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Malad मालाड
—  suburb  —
Inorbit Mall, Malad
Malad
Coordinates: 19°11′10″N 72°50′55″E / 19.186111°N 72.848611°E / 19.186111; 72.848611Coordinates: 19°11′10″N 72°50′55″E / 19.186111°N 72.848611°E / 19.186111; 72.848611
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Mumbai Suburban
Metro	Mumbai
Zone	D.C.P, Zone IX
Ward	P/N
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	400095
Lok Sabha constituency	Mumbai North West

Malad is a suburb of Mumbai, India. It is also the name of the railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Line, located in the Malad suburb.

History[link]

In the 19th century, Malad constituted of Orlem (also known as Valnai) which was a hamlet of just about 12 families.^{[citation needed]} In 1880, Fr. Joseph Maria Braz de Souza built a private chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes at Orlem. In 1882, the chapel was officially declared a part of the Apostolate of Bombay and affiliated to the church of Our Lady of Assumption, Kandivali. Later, Fr. Justin built the first school, the St Anne's High School, in 1915. Through his efforts, Orlem was constituted as a separate parish in a decree dated July 2, 1916. Other traditionally ancient settlements in Malad were villages occupied by the local East-Indian Community who are known to be the original native inhabitants of Mumbai. These villages include Kharodi, Rathodi, Malwani, Marve and so on. All of these above villages are recognised as an integral part of St. Anthony's Church/Parish which is older than the Our Lady of Lourdes Church/Parish. This can also be seen by noticing the ancient architectural structure of St. Anthony's Church, Malwani. The term 'Malwani' is often mistaken to be the stretch between BMC Colony Gate No. 1 and Gate No. 8 and further extending to MHADA Colony but factually it is only supposed to include BMC Colony, which was populated recently on the outskirts of ancient Malwani area which used to have mangroves, salt-pans and Agricultural land belonging to the local east-Indians of Kharodi Village. Whereas the real Malwani Village is till date located at the place we now call as Malwani Church on Marve Road. Many families like the Kolis, Vaitys, Bhandaris and the Kenis are old residents.^{[citation needed]} In 1934, Bombay Talkies, the first movie company to be founded in India, was established in Malad by Himanshu Rai and Devika Rani. In 1955, St.Joseph's School was established by Ms. Bertha Pereira. Originally, much of the land in the west was owned by East Indian Catholic families and was used primarily for agriculture. In the 1970s many of them sold their lands to real estate developers. One of the school famous since 18th century in middle of Malwani village area which is located in between Malwani colony & Marve named St. Anthonys High School. The area is located with all fisherman and East Indian community.^{[citation needed]} Prahladrai Dalmia Lions College of Commerce and Economics is the oldest commerce college in the western (beyond Andheri) suburbs of Mumbai. It was established in the year 1972.

Demographics[link]

The approximate population is 1,561,938 with an additional day-time floating population of 100,000.^{[citation needed]} Malad, in keeping with the diverse nature of Mumbai, has a mix of people from all over India. The original Inhabitants are the Koli community, which thrived in pockets, such as Marve, Malwani, Madh and Manori Island. Apart from the Koli community the suburban town has a large East Indian Community. Following Christianity's arrival large numbers of the residents were converted to Christianity. During the late 1960s influxes of immigrants, mainly South Indians, Gujaratis and Mainland Marathis diversified the demographics of the region. The 80's and 90's saw major population growth. The Malwani Colony supposedly is home to one of Mumbai's largest Muslim populations. It was heavily polarised during the 1992 riots. The latest immigrants have been from UP, Bihar and many from Orissa and W. Bengal.

Localities[link]

The major localities in Malad are Chincholi Bunder Road, Mind Space complex, Marve Road (INS Hamla - Navy catering training establishment), Liberty Garden, Navy Nagar, Orlem, Jankalyan Nagar, Malwani Village, Kharodi Village and so on. Sunder Nagar is on border of Malad and Goregaon. Some of the major localities in Malad (West) are Chincholi Village, Orlem (originally called Valnai in Marathi) and Evershine Nagar. Chincholi Bunder Road or Chincholi Village is the oldest natives of Malad since 1845 and has historically housed the fisherman (Koli community).

