Sylvain Cossette

Born on May 8, 1963 in Grand-Mère (Canada), Sylvain Cossette is a Quebec pop singer. He began his career as a member of the group Paradox with his brother François Cossette from 1984 to 1991. For the next two years, he sang backing vocals on tours with Julie Masse and Mario Pelchat. He released his first solo album in 1994, Comme l'Océan. Four songs from this opus reached the top 15 of the Quebec radio charts: the title track, " Autour de moi ", " Ce sentiment pour toi " and " Tu reviendras ". His second album, Blanc, was released in 1996, and went platinum with over 100,000 sales two years later. It also scored two number-one hits on Quebec radio, with the songs " Que je t'aime ", a cover of Johnny Hallyday, and " Reviens-moi ". He opened for Lara Fabian in Quebec in 1997. Sylvain Cossette played Gringoire in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris in 1999 and 2000. He also released his third album, Humain , in November 1999. He reached the top 10 of Quebec radio charts with six songs from this opus. In 2001, he recorded his acoustic opus Rendez-Vous, featuring new versions of some of his own songs as well as covers of hits by his favorite artists. At the 2002 ADISQ gala, Rendez-Vous won the Félix award for Album of the Year. In 2004, he released Compilation 1994-2004, a compilation of all his greatest hits to date. Sylvain Cossette plays the role of Jonathan Harker in the 2006 musical Dracula , produced by Bruno Pelletier. In 2007, he launched a concert tour, performing rock hits from the 1970s. Three albums of his covers were released between 2007 and 2010. In May 2011, two compilations of his greatest French-language hits are released. In October 2012, he releases the album Le Jour d'Après with the song " Pour Toujours ", which tops the radio charts. He begins a project entitled Rétrospective in September 2013, where he revisits hits from the 1980s both live and on record. He releases two more original albums during the 2010 decade, Accord in 2014 and Café et Guitares in 2017. In 2022, he sings the song " Une Jument pour toi ma chérie " for the TV series C'Est Comme Ça Que Je T'Aime.

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