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Sam Roberts(born October 2, 1974) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has released six albums and has been signed to Universal (Canada) since 2002. His debut EPThe Inhuman Condition, reached the Canadian charts in 2002. He is backed up by the Sam Roberts Band when performing live.

Born in Westmount, to South African immigrants who had arrived in Montreal three weeks earlier, Roberts grew up on Cedar Avenue in Pointe-Claire, where his family moved to when he was five years old. Roberts is an alumnus of St. Edmund Elementary School, Beaconsfield, Loyola High School, N.D.G. and John Abbott College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue and McGill University. Roberts' first band was William in 1993, that changed into Northstar in 1998. As William they put out a single, "The Piranha" in 1996, while as Northstar they released a self-titled EP in 1998, but never got a major record contract and broke up in 1999.