Safia Nolin

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Safia Nolin
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FrancoFolies de Montréal, 2017
Background information
Born1992 (age 31–32)
Origin Quebec City, Quebec
Genres
Years active2000s-present
Labels Bonsound
Spouse(s)2022-present Pomme

Safia Nolin is a French Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter from Quebec City, Quebec. [1]

Her debut album, Limoilou, was released in 2015 via Bonsound. Modestly successful at first, her album sales increased significantly in 2016 after she appeared on Tout le monde en parle , opening up about her teenage struggles with anxiety and bullying. [2] She has toured France as an opening act for Lou Doillon, and Quebec as an opening act for Louis-Jean Cormier. [2]

In June 2016, she won the Prix Félix-Leclerc at the FrancoFolies de Montréal. [3] Her song "Igloo" was shortlisted for the 2016 SOCAN Songwriting Prize, [4] and Limoilou was named a longlisted nominee for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize. [5]

Her second album, Dans le noir, was released in 2018. [6]

She is out as lesbian. [7] She is married to French singer Pomme.

In 2019, she released the EP xX3m0 $0ng$ 2 $!nG @L0nG 2Xx. It included a duet with John K. Samson, on a cover of Taking Back Sunday's "Cute Without the E". [8]

In 2020, she coordinated Saint-Jeanne, an LGBTQ-inclusive Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day livestream scheduled for June 24. The event was hosted by Kiara, a Montreal drag queen who also competed in the first season of Canada's Drag Race , and the performance line-up included comedians Tranna Wintour and Karl Hardy, actress and writer Gabrielle Tremblay, songwriter and producer Annie Sama (Apigeon), rapper Backxwash, singer-songwriter FLORAA, and drag queens Matante Alex and Gisèle Lullaby. [9]

Discography

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References

  1. ↑ "Safia Nolin: un diamant brut". La Presse , September 13, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Safia Nolin sings straight from the heart on Limoilou". Montreal Gazette , January 31, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Safia Nolin remporte le prix Félix-Leclerc de la chanson 2016". Ici Radio-Canada, June 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ "SOCAN Songwriting Prize Finalists Announced". Exclaim! , June 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Fred Fortin, Safia Nolin et Coeur de pirate nommés à la longue liste du Prix Polaris 2016". Voir , June 15, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Why Safia Nolin's dark folk songs are the cathartic release you need right now". CBC Music, October 11, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Safia Nolin: une année sans lumière". La Presse , October 1, 2018.
  8. ↑ Holly Gordon, "Tegan and Sara, Scott Helman, Safia Nolin and more: songs you need to hear this week". CBC Music, October 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ Calum Slingerland, "Safia Nolin Gets Backxwash for Inaugural Saint-Jeanne Concert". Exclaim! , June 17, 2020.
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