- Laurence Jalbert
Laurence Jalbert (born Lise Jalbert 18 August 1959 in
Rivière-au-Renard, Quebec ) is a Canadian popsinger-songwriter .She began her career with the band Volt in 1985. The band won
CKOI-FM 'sL'Empire des futures stars competition in 1987. They recorded only one single, ("Nobody Knows"), before breaking up. Jalbert went on to a solo career, releasing her first album in 1990, which would know much success and become her first certified platinum album only one year later. In 1991 she receives the "Félix for discovery of the year" and Video Clip of the year award for her single "Tomber". Prior to this Ms. Jalbert attended the Lafayette Louisiana Cajun French Music festival and succeeded outstandingly.In 1993 Jalbert released her second album "Corridors", which received even more success then her first. Certified platinum, "Corridors" won her the Felix Pop/Rock album of the year. She released her third album "Avant le Squall""in 1998, followed by "Communio"" in 2000, which was the result of a two year tour with
Dan Bigras , recorded live at the Spectrum inMontreal . In 2001, her fifth album, "... et j'espère" was released in collaboration with Hugo Perreault and Michel Duguay, from "Okoumé". In 2004, Audiogram released Laurence Jalberts' "Greatest hits", followed by "Le Noël des Anges" in 2005. In 2006, she released another live album from her "Évidemment" tour.Her latest album released in the fall of 2007 is called "Tout porte à croire".
She now lives in Gaspé where she bought a house in Cap-Aux-Os.Fact|date=February 2007
Discography
* "Laurence Jalbert" (1990)
* "Corridors" (1993)
* "Avant le squall" (1997)
* "Communio" (2000, withDan Bigras )
* "...et j'espère" (2001)
* "Ses plus grands succès" (2004,greatest hits )
* "Noël des anges" (2005)
* "Sur la route... Évidemment" (2006, live double disc)
* "Tout porte à croire" (2007)Videos
* "Tomber" (1990)
* "Corridor" (1993)
* "Bella" (1994)
* "Pour toi" (1998)
* "Jeter un sort" (2001)
* "Et j'espère" (2002)
* "Comme tu me l'a demandé" (2003)External links
* [http://www.laurencejalbert.com/ Laurence Jalbert]
* [http://www.qim.com/artistes/biographie.asp?artistid=72 Quebec Info Musique: Laurence Jalbert]
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