Charlotte Cardin (born November 9, 1994) is a Canadian singer. She has been nominated for 14

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. In 2022, she received four awards for Artist of the Year, Single of the Year for her song "Meaningless", Pop Album of the Year and Album of the Year for her 2021 debut album '' Phoenix''. Her second album, '' 99 Nights'', was released in 2023 and won the 2022 Junos for Pop Album of the Year and Album of the Year.

Career

Cardin began her career as a model at the age of 15, where she appeared in numerous advertising campaigns such as ''Barilà''. She was a Top 4 finalist in the first season of the TVA singing competition ''

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'' in 2013, later the same year she was featured on Garou's album '' Au milieu de ma vie'' as a duet vocalist on the single "Du vent, des mots". On March 1, 2014, she appeared on the sister series '' The Voice: la plus belle voix'' in France to perform the song with Garou, a judge on that edition. She released her solo debut EP, '' Big Boy'', in 2016 on Cult Nation Records. The EP featured songs in both English and French,"La passion de Charlotte Cardin"
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'', July 16, 2016. and included rapper Nate Husser as a featured artist on "Like It Doesn't Hurt". She was a shortlisted

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finalist in the French division for her song "Les échardes", and the title track "Big Boy" was playlisted on

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and charted on the '' Radio 2 Top 20''. She made an appearance on the talk show '' Tout le monde en parle'' to discuss her mini-album in November 2016. For the 2017

, she was a nominee in the English category for "Big Boy" and in the French category for "Faufile", becoming the first artist in the history of the award to be nominated in both categories in the same year. In 2017, she released her second EP, ''Main Girl''. She received two

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nominations at the

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, for Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year for "Main Girl", "Paradise Motion" and "The Kids". In 2018, she received another SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination for "Main Girl". In 2019, Cardin and producer CRi collaborated on a cover of

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's "Fous n'importe où", and Cardin appeared on Loud's album ''Tout ça pour ça'' as a duet vocalist on the track "Sometimes, All the Time". In 2020 she released the singles "Passive Aggressive" and "Daddy"; both tracks were recorded for her full-length debut album '' Phoenix'', which was released on April 23, 2021. ''Phoenix'' is co-written with Cardin's longtime manager Jason Brando of Cult Nation. In 2021, Her debut album '' Phoenix'' won the Felix Award for Anglophone Album of the Year at the 43rd Félix Awards. Cardin also won the awards for Anglophone Concert of the Year and Most Successful Artist Outside Quebec. Cardin was the most-nominated artist at the Juno Awards of 2022, receiving nods for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for ''Phoenix'', Pop Album of the Year for ''Phoenix'', Single of the Year and Video of the Year for "Meaningless", and the Fan Choice Award. In 2022, Cardin and

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performed Daniel Lavoie's "Ils s'aiment" at the ceremony inducting Lavoie into the

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. In April 2023, she released "Confetti", the first single from her second album '' 99 Nights''. In June she announced that the album would be released on August 25, 2023. After the release of the album, she created an EP, ''Une semaine à Paris'', containing four songs: "Real Love", made with artist Laylow, the French version of "Confetti" which had already been released with Confetti and the piano version of the song, "Feel Good", and "Un peu trop". She then released a new EP, ''A Week in Nashville'', containing three songs: "Lonely with Our Love", "I Came Here to Leave You" and "Did Life Work Out for You?". ''99 Nights'' won the

for Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year at the

of 2024, and was shortlisted for the

2024 Polaris Music Prize The 2024 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 17, 2024 at Massey Hall. The longlist was announced on June 11, and the shortlist was released July 12. The award was won by Jeremy Dutcher for his album '' Motewo ...

Personal life

Cardin grew up in the Town of Mount Royal on the island of Montreal. Cardin has been in a relationship with French-Canadian actor and singer-songwriter Aliocha Schneider since 2016. She can be heard on Schneider's song "Avant elle", where she provides supporting vocals. In 2024, the couple also began performing a duet version of the song "Ensemble".

Band members

* Benjamin Courcy – drums * Mathieu Sénéchal – bass guitar, musical director and co-writer of "Daddy"

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Charted singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted and certified songs

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

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