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George Canyon Wiki Information
George Canyon
(born on August 22, 1970) is a country music singer from Canada. He grew up in Fox Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia and later lived in Hopewell, NS (where he still owns land) before he moved west. He currently lives in High River, Alberta. He also holds an appointment in the Canadian Forces as Honourary Colonel at 14 Wing Greenwood.
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Biography
George Canyon has held many jobs: he spent time working as a law enforcement officer, a slaughterhouse beef inspector, and the owner/operator of his own recording studio. He always dreamed of becoming a professional musician. [1]
Canyon is the father of two children. His wife, Jennifer, worked three jobs during the day so that he could sing at night. In 2004, George Canyon competed in Nashville Star 2. He was the runner-up in the competition, but became very well known in Canada and garnered much support, being the only Canadian to make the cut for the competition. After the competition ended, he received many accolades from fans and the industry alike. These include the top 5 hit "My Name," a Juno Award for Best Country Recording of the Year (for his album One Good Friend
), and, four Canadian Country Music Awards Nominations (CCMAs) including Male Vocalist of the Year and the Fan Choice Award.
He played a U.S. Forest Ranger in the last two episodes of the 7th season of Trailer Park Boys.
On September 22, 2007, Canyon performed at China-Canada: Hand in Hand [2]; a joint concert held in Vancouver between CCTV (China Central Television) and CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) to commemorate the 1 year countdown of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. One of the songs performed by Canyon was "What a fine Jasmine blossom". Sung entirely in Mandarin, Canyon performed the touching duet with Mandarin singer Tang Can [3].
On 9 January 2008, Canadian Defence minister Peter MacKay appointed the Nova Scotia-born Canyon to the position of Honourary Colonel at 14 Wing Greenwood, the largest air base on the east coast. [4]
Canyon has been a type 1 diabetic since the age of 14 and has given talks to children about diabetes. [5]
Band
George's Band Consists of:
- Joe Butcher (bass)
- Stuart Cameron (guitar)
- Erick Hedrick (guitar)
- Shane Guse (fiddle and mandolin)
- Adam Dowling (drums)
- Mike Little (keyboard)
- Ed Ringwald (pedal steel guitar)
Discography
Studio albums
Year
| Album details
| Peak chart positions
| Certifications (sales threshold)
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CAN Country
| CAN
| US Country
| US Heat
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1996
| Ironwolf
- Released: 1996
- Label: Shoreline Records
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| —
| —
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1999
| George Canyon
- Released: 1999
- Label: Shoreline Records
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| —
| —
| —
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2004
| One Good Friend
- Released: September 28, 2004
- Label: Universal South Records
| 1
| 20
| 35
| 23
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2006
| Somebody Wrote Love
- Released: July 13, 2006
- Label: Universal Canada
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| 23
| —
| —
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2007
| Classics
- Released: October 9, 2007
- Label: Universal Canada
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| 26
| —
| —
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2008
| What I Do
- Released: November 11, 2008
- Label: 604 Records
| 12
| 85
| —
| —
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"—" denotes the album failed to chart or not released * denotes unknown peak positions
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Holiday albums
Year
| Album details
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2005
| Home for Christmas
- Released: November 8, 2005
- Label: Universal South Records
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Singles
Year
| Single
| Peak chart positions
| Album
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CAN Country
| CAN
| US Country
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1999
| "Her Everything"
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| —
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| George Canyon
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"Enough Said"
| 71
| —
| —
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2000
| "Way Too Much"
| —
| —
| —
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2004
| "Good Day to Ride"
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| —
| —
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"I'll Never Do Better Than You"
| 7
| —
| —
| One Good Friend
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2005
| "My Name"
| 4
| —
| 44
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"Who Would You Be"
| 7
| —
| —
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"One Good Friend"
| 6
| —
| —
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2006
| "Somebody Wrote Love"
| 5
| —
| —
| Somebody Wrote Love
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"Drinkin' Thinkin'"
| 6
| —
| —
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2007
| "I Want You to Live"
| 7
| 76
| —
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"Ring of Fire"
| 26
| —
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| Classics
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2008
| "Seven Spanish Angels"
| 46
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"Just Like You"
| 4
| 64
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| What I Do
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2009
| "All or Nothing"
| 15
| 99
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"Let It Out"A
| 10
| 86
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"—" denotes the single failed to chart or not released * denotes unknown peak positions
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Awards and nominations
- 2004 – winner, CCMA, Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award
- 2004 – winner, Music Industry of Nova Scotia, New Artist Recording of the Year – for the album George Canyon
- 2004 – winner, Music Industry of Nova Scotia, Country Recording of the Year – for the album George Canyon
- 2005 – winner, The East Coast Music Awards, Galaxie Rising Star
- 2005 – winner, The East Coast Music Awards, Country Recording of the Year – for the album One Good Friend
- 2005 – winner, The East Coast Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year
- 2005 – winner, Canadian Radio Music Awards, Best New Group or Solo Artist (Country) for his single Good Day To Ride
- 2005 – winner, Juno Award, Country Recording of the Year for One Good Friend
- 2005 – winner, CCMA, Fans' Choice Award
- 2005 – winner, CCMA, Male Artist of the Year
- 2005 – winner, CCMA, SOCAN Song of the Year, for the single "My Name"
- 2005 – winner, CCMA, Single of the Year, for the single "My Name"
- 2005 – winner, Music Box Awards (Paris, France), New Artist Male US/Canada
- 2005 – winner, 2005 Nova Scotia Crystal Tourism Awards of Excellence, Ambassador Award
- 2006 – winner, The East Coast Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year
- 2006 – winner, CCMA, Male Artist of the Year
- 2006 – winner, CCMA, Single of the Year, for the single "Somebody Wrote Love"
- 2007 – winner, The East Coast Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year
- 2007 – winner, The East Coast Music Awards, Country Recording of the Year
- 2007 – winner, The East Coast Music Awards, Video of the Year, for the video Drinkin' Thinkin
- 2007 – nominee, ECMA, Best Album of the Year, for the album Somebody Wrote Love
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- 2007 – winner, Juno Award, Country Recording of the Year for Somebody Wrote Love
[6]
- 2008 – winner, The East Coast Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year
- 2008 – winner, CCMA, Humanitarian Award
References
- Biography
- YouTube - Suzie McNeil - China-Canada: Hand in Hand
- YouTube - George Canyon sings in Mandarin - Hand in Hand
- Meet Col. Canyon, the country star
- Dead link
- George Canyon Awards
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