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'{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Ariane Moffatt | image = Ariane Moffatt 20060510 Fnac 04.jpg | alt = | caption = Ariane Moffatt in [[Paris]], 2006 | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|4|26}} | birth_place = [[Saint-Romuald, Quebec|Saint-Romuald]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]] | origin = | instrument = [[Piano]], [[guitar]], [[drums]], [[synthesizer]] | genre = | occupation = | years_active = | label = [[Audiogram (label)|Audiogram]] | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|arianemoffatt.com}} | notable_instruments = }} '''Ariane Moffatt''' (born 26 April 1979) is a [[Québécois|Québécoise]] [[singer-songwriter]]. Known for working across multiple [[Music genre|musical genres]], Moffatt's music combines elements of [[electronica]], [[jazz]], [[folk music|folk]], and [[pop music|pop]]. A [[francophone]], she is bilingual and has recorded tracks in both [[French]] and [[English]]. Her 2002 debut album ''[[Aquanaute]]'' went [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] in [[Quebec]], earning 11 nominations at the 2003 [[ADISQ]] Awards and winning three [[Félix Award|Félix]] awards (for Discovery of the Year, Album of the Year – Pop/Rock, and Album Producer of the Year)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ariane Moffatt|url=http://www.quebecscene.ca/en/events/eventDetails.asp?eventID=248|accessdate=3 March 2012}}</ref>. She is known in Quebec for two well-received [[single (music)|singles]] from ''Aquanaute'': "La barricade" and "Dans un océan". ==Early Life== Moffat grew up in [[Saint-Romuald, Quebec|Saint-Romuald]], a suburb of [[Quebec City]] on the south shore of the [[St. Lawrence River]]. After completing Grade 11, she moved to [[Montreal]] where she earned a [[Diplôme d'études collégiales]] in [[music]] at [[Cégep de Saint-Laurent]], then a [[Education in Quebec|Baccalauréat]] in [[popular music]] and [[classical music|classical singing]] from [[UQAM]]. ==Career== After university, Moffatt went on tour with singer [[Marc Déry]]. This led to an invitation in 2001 from singer-songwriter [[Daniel Bélanger]] to join his band as a keyboardist and vocalist in support of his well-received album [[''Rêver mieux'']]. Her debut solo album ''Aquanaute'' was released in 2002 on the [[Audiogram (label)|Audiogram label]] in Canada and on the [[EMI|EMI/Virgin]] label in Europe in 2005. In 2004, Moffatt met French rock musician [[Matthieu Chedid]] at Montreal's [[Les FrancoFolies de Montréal|FrancoFolies]] music and performance festival. She subsequently remixed Chedid's "La Bonne Étoile" (from his 2003 album "Qui de nous deux") as a virtual duet. Her version of the popular song received wide airplay in [[France]] and in essence introduced her to French music fans. The track is scheduled to be included on a future re-release of "Aquanaute". In 2005, Moffatt released her first music DVD, "Ariane Moffatt à la Station C" , which received a 2006 Juno Award nomination for Music DVD of the Year. Later that year, her sophomore album, "Le cœur dans la tête" (In English, "Heart in the Head"), was released. It went on to win "Francophone Album of the Year" at the 2009 Juno Awards [3]. Moffatt opened for French musician [[Alain Souchon]] at the Olympia (a Montreal theatre and concert venue) in 2006. She collaborated with Franco-[[Israelis|Israeli]] singer-songwriter [[Yael Naim]] on her 2008 release ''Tous les sens'' (In English, ''All the Senses''). The album earned Moffatt a [[Juno Awards of 2009|2009 Juno Award]] for [[Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year|Francophone Album of the Year]].<ref name="junoawards.ca"/> She also contributed vocals to the song "Sweet Light" on ''[[Tales from the City]]'', the second album from Montreal alternative band [[Mobile (band)|Mobile]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/mob/bio.asp | title=Mobile biography | publisher=Maple Music | accessdate=2009-07-22 }}</ref> In 2010, Moffatt contributed twelve tracks (all covers of English-language songs) to the popular [[Télévision de Radio-Canada|Radio-Canada]] medical show ''Trauma'', which were subsequently released as a [[soundtrack album]]. Songs included "[{Everybody Hurts]]'' by [[REM]], [[Leonard Cohen|Leonard Cohen's]] "[[In My Secret Life]]", and [[Martha Wainwright|Martha Wainwright's]] "[[So Far Away]]". Montreal's [[Hour Community|Hour]] alternative newsweekly declared that Moffatt "owns these songs so hard you have to wonder if anyone will ever be able to pry them away from her"<ref>{{cite web|title=Trauma: Chansons de la série TV: Disc Review|url=http://hour.ca/2010/12/09/trauma-chansons-de-la-serie-tv-2/|publisher=Hour|accessdate=3 March 2012}}</ref> The soundtrack went on to reach Gold status in Canada <ref name="musiccanada.com"/>. That same year she was nominated for "Best Breakthrough Live Act of the Year" at France's [[Victoires de la Musique]] awards. 