Preview in pictures of the champions of the year in the world of culture.
Taylor Swift dominates sales
After the 2017 release of the lukewarm Reputation, some critics wondered if Taylor Swift’s reign was coming to an end. That’s far from being the case ! Not content to have passed the guitar during the MTV Video Music and the American Music Awards, the singer launched in October Midnights, which would become the best-selling album of 2022 in a matter of days. . Haters gonna hate, but Tay Tay just keeps dominating.
Dominic Tardif, The Press
Long-awaited shows
PHOTO FRANÇOIS DELAGRAVE, PROVIDED BY LE RIDEAU VERT
David Boutin and Magalie Lépine-Blondeau in Mademoiselle Julie
We don’t like to remember it too much, but 2022 started under gloomy auspices for the artistic community, with the performance halls being once again closed due to the pandemic. They reopened in February, and some artists were finally able to present shows that had originally been scheduled sometimes as early as 2020. The resilience of our creators deserves a standing ovation.
Frederic Murphy, The Press
A Grammy for Yannick Nézet-Séguin
PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Yannick Nezet-Seguin
Accustomed to being nominated for Grammy awards, Yannick Nézet-Séguin will now have to get used to… winning. He won his first golden gramophone in 2022 for a recording made with the Philadelphia Orchestra and is now cited no less than five times in view of the February 2023 gala. His concert for Ukraine, presented by the Metropolitan Opera of New York, is one of the selected works.
Alexandre Vigneault, The Press
Juno Queen
PHOTO SARAH MONGEAU-BIRKETT, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Charlotte Cardin at the MTelus
The Junos 2022 gala was that of Charlotte Cardin. Party in the lead with six selections, she won four trophies and even styled at the finish line stars much better known than her like The Weeknd, Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber. She also had the chance to perform her song Meaningless on that big night when – hard not to notice – she didn’t breathe a single word in French.
Alexandre Vigneault, The Press
The 80s in the spotlight
PHOTO SCOTT GARFIELD, ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES
Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick
There was sometimes reason to wonder, this year, if we were in 2022 or in the middle of the 1980s. Reprising his role as Maverick in the backfiring sequel to Top Gun, Tom Cruise (who looks younger today than he did 36 years ago) achieved the best score of his career at the box office, which is saying something. At the same time, a 37-year-old song – Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush – stood out as the most improbable hit of the summer thanks to the series Stranger Things. All that was missing was a cover of Back to the future.
Frederic Murphy, The Press
A touching journey
PHOTO YAN DOUBLET, LE SOLEIL ARCHIVES
Show by Jeanick Fournier at the Capitole
It’s the fairy tale of the year. A professional singer who had a career away from the spotlight, Saguenéenne Jeanick Fournier wowed the entire country with her interpretation ofI Surrender in the television contest Canada’s Got Talent, which she ended up winning. The personal story of this adoptive mother of two children with Down syndrome, also a beneficiary attendant in a palliative care home, touched our hearts. She now has a contract with Universal Music Canada and the world is waiting for her.
Frederic Murphy, The Press