Cœur de Pirate singled out for song of the year at French music awards

Monday, March 29, 2010

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On March 6 at Le Zénith in Paris, Béatrice Martin, better known as Cœur de Pirate, won three Victoire awards (for author, composer and singer) in the Best Original Song of the Year category, for her song Comme des enfants. The trophies are tangible confirmation of the young Québec singer-songwriter’s popularity in France, where her career has got off to a flying start.

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Cœur de Pirate launched her debut (self-titled) album on the French market less than a year ago. On the heels of her initial tour in 2009, she kicked off a second French tour on March 9, including a performance at Paris’s Olympia on March 15. She will wind up her series of concerts in July, after her participation in the Printemps de Bourges music festival.

The French music awards ceremony got under way with performances of the songs nominated for Best Original Song of the Year. The winner in this category is chosen by the public, and Cœur de Pirate had to wait until the very end of the evening to find out that she had been chosen for the coveted awards. She was also was also nominated in the Audience Discovery of the Year category. Her fellow Quebecer Ariane Moffatt, who also performed a song during the evening, was nominated in the Artist Discovery of the Year category.