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Born | Annette Marie Jeanne Ducharme February 23 Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
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Years active | 1981–present |
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Website | anetmusic |
Annette Ducharme, also known as Anet [1] (born February 23 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. She is best known as a songwriter for other performers, including Tom Cochrane and Lawrence Gowan, but has also recorded several albums, both as a solo artist and as a member of the band Bowers-Ducharme (with James Bowers). [1]
Ducharme is also known for her song "Start Again," co-written with Darren Radtke. It is known among television viewers worldwide as the theme song of the CBC Television teen soap opera Edgemont .
Ducharme, a Franco-Ontarian, was born in Windsor, Ontario.
In 1989, Ducharme released her debut studio album, Blue Girl. It's lead single "No Such Thing" peaked at number 51 on the RPM Singles Chart for the week of June 12, 1989. [2]
In 1993, Ducharme formed her own record label, Bliss Records. In 1996, she released "Change Your Mind" as the lead single from Don't Argue with Her (known internationally as Bloom). [3]
On July 2, 2002, Ducharme released her fifth studio album, Talented Girl, under Sextant Records. [4] The song "Nicotine" was featured on the soundtrack to the 2003 drama film Thirteen .
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Sanctuary |
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Bloom |
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Tortured |
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Talented Girl |
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Wreck•Age |
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Lost in the 80's |
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"No Such Thing" | 1989 | 51 | Blue Girl | |||||||||||
"Slavery" | 62 | |||||||||||||
"Middle of the Night" | — | |||||||||||||
"Sanctuary" | 1994 | 62 | Sanctuary | |||||||||||
"Will of the Gun" | — | |||||||||||||
"Change Your Mind" | 1996 | — | Don't Argue with Her | |||||||||||
"Tortured" | 1997 | — | Tortured | |||||||||||
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
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2004 | Need for Speed: Underground 2 | Various voices | Voice only |
2008 | Left to Blossom | Lynn | |
2009 | The Portside | Pat | |
2013 | Supernatural | Possessed Woman | |
2013 | Untold Stories of the E.R. | Admin Nurse | |
2016 | Shut Eye | Homeless Woman |
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