Étienne Drapeau

Étienne Drapeau
Born (1978-01-10) January 10, 1978
Quebec City, QC, CAN
Position Centre
Played for QMJHL
Halifax Mooseheads
Beauport Harfangs
Drummondville Voltigeurs
Victoriaville Tigres
ECHL
Johnstown Chiefs
Hampton Roads Admirals
AHL
Portland Pirates
UHL
Quad City Mallards
WCHL
Long Beach Ice Dogs
Tacoma Sabercats
Playing career 1994–2002
Étienne Drapeau
Born (1978-01-10) January 10, 1978
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, record producer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2003 – present
Labels Les Productions Drapeau
MP3 Disques
Website www.etiennedrapeau.ca

Étienne Drapeau (born January 10, 1978 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. He played as a centre in QMJHL, ECHL, AHL, UHL and WCHL leagues and was selected 99th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 4th round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.

After retiring, he became a musician, writing and composing his own music, and writing songs for other artists as well. He was among the top 10 finalists of the second season of the Quebec musical reality show Star Académie in 2004 and released three studio albums, Je l'ai jamais dit à personne (2007), Étienne Drapeau (2008) and Paroles & Musique (2010).

Ice Hockey

Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM
1994–95 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 63 26 35 61 121
1995–96 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 42 10 25 35 98
Beauport Harfangs QMJHL 28 8 12 20 37
1996–97 Beauport Harfangs QMJHL 46 15 30 45 42
Drummondville Voltigeurs QMJHL 21 10 15 25 42
1997–98 Drummondville Voltigeurs QMJHL 32 18 19 37 30
Victoriaville Tigres QMJHL 30 14 30 44 43
1998–99 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL 14 2 4 6 4
Victoriaville Tigres QMJHL 4 1 3 4 7
1999–00 Hampton Roads Admirals ECHL 46 10 12 22 167
Portland Pirates AHL 10 0 0 0 45
2000–01 Quad City Mallards UHL 61 13 13 26 205
2001–02 Long Beach Ice Dogs WCHL 28 8 9 17 29
Tacoma Sabercats WCHL 38 10 9 19 42

Star Académie

After singing in various musical venues, Étienne Drapeau took part in 2004 in reality television music competition Star Académie, broadcast on TVA. He was among the top 10 finalists of the second season.

He appeared in 2004 album Star Académie 2004 – Les meilleurs moments des finalistes aux galas containing various acts from the series, as well as in the album Star Académie 2004 by various artists. The latter sold more than 300,000 copies becoming triple platinum in Quebec.

Musical career

After the show, he established his own record company "Les Productions Drapeau", toured in Quebec and New Brunswick with the tours "Étienne et ses invités" and "Rock & Soul", and in 2006 released his debut album Je l'ai jamais dit à personne. Produced by Toby Gendron in collaboration with Rick Haworth, it contained 11 songs written by Drapeau himself, with three co-written with Roger Tabra and "Il rêvait" with Lynda Lemay. Two music videos gained popularity from the album: "Je l’ai jamais dit à personne" and "Mens-moi encore". Another song also received airplay, namely "Écrire l'amour". His song "Je l'ai jamais dit à personne" was nominated for "Best Song of the Year" at the 2007 ADISQ gala.

In October 2008, Étienne Drapeau released his second studioo album, self-titled Étienne Drapeau. Produced and accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Tino Izzo, Étienne Drapeau once again wrote most of the songs (both lyrics and music) and there are collaborations with Roger Tabra, Florence K, Ima, Stephan Moccio, Jean-François Breau, Sandrine Roy. Two songs from the album became hits for him, "Je t'aimerai" and "Comment battent les cœurs?". His cover of Cookie Dingler's "Femme libérée" also enjoyed wide play on Quebec radio stations. To promote the album, he made a tour in Quebec and appeared in Olympia in Paris in April 2009.

In Spring 2010, he split with Daniel Dubé and released his third album Paroles & Musique, meaning that the album was entirely his own composition. It was produced by Peter Ranallo, Guy St-Onge and Tino Izzo. The album was promoted through Mario Pelchat by MP3 Disques and was launched on 21 September 2010. Two songs from the album "Les femmes que j'ai aimées" and "T'es ma femme, t'es la plus belle" received wide radio airplay.

Songwriting

Étienne Drapeau wrote "Quatre sangs" for the 400th Anniversary of Quebec celebrations interpreting the song himself. The song also appeared on the commemorative album for the event entitled Kebek par Québec containing works by various Quebec artists.

Étienne Drapeau has also written for other artists, most notably "Être femme" for Marie-Élaine Thibert that appeared in her EP Toi l'inoubliable (containing three songs). After its release in November 2010, it was certified gold.

In popular culture

He has been a fervent advocate of the charity Opération Enfant Soleil in Quebec and sung live in their campaigns including "La Promesse" in 2009 and "À mon père et ma mère" in 2011. . He was also involved in charity work in a humanitarian mission for "Centre Ziat", Fès, Morocco reflected in his fourth album Le monde est beau.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Appearances

Videography

External links

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