Marie-Chantal Toupin

Marie-Chantal Toupin (born July 14, 1971) is a Quebec singer.[1] She has released a number of albums of pop and soft rock music. Toupin has sold over 300,000 albums in Canada and has had two albums certified platinum.

Marie-Chantal Toupin
Background information
Born (1971-07-14) 14 July 1971
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Websitewww.marie-chantaltoupin.com

Early life

Toupin was born in Montreal, Quebec, growing up in the city's Rosemont neighbourhood.[2]

Career

Toupin released her first album, Apres Tout, in 1997,[2] and followed this soon after with a self-titled album.[3]

Toupin released Maudit bordel in 2003, and toured in Quebec to support the album,[4] which was a 2004 Juno Award nominee for Francophone Album of the Year.[5][6] In 2004, she sang at the Foire Brayonne music festival in Edmundston, New Brunswick.[3]

Toupin's 2005 album Non-Negociable was certified platinum; a second edition was released in 2007.[3]

Toupin left her manager Eduardo Da Costa, and after working independently and then with the Musicor label, returned to him in 2008; the result was an album of soft rock, À distance, in 2009.[7] That same year she released an album of Christmas music, and in 2010 her sixth album, Premier baiser.[8] Her album À ma manière : onze grands succès, released in 2012, was a collection of songs which had won Quebec's Félix Award.[9]

In 2015, Toupin was criticized in the media for making racist comments on her Facebook page; this led the producers of the Pixcom home renovation television show "Flip de filles" to remove her as co-host.[10][11]

In 2021 she was a competitor in the Quebec edition of Big Brother Célébrités, but voluntarily withdrew after getting drunk and making comments against other competitors which were widely perceived as racist and homophobic.[12]

Discography
  • 1997 - Après tout
  • 2000 - Marie-Chantal Toupin
  • 2003 - Maudit Bordel (Platinum for sales of 100,000+ units)
  • 2005 - Non-Négociable (Platinum for sales of 100,000+ units)
  • 2008 - À Distance
  • 2009 - Noël C'est L'amour
  • 2010 - Premier Baiser
  • 2012 - À ma manière Onze grands succès
  • 2016 - Merci... Mes grands succès
Live album
  • 2006 - Non négociable : La tournée

References
  1. Billboard. 2004-11-27. pp. 45–. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. "Sous le charme de Marie-Chantal Toupin". Maud Cucchi, Le Droit, 24 September 2011
  3. " Marie-Chantal Toupin". AllMusic Biography by Chris True
  4. "Marie-Chantal Toupin : L’entaille du génie : les chagrins". La Revue, December 2003
  5. "JUNO Awards". The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  6. "Sarah McLachlan is up for five Junos". Winnipeg Free Press, via Newspaper Archives. February 12, 2004 - Page 48
  7. "Marie-Chantal Toupin : Douce rockeuse". Journal Métro, 29 September 2008. by Geneviève Vézina-Montplaisir,
  8. "Marie-Chantal Toupin: Pas arrêtable". Journal Métro, 24 October 2010 : Jessica Émond-Ferrat
  9. "Marie-Chantal Toupin revisite des classiques québécois". Le Journal de Montreal, Sandra Godin / 10 April 2012
  10. Hugo Dumas. "Le compte Facebook de Marie-Chantal Toupin: un maudit bordel". La Presse, 06 June 2015
  11. "MISE À JOUR: Marie-Chantal Toupin renvoyée pour avoir tenu des propos racistes". Journal de Montreal. Marc-André Lemieux, 5 June 2015
  12. Hugo Dumas, "Les dérapages inacceptables de Marie-Chantal Toupin". La Presse, February 1, 2021.
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