2012 saw the release of Moffatt's fourth album, "MA" marked the first time the singer had composed songs in English. In an interview with Hour, Moffatt explained that the effort had been inspired by her surrounds: "My studio is in [[Mile End, Montreal|Mile End]], I live nearby as well, the neighbourhood is bilingual and so is the music scene I’m attracted to, which is very palpable around here," she told Hour. "I was looking for a space to compose, somewhere inspiring and luminous. I was on a kind of sabbatical, exploring and playing around, with no deadline to make an album. I was just composing and recording here in my little bubble, all by myself. I ended up with a bunch of songs, half of them in English, half in French.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ariane Moffatt's latest album a bilingual affair|url=http://montreal.openfile.ca/blog/curator-blog/curated-news/2012/ariane-moffatts-latest-album-bilingual-affair|publisher=OpenFIle.ca|accessdate=3 March 2012}}</ref> ” ==Personal Life== On 26 February 2012, Moffatt came out as a lesbian while being interviewed by [[Guy A. LePage|Guy LePage]] on the popular Quebec talk show "[[Tout le monde en parle (Quebec)]]" (In English, "Everybody's Talking"). ==Discography== * 2002: ''Aquanaute'' * 2005: ''À la Station C'' * November 2005: ''Le cœur dans la tête'' * 22 April 2008: ''Tous les sens'' * 2009: ''Tous les sens remix'' * 2010: ''TRAUMA_SERIE TV'' * 27 February 2012: ''MA'' ==Videography== * 2002: "Point de mire" * 2003: "La Barricade" * 2003: "Poussière d'ange" * 2004: "Fracture du crâne" * 2005: "Hasard" * 2005: ''À la station C'' (DVD) * 2006: "Montréal" * 2008: "Réverbère" * 2009: "Jeudi, 17 mai" * 2009: "Je veux tout" ==References== {{Reflist | colwidth = 30em | refs = <ref name="junoawards.ca"> {{cite web | url = http://junoawards.ca/awards/artist-summary/?artist_name=Ariane+Moffatt&submit=Search | title = Juno Awards Database | date = | month = | year = | work = {{URL|junoawards.ca/awards/|junoawards.ca}} | publisher = [[Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 6 January 2012 | quote = }} </ref> <ref name="musiccanada.com"> {{cite web | url = http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=TRAUMA&ica=False&sa=&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist | title = Gold Platinum Database » Displaying Search Results for: » Title: TRAUMA » To: January, 2012 | work = {{URL|http://www.musiccanada.com/gpSearchResult.aspx|musiccanada.com}} | publisher = [[Canadian Recording Industry Association]] | format = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 6 January 2012 | quote = }} </ref> }} ==External links== {{Commons|Ariane Moffatt|Ariane Moffatt}} * {{fr icon}} [http://www.arianemoffatt.com Ariane Moffatt official site] * {{fr icon}} [http://www.audiogram.com/index.php?artiste=45 Audiogram artist page] * {{fr icon}} [http://www.myspace.com/arianemoffattmusique Ariane Moffatt on MySpace] * {{fr icon}} [http://www.myspace.com/kepidouki Espace Mo'Fan, fan page] {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Moffatt, Ariane | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Canadian musician | DATE OF BIRTH = 26 April 1979 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Saint-Romuald, Quebec, Canada | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2010}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Moffatt, Ariane}} [[Category:1979 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Lévis, Quebec]] [[Category:Canadian singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Canadian pop singers]] [[Category:Canadian female singers]] [[Category:Musicians from Quebec]] [[Category:Juno Award winners]] [[Category:Audiogram artists]] [[de:Ariane Moffatt]] [[es:Ariane Moffatt]] [[fr:Ariane Moffatt]] [[pt:Ariane Moffatt]] [[sv:Ariane Moffatt]] {{Canada-musician-stub}}'