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Crystal Shawanda
Crystal Shawanda at Scotiabank Place, 14 February 2009, opening for Brad Paisley
Background information
Born	(1983-07-26) July 26, 1983 (age 41) Wikwemikong, Ontario, Canada
Origin	Wikwemikong, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Country, Blues
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	2008—present
Labels	RCA Nashville, On Ramp, New Sun

Crystal Shawanda (born July 26, 1983) is a Canadian country music artist. CMT documented her rise to fame in the six-part series Crystal: Living the Dream, which was broadcast in February 2008. Signed to RCA Nashville in 2007, she released her first single, "You Can Let Go", in Canada in January 2008. 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 five weeks. It was released in the United States on February 25, 2008 .

Life

Shawanda was born in Wikwemikong First Nation, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. She spent her youth in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, where she attended Korah Collegiate. Her surname translates to "Dawn of a New Day".

Many of Shawanda's songs have been inspired by her connections to Wikwemikong and part of her 2016 album was recorded at the Debajehmujig Creation Centre in Manitowaning, Manitoulin Island.

Music career

Shawanda's first album, Dawn of a New Day, was released in Canada on June 24, 2008, and in the United States on August 19. The album entered the Canadian Country Albums chart at number 2, and the Billboard Top Country Albums chart at number 16. It became the highest charted album by a full-blooded Canadian First Nations country artist in the SoundScan era.

Shawanda toured with various artists across Canada and the northern United States in 2008. In 2009, she toured Canada and the United States with Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley as a special guest on the Paisley Party 2009 tour. Her first single, "You Can Let Go", peaked at number 21 on the Hot Country Songs charts. In mid-2009, Shawanda left 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, Shawanda released a single, "Beautiful Day", via her own label, New Sun Records. Shawanda also performed at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2010, performing "Let's Come Together" and "This Is My Land". She then released another single, "Love Enough", on August 15, 2011 in both Canada and the United States. Shawanda's second studio album, Just Like You, was released by New Sun on April 24, 2012.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Notes

• a "You Can Let Go" also reached number nine on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

Guest singles

Music videos

Awards and nominations

External links

• crystalshawanda.co, (Official Website)

References

1. Artists to Watch in 2008 (Part 4 of 5): New Faces
2. From Manitoulin Island to Music Row Crystal is living the dream on CMT
3. MAGMEDIA: Canadian > Crystal Shawanda > You Can Let Go
4. Crystal Clearly Doing Great
5. MusicRow Singles Calendar Archived October 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
6. "Crystal Shawanda finds her wings". SooToday.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
7. HearSomethingCountry.com Archived 2008-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
8. Burridge, Robin (2016-04-27). "Crystal Shawanda talks about her two new albums set to release this summer". Manitoulin Expositor. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
9. Crystal Shawanda Celebrates Her Dawn of a New Day
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12. "Crystal Shawanda Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
13. "Crystal Shawanda Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
14. "Crystal Shawanda Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved September 21, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
15. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 376. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
16. ^ Winnipeg act big winners at APCMA
17. ^ Crystal Shawanda Cleans Up At 2008 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
18. ^ 2008 CCMA Awards Nominees Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
19. Announcement
20. ^ It's a new dawn for Shawanda
21. 2010 CCMA Awards Nominees Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
23. "2015 | Aboriginal Album of the Year (Sponsored by Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) | Crystal Shawanda | The JUNO Awards". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
24. "INDIGENOUS MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR | Crystal Shawanda | The JUNO Awards". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
25. "Here Are the Winners of the 2017 Indigenous Music Awards". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-14.

• Canadian female country singers
• Canadian female singers
• Living people
• RCA Records Nashville artists
• Ojibwe people
• First Nations musicians
• People from Manitoulin District
• Musicians from Ontario
• 1983 births
• Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year winners
• Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year winners
• Canadian country singer-songwriters