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Marjolène Morin, professionally known as Marjo, is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec.

Background
Morin was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. She worked as a model and editor for the fashion magazine Madame, and as manager of the Montreal jazz club L'Air du temps, ==Solo career==
Solo career
She released her debut album, Celle qui va, in 1986. The album ultimately sold more than 250 000 copies, was certified double platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association, and won three Prix Félix. One critic wrote at the time that her stage show generated so much electricity that she was the musical equivalent of James Bay. The album was subsequently released in France under the title Amoureuse, and was promoted by a tour of Europe. In 1988, she appeared on Gerry Boulet's influential album Rendez-vous doux, as a duet vocalist on the song "Les Yeux du cœur". She followed up with ''Tant qu'il y aura des enfants'' in 1990. The album was again a chart success in Quebec; in addition to the hit singles "À bout de ciel" and "Je sais, je sais", the album included the English language song "Crazy Notions". The album was again certified double platinum for sales of over 200,000 copies. She returned in 1995 with the album Bohémienne. garnered awards from SOCAN for the singles "Bohémienne" and "Trop d'amour", and was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Best Francophone Album at the Juno Awards of 1996. She released the albums Bootleg Blues in 1998, Sans retour in 2001 and Turquoise in 2005. In 2009 and 2010, she released the albums Marjo et ses hommes, Vol. 1 and Marjo et ses hommes, Vol. 2, which featured songs from throughout her career newly rerecorded as duets with a variety of male vocalists including Martin Deschamps, Jonathan Painchaud, Yann Perreau, Éric Lapointe, Richard Séguin, Richard Desjardins, Mario Pelchat, Gilles Vigneault, Dan Bigras and Luc de Larochellière. The second volume also included the original recording of "Les Yeux du cœur", which had not previously been available on one of Marjo's albums. She has not released a new album of material since Vol. 2, but has continued to undertake occasional live performances, most recently at a 2017 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day concert on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City. In 2016, she took her first acting role, in Sophie Dupuis's film Family First (Chien de garde). ==Discography==
Discography
Albums • 1986: Celle qui va • 1990: ''Tant qu'il y aura des enfants'' • 1995: Bohémienne • 1998: Bootleg Blues • 2001: Sans retour • 2005: Turquoise • 2009: Marjo et ses hommes, Vol. 1 • 2010: Marjo et ses hommes, Vol. 2 ==References==
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