Lara Fabian

Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert born January 9 1970 better known as Lara Fabian is a BelgianCanadian pop singer and songwriter She has sold over 20 million records worldwide as of 2021 and is one of the bestselling Belgian artists of all time She was born in Etterbeek Brussels to a Belgian father and a Sicilian mother She lived the first part of her childhood in Sicily Catania speaking Italian as her first language She moved to Quebec in 1991 and since 1995 she has held Canadian citizenship alongside her Belgian one In 2003 she returned to Brussels to be close to her parents in Belgium and in 2015 lived in Walloon Brabant province in Belgium just outside Brussels In 2017 she returned permanently to Montreal Quebec to be with her family Fabian is the only child of Pierre Crokaert who is Flemish and Maria Luisa Serio a Sicilian Fabians parents recognized her talent early on and enrolled her in the Royal Conservatory of Brussels when she was eight years old she studied there for 10 years During the 1980s Fabian entered a number of European competitions and won several prizes She released her first single LAziza est en pleurs Il y avait in 1986 In 1988 the RTL TV channel in Luxembourg invited Fabian to represent the country at the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest held that year in Dublin Ireland The song was a composition by Jacques Cardona and Alain Garcia entitled Croire Belief which reached a respectable fourth place while Celine Dion won the contest representing Switzerland The single became a hit in Europe selling nearly 500000 copies In 1990 Fabian and musical collaborator Rick Allison moved to Montreal Quebec Canada to embark on a career in North America They started their own music label and publishing company Productions Clandestines In August 1991 her selftitled Frenchlanguage debut album Lara Fabian was released in Canada and sold over 100000 copies The album went gold in 1993 and platinum the following year The success of upbeat dancepop singles such as Le jour où tu partira Les murs and Qui pense à lamour gave Fabian radio exposure She received several nominations at the 1993 ADISQ awards and a poll published around that time voted her Québecs most promising singer Constant touring in Québec helped Fabians 1994 album Carpe diem become her breakthrough album The album went Gold three weeks after its release and spawned three hit singles Tu ten vas Si tu maimes and Leïla The following year the album went triple platinum Fabian received two Félix awards at the 1995 ADISQ gala Best Show Of The Year and Best Female Singer Of The Year a category that is voted for by the public In 1996 Walt Disney Studios hired Fabian as the voice of the character of Esmeralda in the Canadian French version of the animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame Disney also included Que Dieu aide les exclus Fabians French version of the song God Help The Outcasts on the films English soundtrack album alongside Bette Midlers version Since 1996 Lara Fabian has also held Canadian citizenship alongside her original Belgian passport Source Article Lara Fabian from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30