He was among the top 10 finalists of the second season of the Quebec musical reality show Star Académie in 2004 and released three studio albums, Je l'ai jamais dit à personne (2007), Étienne Drapeau (2008) and Paroles & Musique (2010).

Produced by Toby Gendron in collaboration with Rick Haworth, it contained 11 songs written by Drapeau himself, with three co-written with Roger Tabra and "Il rêvait" with Lynda Lemay.

Produced and accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Tino Izzo, Étienne Drapeau once again wrote most of the songs (both lyrics and music) and there are collaborations with Roger Tabra, Florence K, Ima, Stephan Moccio, Jean-François Breau, Sandrine Roy.

[2] On August 6, 2015, he became the headliner of the 7Th Annual Dc Bachata, Kizomba & World Latin Music Festival, in Washington where he performed "Eres Mi Reina" and Spanish versions of his other French hits.

Étienne Drapeau has also written for other artists, most notably "Être femme" for Marie-Élaine Thibert that appeared in her EP Toi l'inoubliable (containing three songs).

He has been a fervent advocate of the charity Opération Enfant Soleil in Quebec and sung live in their campaigns including "La Promesse" in 2009 [1] and "À mon père et ma mère" in 2011.

He was also involved in charity work in a humanitarian mission for "Centre Ziat", Fès, Morocco reflected in his fourth album Le monde est beau.