The whole of Malad Creek, where now Mindspace (BPOindustrial park), Land of Malad Creek belonging to the FE Dinshaw Trust given to the C.L. Raheja Group of Companies (Raheja Corp) on lease for development- In 2008, a legal dispute arose between the two parties as its end use was not as per the original agreement. The Malad Creek was used by the Koli community for fishing. The Malad Creek used to be have a lot of foreign birds visit the creek during summers and Monsoons.^{[citation needed]}

The Chincholi Bunder Road has 6 Schools (St. Mary High School, Infant Jesus High School, Municipal School, Balaji International School, Dr. S .Radhakrishna Vidyalaya, D.G. Khetan International School) and 1 College (Smt. K.G. Mittal College). 3 Malls (Inorbit, Evershine Mall, Infinity ). Chincholi Bunder Road lies to the west of Swami Vivekanand Road (S.V. Road), it connect S.V. Road and Link Road and ends at Malad Creek.

Adjacent to Chincholi Bunder there is a market called Somwar (Monday) Bazaar, located in the Chincholi area. As the name suggests, this bazaar is active only on Mondays. The locality is named after the Somwar bazaar. Unique products are sold at this bazaar by sellers from various parts of the state of Maharashtra. Pathanwadi is a locality in Malad East that is on the other side of the National Highway No. 8, away from Malad Railway Station. The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport undertaking provides a bus service to the station with a mini-bus because of the narrow road. Pathanwadi is famous for its multiple Masjids. To the west, bordering it, is Dindoshi Nagar, a residential locality. Recently these localities have seen major infrastructure development, for example Dindoshi Fire Station and many malls such as the Oberoi Mall and Shagun Mall, to name a few. Sunder Nagar is a locality in Malad that lies along the west side of Swami Vivekanand Road. The area was built up in the 1970s and is primarily composed of many housing complexes, typically two bedroom apartments. There are two schools, (Umedbhai Patel English School,and Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Vidyalaya), one college (Prahldrai Dalmia's Lions College) and a large garden in the limited area. The housing blocks are typically named alphabetically, starting from A up to V. It borders Mandlik Nagar on the North and some defunct factories on the south.

Malad East has housing colonies like Raheja Township, Govind Nagar, Mahindra Nagar, squatters colony and Pratap Nagar. Mahindra Nagar is a clean and green society, which was nominated as the second most pollution-free area in Mumbai by Eureka Forbes after Aarey Colony in Goregaon. Malad East has Daftary Road, which runs across from the station on the East up till the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway and this is one of the most congested roads in Mumbai's suburbs. Malad East also boasts of quite a few old running schools such as Fatimadevi, Children's Academy, Nutan Vidyalay, Utkarsh Mandir, Velani Vidyalaya High School, St. Francis English Medium High School, Adarsh Vidya Mandir High School both English and Hindi, High Sanskar Vidyalay. Fatimadevi English School established in 1953 is, one of the oldest educational institution in the Malad Suburb of Mumbai. Lots of great minds passed out from this institution. Children's Academy school has track record of maintaining 100% passing success at SSC board results and is also among the Top 10 best schools in the north - Hindustan Times.^[1]

Malad not to forget is the most famous place for Lassi, chat and different kinds of sweets. People from all over Mumbai and abroad come to purchase and enjoy the Lassi which is just outside the Malad West railway station.

Residential area

Malad is fast becoming an IT HUB with many BPOs opening their facilities. There are at least 7 malls and the largest of them is Infinity Mall.^{[citation needed]} There is a rare holy relic of Mother Mary that is on display at St Peter's Jacobite Church, also called the Soonoro Church at Mith Chowky near Orlem. The relic, a piece of fabric believed to be part of the girdle worn by Mother Mary, is on view between September 1 and 8. The relic draw thousands of worshippers. The relic, also called a Soonoro or belt, was brought to Kerala from Syria in 1982 by the head of the Orthodox faith, Ignatius Zakka I. The Malad relic is a piece of that Soonoro.^{[citation needed]}

The main artery of Malad Western side is the Marve Road that starts from S.V road is intersected by the linking road and finishes up to Madh Island Lands End. From this end you just need to cross by Ferry to reach Versova in minutes. You can find famous places that are on this road like the beautiful Laxmi Narayan Temple built by Dongre Maharaj, Orlem Church, D'Souza Market porpularly known as Orlem Market, Link Road, Malvani intersection, Mith Chowki, St. Anthony's Church, INS Hamla of Navy for Training in Bridge building and Radar, this place is also called as an eye of Mumbai, Marve Beach (from here you can ferry to Essel World or Manori Beach), Erangal Beach (famous for film shootings), a 15th Century old Portuguese Church, 5 star Hotel 'The Resort' at Aksa Beach and Madh Island where there is a large fishing village and an old settlement of the Koli community.^{[citation needed]}

