Corneille
Canada
Born: 24 March 1977
Years Active: 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock, R&B, International
Styles: French Pop, Foreign Language Rock, Foreign Language Rock, Hip-Hop/Urban, Pan-Global, Worldbeat, Soul, R&B/Soul, Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B
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French-Canadian R&B singer Corneille translated personal tragedy into pop music success with his 2003 debut LP, Parce Qu'on Vient de Loin, a powerful and often harrowing song cycle inspired by his family's murder at the hands of a Rwandan death squad. Born Corneille Nyungura in Freiburg, Germany, on March 24, 1977, he was born into a Rwandan family completing an overseas study program. He nevertheless spent the majority of his childhood in Africa, absorbing native musical traditions as well as the pioneering American soul of Marvin Gaye, Stevie...
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