Martel was born in Montreal, Canada. His parents instilled a love for music in him that followed him throughout his childhood and to Briercrest College and Seminary in Saskatchewan, where he formed the band Downhere with his roommate Jason Germain and a few close friends in 1999.
In September 2011, Martel entered a competition to join Roger Taylor, original drummer for the rock band Queen, on-stage for the Queen Extravaganza Live Tour with a video of Martel singing along with the Queen classic "Somebody to Love".
It generated more than one million views on YouTube after being up for only a few days and as of November 2017 is at more than 13,000,000 views. This led to an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show a week following the release of the video.
In September 2016, he collaborated on "Last Christmas", featured in the video game, Just Dance 2017. On November, 18 2016 The Silent Night EP, a collection of Christmas songs, was released.
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Birth name:
Marc Martel
Born:
November 16, 1976
(age
)
From:
Montreal, Canada
Genres:
Rock, Christian Rock
Instruments:
Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Years active:
1999-present
Associated acts:
Downhere, Queen
Tour Dates: