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Biography

Garou (born 26 June 1972), from the French expression "loup-garou", which means "werewolf" and is a transformation of "Garand", his last name; is a Canadians|Canadian singer from Sherbrooke , Quebec . He is known for his work in the musical Notre Dame de Paris (musical)|Notre-Dame de Paris and the #1 hits " Belle ", " Seul ", " Sous le vent ", and " La Rivière de notre enfance ". He currently holds the SNEP record for most weeks at #1.

Profile

Born Pierre Garand , he began playing guitar at the age of 3 at the encouragement of his father (he also plays piano and trumpet). He went on to serve in the military and started a band in 1992 called the Untouchables. In 1997, he was discovered by Luc Plamondon while singing American blues tunes in a Sherbrooke bar. He was drafted by Plamondon to play the role of Quasimodo in his musical Notre Dame de Paris (musical)|Notre-Dame de Paris , which made
him a star in France. After the musical, he launched a successful international pop music career in Quebec , France , and many other Europe an countries.

His first album Seul (album)|Seul became the best-selling French album of 2001 and remains one of the best-selling French albums of all time, achieving 2 million sales in Europe and going three times platinum in Canada. The title track remains his best-selling solo single, peaking at #1 for 11 weeks and selling nearly a million copies.

He continued his string of hits with a Seul... avec vous|live album and his sophomore effort Reviens in 2003. Sales for his third album Garou (album)|Garou remained strong and he released his English crossover Piece of My Soul in 2008. The album debuted at #2 in Canada and #3 in France. Despite this, the album became his first album in France not to reach platinum status although it became his best-selling album in North America in seven years. His next album, Gentleman cambrioleur features cover songs in French and English and became his first album to miss the top five in France, where it modestly peaked at #35, staying on the charts for 17 weeks. His latest effort, Version Intégrale became another Top 40 hit in France.

Garou recently performed the Jean-Pierre Ferland song "Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin" (A Little Higher, A Little Farther) at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Collaborations

Garou has become well known for his collaborations. He has worked with Luc Plamondon in Notre-dame de Paris. The single " Belle " was lifted from the musical and stayed atop the SNEP|French charts for a record-breaking 18 weeks. The single remained the most successful song in French history until 2009. In 2000, he had a successful duet with Celine Dion. " Sous le vent " became his third number one single in France. In 2004 he worked with the legendary Michel Sardou for his fourth and final number one single, " La Rivière de notre enfance ". The following year he appeared with 15-year-old singer Marilou on "Tu es comme ça."

He has also worked with several popular songwriters, including Jean-Jacques Goldman and Pascal Obispo . For his first album in English, Garou collaborated with some of the biggest names in music. The single "Stand Up" was written by Rob Thomas (musician)|Rob Thomas . He also sang the song " First Day of My Life (Melanie C song)|First Day of My Life ", which was a big hit all over Europe in 2006 for former Spice Girls|Spice Girl Melanie C, written by Guy Chambers and Enrique Iglesias .

Personal life

Garou has a daughter named Emelie, with his ex-girlfriend, Ulrika, a former model. After they broke up he dated a former Iraqi singer and entertainer Arwa Jassem known as Lahlouba. http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6255.asp From 2007 to June 2010 http://www.staragora.com/news/lorie-parle-de-sa-rupture-avec-garou/398063 he was engaged to French singer Lorie .

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Chart positions					Sales and certifications
Year	Title						Sales and certifications
CA	FR	BE	CH	PL
2000	Seul 1st studio album Released: 13 November 2000	—	1	1	9	1	SNEP>France : Diamond (1,553,500) Canadian Recording Industry Association\|Canada : 3& times; Platinum (300,000) IFPI\|Belgium : 2& times; Platinum (60,000) IFPI\|Switzerland : 2& times; Platinum (60,000) ZPAV\|Poland : Platinum (100,000) IFPI\|Europe : 2& times; Platinum (2,000,000)
2003	Reviens 2nd studio album Released: 10 May 2003	—	3	1	5	2	SNEP>France : 2xPlatinum (582,200) IFPI\|Belgium : Gold IFPI\|Switzerland : Gold ZPAV\|Poland : Gold http://zpav.pl/plyty.asp? page=zlote& lang=pl
2006	Garou 3rd studio album Released: 3 July 2006	—	1	1	5	24	SNEP>France : Platinum (217,000)
2008	Piece of My Soul 4th studio album (1st English album) Released: 6 May 2008	2	3	3	8	7	Canada : Gold (50,000) ZPAV\|Poland : Gold Russia : Gold (15,000)
2009	Gentleman cambrioleur 5th studio album Released: 4 December 2009	—	35	15	30	17	—
2010	Version Intégrale 6th studio album Released: 29 November 2010	30	33	—	—	20	—

Live albums

Year	Title	Chart positions					Sales and certifications
Year	Title						Sales and certifications
CA	FR	BE	CH	PL
2001	Seul... avec vous 1st live album Released: 6 November 2001	—	3	5	20	9	SNEP>France : Platinum IFPI\|Belgium : Platinum CRIA\|Canada : Gold IFPI\|Switzerland : Gold

Other works

*"Dust In The Wind" in William Joseph (musician)|William Joseph 's album : "Within" (2004)

*"La Rivière de notre enfance" with Michel Sardou (2004)

*"Tu es comme ça" with Marilou (2005)

Singles

Year	Title	Canada	France	Belgium	Switzerland	Album
1998
1999
2000
2001
	" Sous le vent " (Duet with Celine Dion )
	"Gitan"
2002
2003
2004
	"Passe ta route"
	" La Rivière de notre enfance " (Duet with Michel Sardou )
2005
2006
	"Je suis le même"^B
	"Plus fort que moi"^C
	"Que le temps"
2008
2008	"Heaven's Table"
2009
2010

Footnotes:

^A Peak is for the Belgian Ultratip charts.

^B "Je suis le même" hit #1 in Quebec for seven weeks.

^C "Plus forte que moi" was released as the second radio single from Garou in Quebec.

^D "Stand Up" peaked at #3 on the Top 100 BDS Anglophone chart in Quebec and #19 on the National AC audience chart (BDS).

Single certifications

"Belle": Music recording sales certification|Diamond - France (750,000)

"Seul": Music recording sales certification|Diamond - France (990,000); Music recording sales certification|Platinum - Belgium (50,000), Switzerland (40,000)

"Sous le vent": Music recording sales certification|Diamond - France (750,000)

"Reviens (Où te caches-tu? )": Music recording sales certification|Silver - France (125,000)

"La Rivière de notre enfance": Music recording sales certification|Gold - France (425,000)

"Tu es comme ça": Music recording sales certification|Silver - France (125,000)

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