Corey Hart

Corey Hart is one of those artists whose songs you know even if you don't know his name. "Sunglasses at Night" and "Never Surrender" were inescapable in the 1980s, and selling over 16 million records while landing nine US Billboard Top 40 hits is no small feat. What I respect most is the durability: 30 Top 40 hits in his native Canada across more than 35 years, plus a 2016 Canada's Walk of Fame induction. That kind of longevity, especially out of Montreal, tells me he was far more than a one-hit synth-pop moment. He built a real, lasting catalog.

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Name (English)

Corey Hart

Name (Japanese)

コリー・ハート

Reading

こりー・はーと

Born

May 31, 1962 (age 64)

Origin

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Occupation

singer / pianist / songwriter / composer / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

University

Marianopolis College

Awards & achievements

• 2016 Canada's Walk of Fame
• CASBY Award

• Official sitehttps://www.coreyhart.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey%20Hart%20(singer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709024

Tags

• Quebec
• singer
• pianist
• songwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.