Karim Ouellet was born in Dakar, Senegal, and grew up in Canada, Senegal, Rwanda and Tunisia before settling in Quebec City. Musically he’s known for his progressive, genre-blending pop sound. A versatile and committed artist, Karim is involved in every step of creating a song: writing the music and lyrics, mixing, arranging and technical production. He was a finalist at the 2009 Granby International Song Festival and the 2011 Francouvertes music competition, and won the award for Best Pop Album of the Year (for Plume) at the 2011 Quebec Indie Music Awards. In 2012–13, Karim Ouellet and Lisa Leblanc were jointly hailed as Radio-Canada’s Revelation of the Year for francophone music. Following the release of his second album, Fox, Karim was pushed to the top of the charts. He appeared on a number of talk shows and was heard on every radio station in Quebec. He also toured and played at music festivals across Quebec and internationally countless times in the last year. Beneath the choirboy exterior lurks an astonishingly talented artist who shifts effortlessly between soul, pop, electro, folk, rock and more.