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Lou-Adriane Cassidy, Klô Pelgag and Pierre Lapointe Were Big Winners at the 2025 Premier Gala de l’ADISQ

The 46th edition of the Premier Gala de l’ADISQ was a vibrant celebration of Quebec music — setting the stage for the main gala on November 9.

Saramée at 2025 Premier Gala de l’ADISQ

Saramée at 2025 Premier Gala de l’ADISQ

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The 2025 Premier Gala de l’ADISQ celebrated the best of Quebec music.

Held on November 5 at Montréal’s Théâtre Wilfrid-Pelletier and hosted by Saramée, the event once again showcased the richness and diversity of the Francophone music scene.


Lou-Adriane Cassidy emerged as one of the night’s biggest winners, taking home multiple trophies, including female performer of the year. Klô Pelgag also stood out with several Félix Awards, as did Pierre Lapointe, recognized for his refined and theatrical approach to chanson.

Among other winners were Elisapie (show of the year – reinterpretations and script of the year), Guylaine Tanguay (country album), who earned the first Félix of her career, and Klô Pelgag again, who also picked up the awards for alternative album and video of the year. Pierre Lapointe received the Félix for adult contemporary album.

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On the emerging artist front, Jay Scøtt further won rap album of the year — a strong sign of the vitality of the province’s French-language hip-hop scene.

The gala featured standout performances from Les Louanges, Cœur de Pirate, Ariane Roy and host Saramée herself, in a show that balanced elegance and energy.

Broadcast on ICI Télé, this 46th edition of the Premier Gala de l’ADISQ was a vibrant reminder of the importance of local creation — setting the stage for the main gala on November 9, where Quebec music will continue to shine far beyond its borders.

Premier Gala de l’ADISQ 2025 — Winners List

Album of the Year – Adult Contemporary
Dix chansons démodées pour ceux qui ont le cœur abîméPierre Lapointe

Album of the Year – Alternative
AbracadabraKlô Pelgag

Album of the Year – Anglophone
All Night LongerMatt Lang

Album of the Year – Bilingual and Other Languages
Tears On the DancefloorPierre Kwenders

Album of the Year – Critics’ Choice
Journal d’un Loup-GarouLou-Adriane Cassidy

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Album of the Year – Classical
RequiemFrançois Dompierre

Album of the Year – Country
C’est ma vieGuylaine Tanguay

Album of the Year – Folk
CardinalAvec pas d’casque

Album of the Year – Jazz
Beat BouquetMisc

Album of the Year – Indigenous Languages
QimutjuitQimutjuit

Album of the Year – Electronic Music
Personnethaïs

Album of the Year – Global Music
NieblaRamon Chicharron

Album of the Year – Instrumental Music
Le piano et le torrentViviane Audet

Album of the Year – Pop
Journal d’un Loup-GarouLou-Adriane Cassidy

Album of the Year – R&B/Soul
AuraShah Frank

Album of the Year – Rap
Nouvelle vieSouldia

Album of the Year – Reinterpretations
Star Académie 2025Various Artists

Album of the Year – Rock
Demande spécialeBon Enfant

Show of the Year – Anglophone
All Night LongerMatt Lang

Show of the Year – Comedy
ChiendentMégan Brouillard

Show of the Year – Indigenous Languages / Bilingual and Other Languages
StuntClay and Friends

Show of the Year – Variety / Reinterpretations / Musicals
Inuktitut / UvattiniElisapie

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Video of the Year
Le goût des manguesKlô Pelgag

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Mariah Carey kicks off the 2025 holiday season.
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Mariah Carey kicks off the 2025 holiday season.

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In This Season of Giving, Mariah Carey Shares Throwback Clip From 1994 Manifesting a Potential Christmas Classic One Day: ‘So Grateful’

MC only had to wait 25 years for her all-time holiday classic "All I Want For Christmas Is You" to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Mariah Carey is the undisputed Queen of Christmas. The pop singer has lorded over the holiday charts for the past six years with her ubiquitous wintertime classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” It seems hard to believe it now if you’ve been anywhere near a store since Halloween, but the yuletide favorite that was released in 1994 did not chart until 2000 and did not hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 until 2019, fully 25 years after it first hit our ears.

Now, as the holidays really ramp up, the best-selling Christmas song of all time in the U.S. seems like a no-brainer to top the charts every year. But on Tuesday (Dec. 9), MC gave thanks for how it all started in a throwback video she re-posted from a fan feed of an interview she did in 1994 in which she was asked if she hopes one of the songs from her first holiday album, that year’s Merry Christmas, might some day be as ubiquitous as such standards as “White Christmas” or “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.”

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.
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