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Dominique Fils-Aimé

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Dominique Fils-Aimé
Background information
BornKuujjuaq, Nunavik, Canada
GenresBlues, jazz, rhythm and blues
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
InstrumentVocalist
Years active2010s–present

Dominique Fils-Aimé is a Canadian singer from Quebec, whose album Stay Tuned! was shortlisted for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize[1] and won the Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020.[2]

Born and raised in Montreal to immigrant parents from Haiti, Fils-Aimé was a competitor in the third season of TVA's singing competition series La Voix in 2015.[3] She was eliminated in the semi-final round by Matt Holubowski.

In 2018 she released Nameless, her debut album which explored blues music as the first installment in a trilogy devoted to the history of African-American music.[4] Stay Tuned!, which explores jazz music, followed in 2019 as the second album in the trilogy,[5] with the third album, Three Little Words, to be released in 2021 and delving into contemporary soul, hip hop, funk and rhythm and blues.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Dominique Fils-Aimé nommée sur la courte liste du prix Polaris". Voir, July 16, 2019.
  2. ^ Shakiel Mahjouri, "2020 Juno Awards Winners List: Find Out Who Came Out On Top". ET Canada, June 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "Dominique Fils-Aimé: suivre sa voix". La Presse, January 3, 2018.
  4. ^ "Dominique Fils-Aimé lance «Nameless»". Le Devoir, March 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "Dominique Fils-Aimé talks about her northern soul and SLAV". Montreal Gazette, February 27, 2019.
  6. ^ Matt Wallock, "Dominique Fils-Aimé Delivers a Soulful Call for Change in 'While We Wait'". American Songwriter, January 13, 2021.



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