Ariane Moffatt (born 26 April 1979) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Known for working across multiplemusical genres, Moffatt's music combines elements ofelectronica,jazz,folk, andpop. Afrancophone, she is bilingual and has recorded tracks in both French and English. Her 2002 debut albumAquanaute wentplatinum inQuebec, earning 11 nominations at the 2003ADISQ Awards and winning threeFélix awards (for Discovery of the Year, Album of the Year – Pop/Rock, and Album Producer of the Year).^[1] She is known in Quebec for two well-receivedsingles fromAquanaute: "La barricade" and "Dans un océan".

Ariane Moffatt
Background information
Born	(1979-04-26)26 April 1979 (age 45) Saint-Romuald, Quebec, Canada
Instrument(s)	Piano, guitar, drums, synthesizer
Labels	Audiogram
Website	arianemoffatt.com

Moffatt grew up inSaint-Romuald, a suburb ofQuebec City on the south shore of theSt. Lawrence River. After completing Grade 11, she moved toMontreal where she earned aDiplôme d'études collégiales in music atCégep de Saint-Laurent, then aBaccalauréat inpopular music andclassical singing fromUQAM.

After university, Moffatt went on tour with singerMarc Déry. This led to an invitation in 2001 from singer-songwriterDaniel Bélanger to join his band as a keyboardist and vocalist in support of his well-received albumRêver mieux. Her debut solo albumAquanaute was released in 2002 on theAudiogram label in Canada and on theEMI/Virgin label in Europe in 2005.

In 2004, Moffatt met French rock musicianMatthieu Chedid at Montreal'sFrancoFolies music and performance festival. She subsequently remixed Chedid's "La Bonne Étoile" (from his 2003 albumQui de nous deux) as a virtual duet. Her version of the popular song received wide airplay inFrance and helped introduce her to French music fans. The track was scheduled to be included on a future re-release ofAquanaute.

In 2005, Moffatt released her first music DVD,Ariane Moffatt à la Station C, which received a 2006 Juno Award nomination forMusic DVD of the Year. Her second album,Le cœur dans la tête (meaningHeart in the Head) was released later that year.

Moffatt opened for French musicianAlain Souchon at the Olympia (a Montreal theatre and concert venue) in 2006.

Moffatt collaborated with Franco-Israeli singer-songwriterYael Naim on her 2008 releaseTous les sens (meaningAll the Senses), which was awardedFrancophone Album of the Year at the2009 Juno Awards.^[2] She also contributed vocals to the song "Sweet Light" onTales from the City, the second album from Montreal alternative bandMobile.^[3]

In 2010, Moffatt contributed twelve tracks (all covers of English-language songs) to the popularRadio-Canada medical showTrauma, which were subsequently released as a soundtrack album.^[4] Songs included "Everybody Hurts" byR.E.M.,Leonard Cohen's "In My Secret Life" and "Hallelujah", andMartha Wainwright's "Far Away". Montreal'sHour alternative newsweekly declared that Moffatt "owns these songs so hard you have to wonder if anyone will ever be able to pry them away from her".^[5] The soundtrack went on to reach Gold status in Canada.^[6] That same year she was nominated for "Best Breakthrough Live Act of the Year" at France'sVictoires de la Musique awards.

Moffatt's fourth album,MA (the title references both theJapanese concept of negative space and Moffatt's initials) was released in 2012. It marked the first time the singer has composed songs in English. In an interview withHour Moffatt explained that the effort had been inspired by her surroundings: "My studio is inMile End, I live nearby as well, the neighbourhood is bilingual and so is the music scene I'm attracted to, which is very palpable around here," she told Hour. "I was looking for a space to compose, somewhere inspiring and luminous. I was on a kind of sabbatical, exploring and playing around, with no deadline to make an album. I was just composing and recording here in my little bubble, all by myself. I ended up with a bunch of songs, half of them in English, half in French."^[7]

Moffatt was a judge on season 1 ofLa voix and returned for season 4.^[8]

Moffatt has also performed in the group Louve, withSalomé Leclerc,Marie-Pierre Arthur,Amylie andLaurence Lafond-Beaulne.^[9] In March 2019, she was one of 11 singers from Quebec, alongsideGinette Reno,Diane Dufresne,Celine Dion,Isabelle Boulay,Luce Dufault,Louise Forestier,Laurence Jalbert,Catherine Major,Marie Denise Pelletier andMarie-Élaine Thibert, who participated in asupergroup recording ofRenée Claude's 1971 single "Tu trouveras la paix" after Claude's diagnosis withAlzheimer's disease was announced.^[10]

In 2024 she had an acting role in the musical comedy filmSisters and Neighbors! (Nos belles-sœurs).

On 26 February 2012, Moffatt came out aslesbian in an interview withGuy Lepage on the popular Quebec talk showTout le monde en parle.^[11] On 14 February 2013, Moffatt announced that her fiancée was pregnant with twins, due for summer 2013. The two boys, Paul and Henri, were born on 9 July of that year.^[12]

• 2002: "Point de mire"
• 2003: "La Barricade"
• 2003: "Poussière d'ange"
• 2004: "Fracture du crâne"
• 2005: "Hasard"
• 2005:À la station C (DVD)
• 2006: "Montréal"
• 2008: "Réverbère"
• 2009: "Jeudi, 17 mai"
• 2009: "Je veux tout"
• 2012: "Mon Corps"
• 2012: "In Your Body"
• 2012: "Too Late"
• 2015: "Debout"

• (in French)Ariane Moffatt official site