Dominique Fils-Aimé | |
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Background information | |
Born | July 10, 1984 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Genres | Blues, jazz, rhythm and blues |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Vocalist |
Years active | 2010s–present |
Labels | Ensoul Records |
Website | https://domiofficial.com/en/ |
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] Her third album, Three Little Words, was released in 2021 and focuses on soul music. [6] [7] The album was shortlisted for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize. [8]
At the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022, Fils-Aimé and Samuel Laflamme received a nomination for Best Original Music in a Documentary for their work on the film Alone (Seuls). [9]
In 2023, she participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's single " What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health. [10]