Marc Antoine (born 26 April 1977) is a Canadian singer.

Biography

Born in

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, Antoine was a musical talent from a young age impersonating celebrities. His parents were fans of various types of music (soul, French music,

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etc.). As an 11-year adolescent, he was part of a family group Eden with his brothers imitating harmonized tunes in the style of

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. Marc Antoine studied law but concentrated on his music. After meeting renowned Montreal producer Sonny Black, he has broken as a local artist in Quebec and in France with three albums, ''Comme il se doit'' (2008), the follow-up ''Notre histoire'' (2010) and ''Je ferai tout'' (2013). He has had a number of charting singles in France,

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and

. " Tant besoin de toi" taken from his debut single remains his most successful hit having reached No. 4 on the

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French Singles Chart.

Musical theatre

Marc Antoine is playing the role of Petit Jean (

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) in the 2013 French musical '' Robin des Bois''. He performs "Lui sait qui je suis" as solo in his role, and sings "À nous" with Nyco Lilliu ( Frère Tuck) and M. Pokora ( Robin des Bois

Discography

Albums

Singles

;Featured in ;Songs *2006: "Triste novembre" *2008: "Tant besoin de toi" (music video by John Gabriel Biggs) *2008: "Triste novembre" (2nd version) (music video by John Gabriel Biggs) *2008: "Comme il se doit" *2008: "Plus rien à perdre" *2010: "Qui tu aimes" *2010: "Ballade a la Marc Antoine" *2010: "Nous" *2010: "Remonter le temps (tu me manques) (Marc Antoine and Sarah Riani) *2011: "La promesse" *2012: "Je ferai tout"

Awards and nominations

*In 2009, Antoine won an International Achievement Award at the Francophone

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Awards in Montreal. *In 2010, nominated for "Francophone Revelation of the Year" at the

NRJ Music Award An NRJ Music Award (commonly abbreviated as an NMA) is an award presented by the French radio station NRJ to honor the best in the French and worldwide music industry. The awards ceremony, created in 2000 by NRJ in partnership with the televisio ...

sSkyrock.com: Révélation française de l'année – Nominations NRJ Music Awards

References

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