Lara Fabian
Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert (born January 9, 1970), better known as Lara Fabian, is a Belgian-Canadian pop singer and songwriter. She has sold over 20 million records worldwide as of 2021 and is one of the best-selling Belgian artists of all time.
She was born in Etterbeek, Brussels, to a Belgian father and a Sicilian mother. She lived the first part of her childhood in Sicily, Catania, speaking Italian as her first language. She moved to Quebec in 1991 and since 1995, she has held Canadian citizenship alongside her Belgian one. In 2003, she returned to Brussels to be close to her parents in Belgium and in 2015 lived in Walloon Brabant province in Belgium just outside Brussels. In 2017, she returned permanently to Montreal, Quebec, to be with her family.
Fabian is the only child of Pierre Crokaert, who is Flemish, and Maria Luisa Serio, a Sicilian. Fabian's parents recognized her talent early on and enrolled her in the Royal Conservatory of Brussels when she was eight years old; she studied there for 10 years.
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.
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 by Jacques Cardona and Alain Garcia entitled Croire (Belief) which reached a respectable fourth place (while Celine Dion won the contest representing Switzerland). The single became a hit in Europe, selling nearly 500,000 copies.
In 1990, Fabian and musical collaborator Rick Allison moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada to embark on a career in North America. They started their own music label and publishing company, Productions Clandestines.
In August 1991, her 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 radio exposure. She received several nominations at the 1993 ADISQ awards, and a poll published around that time voted her Québec's most promising singer.
Constant touring in Québec 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.
Fabian received two Félix awards at the 1995 ADISQ gala: 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 hired Fabian as the voice of the character of Esmeralda in the Canadian French version of the animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Disney also included "Que Dieu aide les exclus", Fabian's French version of the song "God Help The Outcasts", on the film's English soundtrack album alongside Bette Midler's version.
Since 1996 Lara Fabian has also held Canadian citizenship alongside her original Belgian passport. ...
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Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés
2026 · Self
Serge Lama, le dernier rappel
2025 · Self
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Laurent Gerra, l'anniversaire-événement
2025 · Self
Hiba Tawaji à l'Olympia
2025 · Self
Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2024
2024 · Self
Saint-Denis le pré-show
2024
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
2024
Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA
2023 · Self
Arlette
2022 · Ministre française
Pour une histoire...
2021 · Self - Performer
Lara
2020 · Self
Une chance qu'on s'a
2020 · Self - Guest Artist
Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98
2018 · Self
Ensemble, pour Noël !
2017 · Self
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
Lara Fabian - Mademoiselle Zhivago
2013 · Femme
Toute la télé chante pour le Sidaction
2013 · Self
Grégory Lemarchal - Cinq ans
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Hit Man Returns - David Foster & Friends
2011 · Self
Lara Fabian - Toutes les femmes en moi font leur Show
2011
Lara Fabian and Igor Krutoy - Live Kremlin State Palace
2010
Lara Fabian - Tlfm font leur show
2010 · Herself
Lara Fabian - Un regard 9 Live
2006 · Herself, Director
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005
Star Academy 1, 2 & 3 en concert au Parc des Princes
2004 · Self
De-Lovely - Die Cole Porter Story
2004 · Musical Performer - "So In Love"
Autour de la guitare
2003 · Self
Lara Fabian : en toute intimité
2003 · Self, Producer
Lara Fabian Live
2002
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
2001
Lara Fabian - From Lara with Love
2000 · Herself
Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France
1999 · Self
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998
Michel Sardou - Salut !
1997 · Self
Lara Fabian - Pure
1997 · herself
Lara 9 Fabian
Lara Fabian: Best of Kyiv
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The Lara Effect
2026
Serge à Paris
2024 · self
The Unexpected Getaway
2022 · Self
Chez Marcus
2021 · Self
Star Académie
2021 · Elle-même - Marraine de l'Académie
Van Lab
2021 · Self
L'autre midi à la table d'à côté
2020 · Self
La tour
2020 · Self - Guest
Tous en cuisine avec Cyril Lignac
2020 · Self
La Boîte à secrets
2019 · Self
Studio G
2019 · Self
On va se le dire
2019 · Self
Bonsoir bonsoir!
2019 · Self
L'effet Wow
2019 · Self
Tout le monde aime
2018 · Self
Cette année-là
2018 · Self
Pour emporter
2018 · Self
1res fois
2018 · Self - Guest
La vraie nature
2017 · Self
Bien
2017 · Self
Y'a du monde à messe
2017 · Self
Microphone
2017 · Self
Folie passagère
2015 · Self
The Voice Kids
2014 · Coach Lara Fabian
Viens-tu faire un tour?
2014 · Self
Entrée principale
2013 · Self
La Voix
2013 · Self - Coach
The Unexpected Getaway
2012 · Self
The Voice : La Plus Belle Voix
2012 · Self - Coach
In Lieu of Flowers
2012 · Self
Ça finit bien la semaine
2010 · Self
Les Enfants de la télé
2010 · Self
Messmer: Drôlement mystérieux
2010 · Self
X-Factor
2010 · Self - Guest
En direct de l'univers
2009 · Self
Panique dans l'oreillette
2008 · Self
N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels
2008 · Self
Vlog
2007 · Self
Salut les Terriens !
2006 · Self - Guest
Muppets TV
2006 · Self - Guest
Tout le monde en parle
2004 · Self
La chanson de l'année
2004 · Self
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2004 · Self
Belle et Bum
2003 · Self
Star Académie
2003
Star Factory
2002
Ricardo
2002 · Self
Sucré salé
2002 · Self
L'Invité
2002 · Self
Star Academy
2001 · Self
The Apartment
2001 · Self - Guest
Stars à domicile
2001 · Self
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
Vivement dimanche prochain
1998 · Self
La fureur
1998 · Self - Musical Guest
Stars 90
1990 · Self
Victoires de la musique
1985 · Self
Miss USA
1963 · Self - Entertainment
Eurovision Song Contest
1956 · Self - Luxenbourg Contestant