Les Louanges is a Canadian indie pop act from

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, created and performed by Vincent Roberge."Les Louanges: par la grande porte"
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'', June 15, 2019. He currently has 2 released albums with his label

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Career

Originally from

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, Vincent Roberge moved to

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in 2015. Les Louanges is a nickname he got in high school and decided to use as his stage name. Les Louanges is Roberge's solo act, on which he works mostly alone. Roberge also works in close proximity with his friend and colleague Félix Petit, his saxophonist, who co-directed his 2 albums, and helps him with inspiration and arrangements. Roberge was discovered in 2015, as a finalist at the ''Festival international de la chanson de Granby''. In 2016, Roberge released his first EP ''Le Mercure'' on

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, and then a year later, he released it officially with the song ''Encéphaline'' added, for which he received the ''Prix de la chanson SOCAN''. He participated in the

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competition in 2017, finishing as a top three finalist behind winner Lydia Képinski. This opportunity lead him to meet both his manager and get signed with his label,

. In 2018, he released his first studio album, ''La nuit est une panthère.''"«La nuit est une panthère»: tout est de la chanson"
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'', September 21, 2018. This album counts 11 songs and 3 interludes. It is a mix of R'n'B, jazz, hip-hop, and more. ''La nuit est une panthère'', was a shortlisted nominee for the

2019 Polaris Music Prize The 2019 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 16, 2019."Dominique Fils-Aimé, Les Louanges et Elisapie nommés sur la courte liste du prix Polaris"
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'', July 16, 2019. and won the

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for Francophone Album of the Year at the

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'', June 29, 2020. In addition to the Polaris Prize nomination, Roberge received a

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nomination in the French division for his song "Tercel". Les Louanges won 3 Félix at his first ''Gala de l'ADISQ'' in 2019 for this album. Vincent Roberge won the ''Prix Félix-Leclerc'' at the 2019 edition of Les Francos de Montréal,"Les Louanges remporte le prix Félix-Leclerc de la chanson"

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, June 20, 2019. and the Prix Espoir FEQ at the

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."Les Louanges, l’espoir du Festival d’été de Québec"
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'', July 6, 2019. The single "Attends-moi pas" was shortlisted for the 2020 SOCAN Songwriting Prize. He composed music for

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's 2019 film '' Young Juliette (Jeune Juliette)''. The project is a solo work, for which he signed in his birth name. In 2022, Les Louanges released his second album, ''Crash''. This album is composed of 13 songs, and 2 interludes. It is more intimate than his first album, and it tells the stories of his young adult life. Everything is written in the artist's own perspective, as he thinks it is the only way to make it authentic, and truly real.Topics such as breakups, addiction, and sexual assault are covered on this album.This album also presents a collaboration; Les Louanges sings with Corneille the title song ''Crash''. This album won the Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023.Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel
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, March 11, 2023.

Performances

* Fall of 2018: opening acts for both

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and Ariane Moffatt. * June 2019: sold-out show at the

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for the Francos de Montréal. * June 2022: performed at the Francos de Montréal on the ''Silo Brasseurs de Montréal'' stage. * June 2023: performed on the ''Bell'' stage of the Francos de Montréal, in what he considered "the biggest show of his life".

Awards and nominations

* 2019: Shortlisted nominee for the

2019 Polaris Music Prize The 2019 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 16, 2019. * 2019: Won the Prix Félix-Leclerc at Les Francos de Montréal. * 2019: Won the Prix Espoir FEQ at the

. * 2019: Won 3 Félix at the Gala de l'ADISQ for his debut album, ''La nuit est une panthère.'' * 2020: Won the

for Francophone Album of the Year at the

. * 2023: Won the

for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023 for his second album, ''Crash''.

Discography

Singles

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: ''Pitou - Single''

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

: ''Attends-moi pas - Single''

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

: ''Pigeons - Single''

: ''Chaussée - Single''

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

: ''Sur la mélodie (feat. Ichon) - Single''

EPs

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

: ''Le Mercure - EP'' # Le Mercure # La bombe Atomichaëlle # Andromède # Les RDV manqués de Babylone # Encéphaline

: ''Expansion Pack - EP'' # Attends-moi pas # Parc Ex # Les yeux sur la balle (feat. Robert Nelson) # Drumz (feat. Maky Lavender) # Arbois

Albums

: ''La nuit est une panthère'' # Amex a) # Pâle # Piou # DMs # Kekaula # Tercel # Jupiter # Westcott # Amex b) # La nuit est une panthère # Guérilla # Romains # Amex c) # Platane

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

: ''Crash'' # Prologue # Chaussée # Bolero # Encore # Qu'est-ce que tu m'fais # Cruze # Gaston # Facile # Chérie # Pigeons # Mono # Déziel # Chaperon # Crash (feat. Corneille) # Dernière

References

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