Annette Ducharme

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Annette Ducharme
Born
Annette Marie Jeanne Ducharme

February 23
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • actor
Years active1981–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Labels
  • Capitol
  • Beggars Bliss
  • Fuel
  • Dream Control Music
Website anetmusic.com

Annette Marie Jeanne Ducharme (born February 23), known professionally as Anet, is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She is particularly known for her songwriting contributions for Canadian musicians Tom Cochrane and Lawrence Gowan. She has received several awards including two SOCAN Awards and nominations for a Juno Award and a MuchMusic Video Award.

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Ducharme began her career as a member of the new wave duo Bowers-Ducharme, who released a self-titled extended play in 1981. She stepped back from the music industry for several years before signing to Capitol Records in the late 1980s. She received recognition with the release of her debut studio album, Blue Girl (1989), which experienced commercial success in Canada. Its lead single "No Such Thing" was moderately successful on the RPM Top Singles chart and received a MuchMusic Video Award nomination. Ducharme departed from Capitol Records after Blue Girl's release and she has since independently released five studio albums: Sanctuary (1994), Bloom (1995), Tortured (1997), Talented Girl (2002), and Wreck•Age (2019).

History

1989-1992: Breakthrough with Blue Girl

In 1989, Ducharme released her debut studio album, Blue Girl. Its lead single "No Such Thing" peaked at number 51 on the RPM Singles Chart for the week of June 12, 1989. [1] [2]

1993–1996: Don't Argue with Her

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]

1997–2002: Tortured and Talented Girl

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 .

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with track listings
TitleAlbum details
Blue Girl
Track listing
  • 1. "No Such Thing"
  • 2. "Played with Fire"
  • 3. "Blue Girl"
  • 4. "Middle of the Night"
  • 5. "Innocents Will Rise"
  • 6. "I Will Remain"
  • 7. "Slavery"
  • 8. "Get Back"
  • 9. "Runaway Dream"
  • 10. "Every Step of the Way"
  • 11. "How to Let Go"
Sanctuary
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Beggar's Bliss
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
Track listing
  • 1. "Sanctuary"
  • 2. "Great Escape"
  • 3. "Will of the Gun"
  • 4. "Stay - Don't Go"
  • 5. "Garden of Love"
  • 6. "Break Down the Fences"
  • 7. "Moody Windows"
  • 8. "Livin' on the Edge"
  • 9. "Can't Go Back"
  • 10. "Nothing I Can Do"
  • 11. "Queen with a Vegas Taste"
  • 12. "No Longer Naïve"
  • 13. "The End"
Bloom
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Bliss
  • Formats: CD
Track listing
  • 1. "Change Your Mind"
  • 2. "Moral"
  • 3. "Flowers in the Concrete"
  • 4. "Insanity Is King"
  • 5. "Talk to the Waves"
  • 6. "Love Is a Bomb"
  • 7. "Hurts My Dreams"
  • 8. "Best Waste of Time (535)"
  • 9. "Here and Now"
  • 10. "Polarize"
  • 11. "Enemy"
Tortured
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: A-ttack
  • Formats: CD
Track listing
  • 1. "Tortured"
  • 2. "Stop Shooting Me"
  • 3. "Cursed"
  • 4. "Realness"
  • 5. "Normal"
  • 6. "Die 4 U"
  • 7. "Whore"
  • 8. "Stuff"
  • 9. "L'Etat D'Amour"
  • 10. "Astronauts"
  • 11. "Friends"
  • 12. "For the Moon"
Talented Girl
  • Released: July 2, 2002
  • Label: Sextant
  • Formats: CD
Track listing
  • 1. "Nicotine"
  • 2. "Talented Girl"
  • 3. "Abductee"
  • 4. "Toilet Trained"
  • 5. "Chill Out"
  • 6. "Liar"
  • 7. "Everything"
  • 8. "I Explode"
  • 9. "Electric Chair"
  • 10. "Telepathy"
  • 11. "Far Out Far Out"
Wreck•Age
Track listing
  • 1. "Wounds"
  • 2. "Apocalips"
  • 3. "Not Afraid Anymore"
  • 4. "Save the World"
  • 5. "Listen"
  • 6. "Don't Argue with Angels (Sean's Song)"
  • 7. "Murder"
  • 8. "The One"
  • 9. "Revolving Doors"
  • 10. "Convince Me"
  • 11. "Head Around It"
  • 12. "Life Is What"

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with track listings
TitleAlbum details
Lost in the 80's
  • Released: February 23, 2023
  • Label: Dream Control Music
  • Formats: Digital download
Track listing
  • 1. "Slavery: Dancing with These Chains On"
  • 2. "Rhythm of the Silence"
  • 3. "Share a Little Lite"
  • 4. "Lord of the Dance"
  • 5. "Heartless Heart"
  • 6. "Can't Turn It Off"
  • 7. "Purpose in Life"
  • 8. "Arrow"
  • 9. "Last Night's Escapade" (live)
  • 10. "Man Is a Lonely Beast"
  • 11. "Emotions Never Lie"
  • 12. "Take Good Care of My Love"

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
CAN
[5]
"No Such Thing"198951Blue Girl
"Slavery"62
"Middle of the Night"—
"Sanctuary"199462Sanctuary
"Will of the Gun"—
"Change Your Mind"1996—Don't Argue with Her
"Moral"—
"Tortured"1997—Tortured
"Wounds"2019—Wreck•Age
"Apocalips"—
"Murder"—
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors
TitleYearDirector(s)
"No Such Thing"1989Don Allan
"Slavery"
"Sanctuary"1994Michael Di Carlo
"Will of the Gun"N/a
"Change Your Mind"1996Ulf Buddensieck
"Moral"Brent MacKay
"Flowers in the Concrete"Ulf Buddensieck
"Tortured"1997Adam Sliwinski
"I Explode"2002Tony Papa
"Nicotine"N/a
"Apocalips"2019N/a

Filmography

Film, television, and video game
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Need for Speed: Underground 2 Various voicesVoice only
2008Left to BlossomLynn
2009The PortsidePat
2013 Supernatural Possessed Woman
2013 Untold Stories of the E.R. Admin Nurse
2016 Shut Eye Homeless Woman

Composer

References

  1. ↑ "RPM Top Singles". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 12, 1989. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ Dillon, Charlotte. "Biography: Annette Ducharme". Allmusic . Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  3. ↑ Reece, Doug (October 26, 1996). "Northern Exposure". Billboard . Vol. 108, no. 43. Nielsen Business Media. p. 22. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  4. ↑ "This Week". The Gazette . June 27, 2002. p. D4.
  5. ↑ For peak chart positions of Ducharme's Canadian singles from 1989–1994 see RPM chart books.


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