Roch Voisine

Roch Voisine (born March 26, 1963 in Edmundston ) is a Canadian composer , musician , actor and radio and television presenter . Voisine lives in Montreal and Paris. In 1994 he won the Juno Award for best male singer. Since 1997 he has been Officer of the Order of Canada . From 2002 to 2007 he was married to Myriam Saint-Jean. The couple have two children.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	title	FR	BE ^W	CH	Remarks
1996	Kissing Rain	-	BE ^W50 (1 week) BE ^W	-
1999	Chaque Feu	FR9 gold (14 weeks)FR	BE ^W13 (16 weeks) BE ^W	-	Canadian version with Obia
2000	L'Album de Noël	FR24 gold (7 weeks)FR	BE ^W29 (5 weeks) BE ^W	-	in English as Christmas is calling published
2001	Roch Voisine	FR10 gold (22 weeks)FR	BE ^W24 (10 weeks) BE ^W	CH54 (9 weeks) CH
2004	Je te serai fidèle	FR5 × 2 Double gold (87 weeks)FR	BE ^W11 (28 weeks) BE ^W	CH42 (10 weeks) CH
2004	Le Noël de Roch Voisine	FR63 (5 weeks) FR	BE ^W62 (5 weeks) BE ^W	-
2005	Drink si l'amour ...	FR6th gold (63 weeks)FR	BE ^W11 (20 weeks) BE ^W	CH32 (4 weeks) CH
2008	Americana	FR3 gold (66 weeks)FR	BE ^W9 (24 weeks) BE ^W	CH22 (9 weeks) CH
2009	Americana 2	FR9 gold (40 weeks)FR	BE ^W5 (21 weeks) BE ^W	CH46 (4 weeks) CH
2010	Americana 3: California	FR18 (18 weeks) FR	BE ^W18 (15 weeks) BE ^W	CH98 (1 week) CH
2010	Confidences	FR30th gold (9 weeks)FR	BE ^W37 (12 weeks) BE ^W	CH72 (3 weeks) CH
2013	Duophonique	FR9 (14 weeks) FR	BE ^W6 (30 weeks) BE ^W	CH32 (4 weeks) CH
2014	Movin 'On Maybe	-	BE ^W149 (1 week) BE ^W	-
2017	Devant nous	FR16 (10 weeks) FR	BE ^W12 (25 weeks) BE ^W	CH27 (3 weeks) CH

More studio albums

1986: Sweet Songs
1987: Roch Voisine
1989: Hélène (CH:platinum, FR: diamond)
1990: Double (one CD in French, one in English; CH:gold, FR: × 2Double platinum )
1992: Europe Tour (FR:platinum)
1993: I'll Always Be There (FR:× 2Double gold )
1994: Coup de Tête (FR:× 2Double gold )
2002: Higher
2006: Roch Voisine Intime / Intimate

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	title	FR	BE ^W	CH	Remarks
2007	Roch (Best of)	-	BE ^W18 (22 weeks) BE ^W	CH52 (4 weeks) CH

More compilations

2010: L'Aventure Americana
2014: My Very Best

Singles

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	title	FR	BE ^W	DE	Remarks
1989	Hélène Hélène	FR1 (27 weeks) FR	-	-
1990	Pourtant Hélène	FR3 silver (14 weeks)FR	-	-
	Avant de partir Hélène	FR7th silver (21 weeks)FR	-	-
	La berceuse du petit diable Double	FR3 silver (18 weeks)FR	-	-
1991	Darlin ' double	FR2 silver (19 weeks)FR	-	-
	On The Outside Roch Voisine (1991)	FR10 (14 weeks) FR	-	-
	Waiting Roch Voisine (1991)	FR16 (10 weeks) FR	-	-
1992	La promesse double	FR3 (15 weeks) FR	-	-
	Avec tes yeux Pretty Face Europe Tour	FR3 (14 weeks) FR	-	-
	La légende Oochigeas Europe Tour	FR4th silver (20 weeks)FR	-	-
1993	I'll Always Be There I'll Always Be There	FR20 (18 weeks) FR	-	-
1994	There's No Easy Way I'll Always Be There	FR48 (1 week) FR	-	-
1995	Laisse-la rêver Coup de tête	FR47 (1 week) FR	-	-
1997	Kissing Rain Kissing Rain	-	-	DE97 (1 week) DE
1999	Je resterai là Chaque feu ...	FR69 (8 weeks) FR	-	-
2000	Comme ... chaque feu ...	FR47 (8 weeks) FR	-	-
2000	Petit Papa Noël L'album de Noël	FR49 (5 weeks) FR	-	-
2002	Dis-lui Roch Voisine (2001)	FR26 (13 weeks) FR	BE ^W20 (6 weeks) BE ^W	-
2002	Julia Roch Voisine (2001)	FR74 (5 weeks) FR	-	-
2004	Tant pis Je te serai fidèle	FR8th gold (38 weeks)FR	BE ^W33 (3 weeks) BE ^W	-
2004	Je l'ai vu Je te serai fidèle	FR16 (18 weeks) FR	-	-
2006	Une femme drink si l'amour ...	FR24 (11 weeks) FR	-	-
2013	Hélène Duophonique	FR72 (4 weeks) FR	-	-	with Cœur de Pirate
2013	La belle vie	FR95 (2 weeks) FR	-	-	with Dany Brillant & Damien Sargue
2017	Tout me ramène à toi Devant Nous	FR181 (1 week) FR	-	-

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Guest Posts

1994: Vatican Christmas: The little drummer boy
1997: Vision Quest: River of love
1997: Richard Marx : Flesh and Bone , Every day of your life / Chaque jour de ta vie
2004: Jim Brickman: Greatest Hits , My love is here
2004: Québécois: L'Acadie en chanson , Poème de chair
2006: Fight Aids: L'Or de nos vies
2010: Carlos Santana : Guitar Heaven , Under the bridge

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Canada Canada
- 1993: for the album Europe Tour
- 1999: for the album Chaque Feu
- 2011: for the album Americana 2

Platinum record

Canada Canada
- 1994: for the album Coup De Tête
- 1996: for the album Kissing Rain
- 2010: for the album Americana

2 × platinum record

Canada Canada
- 1992: for the album Double

3 × platinum record

Canada Canada
- 1992: for the album Hélène

4 × platinum record

Canada Canada
- 1994: for the album I'll Always Be There

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
France (SNEP)	5 × silver5	14 × gold14th	4 × platinum4th	diamond1	4,775,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	12 × platinum12	0! D.-	1,320,000	musiccanada.com
Switzerland (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	platinum1	0! D.-	75,000	hitparade.ch
All in all	5 × silver5	18 × gold18th	17 × platinum17th	diamond1

Individual evidence

↑ Comme il se définit lui-même (notamment en entrevue avec Dominique Poirier lors de l'émission Libre comme l'air , sur Radio-Canada , le 5 août 2009.)
↑ ^a ^b ^c Chart sources: FR BEW DE CH

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Voisine, Roch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian author, composer, musician and actor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 26, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Edmundston

[1] Comme il se définit lui-même (notamment en entrevue avec Dominique Poirier lors de l'émission Libre comme l'air , sur Radio-Canada , le 5 août 2009.)

[charts-2] Chart sources: FR BEW DE CH