Nicole Martin

Nicole Martin (29 September 1949 – 19 February 2019) was a Québécois singer-songwriter, host, director and producer.

Biography

Nicole Martin was born on 29 September 1949 in Donnacona, Quebec, Canada to Joseph Martin and Simone Brousseau. She grew up in Quebec City.

Martin started playing piano when she was five years old. She started her career by singing and hosting in Quebec City's clubs and cabarets, when she was fourteen.

She signed a contract with Yves Martin in 1971. She published her first publicly acclaimed songs: "La première nuit d'amour", "Oui, paraît-il", "On est fait pour vivre ensemble" and "Les coeurs n'ont pas de fenêtres". The latter two songs were sung in duo with Jimmy Bond between 1973 and 1975. In 1974, she won an interpretation prize at the Festival de la rose d'or in France for "Ce serait dommage". She sung love songs to great success from 1975 onward. She focused on publishing discs between 1988 and 1991, producing for Fernand Gignac, Michel Louvain and Michèle Richard under her label Diva. She posthumously received a Medal of the National Assembly on 1 October 2019.

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