Francois Klark

Francois Klark is a South African-Canadian pop singer and songwriter.[1] He is most noted for his 2022 album Adventure Book, which was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023.[2]

Klark was born in Rundu, Namibia, to South African parents, and raised principally in Potchefstroom, and moved to Canada in 2004 to study music at Humber College.[3] A recipient of the college's Oscar Peterson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music,[4] he released his debut album Love in 2018, and subsequently performed with artists such as Jon Bellion, Ginuwine, Shawn Desman and Karl Wolf.[5]

Klark's song "Always" was featured in the 2020 Netflix film Feel the Beat.[1] In 2024, Klark's song "The Only One" was featured in episode 4 ("Date Night") of the seventh season of ABC's The Good Doctor.[6][7]

References

1. Ron Rocky Coloma, "Francois Klark’s track ‘Always’ perfectly complements Netflix film ‘Feel The Beat’ featuring Sofia Carson". The Stanford Daily, July 20, 2020.
2. "Here are all the 2023 Juno nominees". CBC Music, January 31, 2023.
3. Kendra Beltran, "Francois Klark Gives Back Through Song". ZO Magazine.
4. Sofia Touboul, "“Five Minutes With” Pop artist, producer and singer-songwriter, François Klark". Toronto Guardian, December 23, 2022.
5. Grace Koennecke, "Album Review: Francois Klark takes listeners on an adventure in 'Adventure Book'". The Post, August 2, 2022.
6. "The Good Doctor Soundtrack Season 7. Music List From the Serie". 2024-02-02. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
7. Klark, Francois (26 March 2024). "I'm joining Dr. Shaun Murphy and his surgical team on #TheGoodDoctor for 'Date Night' this Tuesday, March 26 at 10/9c". Facebook. Retrieved 1 April 2024.

External links

• Official website