Born on July 28, 1967 in Grande-Vallée (Canada), Nelson Minville is a Quebec composer and pop singer. In 1989, he won the Festival en chanson de Petite-Vallée. The same year, he took part in the Festival international de la chanson de Granby. In 1990, he released his first album, Premières Nuits, with the song " Les Bras de Satan ", which became his first radio hit in Quebec. The album earned him three nominations at the ADISQ gala the following year. In 1992, Nelson Minville released his second opus, Pour la Suite des Choses. The song " Le Fleuve " was a hit on the Quebec radio charts. In 1998, he released his third album, Centre-Ville . He also composed several songs that became radio hits, including Marc Dupré's " Tout près du bonheur " in 2007, Brigitte Boisjoli's " Fruits défendus " in 2012, Olivier Dion's " Pour exister " in 2013 and Jérôme Couture's " Comme on attend le printemps " in 2014. He was artistic director and stage director for the Festival international de la chanson de Granby from 1997 to 2000, then for the ChantEauFête de Charlevoix from 2002 to 2006. In September 2018, he received the prestigious Prix Stéphane Venne from the Fondation SPACQ (Société professionnelle des auteurs et compositeurs du Québec), in recognition of his contribution to Québec song as a lyricist and composer. Since 2000, he has taught songwriting at Collèges Lionel-Groulx and Marie-Victorin in Montreal.
