LARA FABIAN

Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert (born 9 January 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. 

Early life
Fabian is the only child of Pierre Crokaert, who is Flemish, and Maria Luisa Serio, a Sicilian. She was raised in the Belgian town of Ruisbroek. 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.

Career
1986–1993: Early music career
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.

1994–1996: Breakthrough album: Carpe diem

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).
1997–1999: Mainstream international success: Pure and Live
1999–2001: Extension of success to the US and Latin America: Lara Fabian
2001–2003: O Canada 2001 and return to French roots: Nue, Live 2002 and En toute intimité
2004: Second English language release: A Wonderful Life
2005–2006: A new musical direction: 9 and Un Regard 9
2006–2007: An Italian collaboration and live concerts in Europe
2009: Return to the music scene: Toutes les femmes en moi
2010: "Tour Les Femmes Font Leur Show", Mademoiselle Zhivago
2013: "Deux ils, Deux elles" and "Le Secret"
2014: "Make Me Yours Tonight" / "Al Götür Beni"
2015: Performer at the 65th Sanremo, Essential Lara Fabian and Greatest Hits Tour 2015
2015: "Ma vie dans la tienne"
2016–2018: Camouflage and world tour
2018–2020: Papillon & World Tour
2020–present: Lockdown Sessions

Artistry

Fabian is a full lyric soprano with a vocal range that spans three octaves from C3 to G5 in live performances.
She is multilingual, she speaks Italian, French, Spanish, Sicilian, English and some Flemish. She has also sung in Azerbaijani, German, Greek, Hebrew, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, and Turkish.

Personal life

Fabian was in a relationship with Rick Allison, with whom she wrote her greatest hits, for 14 years until their separation in March 2003.
Fabian was in a relationship with French director, producer, and composer Gérard Pullicino from 2006 to 2012. They have a daughter together, born in 2007.

She married Sicilian magician and artist Gabriel Di Giorgio in 2013