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Crystal Shawanda 
Crystal Shawanda at Scotiabank Place, Ottawa 14 February 2009, opening for Brad PaisleyBackground information Born Wikwemikong, Ontario, Canada Origin Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada Genres Country Occupations Singer-songwriter Instruments Vocals, Guitar Years active 2008—present Labels RCA Nashville, On Ramp Associated acts Whitney Duncan
Brad PaisleyCrystal Shawanda (born in Wikwemikong, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian country music artist.[1] CMT documented her rise to fame in the six-part series Crystal: Living the Dream, which aired in February 2008.[2] Signed to RCA Records in 2007, she released her debut single, "You Can Let Go," in Canada in January 2008.[3] It was the fastest climbing single on the Canadian Country Singles Chart since Carolyn Dawn Johnson's "Georgia" in 2000, reaching the Top 10 in 5 weeks.[4] It was released in the United States on March 17, 2008.[5]
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Music career
Shawanda's debut album, Dawn of a New Day, was released in Canada on June 24, 2008; it was later released in the United States on August 19. The album debuted at number 2 on the Canadian Country Albums chart, and number 16 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and became the highest charted album by a full-blooded Canadian First Nations country artist in the SoundScan era.[6]
Shawanda is a First Nations member of the Ojibwe band. Her surname translates to "Dawn of a New Day."[7]
Shawanda toured Canada and the United States with Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley as a special guest on the Paisley Party 2009 tour. She had previously toured with various artists across Canada and the northern United States in 2008. Her first single, "You Can Let Go," peaked at number 21 on the Hot Country Songs charts. In mid-2009, Shawanda parted ways with RCA Nashville and through her own record label, New Sun Records, and a distribution deal with EMI/On Ramp Records, released a Christmas album, titled I'll Be Home for Christmas.
In 2010, Crystal released a new single, "Beautiful Day" which made into the top twenty in Canada. "Beautiful Day" was released via her own label New Sun Records which made it the first ever song to chart that was released by a label that was owned by a First Nations woman. On her official website it was confirmed that Crystal's new single "Love Enough" will be released on August 15, 2011 in both Canada and the United States. At her fourth annual Homecoming Concert on July 29, 2011 she announced that her second studio album was complete and would be released fall 2011. It was made available for pre-order at her Homecoming.
Discography
Studio albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions CAN US Country
[8]US
[9]2008 Dawn of a New Day - Release date: June 24, 2008
- Label: RCA Nashville
39 16 81 2011 Just Like You - To be released
- Label: New Sun/Turn Pike Music/Nine North
To be released Christmas albums
Year Album details 2009 I'll Be Home for Christmas - Release date: December 1, 2009
- Label: New Sun/EMI/On Ramp Records
Singles
Year Single Peak chart
positionsAlbum CAN
[10]US Country
[11]2008 "You Can Let Go"[A] 60 21 Dawn of a New Day "What Do I Have to Do" 79 — "My Roots Are Showing" 87 57 2009 "Dawn of a New Day" 90 — "Try" — — 2010 "Beautiful Day" — — Non-album songs "Fight for Me" — — 2011 "Fever" — — "Love Enough" — — Just Like You "—" denotes releases that did not chart - Notes
- A^ "You Can Let Go" also reached number nine on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[12]
Guest singles
Year Single Artist Album 2009 "In Your Arms Again" George Canyon What I Do Music videos
Year Video Director 2008 "You Can Let Go" Margaret Mallandruccolo 2009 "I'll Be Home for Christmas" 2010 "Beautiful Day" Stephano Barberis Awards and nominations
Year Organization Category Result 2008 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Awards Best New Artist of the Year Won[13] Best Country Album of the Year - Dawn of a New Day Won[13] Best Single of the Year - "You Can Let Go" Won[13] Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards Best Artist of the Year Won[14] Best Album of the Year - Dawn of a New Day Won[14] Best Country Album of the Year Won[14] Best Music Video of the Year - "You Can Let Go" Won[14] Best Single of the Year - "You Can Let Go" Won[14] Canadian Country Music Association Single of the Year - "You Can Let Go" Nominated[15] Female Artist of the Year Nominated[15] Program/Special of the Year Nominated[15] 2009 Album of the Year - Dawn of a New Day Nominated Female Artist of the Year Won Canadian Radio Music Awards Best New Country Artist Won[16] Juno Awards Best New Artist Nominated[17] Country Recording of the Year Nominated[17] External links
- crystalshawanda.co, (Official Website)
- crystalshawanda.co/fanclub.html, (Official Fan Club)
References
- ^ Artists to Watch in 2008 (Part 4 of 5): New Faces
- ^ From Manitoulin Island to Music Row Crystal is living the dream on CMT
- ^ MAGMEDIA: Canadian > Crystal Shawanda > You Can Let Go
- ^ Crystal Clearly Doing Great
- ^ MusicRow Singles Calendar
- ^ Crystal Shawanda Celebrates Her Dawn of a New Day
- ^ HearSomethingCountry.com
- ^ "Crystal Shawanda Album & Song Chart History - Country Albums". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/crystal-shawanda/chart-history/995736?f=320&g=Albums. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^ "Crystal Shawanda Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/crystal-shawanda/chart-history/995736?f=305&g=Albums. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^ "Crystal Shawanda Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/crystal-shawanda/chart-history/995736?f=793&g=Singles. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^ "Crystal Shawanda Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/crystal-shawanda/chart-history/995736?f=357&g=Singles. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 376. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- ^ a b c Winnipeg act big winners at APCMA
- ^ a b c d e Crystal Shawanda Cleans Up At 2008 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
- ^ a b c 2008 CCMA Awards Nominees
- ^ Announcement
- ^ a b It's a new dawn for Shawanda
Categories:- Canadian country singers
- Canadian female singers
- Living people
- RCA Records Nashville artists
- Ojibwe people
- First Nations musicians
- People from Manitoulin District, Ontario
- Musicians from Ontario
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