Dany Bédar


Dany Bédar is a francophone Québécois singer from Val-d'Or in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada. At the age of 19, Bédar moved to Montreal, where he signed on to play bass guitar with the local band La Chicane from 1999 to 2007, quickly demonstrating his talents as a composer with "Tu M'manques," which earned three Félix Awards and one Juno Award.

Dany Bédar
Background information
Born (1976-07-02) July 2, 1976
OriginVal-d'Or, Quebec, Canada
GenresPop-rock
Years active1993–present

Bèder was the bass player for the group Sex Solution, along with follower members, Richard Gibouleau (percussionist) and Karl Coderre (singer/guitarist). . Bédar launched his solo career in 2002. He has also written for several artists, including La Chicane, Boom Desjardins, Marie-Chantal, Nolwenn Leroy, Annie Villeneuve, and Marc Dupre and had a bilingual (French/English) hit with Joel Kroeker entitled "Déjà vu".[1]

Bédar was one of the first Quebec artists to participate in the Youswitch.tv contest. Two excerpts of Bédar's Francopholies concert in 2007 were uploaded to the Sympatico MSN website in collaboration with the Youswitch.tv player.

Discography
  • 2002: Fruit de ma récente nuit blanche
  • 2004: Écoute-moi donc
  • 2004: La Tournée Boombox (with Boom Desjardins and Richard Pelland)
  • 2006: Acoustique... en studio !
  • 2007: Y'a du monde DVD
  • 2011: L'avocat du Yab
  • 2012: On a tous une histoire a cont No. 40 CAN[2]

Awards and nominations
  • 28th ADISQ awards, 2005 – Pop rock album of the year Écoute-moi donc
  • 28th ADISQ awards, 2005 – Best male artist
  • Juno Awards of 2005 – Best Selling Francophone Album (nominated) – Écoute-moi donc
  • Felix Awards - to honor achievements in Quebec music in 2020

References
  1. CTV Story about release of "Déjà Vu"
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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