Marilou

Marilou
Background information
Birth name	Marilou Bourdon
Born	September 20, 1990 (1990-09-20) (age 21)
Origin	Longueuil, Quebec
Genres	Light rock, adult contemporary, pop music
Years active	2005 - present
Labels	Sony Music Canada

Marilou Bourdon is a French-Canadian pop singer.

Background/Early Life

Marilou was born on September 20, 1990 in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. She developed interest in the musical world starting at the age of eight when she started dance, music and theater courses. Her first show was made in several of several hundreds of spectators at an annual concert show. She was first discovered in 2001, when she sang a duet with Natasha St-Pier in a Quebec show called Stars à domicile. [1].

Music career

Her career started in 2002 when she had her first single Je serai la pour toi in a duo with Canadian Gino Quilico who is the French version of the cover "There For Me" singing in the original version by Sarah Brightman in duet with José Cura and signed with the Sony BMG Canada in 2004 before going on a tour opening for Garou.

In 2005, she released at the age of 15 her debut La fille qui chante in which one of the singles includes a duet with Garou. Also, René Angélil, who also manages Celine Dion became her manager. [2] After several concerts and promotions Marilou played in Luc Plamondon's musical comedy Notre-Dame-de-Paris. She started her first own music tour in 2006 while continuing with her high school studies.

In 2007, her self-titled second album was released with the most notable song being Danser sur la lune which includes also a non-Canadian version duet with Merwan Rim. A European version of the album was also released a few months after the Canadian date release. Later in the year, she made her Tout simplement Marilou province wide tour.

Premier on television

Marilou premiered in the first season of the 2008 French television series Chante ! (Sing!).

Discography

Albums

• 2005 La fille qui chante
• 2007 Marilou

Singles

• 2005 Chante
• 2005 Tu es comme ça (duet with Garou)
• 2007 Danser sur la lune
  • solo in Canada
  • duet with Merwan Rim in France
• 2008 Tactile

External links

• Official site in French

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