Cœur de pirate

**Béatrice Martin** (born 22 September 1989), better known by her stage name **Cœur de pirate**, is a Canadian singer and a pianist. She is from Montreal.

## Career
Martin began taking piano lessons when she was 3 years old. She studied in the Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal for 5 years. At 15 years old, she was the pianist of the group December Strikes First.

In 2007, she had a song on MySpace and the group "Bonjour Brumaire" discovered her. After that, she started to sing and play piano with this group. She wrote her own song and left the group in 2008 to concentrate on her own success. She signed with the label Grosse boîte. Her first album, *Cœur de pirate* was released on 16 September 2008 in Canada and in 2009 in France. For this album, Cœur de pirate has been nominated for many awards. Her second album was released in November 2011. The name of the album is *Blonde*. In 2011, she has made another album but with another group the Armistisce with the singer Jay Malinowski from the group "Bedouin Soundclash".

## Awards
### Juno Awards 
Martin has been nominated for two Juno Awards.

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| 2009
| *Cœur de pirate*
| Francophone Album of the Year
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| 2012
| *Blonde*
| Francophone Album of the Year
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### Félix Awards 
The Félix Awards are presented by the Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois to artists from Quebec. Martin has won four awards from 13 nominations.

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| rowspan="3" | 2009
| rowspan="2" | Cœur de pirate
| Debut Artist of the Year
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| Female Singer of the Year
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| *Cœur de pirate*
| Pop Album of the Year
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| rowspan="4" | 2010
| rowspan="3" | Cœur de pirate
| Female Singer of the Year
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| Concert of the Year
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| Quebec Artist Most Celebrated Outside of Quebec
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| "Pour un infidèle"
| Music Video of the Year
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| rowspan="2" | 2011
| rowspan="2" | Cœur de pirate
| Quebec Artist Most Celebrated Outside of Quebec
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| Female Singer of the Year
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| rowspan="7" | 2012
| rowspan="2" | Cœur de pirate
| Female Singer of the Year
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| Quebec Artist Most Celebrated Outside of Quebec
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| rowspan="2" | *Blonde*
| Pop Album of the Year
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| Best-Selling Album of the Year
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| "Adieu"
| Pop Song of the Year
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| "Golden Baby"
| Music Video of the Year
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| Cœur de pirate (with Howard Bilerman)
| Album Producer of the Year
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### Victoires de la Musique 
The *Victoires de la Musique* (Music's Victories) is an annual French award ceremony. Martin has won one award from four nominations.

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| rowspan="2" | 2010
| Cœur de pirate
| Group or Artist Newcomer of the Year (Public Vote)
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| "Comme des enfants"
| Original Song of the Year
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| 2011
| Cœur de pirate
| Female Artist of the Year
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| 2012
| *Blonde*
| Album of the Year
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### Canadian Independent Music Awards 
Martin has been nominated for five Canadian Independent Music Awards, of which she has won one.

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| 2009
| Cœur de pirate
| Favourite Francophone Artist/Group
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| 2010
| Cœur de pirate
| Favourite Solo Artist
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| rowspan="3" | 2012
| rowspan="2" | Cœur de pirate
| Francophone Artist/Group or Duo of the Year
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| Solo Artist of the Year
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| "Adieu"
| Video of the Year
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## References