Garou (singer)

Garou (2013)

Garou (from French Loup Garou , in German werewolf ; born June 26, 1972 in Sherbrooke , Québec ; real name Pierre Garand ) is a Canadian singer.

biography

Garou (2006)

Garand learned to play the piano when he was five. In junior high he played guitar in the school band Windows & Doors . In the early 1990s, he joined the Canadian Army as a trumpeter. He then got by with various jobs and appeared in bars on the side. He founded the band The Untouchables in the mid-1990s . In 1997, Luc Plamondon was on the show Garand appeared on. He invited him to an audition in Paris to play Quasimodo in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris . The drama debuted in 1998 at the Palais des congrès de Paris ; the soundtrack (with Daniel Lavoie, among others ) was 17, the single Belle 60 weeks in the French charts , of which 18 weeks at number one.

His first album Seul was released in 2000 and the live album Seul ... Avec Vous a year later . In 2003 his album Reviens was released . In 2000 he recorded the duet "Sous le vent" with Celine Dion , which became a hit in France and Switzerland . In 2004 he recorded "La rivière de notre enfance" with Michel Sardou , who is well known in France. This duet was also successful. In 2008 Garou's first English-language album was released. The first single from it was "Stand Up", a song written by Rob Thomas . The CD also contained a cover version of the Melanie C hit "First Day of My Life".

He regularly takes part in the annual Les Enfoirés charity concert , the largest media event in the Francophone world.

In 2007, Garou got together with French singer and actress Lorie , but they separated again in June 2010 after rumors of a wedding were revised.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	title	FR	BE ^W	CH	CA	Remarks
2000	Seul	FR1 diamond (106 weeks)FR	BE ^W1 × 2 Double platinum (102 weeks)BE ^W	CH9 × 2 Double platinum (87 weeks)CH	CA2 × 3 Triple platinum (7 weeks)CA
2001	Seul ... avec vous	FR3 platinum (49 weeks)FR	BE ^W5 platinum (35 weeks)BE ^W	CH29 gold (29 weeks)CH	-
2003	Reviens	FR3 × 2 Double platinum (93 weeks)FR	BE ^W1 gold (77 weeks)BE ^W	CH5 platinum (18 weeks)CH	-
2004	Seul / Seul ... avec vous	FR156 (2 weeks) FR	-	-	-
2006	Garou	FR1 platinum (54 weeks)FR	BE ^W1 (39 weeks) BE ^W	CH5 gold (17 weeks)CH	CA6 (1 week) CA
2008	Piece of My Soul	FR3 (23 weeks) FR	BE ^W3 (26 weeks) BE ^W	CH8 (10 weeks) CH	CA2 gold (4 weeks)CA
2009	Gentleman Cambrioleur	FR35 gold (18 weeks)FR	BE ^W15 (19 weeks) BE ^W	CH30 (6 weeks) CH	-
2010	Version intégrale	FR33 (8 weeks) FR	BE ^W24 (13 weeks) BE ^W	CH36 (7 weeks) CH	-
2012	Rhythm and Blues	FR2 × 2 Double platinum (51 weeks)FR	BE ^W2 (32 weeks) BE ^W	CH18 (21 weeks) CH	-
2013	Au milieu de ma vie	FR5 platinum (42 weeks)FR	BE ^W2 (48 weeks) BE ^W	CH11 (18 weeks) CH	-
2014	Le meilleur	FR34 (10 weeks) FR	BE ^W12 (44 weeks) BE ^W	-	-	compilation
2014	It's magic!	FR12 platinum (12 weeks)FR	BE ^W3 (18 weeks) BE ^W	CH22 (5 weeks) CH	-
2019	Soul City	FR8th gold (35 weeks)FR	BE ^W2 (17 weeks) BE ^W	CH8 (6 weeks) CH	CA27 (3 weeks) CA

