Charlotte Cardin

Biography

Charlotte Cardin-Goyer (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁlɔt kaʁdɛ̃ ɡɔje]; born November 9, 1994) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has been nominated for 14 Juno Awards. In 2022, she received four awards for Artist of the Year, Single of the Year for her song "Meaningless×Meaningless12 February 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Meaningless3:37", Pop Album of the Year and Album of the Year for her 2021 debut album Phoenix×Phoenix23 April 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks1Phoenix3:482Passive Aggressive3:103Anyone Who Loves Me3:574Meaningless3:375Daddy3:326Sex to Me3:367Good Girl2:398Sad Girl3:159XOXO3:4710Oceans3:2911Sun Goes Down (Buddy)3:3912Romeo3:4413Je Quitte4:16. Her second album, 99 Nights×99 Nights25 August 2023 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Puppy3:552Enfer2:583Confetti3:044Way Back2:585Jim Carrey3:036How High3:137Somebody First2:44899 Nights2:579Someone I Could Love3:0510Looping3:1411Daddy’s a Psycho4:1912Next to You3:25, was released in 2023 and won the 2024 Junos for Pop Album of the Year and Album of the Year.

Career

Cardin began her career as a model at the age of 15, where she appeared in advertising campaigns, including Barilà. She was a Top 4 finalist in the first season of the TVA singing competition La Voix in 2013, later the same year she was featured on Garou's album Au milieu de ma vie as a duet vocalist on the single "Du vent, des mots". On March 1, 2014, she appeared on the sister series The Voice: la plus belle voix in France to perform the song with Garou, a judge on that edition.
She released her solo debut EP, Big Boy×Big Boy15 July 2016 · EPSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Big Boy2:562Like It Doesn't Hurt3:373Dirty Dirty3:204Talk Talk3:395Les Échardes2:286Faufile2:327Big Boy (live)2:598Les Échardes (live)2:42, in 2016 on Cult Nation Records. The EP featured songs in both English and French, and included rapper Nate Husser as a featured artist on "Like It Doesn't Hurt". She was a shortlisted SOCAN Songwriting Prize finalist in the French division for her song "Les échardes", and the title track "Big Boy" was playlisted on CBC Radio 2 and charted on the Radio 2 Top 20. She made an appearance on the talk show Tout le monde en parle to discuss her mini-album in November 2016.
For the 2017 SOCAN Songwriting Prize, she was a nominee in the English category for "Big Boy" and in the French category for "Faufile×Faufile2017 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Faufile2:32", becoming the first artist in the history of the award to be nominated in both categories in the same year. In 2017, she released her second EP, Main Girl×Main Girl6 September 2017 · EPSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Main Girl3:252Dirty Dirty3:203Paradise Motion3:334Like It Doesn't Hurt3:385Big Boy2:566The Kids3:477Faufile2:328Les Échardes2:28.
She received two Juno Award nominations at the Juno Awards of 2018, for Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year for "Main Girl", "Paradise Motion" and "The Kids". In 2018, she received another SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination for "Main Girl".
In 2019, Cardin and producer CRi collaborated on a cover of Daniel Bélanger's "Fous n'importe où×Fous N'importe Où16 January 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Fous N'importe Où3:00", and Cardin appeared on Loud's album Tout ça pour ça as a duet vocalist on the track "Sometimes, All the Time". In 2020 she released the singles "Passive Aggressive×Passive Aggressive18 September 2020 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Passive Aggressive3:10" and "Daddy×Daddy13 January 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Daddy2:50"; both tracks were recorded for her full-length debut album Phoenix×Phoenix23 April 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks1Phoenix3:482Passive Aggressive3:103Anyone Who Loves Me3:574Meaningless3:375Daddy3:326Sex to Me3:367Good Girl2:398Sad Girl3:159XOXO3:4710Oceans3:2911Sun Goes Down (Buddy)3:3912Romeo3:4413Je Quitte4:16, which was released on April 23, 2021. Phoenix is co-written with Cardin's longtime manager Jason Brando of Cult Nation.
In 2021, Her debut album Phoenix won the Felix Award for Anglophone Album of the Year at the 43rd Félix Awards. Cardin also won the awards for Anglophone Concert of the Year and Most Successful Artist Outside Quebec. Cardin was the most-nominated artist at the Juno Awards of 2022, receiving nods for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for Phoenix, Pop Album of the Year for Phoenix, Single of the Year and Video of the Year for "Meaningless×Meaningless12 February 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Meaningless3:37", and the Fan Choice Award.
In 2022, Cardin and Pierre Lapointe performed Daniel Lavoie's "Ils s'aiment" at the ceremony inducting Lavoie into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
In April 2023, she released "Confetti×Confetti11 April 2023 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Confetti (VF)3:04", the first single from her second album 99 Nights×99 Nights25 August 2023 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Puppy3:552Enfer2:583Confetti3:044Way Back2:585Jim Carrey3:036How High3:137Somebody First2:44899 Nights2:579Someone I Could Love3:0510Looping3:1411Daddy’s a Psycho4:1912Next to You3:25. In June she announced that the album would be released on August 25, 2023.
After the release of the album, she created an EP, Une semaine à Paris×Une semaine à Paris17 November 2023 · EPSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Real Love3:352Confetti (VF)3:053Feel Good2:434Un peu trop2:35, containing four songs: "Real Love", made with artist Laylow, the French version of "Confetti" which had already been released with Confetti and the piano version of the song, "Feel Good×Feel Good15 September 2023 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Feel Good2:43", and "Un peu trop". She then released a new EP, A Week in Nashville×A Week in Nashville17 May 2024 · EPSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Lonely With Our Love3:282I Came Here to Leave You2:583Did Life Work Out for You?3:19, containing three songs: "Lonely with Our Love", "I Came Here to Leave You" and "Did Life Work Out for You?".
99 Nights won the Juno Awards for Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2024, and was shortlisted for the 2024 Polaris Music Prize.
In February 2026, she won Female Artist of the Year at the Victoires de la musique in France, joining other previously notable Québecois winners such as Céline Dion, Garou and Isabelle Boulay.

Personal life

Cardin grew up in the Town of Mount Royal on the island of Montreal. Cardin has been in a relationship with French-Canadian actor and singer-songwriter Aliocha Schneider since 2016. She can be heard on Schneider's song "Avant elle", where she provides supporting vocals. In 2024, the couple also began performing a duet version of the song "Ensemble".

Band members

Benjamin Courcy – drums
Mathieu Sénéchal – bass guitar, musical director and co-writer of "Daddy×Daddy13 January 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Daddy2:50"