Andrée-Anne Leclerc Signed by Universal Music

AndeeCompletely floored upon hearing the news. Star Académie finalist Andrée-Anne Leclerc has been signed by Universal Music, a privilege shared by the likes of Arcade Fire, Carly Rae Jepsen, Feist, Bryan Adams, Hedley, Nelly Furtado, Drake… Holy smokes! While many finalists of the Montréal-based star search show have been releasing albums, we kept wondering, how about Ms. Leclerc? Well, it’s obvious she waited for the big one. And what a big one it is! Universal Music is by far the biggest record label in the world.

Following appearances on multiplatinum Star Académie compilation albums, Andrée-Anne was featured in the bilingual version of Hedley’s triple platinum single “Kiss You Inside Out“, as well the CKOI chart-topping bilingual version of Shawn Desman’s “Dum da Dum”. The bilingual singer nailed her English duet with Lionel Richie on “Endless Love“. 

Andrée-Anne’s stunningly beautiful voice, track record of success, and popularity was enough to dazzle the folks at Universal. Vice President Paul Jessop said that in Universal’s eyes and ears, she has everything it takes to be an international artist.

Andee1 copyThere are more surprises. Ms. Leclerc’s debut album, released internationally, will be mainly an English album, with songs composed by herself, and she will record under the moniker Andee. Andee has been her nickname since college and she feels it will be easier on Anglophones. The album will be a standard pop/rock affair and will be heralded by a couple of lead singles. “We Are Gold”, dedicated to Canada’s Olympic athletes, will be released on February 19. Jessop compares Andee being a Francophone performing mainly in English to the avenue Simple Plan took. He also says that he was very impressed with Andee’s high standards of professionalism.

We at the Canadian Music Blog could not be more overjoyed at this news. Canada’s next international superstar? Fingers crossed, folks. Fingers crossed.

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