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Lara Fabian Biography
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Lara was born in January 1970, in the Belgian town of Etterbeek. Her Flemish father and Sicilian mother, inspired by the theme song of the film Doctor Zhivago, named her Lara. From the age of five, Lara knew she wanted to sing. Accompanied by her musician father, a former guitarist and backing vocalist for Petula Clark, she began her singing career at 14 in Brussels' boîtes à chanson. A few years later, she entered a number of European competitions and won several prizes. Then, at 18, she sang the song "Croire" in the prestigious Eurovision competition and was awarded fourth prize.
It was at this time that her first recordings, both on the French Tréma label, found an appreciative public. Her songs "Croire" and "Je sais" sold 500,000 and 300,000 copies respectively. A year earlier, she had recorded a first single, "L'aziza est en pleurs".
Following her European successes, Lara traveled to Quebec to promote "Je sais" and fell in love with the place. With her friend Rick Allison at her side, two suitcases and $1,000 in her pocket, she decided to embark on a career in North America. A first album, simply entitled 'Lara Fabian', that had been recorded earlier in Belgium was released in Canada in August 1991. The success of songs like "Le jour où tu partiras", "Les murs" and "Qui pense à l'amour" gave Lara the exposure she needed on the radio. Her skill as a songwriter was particularly highlighted with the success of the single "Je m'arrêterai pas de t'aimer", and her debut album went on to be certified gold in 1993 and then platinum the following year. Lara received several nomations at the 1993 ADISQ awards and a poll published around that time revealed that Lara was considered Quebec's most promising singer.
'Carpe Diem,' Lara's second album, was released three years after her eponymous album and proved that her popularity with the Quebec public was more than just a flash in the pan. In less than three weeks, the album went gold and three of its songs "Tu t'en vas", "Si tu m'aimes" and "Leïla" found themselves on the Top-50 radio hit parade. The following year, the album went triple platinum and Lara’s SRO tour attracted more than 150,000 fans. This phenomenal success was recognized at the 1995 ADISQ gala in which Lara received two Félix awards: Best Show Of The Year and Best Female Singer Of The Year (a category voted upon by the public).
In January 1995, at the request of Serge Lama, Lara joined the singer on the stage of the Paris venue Palais des Congrès to perform "Je suis malade", a song she had sung on her 'Carpe Diem' album. Upon seeing the audience's response to the duo, Serge Lama right away asked Lara to sing the song once more on her own to the great delight of those present. This contact with the French public was just a sample of what would come less than two years later.
The Walt Disney Studios immortalized Lara's voice in 1996 when they asked her to do the voice for the character Esmeralda and sing a song in the animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Disney also included Lara's French version on the English film’s soundtrack album beside that of Bette Midler's version, a first.
That same year, 'Pure,' Lara's third album, was released in October and went platinum in less than two weeks. For this recording, Lara was awarded a Félix for Popular Album Of The Year at the 1997 ADISQ gala and was also nominated for two Juno awards in the Best Female Singer and Best Selling French Album categories.
This recognition once again attracted the attention of movie studios. The producer of Daylight, starring Sylvester Stallone, entrusted her and Rick Allison with 'Tant qu'il y aura de l'amour', the French version of the song performed by Donna Summer and Bruce Roberts, and produced by David Foster.
When Lara signed a contract with the French Polydor label for several albums, French-speaking Europe was in for a stirring comeback. With the release of 'Pure' in June of 1997, Lara's European career skyrocketed. Sales of 'Pure' hit the 2 million mark, while the singles "Tout ", "Je t'aime" and "Humana" each sold more than 1 million records. In January of 1998, the French got the chance to hear Lara sing a duo with Johnny Hallyday at a benefit concert given for the Restos du Cur, as well as on Lara’s own tour that included two sold-out shows at L'Olympia. A month later, on that same stage, Lara was given the Discovery Of The Year award during the Victoires de la musique gala. Soon after, to satisfy public demand, Polydor released 'Carpe Diem' in Europe.
After a sold-out two-night stint at the Paris Palais des Sports in April, Lara was even more in demand. Once again she was invited to perform with Johnny Hallyday during several concerts given at the Stade de France in front of 240,000 fans. The following fall, Lara undertook a European tour that reached more than 100,000 fans.
Lara's tremendous popularity is perhaps exemplified by the famous Grévin Wax Museum's decision to unveil her wax effigy, as a Quebec City museum had already done. She thus became the first female Canadian singer ever to be honoured by the Paris institution.
By November of 1998, the praise was multiplying: in Quebec, Lara received the Félix award for Artist With The Most Recognition Outside Quebec at the ADISQ gala. Furthermore, in December, she was chosen Revelation Of The Year by the magazine Paris Match, which put her on its front page to mark this occasion.