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	Title album	FR	BE ^W	CH	CA	Remarks
1998	Belle	FR1 diamond (60 weeks)FR	BE ^W1 × 3 Triple platinum (44 weeks)BE ^W	-	-	with Daniel Lavoie & Patrick Fiori
1999	Dieu que le monde est injuste	FR56 (9 weeks) FR	-	-	-
2000	Seul Seul	FR1 diamond (25 weeks)FR	BE ^W1 × 2 Double platinum (25 weeks)BE ^W	CH10 (26 weeks) CH	-
2001	Je n'attendais que vous Seul	FR34 (19 weeks) FR	BE ^W20 (11 weeks) BE ^W	-	-
2001	Sous le vent Seul	FR1 diamond (18 weeks)FR	BE ^W1 platinum (29 weeks)BE ^W	CH2 platinum (37 weeks)CH	-	with Celine Dion
2002	Le monde est stone Seul ... avec vous	FR27 (11 weeks) FR	BE ^W20 (7 weeks) BE ^W	-	-
2003	Reviens (où te caches-tu?) Reviens	FR9 gold (21 weeks)FR	BE ^W10 (11 weeks) BE ^W	CH23 (15 weeks) CH	-
2004	La rivière de notre enfance	FR1 gold (26 weeks)FR	BE ^W1 (19 weeks) BE ^W	CH14 (25 weeks) CH	-	with Michel Sardou
2005	Do it comme ça	FR10 silver (26 weeks)FR	BE ^W4 (20 weeks) BE ^W	CH23 (25 weeks) CH	-	with Marilou
2006	L'injustice Garou	FR11 (21 weeks) FR	BE ^W17 (10 weeks) BE ^W	CH44 (9 weeks) CH	-
2008	Stand Up Piece of My Soul	-	-	-	CA68 (2 weeks) CA
2008	Heaven's Table Piece of My Soul	-	-	-	CA96 (3 weeks) CA
2012	Le jour se lève ... rhythm and blues	FR115 (4 weeks) FR	-	-	-
2013	Avancer Au milieu de ma vie	FR57 (9 weeks) FR	BE ^W31 (5 weeks) BE ^W	CH73 (1 week) CH	-
2013	La belle et la bete	FR177 (1 week) FR	-	-	-	with Camille Lou
2014	You vent, des mots Au milieu de ma vie	FR131 (6 weeks) FR	-	-	-	with Charlotte Cardin
2014	Petit garçon It's Magic	FR3 (6 weeks) FR	-	-	-	with Ryan

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Canada Canada
- 2001: for the album Seul ... avec vous - Live

Platinum record

Poland Poland
- 2002: for the album Seul

2 × platinum record

Europe Europe
- 2002: for the album Seul

3 × platinum record

France France
- 2005: for the video album Routes

Diamond record

France France
- 2003: for the video album Live A Bercy

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA)	0! S.-	gold1	9 × platinum9	0! D.-	475,000	ultratop.be
Europe (IFPI)	0! S.-	0! G-	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	(2,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
France (SNEP)	silver1	4 × gold4th	11 × platinum11	5 × diamond5	5,735,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	0! D.-	400,000	musiccanada.com
Poland (ZPAV)	0! S.-	0! G-	platinum1	0! D.-	40,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Switzerland (IFPI)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	0! D.-	195,000	hitparade.ch
All in all	silver1	9 × gold9	30 × platinum30th	5 × diamond5

Trivia

At the invitation of Guy Laliberté, Garand played the Big One for One Drop in Monte-Carlo in October 2016 , which at that time was the most expensive poker tournament in the world with a buy-in of one million euros .

Web links

Commons : Garou - collection of images

Official website (French and English)
Discography

Individual evidence

↑ Profile. Retrieved August 13, 2012 .
↑ Swiss hit parade. Retrieved August 13, 2012 .
↑ Biography up to 2008. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 5, 2013 ; Retrieved August 13, 2012 .
↑ Article. Retrieved August 13, 2012 .
↑ Article. Retrieved August 13, 2012 .
↑ ^a ^b Chart sources: FR BEW CH CA
↑ € 1 Million One Drop Extravaganza - 24 players left in the world's most expensive tournament on pokerolymp.com on October 15, 2016, accessed on June 6, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Garou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Garand, Pierre (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian singer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 26, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada

[1] Profile. Retrieved August 13, 2012 .

[2] Swiss hit parade. Retrieved August 13, 2012 .

[3] Biography up to 2008. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 5, 2013 ; Retrieved August 13, 2012 .

[4] Article. Retrieved August 13, 2012 .

[5] Article. Retrieved August 13, 2012 .

[charts-6] Chart sources: FR BEW CH CA

[7] € 1 Million One Drop Extravaganza - 24 players left in the world's most expensive tournament on pokerolymp.com on October 15, 2016, accessed on June 6, 2020.