Orlem is region of significant Catholic population, and one of the main regions of Catholic dominance in Mumbai. A few prominent schools in the region are St. Anne's High School, Carmel of St. Joseph's High School (a girl's school run by nuns of the convent), St. Joseph's High School, Shree Nutan Vidya Mandir English High School, Navjivan Vidyalaya High School(Malad East) Children's Academy (Malad East), Ryan's International School and Fatima Devi (Malad East).

Malad also has a significant Sikh population. Most Sikh Families live in the Evershine nagar, second largest population is in Malvani and Jankalyan nagar. There are Gurdwara's(Sikh Temple) at Malad (e), Evershine Nagar and Malvani no 1. Free langar (Meal) is served on Sunday mornings at the Gurdwara's.

The Malvani locality holds a significant Muslim population. It was the worst hit region during the 92-93 riots. It also has a church. On the north side of Malvani there is a huge industrial area called as Charkop. The people living in these areas are mostly Maharashtrians, Christians, Sikhs, Gujaratis and Marwadis. These areas are Adarsh Nagar, Jankalyan Nagar, Evershine Nagar, Orlem Areas (Lourdes Colony and Tank Lane), Mamlatdar Wadi, Liberty Garden, Ramchandra lane.

Liberty Garden is one of the oldest parks in Malad. It is open for the general public and is maintained by Brahma Kumaris- a spiritual organisation which is headquarted in Mount Abu in Rajasthan. Entrance to Liberty Garden is always packed by small food vendors, usually illegal encroachments. Paani Poori and Sev Poori are few of the special dishes offered by them. There are 2 schools nearby Liberty Garden, viz., Sant Tukaram Salvation English High School and Dayanand school. The famous festivals celebrated in Malad are Navratri, Diwali, Christmas and Ganpati. SNDT women's college is located near the post office at Ramchandra lane. It offers various courses in various streams. There are regular events at this college and the ground is often leased out for marriages and parties.

Marve Road is also part of malad west. Marve road is large road. On Marve road, there is Nutan school, Great Eastern Heights, Rahul apartment etc.^{[citation needed]}

Also in Malad(East) Seth D.J.High School is most popular Gujarati Medium School. Which is also known as Devchand High School.

One of the oldest & Best Gujarati School in malad east is Navjivan Vidyalaya High School at Rani Sati Road in Malad East.

Beaches[link]

The Aksa, Erangal and Marve beaches are within accessible distance from Malad. Aksa Beach, Dana Paani, Erangal Beach, Madh Island & Madh Fort, Manori Beach, Marve Beach - Ferry Service to Manori. Aksa Beach is approx 8 km from Malad Station & Madh is at 14 km. RidhiSidhi Ganesha Temple One of the main temples in Malad is the Ridhi Siddhi Ganesh Mandir. It will be only 15 minute walking distance from Malad Station near N.L.High School (Nahal Lalluchand School was founded in 1942 but was handed over by the British in 1947).^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

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Lara Fabian
Background information
Birth name	Lara Crokaert
Born	(1970-01-09) January 9, 1970 (age 42)
Origin	Etterbeek, Belgium
Genres	Pop, French pop, pop rock, adult contemporary, acoustic, dance
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, musician, actress
Instruments	Vocals, piano, keyboards
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Polydor Sony Music Universal Music Group
Website	www.larafabian.com

Lara Fabian (born Lara Crokaert, January 9, 1970) is a Belgian-Italian international singer who holds Canadian citizenship. Multilingual, she sings in French, Italian and English. She has also sung in Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Hebrew, Greek, and German.

She has sold over 10 million records worldwide.^{[citation needed]} She is a lyric soprano with a vocal range that spans four octaves from E-flat 3 to G#6 in live performances, and has reached up to A5.^[1]

Early life[link]

Born to a Belgian father and a Sicilian mother in Etterbeek, Belgium, Fabian spent her first five years in her mother's hometown of Catania in Sicily, before moving back to Brussels, Belgium. She began singing, dancing and taking piano lessons at a young age, and began formal music lessons at age eight. She began writing and performing her own songs during her ten years of formal music study. Fabian's songs were influenced by her classical vocal and music theory training, and by contemporary artists such as Barbra Streisand and Queen.^{[citation needed]}

Music career[link]

1986-1993: Early music career[link]

During the 1980s, Fabian entered a number of European competitions and won several prizes. She released her first single, "L'Aziza est en pleurs" / "Il y avait" in 1986. Both songs were written by the Belgian composer Marc Lerchs as an homage to Daniel Balavoine.

