Marie-Chantal Toupin

Marie-Chantal Toupin
Background information
Born (1971-07-14) 14 July 1971 (age 53)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
GenresPop
OccupationSinger
Websitewww.marie-chantaltoupin.com

Marie-Chantal Toupin (born July 14, 1971) is a Quebec singer.[1] She has released a number of albums of pop and soft rock music. Toupin has sold over 300,000 albums in Canada and has had two albums certified platinum.

Early life

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Toupin was born in Montreal, Quebec, growing up in the city's Rosemont neighbourhood.[2]

Career

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Toupin released her first album, Apres Tout, in 1997,[2] and followed this soon after with a self-titled album.[3]

Toupin released Maudit bordel in 2003, and toured in Quebec to support the album,[4] which was a 2004 Juno Award nominee for Francophone Album of the Year.[5][6] In 2004, she sang at the Foire Brayonne music festival in Edmundston, New Brunswick.[3]

Toupin's 2005 album Non-Negociable was certified platinum; a second edition was released in 2007.[3]

Toupin left her manager Eduardo Da Costa, and after working independently and then with the Musicor label, returned to him in 2008; the result was an album of soft rock, À distance, in 2009.[7] That same year she released an album of Christmas music, and in 2010 her sixth album, Premier baiser.[8] Her album À ma manière : onze grands succès, released in 2012, was a collection of songs which had won Quebec's Félix Award.[9]

In 2015, Toupin was criticized in the media for making racist comments on her Facebook page; this led the producers of the Pixcom home renovation television show "Flip de filles" to remove her as co-host.[10][11]

In 2021 she was a competitor in the Quebec edition of Big Brother Célébrités, but voluntarily withdrew after getting drunk and making comments against other competitors which were widely perceived as racist and homophobic.[12]

Discography

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  • 1997 - Après tout
  • 2000 - Marie-Chantal Toupin
  • 2003 - Maudit Bordel (Platinum for sales of 100,000+ units)
  • 2005 - Non-Négociable (Platinum for sales of 100,000+ units)
  • 2008 - À Distance
  • 2009 - Noël C'est L'amour
  • 2010 - Premier Baiser
  • 2012 - À ma manière Onze grands succès
  • 2016 - Merci... Mes grands succès
Live album
  • 2006 - Non négociable : La tournée

References

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  1. ^ Billboard. 2004-11-27. pp. 45–. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Sous le charme de Marie-Chantal Toupin". Maud Cucchi, Le Droit, 24 September 2011
  3. ^ a b c " Marie-Chantal Toupin". AllMusic Biography by Chris True
  4. ^ "Marie-Chantal Toupin : L’entaille du génie : les chagrins". La Revue, December 2003
  5. ^ "JUNO Awards". The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Sarah McLachlan is up for five Junos". Winnipeg Free Press, via Newspaper Archives. February 12, 2004 - Page 48
  7. ^ "Marie-Chantal Toupin : Douce rockeuse". Journal Métro, 29 September 2008. by Geneviève Vézina-Montplaisir,
  8. ^ "Marie-Chantal Toupin: Pas arrêtable". Journal Métro, 24 October 2010 : Jessica Émond-Ferrat
  9. ^ "Marie-Chantal Toupin revisite des classiques québécois". Le Journal de Montreal, Sandra Godin / 10 April 2012
  10. ^ Hugo Dumas. "Le compte Facebook de Marie-Chantal Toupin: un maudit bordel". La Presse, 06 June 2015
  11. ^ "MISE À JOUR: Marie-Chantal Toupin renvoyée pour avoir tenu des propos racistes". Journal de Montreal. Marc-André Lemieux, 5 June 2015
  12. ^ Hugo Dumas, "Les dérapages inacceptables de Marie-Chantal Toupin". La Presse, February 1, 2021.
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