Francois Klark

François Klark is a South African-Canadian pop singer and songwriter.[1] He is most noted for his 2022 album Adventure Book, which was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023.[2]

Klark was born in Rundu, Namibia, to South African parents, and raised principally in Potchefstroom, and moved to Canada in 2004 to study music at Humber College.[3] A recipient of the college's Oscar Peterson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music,[4] he released his debut album Love in 2018, and subsequently performed with artists such as Jon Bellion, Ginuwine, Shawn Desman and Karl Wolf.[5]

His song "Always" was featured in the 2020 Netflix film Feel the Beat.[1]

References
  1. Ron Rocky Coloma, "Francois Klark’s track ‘Always’ perfectly complements Netflix film ‘Feel The Beat’ featuring Sofia Carson". The Stanford Daily, July 20, 2020.
  2. "Here are all the 2023 Juno nominees". CBC Music, January 31, 2023.
  3. Kendra Beltran, "Francois Klark Gives Back Through Song". ZO Magazine.
  4. Sofia Touboul, "“Five Minutes With” Pop artist, producer and singer-songwriter, François Klark". Toronto Guardian, December 23, 2022.
  5. Grace Koennecke, "Album Review: Francois Klark takes listeners on an adventure in 'Adventure Book'". The Post, August 2, 2022.


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