The Félix Award ( is an award, given by the Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois (ADISQ) on an annual basis to artists working in the music, storytelling (conte), and humour industry in the Canadian province of Quebec (in any language) and in the French language in Canada.
The award
The first Félix awards were presented on September 23, 1979. The idea belonged to the first president of ADISQ, Gilles Talbot. The award trophy was created by Marc-André Parisé.
The awards are named in honour of Quebec songwriter Félix Leclerc.
In contrast to the Juno Awards, whose nominations are based partially on record sales, nominations and winners of the Félix are decided by ADISQ members. The awards are given during an annual ceremony "Gala de l'ADISQ". Among the categories are Best-selling album, Best album (in various music genres), Songwriter of the year, Composer of the year, Song of the year, Male/Female singer of the year, Discovery of the year, Show of the year, etc.
The awards have sometimes been controversial. In 1983, songwriter Luc Plamondon attracted controversy by using his acceptance speech to denounce copyright law. In 1991, Céline Dion publicly refused the Félix for anglophone artist of the year for her English-language album Unison, not considering herself an anglophone artist. Instead she suggested to ADISQ to create a new award category for an artist who achieved the most success internationally. The next year such category was indeed created : Most successful artist performing in a language other than French (
Ceremonies CeremonyDateHosts1st Felix AwardsSeptember 23, 1979Dominique Michel, Denise Filiatrault2nd Felix AwardsOctober 5, 1980Yvon Deschamps3rd Felix AwardsOctober 4, 1981Yvon Deschamps4th Felix AwardsOctober 3, 1982Yvon Deschamps5th Felix AwardsOctober 30, 1983Yvon Deschamps6th Felix AwardsOctober 28, 1984Jean-Pierre Ferland7th Felix AwardsOctober 27, 1985Jean-Guy Moreau8th Felix AwardsOctober 26, 1986Serge Thériault, Claude Meunier9th Felix AwardsOctober 25, 1987André-Philippe Gagnon10th Felix AwardsOctober 23, 1988Denise Filiatrault, Dominique Michel, Yvon Deschamps, Jean-Pierre Ferland, Jean-Guy Moreau, Serge Thériault, Claude Meunier, André-Philippe Gagnon11th Felix AwardsOctober 15, 1989Michel Rivard12th Felix AwardsOctober 21, 1990Michel Rivard13th Felix AwardsOctober 14, 1991René Simard14th Felix AwardsOctober 18, 1992René Simard15th Felix AwardsOctober 17, 1993Yvon Deschamps16th Felix AwardsOctober 16, 1994Yvon Deschamps17th Felix AwardsNovember 5, 1995Patrick Huard18th Felix AwardsNovember 3, 1996Yvon Deschamps19th Felix AwardsOctober 26, 1997Yvon Deschamps20th Felix AwardsNovember 1, 1998Céline Dion, René Simard, Jean-Pierre Ferland, André-Philippe Gagnon21st Felix AwardsOctober 31, 1999Véronique Cloutier22nd Felix AwardsNovember 4, 2000Guy A. Lepage23rd Felix AwardsOctober 28, 2001Guy A. Lepage24th Felix AwardsOctober 27, 2002Guy A. Lepage25th Felix AwardsOctober 26, 2003Guy A. Lepage26th Felix AwardsOctober 31, 2004Guy A. Lepage27th Felix AwardsOctober 30, 2005Michel Rivard28th Felix AwardsOctober 29, 2006Louis-José Houde29th Felix AwardsOctober 28, 2007Louis-José Houde30th Felix AwardsNovember 2, 2008Louis-José Houde31st Felix AwardsNovember 1, 2009Louis-José Houde32nd Felix AwardsNovember 7, 2010Louis-José Houde33rd Felix AwardsOctober 30, 2011Louis-José Houde34th Felix AwardsOctober 28, 2012Louis-José Houde35th Felix AwardsOctober 27, 2013Louis-José Houde36th Felix AwardsOctober 26, 2014Louis-José Houde37th Felix AwardsNovember 8, 2015Louis-José Houde38th Felix AwardsOctober 30, 2016Louis-José Houde39th Felix AwardsOctober 29, 2017Louis-José Houde40th Felix AwardsOctober 28, 2018Louis-José Houde41st Félix AwardsOctober 27, 2019Louis-José Houde42nd Félix AwardsNovember 1, 2020Louis-José Houde43rd Félix AwardsNovember 7, 2021Louis-José Houde44th Félix AwardsNovember 6, 2022Louis-José Houde45th Félix AwardsNovember 5, 2023Louis-José Houde46th Félix AwardsNovember 3, 2024Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais47th Félix AwardsNovember 9, 2025Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais
Partial list of recipients
See also
List of Quebec musicians Music of Quebec Culture of Quebec
References
External links ADISQ