Francois Klark
Francois Klark is a South African-Canadian pop singer and songwriter.[1] He is most noted for his 2022 album Adventure Book, which was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023.[2] Klark was born in Rundu, Namibia, to South African parents, and raised principally in Potchefstroom, and moved to Canada in 2004 to study music at Humber College.[3] A recipient of the college's Oscar Peterson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music,[4] he released his debut album Love in 2018, and subsequently performed with artists such as Jon Bellion, Ginuwine, Shawn Desman and Karl Wolf.[5] Klark's song "Always" was featured in the 2020 Netflix film Feel the Beat.[1] In 2024, Klark's song "The Only One" was featured in episode 4 ("Date Night") of the seventh season of ABC's The Good Doctor.[6][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ron Rocky Coloma, "Francois Klark’s track ‘Always’ perfectly complements Netflix film ‘Feel The Beat’ featuring Sofia Carson". The Stanford Daily, July 20, 2020.
- ↑ "Here are all the 2023 Juno nominees". CBC Music, January 31, 2023.
- ↑ Kendra Beltran, "Francois Klark Gives Back Through Song". ZO Magazine.
- ↑ Sofia Touboul, "“Five Minutes With” Pop artist, producer and singer-songwriter, François Klark". Toronto Guardian, December 23, 2022.
- ↑ Grace Koennecke, "Album Review: Francois Klark takes listeners on an adventure in 'Adventure Book'". The Post, August 2, 2022.
- ↑ "The Good Doctor Soundtrack Season 7. Music List From the Serie". 2024-02-02. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ↑ Klark, Francois (26 March 2024). "I'm joining Dr. Shaun Murphy and his surgical team on #TheGoodDoctor for 'Date Night' this Tuesday, March 26 at 10/9c". Facebook. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
External links
- 21st-century South African male singers
- 21st-century Canadian male singers
- South African pop singers
- South African singer-songwriters
- South African emigrants to Canada
- Canadian pop singers
- Canadian male singer-songwriters
- Humber College alumni
- People from Potchefstroom
- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters
- English-language singers from South Africa
- Namibian singers
- Namibian women singers