In 1988, the RTL TV channel in Luxembourg invited Fabian to represent the country at the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest, held that year in Dublin, Ireland. The song was a composition of Jacques Cardona and Alain Garciac entitled Croire (Trust) which reached a respectable fourth place. The single became a hit in Europe, selling nearly 500,000 copies.^{[citation needed]}

In 1990, Fabian and musical collaborator Rick Allison moved to Montreal, Canada to embark on a career in North America. They began their own music label and publishing company, Productions Clandestines.

In August 1991, the self-titled, French-language, debut album, Lara Fabian, was released in Canada and sold over 100,000 copies. The album went gold in 1993, and platinum the following year. The success of upbeat Dance-pop singles such as "Le jour où tu partira", "Les murs", and "Qui pense à l'amour" gave Fabian the radio exposure she needed. She received several nominations at the 1993 ADISQ awards, and a poll published around that time^[when?] voted her Quebec's most promising singer.

[edit] 1994-1996: Breakthrough album: Carpe diem

Constant touring in Quebec helped Fabian's 1994 album Carpe diem become her breakthrough album. The album went Gold three weeks after its release, and spawned three hit singles: "Tu t'en vas", "Si tu m'aimes", and "Leïla". The following year, the album went Triple Platinum.

The success of Carpe diem was recognized at the 1995 ADISQ gala. Fabian received two Félix awards: Best Show Of The Year and Best Female Singer Of The Year (a category that is voted for by the public).

In 1996, Walt Disney Studios asked Fabian to voice the character of Esmeralda in the French version of the animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Disney also included Fabian's French version of the song "Que Dieu aide les exclus" (God Help The Outcasts) on the film's English soundtrack album beside Bette Midler's version.

[edit] 1997-1999: Mainstream international success: Pure and Live

After the success of Carpe diem, Fabian signed a contract with the French Polydor label for several albums and Pure was released in June 1997. Pure sold over two million copies in France alone^{[citation needed]} and the album went platinum in less than two weeks, and spawned several hit singles: "Tout", "Je t'aime", "Humana", each of which sold more than a million copies, and the anti-homophobia anthem "La Différence". The album won a Félix for Popular Album Of The Year at the 1997 ADISQ gala and was nominated for two Juno Awards in the Best Selling French Album category, and for Fabian as Best Female Singer.

In February 1998, Fabian received the Discovery Of The Year award during the Victoires de la Musique Gala. Also in 1998, Polydor released Carpe diem in Europe, securing her international popularity. In November 1998, she received the Félix Award for Artist With The Most Recognition Outside Quebec at the 'ADISQ Gala'. In December, she was voted Revelation Of The Year by Paris Match, which put her on its cover to mark this occasion.

In March 1999, Fabian released her first live album, simply named Live, which debuted at #1 on the French charts. This helped seal an international recording contract with Sony Music. In May 1999, Fabian was honoured at the World Music Awards in Monaco, where she received Best Selling Record for the Year 1998 for her album Pure. In July 1999, with over six million records already sold across Europe, Polydor rereleased Fabian’s self-titled debut album.

[edit] 1999-2001: Extension of success to the US and Latin America: Lara Fabian

In the summer of 1999, Fabian recorded her first English-language album, Lara Fabian, in New York and San Francisco for the Sony label. The songs were written and produced with Rick Allison and Dave Pickell, Walter Afanasieff, Glen Ballard and Patrick Leonard.

The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 'Heatseekers' album chart, reached #1 on the French album chart and #2 on the Belgian album chart. For the Asian version of the album, Fabian collaborated with American-Taiwanese pop star Leehom Wang on the song "Light of My Life".

The Dance-pop song, "I Will Love Again", her first English single, reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play, and peaked #32 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 Adult Contemporary, as well as appearing in several international charts. This included the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at #63.^[2] The follow-up ballad, "Love By Grace", entered the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at #24. In February 2001, "Love By Grace" became the theme song of the lead couple in the Brazilian soap opera Laços de Família, broadcast by TV Globo in Brazil and Portugal. For several weeks, the song was number 1 on most Brazilian and Portuguese radio stations. The third single, Dance-pop song "I Am Who I Am", remixed by Hex Hector, became an underground club hit, but did not chart. In Europe, the single "Adagio" charted at #5 on the French singles chart and #3 on the Belgian singles chart.

