Lara Fabian
Also Known As: Lara Crokaert
Biography: Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert (born January 9, 1970), better known as Lara Fabian, is a Belgian-Canadian pop singer and songwriter. She has sold over 20 million records worldwide as of 2021 and is one of the best-selling Belgian artists of all time. She was born in Etterbeek, Brussels, to a Belgian father and a Sicilian mother. She lived the first part of her childhood in Sicily, Catania, speaking Italian as her first language. She moved to Quebec in 1991 and since 1995, she has held Canadian citizenship alongside her Belgian one. In 2003, she returned to Brussels to be close to her parents in Belgium and in 2015 lived in Walloon Brabant province in Belgium just outside Brussels. In 2017, she returned permanently to Montreal, Quebec, to be with her family. Fabian is the only child of Pierre Crokaert, who is Flemish, and Maria Luisa Serio, a Sicilian. Fabian's parents recognized her talent early on and enrolled her in the Royal Conservatory of Brussels when she was eight years old; she studied there for 10 years. During the 1980s, Fabian entered a number of European competitions and won several prizes. She released her first single, "L'Aziza est en pleurs" / "Il y avait" in 1986. In 1988, the RTL TV channel in Luxembourg invited Fabian to represent the country at the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest, held that year in Dublin, Ireland. The song was a composition by Jacques Cardona and Alain Garcia entitled Croire (Belief) which reached a respectable fourth place (while Celine Dion won the contest representing Switzerland). The single became a hit in Europe, selling nearly 500,000 copies. In 1990, Fabian and musical collaborator Rick Allison moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada to embark on a career in North America. They started their own music label and publishing company, Productions Clandestines. In August 1991, her self-titled French-language debut album, Lara Fabian, was released in Canada and sold over 100,000 copies. The album went gold in 1993, and platinum the following year. The success of upbeat dance-pop singles such as "Le jour où tu partira", "Les murs", and "Qui pense à l'amour" gave Fabian radio exposure. She received several nominations at the 1993 ADISQ awards, and a poll published around that time voted her Québec's most promising singer. Constant touring in Québec helped Fabian's 1994 album Carpe diem become her breakthrough album. The album went Gold three weeks after its release, and spawned three hit singles: "Tu t'en vas", "Si tu m'aimes", and "Leïla". The following year, the album went triple platinum. Fabian received two Félix awards at the 1995 ADISQ gala: Best Show Of The Year and Best Female Singer Of The Year (a category that is voted for by the public). In 1996, Walt Disney Studios hired Fabian as the voice of the character of Esmeralda in the Canadian French version of the animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Disney also included "Que Dieu aide les exclus", Fabian's French version of the song "God Help The Outcasts", on the film's English soundtrack album alongside Bette Midler's version. Since 1996 Lara Fabian has also held Canadian citizenship alongside her original Belgian passport. ... Source: Article "Lara Fabian" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Etterbeek, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
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Grégory Lemarchal - Cinq ans
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-11-19
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Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-12-13
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Lara Fabian - Mademoiselle Zhivago
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Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-04-05
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Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA
Overview: Tribute concert dedicated to Florent Pagny, recent cancer survivor, celebrated with various French singers.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-09-01
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Lara Fabian : en toute intimité
Overview: Lara Fabian's 2003 acoustic concert at the Olympia in Paris, recorded on February 2 & 3, 2003.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-10-14
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Arlette
Overview: Approached by the Prime Minister of Quebec to rejuvenate the image of his government, Arlette Saint-Amour becomes, overnight, Minister of Culture. She succeeds by her look and her daring in creating a real buzz around Culture.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-08-05
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Hit Man Returns - David Foster & Friends
Overview: Hitman Returns was filmed before a sold out crowd last year at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The lineup of talent, lead by Foster as maestro of ceremonies, includes performances by Seal, Donna Summer, Martina McBride, Earth, Wind & Fire, Natalie Cole, Ruben Studdard, All-4-One,'Glee' star Charice, Chaka Khan, Jackie Evancho, Lara Fabian and other artists whose careers have been touched by Foster, a 15-time Grammy winning producer and songwriter.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-11
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Lara Fabian Live
Overview: Show recorded in Paris and Brussels (Zenith of Paris and Forest National of Brussels). She performs many songs of her gorgeous album "Nue" (such as "Silence", "Parce que tu pars..."). In this DVD, she also pays a tribute to Gilbert Becaud (a famous French singer) with the song "Et maintenant".
