Corey Hart is a Montreal-born singer-songwriter, best known for his hit singles “Sunglasses at Night” and “Never Surrender.”
Hart comes from a boisterous Ashkenazi Jewish family, and is the youngest of five siblings. As a child, he lived in Montreal, Mexico City, and Key Biscayne (Florida), becoming fluent in French, Spanish, and English. He signed to a major label, Aquarius Records, at just 20 years old.
Worldwide, Hart has sold over 16 million records, scoring nine Top 40 hits on the US Billboard charts, and 30 top 40 single hits in Canada. He also wrote and produced several songs for Celine Dion. He has received the JUNO, ADISQ, and ASCAP awards, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1984. He has a joint venture record label deal called Siena Records.
Hart and his wife, singer Julie Masse, live in the Bahamas with their four children. He largely retired from his singing career after starting a family. However, after a 12-year hiatus, he performed to a sold-out crowd at the Montreal Bell Centre Arena in 2014, called One Night—Three Decades of Music, and released his autobiography, Chasing the Sun.