During this period, Fabian recorded songs for several Hollywood motion picture soundtracks, including "The Dream Within" for the Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within soundtrack, and "For Always" for the AI:Artificial Intelligence soundtrack, which contained both a solo version and a duet with Josh Groban.

[edit] 2001-2003: O Canada 2001 and return to French roots: Nue, Live 2002 and En toute intimité

Nue (Naked), Fabian's fourth French album, was released in the Fall of 2001 in both Québec and France. Nue is a documentation of her emotional ride in the preceding few years caused by the success of the pervious album, and as such is more vulnerable and fragile. The album reached #1 in Belgium and #2 in France but had little impact in Québec. The album was also released in Portugal and reached the top 10 on the album charts during the Fall of 2001.

The first single, released in the summer of 2001, was the anthem "J'y crois encore" was a top 20 French hit. Other singles followed, including Fabian's personal favourite "Immortelle", "Aimer Déjà" and in 2002 "Tu es mon autre" (a duet with fellow Belgian, Maurane which was nominated for song of the year and reached the top 5 in France).

Also in 2001, she collaborated with David Foster and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to record the Canadian national anthem, O Canada, in an English version, a French version, and a bilingual (French/English) version, for a promotion of the Government of Canada.

In 2002, Fabian contributed to the World Soccer Championship CD release, with the song World At Your Feet written and produced by Gary Barlow.

Towards the end of 2002, Fabian released her second live album, Live 2002, from her latest tour, together with a DVD showcasing concerts recorded in December 2001 in Belgium at the Forest National and at Le Zénith in Paris.

Her 2003 stint at the Casino de Paris every Monday night were intimate concerts which were released as a live CD and DVD at the end of 2003, under the title En toute intimité.

[edit] 2004: Second English language release: A Wonderful Life

In 2004, Fabian released her second English album, A Wonderful Life.

The project was commercially unsuccessful but critically praised. The more organic sound on the album is attributed to the work of French guitarist Jean-Félix Lalanne, and producers such as Desmond Child, Anders Bagge and the British team True North (composed of Take That singer Gary Barlow and Elliot John Kennedy). The centrepiece, "Review My Kisses" was written by Desmond Child was first recorded by LeAnn Rimes in 2002 for her album Twisted Angel.

The first single released for radio was "The Last Goodbye" in the US and most other countries (except France). In France the song "No Big Deal" was the first single. Neither of the songs achieved success and the album was not promoted; and its release was cancelled in the United States.

In Brazil, the song "I Guess I Loved You" achieved moderate success when included on a soap opera. The song also gained some popularity in Portugal, for the same reason, though it was never officially released or promoted.

[edit] 2005-2006: A new musical direction: 9 and Un Regard 9

After a sabbatical in 2004, Fabian returned to the music scene spring of 2005 with her fifth French album, 9. It marked a different direction in Fabian's musical and personal life. The album is performed differently, with smoothness, serenity and with a lot of joy, far from the in-depth and dramatic vibes of earlier recordings.

9 yielded the hit single "La Lettre", a song co-written with her new partner, Jean-Félix Lalanne, with whom she produced the album's 11 tracks. Other singles released included "Ne lui parlez plus d'elle", "Un Ave Maria", "Il ne manquait que toi" and the gospel-infused "L'homme qui n'avait pas de maison".

In October 2006, Fabian released a CD and DVD of this associated tour, both titled Un regard 9 Live and recorded during the 29 March 2006 concert at Le Zénith in Paris. The CD presents 15 live performances plus a brand new song, "Aime", recorded in a studio in Montreal.

2006-2007: An Italian collaboration and live concerts in Europe[link]

Fabian's next studio album was to be her first Italian-language project, and in June 2007 she worked in Rome and Los Angeles to record sessions for it. No further details have been revealed.

In the meantime, the single "Un Cuore Malato" (with Gigi D'Alessio) reached the top of the Italian charts and #16 in France.

