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Mitsou Annie Marie Gélinas (born September 1, 1970) is a Canadian pop singer, businesswoman, television and radio host, and actress. She is credited as Mitsou Gélinas when acting, but records simply as Mitsou (the French pronunciation of mitsu, which means honey in Japanese)

Born in Loretteville, Quebec, Mitsou is the granddaughter of Quebec actor Gratien Gélinas. She got involved in acting and modelling as a child, but also began to pursue singing in her teenage years. In 1988, she signed with Canadian independent Isba Records and released her first single, “Bye Bye Mon Cowboy” (composed and produced by Jean-Pierre Isaac), which became a smash pop hit across Canada (an extremely rare feat for a francophone song). Later that year, she followed with her debut, multicultural-themed album, El Mundo which also spawned the singles “La Corrida” and “Les Chinois”. “Bye Bye Mon Cowboy” was later remixed by Shep Pettibone and re-released for the American market with a new video.

In 1990, she released her follow-up album, Terre des Hommes. Ivan Doroschuk (formerly of Men Without Hats) wrote the title track as well as her first English-language song “A Funny Place (The World Is)”. She also changed her image by dyeing her hair reddish-brown instead of her trademark blonde.

The first single, “Mademoiselle Anne”, failed to replicate her cross-Canada success, but in 1991 the second single, “Dis-Moi, Dis-Moi”, put Mitsou back in the spotlight with a controversial video that showed her and several male and female models nude in a shower room.
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  • MXB2001

    Oh yes... <eyes glazing over now> :)

    2 Mar 2011 Reply

  • Thunderfire

    Still great after all those years, her album El Mundo and Terre des Hommes are pure pop gems. And yes, she was and still magnificient.

    12 Oct 2010 Reply

  • djcolonel

    I couldn't understand a word she sang but ummm I didn't care when I saw the video... *Drools*

    23 Oct 2006 Reply

  • Yaden

    Actually there's another Mitsou, aka Mitsoura Monika in Hungary. She's the singer of Besh o droM, but also released a solo album in 2003.Just to let you all know, I'm that Mitsou's fan..:)

    4 Jun 2006 Reply

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