Luc Plamondon OC CQ (born March 2, 1942) is a French-Canadian lyricist[1] and music executive.

[2] Plamondon has accepted honours from Canadian institutions and is a francophone nationalist and Quebec sovereigntist.

[4] From 1972, in addition to his collaborations with Emmanuelle, Monique Leyrac, Renée Claude and Diane Dufresne, he also wrote songs for many Quebec and European artists, such as Céline Dion, Julien Clerc, Nicole Croisille, Françoise Hardy, Johnny Hallyday, Richard Cocciante, Claude Dubois, Nicole Martin, Robert Charlebois, Pierre Bertrand, Fabienne Thibeault, Nanette Workman, Martine St-Clair, Diane Tell, Éric Lapointe, Ginette Reno, Julie Arel, Donald Lautrec, Petula Clark, Murray Head, Catherine Lara, Garou, Julie Zenatti, Daniel Balavoine, Barbara, France Castel, Bruno Pelletier and Marie Denise Pelletier.

[citation needed] From 1976, he wrote, in collaboration with the composer Michel Berger, the rock opera Starmania, including SOS of an earthling in distress and A boy not like the others (Ziggy).

The ambitious musical project, presented as the first French-speaking rock opera, was released on disc in the fall of 1978 with the help of French artists (France Gall, Daniel Balavoine), and Quebecois (Diane Dufresne, Fabienne Thibeault, Claude Dubois).