In Los Angeles, Fabian worked with Dave Stewart on a "multilingual" album, reputed to include songs in English, Spanish, French, Italian and a few other languages. This album is expected to be released in late 2008.^{[dated info]}

Also in 2007, Fabian was in Québec to perform a two night concert at the Olympia de Montreal. On 14 October 2007, Fabian was a surprise guest at the only concert Gigi D'Alessio gave in France at the Olympia in Paris, just a few days before the birth of her daughter.

[edit] 2009: Return to the music scene: Toutes les femmes en moi

A few months after her daughter's birth in 2007, Fabian carried out a tour of Ukraine, Russia and Greece. She also made a few TV appearances (such as 60th Anniversary of Israel where Fabian performed a Hebrew song and duetted with Israeli singer Noa).

During 2008, Fabian was in Belgium preparing to record a French album with pianist Mark Herskowitz, who had composed and arranged the hidden instrumental track featured on the 2001 album Nue. The album will be partly recorded in Montreal, Canada. The album, Toutes les femmes en moi, was released on May 26, 2009.

The first single, Soleil, Soleil, is a cover of the Nana Mouskouri song. The second single wsa Toutes les Femmes en moi, the only original song on the album.

[edit] 2010: "Tour Les Femmes Font Leur Show", Mademoiselle Zhivago and her first "Best of" album

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Throughout the first half of 2010, Fabian embarked on a European tour of concerts specially throughout France, Switzerland and Belgium incorporating the main repertoire of her last album "Toutes Les Femmes En Moi" alongside some classic and fan favourites. She also had the chance of once again performing in Eastern Europe, with a more acoustic set (piano-voice). This time also including some of the English recording from the English album Every Woman In Me. In September 2010 she finally released her 2009 album "Toutes Les Femmes En Moi" in Québec, following a week of promotion. There is a new version on the album for "Nuit Magique" which was recorded as a duet with Canadian singer Coral egan.

Later in 2010, she released an concept album in Russia and Ukraine called Mademoiselle Zhivago. It features 11 songs in different languages by Russian composer Igor Krutoy. Mademoiselle Zhivago tells the story of a woman who crosses different lives over the years and centuries, having a special personal bond to Fabian's origins and family. The whole project is not only musical one, but also cinematographic one, as for all 11 songs different videos were shot, which as a whole creating one big film, produced and directed by Ukrainian film producer Alan Badoev. The album itself, containing a CD and a DVD, was first released in Ukraine on October 25th. 2010 and in Russia on November 19th. 2010. An international release date is yet to be confirmed.

The whole set of songs composed by Fabian with Igor Krutoy is in English, French, Italian, Spanish and also in Russian. Fabian first introduced one of these songs in 2009 during the New Wave Festival in Latvia, performing "Demain n'existe pas". Later on in 2010 she returned to that same stage performing new songs from the already finalized project. Fabian has been promoting this project in both countries on television but also by performing a series of concerts presenting the new songs live to the eastern European public. Ever since Fabian has established herself as a huge superstar in Russia and the Ukraine. Fabian was a guest performer on 30 October show of the Ukrainian X Factor singing "Mademoiselle Hyde" and "Demain N'Existe Pas" taken from the album and also her longtime classic "Adagio".

Discography[link]

Awards[link]

• Etoile Cherie FM:
  • 2005 - Best Female Star of the Year - WON

• Félix Awards:
  • 1993 - Francophone Artist with Biggest Succes in Quebec
  • 1994 - Francophone Artist Achvieving Biggest Succes in Quebec
  • 1995 - Best Selling Album of the Year - Carpe Diem
  • 1995 - Best Show of the Year - Songwriter/Performer - WON
  • 1995 - Female Vocalist of the Year - WON
  • 1995 - Most Popular Song of the Year - Leila
  • 1995 - Popular Album of the Year - Carpe Diem
  • 1996 - Best Selling Album of the Year - Carpe Diem
  • 1997 - Best Selling Album of the Year - Pure
  • 1997 - Best Show of the Year - Songwriter/Performer
  • 1997 - Female Vocalist of the Year
  • 1997 - Most Popular Song of the Year - Tout
  • 1997 - Popular Album of the Year - Pure - WON
  • 1998 - Artist with most Recognition Outside of Quebec - WON
  • 1998 - Female Vocalist of the Year
  • 1998 - Most Popular Song Of the Year - Je T'Aime
  • 1999 - Female Vocalist of the Year
  • 1999 - Quebecian Artist Achieving Biggest Succes Outside of Quebec
  • 2000 - Artist with most Recognition Outside of Quebec
  • 2000 - Quebecian Artist Having Biggest Succes in other Language then French - WON
  • 2002 - Popular Album of the Year - Nue
  • 2006 - Best Concert DVD of the Year - Un regard 9 Live

