Career
Discography
Studio albums:
2000 - Seul
2003 - Reviens
2006 - Garou
2008 - Piece of My Soul
2009 - Gentleman cambrioleur
2010 - Version intégrale
2012 - Rhythm and Blues
Live albums:
2001 - Seul... avec vous
Garou began playing the guitar at the age of 3 at the encouragement of his father (he also plays piano and trumpet). He went on to serve in the military and started a band in 1992 called the Untouchables. In 1997, he was discovered by Luc Plamondon while singing American blues tunes in a Sherbrooke bar. He was drafted by Plamondon to play the role of Quasimodo in his musical Notre-Dame de Paris, which made him a star in France. After the musical, he launched a successful international pop music career in Quebec, France, and many other European countries.
His first album “Seul” became the best-selling French album of 2001 and remains one of the best-selling French albums of all time, achieving 2 million sales in Europe and going three times platinum in Canada. The title track remains his best-selling solo single, peaking at #1 for 11 weeks and selling nearly a million copies.
He continued his string of hits with a live album and his sophomore effort “Reviens” in 2003. Sales for his third album Garou remained strong and he released his English crossover “Piece of My Soul” in 2008. The album debuted at #2 in Canada and #3 in France. Despite this, the album became his first album in France not to reach platinum status although it became his best-selling album in North America in seven years. His next album, “Gentleman cambrioleur” features cover songs in French and English and became his first album to miss the top five in France, where it modestly peaked at #35, staying on the charts for 17 weeks. His effort “Version Intégrale” released in 2010 became another Top 40 hit in France. His latest studio album “Rhythm and Blues” was released in September, 24, 2012.