Mitsou

Mitsou Gélinas 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. In 1988, she released her first single, "Bye Bye Mon Cowboy", which became a smash pop hit across Canada. 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 (of Men Without Hats) wrote the title track in addition to her first English-language song "A Funny Place (The World Is)". Other singles included "Mademoiselle Anne", and "Dis-Moi, Dis-Moi", which had a controversial video that showed her and several male and female models nude in a shower room. The video, which was released only a few months after Madonna's "Justify My Love", was banned by MuchMusic.

This would lead to MuchMusic created a new occasional late-night series, Too Much 4 Much, where controversial videos would be aired and discussed. Due to the controversy, Mitsou's single was played across Canada. Her 1992 followup EP, Heading West, was a collection of past hits and new material in English and French. Singles included the title track, which was co-written by Cyndi Lauper, and "Deep Kiss". In 1993, she followed it up with her first full-English album Tempted. The video for "Everybody Say Love" featured nudity as well as homosexuality.

She returned to recording primarily French-language material for her 1994 album Ya Ya which included cover versions of songs popular in Quebec in the '60s and '70s, such as the title track and "Comme j'ai toujours envie d'aimer". She also released a Christmas album entitled Noel in 1995 that included some Quebec holiday classics.

Her next album, Mitsou (Éponyme), was released in 1999 and featured hip-hop-influenced beats and a street-oriented rock sound. A club-oriented EP Vibe followed in 2002. It features remixes of previous material such as "Bye Bye Mon Cowboy" and "Money Penny".

Mitsou has begun releasing new singles via her website. The first was a collaboration between Mitsou and Creature entitled "On vole".