | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec | March 13, 1990
Genres | pop, baroque pop |
Occupation(s) | singer, songwriter |
Years active | 2009–present |
Associated acts | Philippe Brach |
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]
Discography
- Klô Pelgag (EP; 2012)
- L'Alchimie des monstres (album; 2013)
- L'Étoile thoracique (album; 2016)
- Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs (album; 2020)
References
- "Klô Pelgag : faire dévier la réalité". La Presse, September 24, 2013.
- "Klô Pelgag: un disque nommé EP" (in French). Metro. April 18, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- Alice Gancel et Valérie Lehoux (June 18, 2014). "Klô Pelgag, l'extra terrestre de Montréal". Télérama. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- Julie Ledoux (October 28, 2014). "Klô Pelgag : La révélation de l'année de l'ADISQ de retour au Boquébière". Voir. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- "SOCAN Songwriting Prize nominees announced". The Globe and Mail, June 3, 2014.
- "Juno Awards 2015: Serge Fiori décroche trois nominations" Archived May 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. En Manchette, January 27, 2015.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 28, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "ADISQ: les jeunes font la loi, Hubert Lenoir remporte trois Félix". Le Journal de Montréal, October 28, 2018.