Francois Klark Explained

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]}

Notes and 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. https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/here-are-all-the-2023-juno-nominees-1.6724343 "Here are all the 2023 Juno nominees"
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. Web site: 2024-02-02 . The Good Doctor Soundtrack Season 7. Music List From the Serie . 2024-03-28 . en-US.
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.