• IFPI Platinum Europe Award:
  • 1999 - Award for Sales Over 2 Million Units - WON

• Victoires de la Musique:
  • 1998 - Original Song of the Year - Tout
  • 1998 - Revelation of the Year - WON
  • 1999 - Best Female Artist
  • 2003 - Original Song of the Year - Tu es mon autre (with Maurane)

• Women To Women Without Borders:
  • 2000 - GOLD

• World Music Awards:
  • 1999 - Best Selling Benelux Recording Artist of the Year - WON
  • 2001 - Best Selling Benelux Artist of the Year - WON

• Juno Award Nominations:
  • 1996 - Best New Solo Artist of the Year
  • 1996 - Best Selling Francophone Album of the Year - Carpe Diem
  • 1998 - Best Female Vocalist of the Year
  • 1998 - Best Selling Francophone Album of the Year - Pure
  • 2001 - Best Female Artist

Writing for other artists[link]

Fabian has written for other artists such as French female singers Chimène Badi, Nolwenn Leroy and Myriam Abel. She also composed for Daniel Lévi and is said to be currently working with a former contestant from "Nouvelle Star 3", Roland. She has often praised the voice and talent of successful female singer Amel Bent, who was also a contestant on that show.

Acting career[link]

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• 2004: in the MGM film De-Lovely ^[3][4] the singer performed the numbers "Another Openin', Another Show" (with chorus) and "So in Love" (with Mario Frangoulis) from the Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate.

Personal life[link]

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Fabian and French singer Patrick Fiori began a relationship at the start of 1998.^[5]

On November 20, 2007 Belgian singer Maurane, revealed, during her concert at the Cirque Royal, that "...little Lou was born this morning!" referring to Fabian's first child, a girl named Lou, born at the Edith Cavell Hospital in Uccle, Belgium.

See also[link]

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
• List of awards received by Lara Fabian

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Web Site (available in French, English and Italian)
• Biography of Lara Fabian, from Radio France Internationale
• Lara Fabian News (in English, Portuguese and French)
• Last.fm - Lara Fabian
• All Lara Fabian's career
• English translations of Lara Fabian's songs
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Admiral T
Concert of Admiral T in Paris
Background information
Birth name	Christy Campbell
Also known as	Admiral T
Born	(1981-03-29) 29 March 1981 (age 31)
Origin	France (Guadeloupe)
Genres	Reggae-Dancehall
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, DJ, Actor, Designer, Fashion design, Record producer
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Universal Music Group (AZ) Don S Music Entertainment Mozaik Kreyol (MK)
Associated acts	Karukera Sound System • Wyclef Jean • Rohff • Kassav' • Diam's • T.O.K. • Nèg'Marrons • Wyckyd J • Bost & Bim
Website	Official site of Admiral T
Notable instruments
Gwo Ka, Guitar

Admiral T, whose real name is Christy Campbell, is a French singer of reggae-dancehall music.^[1] Besides Francky Vincent, he is one of most popular and successful Guadeloupean singers. He is also a designer and the creator of WOK LINE.

Biography[link]

Admiral T with Wyclef Jean in December 2006.

Born in 1981 on the French island of Guadeloupe, he was one of two children. At the age of 6, he joined the dancehall group Karukera Sound System; he left the group in 1982 to start a solo career; releasing his first album Mozaïk Kréyòl. During the sneak preview of Sean Paul at Bercy in 2004 he outperformed him and drew much attention to himself.^[2] Universal Music Group's delegates who attended this concert decided to sign Admiral T and re-released his album on Universal Records, featuring artists like Wyclef Jean or French rapper Rohff. It became a hit in the West Indies and Europe, especially in France.

In 2005, Admiral T appeared in the film Nèg Maron. The following year he released his second album, Toucher L'Horizon, which also gained commercial success and has been awarded by a Césaire of Music in October 2006. He spent much of 2007 in France, London and the West Indies on his "Fos A Péyi La" Tour (title of his song with Kassav'). Admiral T won a Skyrock Music Award in December 2007 and a Virgin Award in February 2008. He launched his own clothing line WOK LINE and made a new tour in Africa during 2008.^[3] He is also the producer of the newcomer reggae-dancehall singer Wyckyd J. Admiral T performed Summerjam in Germany and World Creole Music Festival in England for 2009. He releases his 3rd album Instinct Admiral on 19 April 2010. There are featuring of Machel Montano, Busy Signal, La Fouine, Médine, Young Chang MC, Lieutenant, Patrick Saint-Éloi, Fanny J and Awa Imani.

