Sky (Canadian band)
Sky was a Canadian R&B-influenced pop rock duo from Montreal. It originally consisted of James Renald (1971–2018) and Antoine Sicotte, son of actor Gilbert Sicotte. Both were songwriters, producers, and multi-instrumentalists. Anastasia Friedman replaced Renald as lead singer after he left, and Karl Wolf was the group's last vocalist. History

First iteration
Formed in 1997, Sky released their first studio album, Piece of Paradise, in 1999. It was preceded by the singles "America" and "Some Kinda Wonderful", and included contributions from such musicians as Wah-Wah Watson, Michael Thompson, Neil Stubenhaus, and Peter Mokran. Three more singles were issued from the album: "Love Song", "Push", and "All I Want". The album was re-released through Arista later that year and included two extra tracks. In 2000, Renald announced his departure from the band, and he didn't attend that year's Juno Awards, where Sky won the Best New Group award. Second iteration
Renald was replaced by Anastasia Friedman, and together with Sicotte as the new version of Sky, they released their first single, "Superhero", in August 2000. It was followed in November by the studio album Travelling Infinity. The second single from the record was "You". Third iteration
In 2003, the third and last incarnation of Sky came about, as Anastasia was replaced by Karl Wolf. The group released a third album, Picture Perfect, which spawned the singles "Dedication" and "Crazy". Sky split up in 2005. After Sky
After leaving Sky, James Renald continued his songwriting and production career in Los Angeles, where he resided until 2017. He notably wrote and produced the 2001 Mandy Moore single "Cry". On 11 August 2018, at the age of 47, Renald committed suicide in Eastman, Quebec. Antoine Sicotte became a celebrity chef, author of cookbooks, as well as host of the television cooking show Le Cuisinier rebelle, based on his 2009 cookbook of the same name. Karl Wolf went on to launch a solo career, and as of , he has released ten studio albums. Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Awards and recognition
 2000: winner, Juno Award for New Group of the Year

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Canadian pop music groups
Canadian contemporary R&B musical groups
English-language musical groups from Quebec
Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year winners
Musical groups established in 1997
Musical groups disestablished in 2005
Musical groups from Montreal
1997 establishments in Quebec
2005 disestablishments in Quebec