Garou (singer)

Garou, is a French Canadian singer born as Pierre Garand on June 26 1972 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Profile

Discovered by Luc Plamondon singing American blues tunes in small Sherbrooke bars, he was drafted by Plamondon to play the role of Quasimodo in his musical Notre-Dame de Paris, making him a star. After the musical, he managed to launch a successful international pop music career in Quebec, France, and many other European countries. His looks and hoarse voice, as well as the virility that he combines with a boyish charm, brought many to see him as a major modern day sex symbol. In 2000, Garou recorded a duet with Celine Dion called "Sous le Vent." For his first album in English, Garou cooperated with some of the biggest names in music. The single "Stand Up" was written by Rob Thomas, the song "First Day of My Life", a big hit all over Europe in 2006 for former Spice Girl Melanie C, by Guy Chambers and Enrique Iglesias.

He is currently 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	France: Diamond (1,553,500) Canada: 3× Platinum (300,000) Belgium: 2× Platinum (60,000) Switzerland: 2× Platinum (60,000) Poland: Platinum (100,000) Europe: 2× Platinum (2,000,000)
2003	Reviens 2nd studio album Released: 10 May 2003		3	1	5	2	France: Platinum (582,200) Belgium: Gold Switzerland: Gold Poland: Gold
2006	Garou 3rd studio album Released: 3 July 2006		1	1	5	24	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) Poland: Gold

Concert 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	France: Platinum Belgium: Platinum Canada: Gold Switzerland: Gold

Other works

"Dust In The Wind" in William Joseph's album : "Within" (2004)
"La Rivière de notre enfance" with Michel Sardou (2004)
"Tu es comme ça" with Marilou Bourdon (2005)

Singles

Year	Title	CA	FR	BE	CH	Album
1998	"Belle" (With Daniel Lavoie & Patrick Fiori)	-	1	1	-	Notre Dame de Paris
1999	"Dieu que le monde est injuste"	-	56	-	-	Notre Dame de Paris
2000	"Seul"	-	1	1	10	Seul
2001	"Je n'attendais que vous"	-	34	20	-	Seul
2001	"Sous le vent" (With Celine Dion)	14	1	1	2	Seul
2001	"Gitan"	-	-	-	-	Seul
2002	"Le monde est stone"	-	27	20	-	Seul... avec vous
2003	"Reviens (Où te caches-tu?)"	-	9	10	23	Reviens
2004	"Et si on dormait"	-	-	-	85	Reviens
2004	"La Rivière de notre enfance" (With Michel Sardou)	-	1	1	14	Du Plaisir (Michel Sardou)
2005	"Tu es comme ça" (With Marilou)	-	10	4	23	La fille qui chante (Marilou)
2006	"L'Injustice"	-	11	17	44	Garou
2006	"Je suis le même"¹	1¹	-	-	-	Garou
2006	"Plus fort que moi"²	-	-	-	-	Garou
2006	"Que le temps"	-	-	-	-	Garou
2008	"Stand Up"³	68	-	-	-	Piece of My Soul
2008	"Heaven's Table"	-	-	-	-	Piece of My Soul
2008	"Burning"	-	-	-	-	Piece of My Soul

Footnotes:

¹ "Je suis le même" hit #1 in Quebec for seven weeks.
² "Plus forte que moi" was released as the second radio single from Garou in Quebec.
³ "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": Diamond - France (750,000)
"Seul" : Diamond - France (990,000); Platinum - Belgium (50,000), Switzerland (40,000)
"Sous le vent": Diamond - France (750,000)
"Reviens (Où te caches-tu?)": Silver - France (125,000)
"La Rivière de notre enfance": Gold - France (425,000)
"Tu es comme ça": Silver - France (125,000)