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-01-27
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Michel Sardou - Salut !
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-10-31
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Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
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Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-03-01
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Lara Fabian: Best of Kyiv
Overview: Lara Fabian's live performance in Kyiv, October 27, 2012.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
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Lara 9 Fabian
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Original Language: fr
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Lara Fabian - Un regard 9 Live
Overview: 2006 issued 15 track live album recorded in March 2006 in Paris, France at the Zenith Theatre. Before the concert songs kick in, this set begins with a studio recording of a previously unreleased song, "Aime", exclusive to this album. The rest of the concert recordings feature repertoire from Fabian's 2005 album "9" and the other older songs that pre-date the "9" song are all performed acoustically. Some had to be entirely reworked to fit the concept of this live show. In addition, Fabian delivers a tribute to her idol Barbra Streisand by performing "Papa Can You Hear Me" and "A Piece of Sky", both from the soundtrack of Streisand's film tour de force "Yentl"
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-09-20
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Lara Fabian - Tlfm font leur show
Overview: The spectacle of Lara Fabian's "Toutes les femmes en moi". More than 2 hours of Lara Fabian show tributed to women who have marked her life.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-10
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Lara Fabian - From Lara with Love
Overview: Full Concert - Lara Fabian performs at her first American TV special broadcast by PBS: 'From Lara With Love'. Superb performance.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-17
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Lara Fabian - Pure
Overview: The Lara Fabian special, Pure delves into the Belgian singer’s second major concert in Quebec. On stage, this singer-songwriter sings the hits from her album, Pure, named popular album of the year at the ADISQ Gala in 1997. Lara Fabian also offers up a selection of titles from her previous album, Carpe Diem. An evening that tugs on the heartstrings through the beautiful voice and ballads of Lara Fabian.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Star Academy 1, 2 & 3 en concert au Parc des Princes
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-07-03
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Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-11-23
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Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-03-09
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Saint-Denis le pré-show
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-07-26
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De-Lovely
Overview: From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. And though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, inspiring some of the greatest songs of the twentieth century.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-02
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Autour de la guitare
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-12-15
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Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-02-07
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Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-03-09
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Lara
Overview: A documentary where we follow the singer Lara Fabian during her "50 World Tour" to take stock of her life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-10-15
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Une chance qu'on s'a
Overview: A tribute to the Quebec population who are fighting against the COVID-19 epidemic. Several artists are participating in this outpouring of solidarity to recognize the essential work of our guardian angels and to encourage people to give back.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-05-10
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Ensemble, pour Noël !
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Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-12-10
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Pour une histoire...
Overview: Witness the return on stage of three artists adored by the public: Joe Bocan, Marie Carmen and Marie Denise Pelletier. The three performers are surrounded by Lara Fabian, Klô Pelgag and Ingrid St-Pierre to revisit their greatest hits in a show where female voices are in the spotlight.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-02-12
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Muppets TV
Overview: Muppets TV is a French television series featuring the Muppets, which first broadcast over TF1 on October 29, 2006 and aired its last episode on December 31 of the same year.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-10-29
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Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-11-25
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Nos Voix Pour Toutes
Overview: A charity event with renowned french artists brought together for the first time to offer the public new interpretations of the most emblematic titles linked to women's rights.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-11-27
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Lara Fabian - Toutes les femmes en moi font leur Show
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-01-03
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Lara Fabian and Igor Krutoy Live Kremlin State Palace
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Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2010-12-31
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Hiba Tawaji à l'Olympia
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-03-27
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