Discography[link]

Singles[link]

• Gwadada (2002)
• Dancehall X-Plosion, featuring Pearl (2004)
• Les Mains En L'Air, featuring Diam's (2006)
• Fos a Péyi La, featuring Kassav' (2007)
• Viser La Victoire, featuring La Fouine and Médine (2010)

Mixtapes[link]

• Mek It Happen (2002)
• Killa Session (2002)
• Ti Moun Ghetto (2004)
• Determiné Dèpi Piti (2005)
• Flagada Smokey (2006)
• Dancehall Festival (2006)
• Good To Mixx vol.2 (2006)
• The Big Champion (2006)
• Reyel Champion Soti Gwada (2007)
• Ti Moun Ghetto 2 (2007)
• The King Of The Dancefloor (2007)

Compilations[link]

• Ragga Kolor (2002)
• Dancehall Clash (2002)
• Ragga Dancehall N°1 (2003)
• Groovin Attitude (2004)
• Ragga Masters (2004)
• Génération Rap RnB vol. 2 (2004)
• Exclusif Admiral T (2005)
• Ninety Seven K-Ribbean (2005)
• Unis-Sons (2005)
• Reggae Bashement (2006)
• Total Reggaeton 2 (2006)
• Generation Dancehall (2007)
• Rap & R'n'B Non Stop (2007)
• Coupé Décalé Mania (2007)
• BexXx Cluzif (2008)
• Too Much Gangsta (2008)
• Good Times (2008)
• Mesrine (2008)
• Don's Collector Saison 3 (2008)
• Soprano Riddim (2008) (produced by Bost & Bim)

Contributions[link]

• 1848 of Karukera Sound System (1998)
• Special Request of Karukera Sound System (2000)
• Welcome to Haiti of Wyclef Jean (2004)
• La Fierté Des Notres of Rohff (2004)
• Caribbean Sessions of Karukera Sound System (2005)
• Ma vision of Saël (2005)
• Émancipé of Vibe (2005)
• Dans Tes Rêves of Disiz La Peste (2005)
• Soné Ka-La of Jacques Schwarz-Bart (2006)
• Face A La Réalité of Saik (2007)
• Les Liens Sacrés of Nèg'Marrons (2008)
• In Transit of Ziggi (2008)

Filmography[link]

Films[link]

• Nèg Maron of Jean-Claude Flamand Barny (2005)
• Le Mur du Silence of Jean-Claude Flamand Barny (2009)

Concerts[link]

• Le Grand Méchant Zouk (2006)
• Fos a Péyi La Tour (2007)

Reportages[link]

• Mozaïk Kréyòl (2004)
• Toucher L'Horizon (2006)
• Dancehall Story (2008)

Clips[link]

• Rapide (1998)
• Pas Comme Les Autres, featuring Saël (2000)
• Rendez-Vous, featuring Curtis (2000)
• Youth Attack, featuring Curtis (2001)
• So Strong, Savage Riddim (2002)
• Otantik, Hum Riddim (2002)
• Le Bien Et Le Mal, featuring Tiwony & Curtis (2002)
• Gwadada (2002)
• Lov', featuring Little Espion (2003)
• Rèv An Mwen (2003)
• Move Together, featuring Square One (2003)
• Dancehall X-Plosion, featuring Pearl (2004)
• Ok, featuring Saik (2004)
• Mets Nous A L'Aise, featuring Saël (2005)
• Lanmou Épi Respè (2006)
• Fos A Péyi La, featuring Kassav' (2006)
• Les Mains En L'Air, featuring Diam's (2006)
• Ti Moun Ghetto (2007)
• Pé La, featuring Jacques Schwarz-Bart (2008)

Webography[link]

• (French) Official Site of Admiral T
• (French) Official Skyblog of Admiral T
• (French) Official MySpace of Admiral T
• (French) Official Site of Wok Line
• (French) Official Skyblog of Wok Line
• (French) Official MySpace of Wok Line

References[link]

• Admiral T at Allmusic.com

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