Lou-Adriane Cassidy leads Felix winners as she’s crowned female artist of the year

Lou-Adriane Cassidy holds two of her awards from a gala in Montreal on Nov. 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

MONTRÉAL — Lou-Adriane Cassidy picked up a leading four Félix trophies, including female artist of the year, at the ADISQ Gala, an annual celebration of the francophone music scene.

The 28-year-old singer-songwriter also took home song of the year for “Dis-moi dis-moi dis-moi,” which appears on her 2025 album, “Journal d’un Loup-Garou,” or “Diary of a Werewolf.”

“Thank you to all the new people who are listening to my songs, thank you to the people who have known me since ‘Ça va ça va.’ I’m really moved,” the Quebec City-born singer said as she picked up her last trophy Sunday evening at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts.

Cassidy is already well-known in French Canada, but she’s drawing more English listeners after her album was shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, handed out in September.

Ahead of Sunday’s ceremony, Cassidy and her collaborators won eight awards at various ADISQ industry ceremonies held earlier in the week.

The pop artist won four of the 10 Félix awards presented during the main gala, making her the most awarded artist.

Her total 12 wins, some alongside collaborators, make her the second-biggest Felix winner in history, just short of singer Klô Pelgag, who with her team pocketed 13 trophies in 2021.

Cassidy and her production partner, Alexandre Martel, shared the songwriter of the year award, while she was also victorious in the show of the year category.

“I hope we can all be ambitious, I hope we can stop settling, I hope we can stop letting fear of the unknown or doubt prevent us from following through on our ideas,” she said as she accepted the first award of the evening.

“As long as we don’t know what we’re doing, let’s just do something.”

Moments later, she returned to the stage to sing “Dis-moi dis-moi dis-moi,” joined at the end by Ariane Roy.

It was a full circle moment of sorts, as Roy had just finished her own performance of “Âme sœur (Soul Mate),” a song she wrote for Cassidy, one of her childhood friends.

Other winners included Pierre Lapointe for male artist of the year and Elisapie for Indigenous artist of the year.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 11, 2025.

With files from David Friend in Toronto.

Samira Ait Kaci Ali, The Canadian Press