Alexe Gaudreault
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{{short description|Canadian singer}}
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| name = Alexe Gaudreault
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| birth_place = Dolbeau-Mistassini, Canada
| nationality = Canadian
| occupation = singer
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Alexe Gaudreault is a Canadian pop singer from Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec. She gained recognition in 2013 as a participant in the first season of La Voix as a member of Marc Dupré's team.{{Cite web|date=May 17, 2016|title=Alexe Gaudreault: Finding One's Voice|url=https://www.socanmagazine.ca/features/alexe-gaudreault-suivre-sa-voix/|access-date=December 19, 2020|website=SOCAN Words and Music}}{{Cite web|last=Leclerc|first=Yves|title=Rayonnante Alexe|url=https://www.journaldequebec.com/2016/07/16/rayonnante-alexe|access-date=December 19, 2020|website=Le Journal de Québec|language=fr}} She became the first independent artist in fifteen years to reach number one on the BDS chart with her 2015 song "Placebo".{{Cite web|last=Landry|first=Virginie|date=November 25, 2015|title=Alexe Gaudreault de La Voix réussit un exploit avec sa chanson Placebo|url=https://journalmetro.com/culture/880083/alexe-gaudreault-de-la-voix-reussit-un-exploit-avec-sa-chanson-placebo/|access-date=December 20, 2020|website=Journal Métro|language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web|last=vedette|first=En|title=Alexe Gaudreault récompensée pour son numéro 1, Placebo!|url=https://www.envedette.ca/stars/alexe-gaudreault-recompensee-pour-son-numero-1-placebo-1.1638508|access-date=December 20, 2020|website=En vedette|language=fr-CA}}
Musical career
During the "Blind Auditions" round of La Voix, Gaudreault sang "Quand on n'a que l'amour" by Jacques Brel.{{Cite web|date=May 21, 2017|title=Alexe Gaudreault Creates an Echo|url=https://musiccanada.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/alexe-gaudreault-creates-an-echo/|access-date=December 21, 2020|website=Canadian Music Blog}} She was selected by two out of the four coaches, Marie-Mai and Marc Dupré, and she chose Dupré as her coach.{{Cite web|last=QMI|first=Jean-Philippe Daoust, Agence|title=Le stress des Auditions à l'aveugle: «Comme un coup de pelle dans face» – Alexe Gaudreault|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/03/12/le-stress-des-auditions-a-laveugle-comme-un-coup-de-pelle-dans-face---alexe-gaudreault|access-date=December 20, 2020|website=Le Journal de Montréal|language=fr}} Gaudreault was eliminated from the show during the second live round. Although she did not win the competition, she was offered a record deal with Disques Musicor.{{Cite web|last=Lemieux|first=Marc-André|title=La Voix: Une autre ressortissante décroche un contrat de disque|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/03/02/portee-par-placebo-alexe-gaudreault-travaille-sur-un-premier-album|access-date=December 20, 2020|website=Le Journal de Montréal|language=fr}} Shortly after her time on La Voix, she moved to the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough of Montreal to help her career.{{Cite web|last=Lemieux|first=Marc-André|title=L'effet placebo|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/05/21/leffet-placebo|access-date=December 20, 2020|website=Le Journal de Montréal|language=fr}}
Gaudreault released a three-song EP called Placebo in June 2015. One of the songs, "Placebo", became a commercial hit,{{Cite web|title=Les nouveaux accords d'Alexe Gaudreault|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2018/07/14/les-nouveaux-accords-dalexe-gaudreault|access-date=December 19, 2020|website=TVA Nouvelles|language=fr}} staying at number one on the BDS radio charts for seven consecutive weeks and remained in the top ten for forty-six weeks.
Gaudreault released her eponymous album in May 2016,{{Cite web|date=October 29, 2017|title=Alexe Gaudreault en route vers la France|url=https://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/10/29/alexe-gaudreault-en-route-vers-la-france_a_23260010/|access-date=December 19, 2020|website=HuffPost Québec|language=fr}} which was mastered by Tom Coyne.{{Cite web|date=July 22, 2016|title=Review - "Alexe Gaudreault" – Alexe Gaudreault|url=https://grayowlpoint.com/2016/07/22/review-alexe-gaudreault-alexe-gaudreault/|access-date=December 20, 2020|website=Grayowl Point}} The album includes the singles "Placebo" and "Éclat". "Éclat" reached the top three of the BDS charts. Also in 2016, she performed with Dupré and other La Voix alumni at the Bell Centre{{Cite web|last=QMI|first=Victor-Léon Cardinal, Agence|title=Marc Dupré enflamme le Centre Bell|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/06/10/marc-dupre-enflamme-le-centre-bell|access-date=December 20, 2020|website=Le Journal de Montréal|language=fr}} for the Les Francos de Montréal festival, where she performed her two singles.{{Cite web|last=Bickell|first=Dutch|title=Show Review - Marc Dupré {{!}} Canadian Beats Media|url=https://canadianbeats.ca/2016/06/13/show-review-marc-dupre/|access-date=December 20, 2020}}
Gaudreault is a two-time SOCAN Songwriting Prize nominee, receiving nods in 2016 for "Placebo"{{Cite web|title=SOCAN Songwriting Prize Finalists to Square Off for $10,000 {{!}} SOCAN|date=June 9, 2016 |url=https://www.socan.com/socan-songwriting-prize-finalists-to-square-off-for-10000/|access-date=January 13, 2021|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Dolbec|first=Par Lysander|title=Alexe Gaudreault récompensée pour son numéro 1, Placebo!|url=https://www.envedette.ca/stars/alexe-gaudreault-recompensee-pour-son-numero-1-placebo-1.1638508|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=En vedette|language=fr-CA}} and in 2017 for "Éclat".{{Cite web|title=2017 SOCAN Songwriting Prize Finalists Vie for $10,000 {{!}} SOCAN|date=June 15, 2017 |url=https://www.socan.com/2017-socan-songwriting-prize-finalists-vie-for-10000/|access-date=January 13, 2021|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=GmbH|first=finanzen net|title=SOCAN Honours Robert Charlebois, Michel Corriveau, Monique Leyrac, Éditorial Avenue, Leonard Cohen and many more|url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/socan-honours-robert-charlebois-michel-corriveau-monique-leyrac-éditorial-avenue-leonard-cohen-and-many-more-1001742534|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=markets.businessinsider.com|language=en-us}}
Discography
- Placebo (2015)
- Alexe Gaudreault (2016)
References
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Category:Canadian women pop singers