Lara spent most of fall 1998 in France, where she embarked on an extensive tour of 24 cities including Paris, Lyon, Marseilles, Geneva and Monaco. During this sold-out concert tour, Lara performed in front of more than 150,000 people. In May 1999, Lara was honoured at the World Music Awards in Monaco, where she was given the award for Best Selling Record for the year 1998 for her album 'Pure.'
In July 1999, with over 6 million records sold across French territories, Polydor, in order to satisfy the demand, released Lara’s eponymous album. The European version of this early album contained slight modifications, such as a new album cover and the addition of the song "Croire".
In the summer of 1999, Lara crossed the Atlantic to record her first English-language album in New York and San Francisco for the Sony label. The songs were written and produced with the help of her partner Rick Allison and Dave Pickell as well as with Walter Afanasieff, Glen Ballard and Pat Leonard, who are all regular contributors to the work of several international stars.
If the past is any indication of what's to come, one can easily imagine that Lara's English-language debut album, simply titled 'Lara Fabian' will, once again, enthrall a new audience and then win over still more fans to her unique talent. |
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It's hard to discribe LARA FABIAN in words... she is simply AMAZING!!!! | Reviewer: yasmeen | 7/20/2008I don't know what to say about you Lara. You are a very important person in my life.Hearing you singing is one of the most things that give me pleasure in my life. In addition to that your music helped me to find my true love. It happend in a very amazing way. You are his best singer too!!
Now WE dream to meet you and thanking you for helping us to find each other.
I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU!!! Yasmeen from Palestine.
My love | Reviewer: Arman | 4/30/2008
Dear Lara Please respond. I'm very seriously proposing you marriage.
My name is Arman
If you will ever suffer from anything please remember. I'll save your life. Any health problem.
Plus Please marry me
Heaven's Voice | Reviewer: John Harry | 4/10/2008
I have walked on this earth for 51 years, and just now have come into the light of heaven. Her name is Lara Fabian. Whether you have realized it yet or not, Lara, you are quite literally an angel. God has sent you to this planet, through your blessed and loving parents, to save his children with your voice and your passion. Never in my life has music ever moved me to tears.....until now! When I saw you and heard you sing, Lara, I lost my heart to you. For the rest of my life you shall control every beat of my heart and every emotion I feel. Je T'aime toujours!
you're wonderful | Reviewer: giani | 1/27/2008
Hi Lara! Hope you get to read my message.You're my angel! i can go on for the entire day just listening to all your songs. i hope i have more resources of your songs. It's so hard to find them on the record bars. Anyway, i wish you all the best and hope you visit us here in hte Philippines. I promise to watch your concert:)
Lara Fabien I love to listen your songs | Reviewer: Oksana | 12/1/2007
Lara Fabien I want to spend time with you.I like very well to listen your music.you are beautiful and pretty women.send me message from you,if you read my message for you. OKSANA FROM ISRAIL
Lara Fabian | Reviewer: Karina | 11/19/2007
Since the first time I heard Lara's performance I was hypnotized and emotionally paralyzed. I couldn’t think of anything but to hear more of Lara Fabian. Even though I don't understand a word of French, I couldn't stop crying while listening to her. There are many singers in this world but to see someone give 100% of her heart and soul on the stage and live the emotions of every song she sings is very rare and refreshing. This is one singer that has consumed me. Her voice is in my mind all the time. I am so glad I finally discovered Lara but at the same time I feel like I've known her all my life. She is like a family member and we listen to her all the time. She is exceptional: simple but yet very classy; calm with a beautify smile on her face but yet very deep on the emotional level. She is real, not a fake or phony and has an incredible taste in music. Thank God for Lara! I hope we see her uninterrupted success and continuous triumph in this industry.
WONDERFULL SONGS!! | Reviewer: ACIR NOGUEIRA | 6/9/2007
LARA IS A BAUTIFULL WOMAN AND A AMAZING SINGER SHE IS PREFECT; "EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE; BUT THE FOOLISH PLUCKETH IT DOWN WITH HER HANDS" PROVERBS 14:1 HOLY BIBLE; LARA ISN'T FOOLISH SHE IS VERY, VERY, VERY WISE.
PS: SORRY ABOUT MY ENGLISH I'M A SIMPLE STUDENT NOW
my debute | Reviewer: marika goginashvili | 5/4/2007
i am going to sing her song no big deal,on the stage in georgia.lara is my favourite singer.lara you are my friend
LARA FABIAN the best preformer in the world..! wanna know y? | Reviewer: marielos | 4/17/2006
she is amazing i think u should give yuorselves the chance to hear a magnificent voice..she has style to sing power to do a perfomance..she has everything a sinbger could ask for and also she writes most of her songs..i promise if you like french this woman sings the lenguaje so good if you rather italian..you would pleased, but i you like spanish she sings like no latino can..Or if you are american or brithish she is terrific! wiht her english ...
i love this woman with all of my heart since i fisrt new about her..!
give yourselves the chance to listen to LARA FABIAN..!
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