Lisa Brokop
(born June 6, 1973 in Surrey, British Columbia) is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter and actress. Active since 1990 in the country music field, she has released a total of six studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the country music charts in her native Canada. Several of these singles have also crossed over to the American country music charts, although she has not entered Top 40 in the U.S., with her highest charting songs being "Give Me a Ring Sometime" and "Take That" peaking at both #52 in 1994. Her highest chart single is the #8 "Better Off Broken" from 1999 in Canada.
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Career
Early career
Beginning her musical career at age seven in her native Canada, Brokop went professional at age fifteen. She graduated from
Princess Margaret Secondary School in 1991
[1] and then moved to
Nashville, Tennessee.
1990-1993: Libre Records
In 1991, at seventeen, Brokop won a Canadian songwriting contest that was only the first of many accolades. As a direct result, later that same year she released her first album
My Love
, on Libre Records. This record featured Brokop's first radio single, "Daddy, Sing to Me". The album also contained the songs "Country Girl" and "Time to Come Back Home," which were featured in the
Genie Award nominated motion picture
Harmony Cats
, a movie in which Brokop also acted. (An album of the Harmony Cats soundtrack was later released).
1994-1996: Capitol Records
Brokop later signed with
Capitol Records under the
Liberty imprint which led to the release of two albums in three years. The first of these was
Every Little Girl's Dream
in 1994.
The self-titled album
Lisa Brokop
was produced in 1996, producing two successful singles: "Before He Kissed Me" and "She Can't Save Him." At a comparatively early age, Brokop had achieved considerable Nashville success, but the effort had left her suffering from burn out.
[2] Brokop ended her relationship with Capitol later in 1996 and took some time off to work on her own songwriting.
Capitol Records re-released Brokop's two Capitol albums,
Lisa Brokop
and
Every Little Girl's Dream
, to most online music download services on February 26, 2008.
1998-1999: Columbia Records
Her next album, the 1998 release
When You Get to Be You
was released by
Columbia Records and displayed the growth and determination of Brokop as an artist. The release did well in Canada, but singles from the album performed poorly on US charts, ultimately causing Columbia not to release the album in the United States.
2000-2004: Cosmo Records
Undeniable
was released in 2000. This record begins upbeat with "I'd Like to See You Try", slows down with "Keep Mom and Dad in Love" (a duet with
Hal Ketchum), and rolls into "Something Undeniable", a strong track which has become a fan favorite. Other tracks include "Say", "Don't Believe Me", and "Dark Side of the Moon."
2005-2006: Curb Records
Lisa Brokop's latest release is the 2005 album
Hey, Do You Know Me
Described as a culmination of her life experience, it is a presentation of compelling music and gripping lyrics beginning with the title-track and also containing "Wildflower" and "Pearl" a story of forgiveness.
Brokop and
Kim McLean wrote the 2007
European Country Music Association hit single "Band in the Window" sung by
Pam Tillis.
[3] The song topped the ECMA Top-100 radio chart at #1 for more than 4 weeks in 2007.
Lisa Brokop released a single in 2006, "Big Picture" which got airplay in Canada, but was never released on an album. It was her last release for Curb Records. Brokop departed the label in August 2006.
2008-present: Ellbea Music
After a three year break, Lisa Brokop went back in the studio recording her next album,
Beautiful Tragedy
. The album includes twelve tracks, including the first single released in Canada, "Break It," and is co-produced by Lisa Brokop. The album was released in Canada on August 19, 2008. The album also features the Brokop penned "Band in the Window," previously recorded and released by
Pam Tillis. It was the first single from her 2007 album
RhineStoned
.
Lisa Brokop will be touring in 2009 to support the release.
Brokop has released a total of four singles from her current album. The fourth, "Just Another Song (You Won't Hear on the Radio)," was released in April 2009 and is currently active on the charts.
Lisa is not expected to return to the studio any time soon, but will continue a fall tour with stops in British Columbia and Alberta in the fall.
Awards and nominations
In 1995, Brokop received the
Academy of Country Music nomination for Top New Female Vocalist, but lost to
Chely Wright.
In 2003, she was awarded the title of Independent Female Artist of the Year at the
Canadian County Music Awards (CCMAs).
In August 2006, the Canadian Country Music Association announced Brokop was nominated for the Canadian Country Music Award for Female Artist of the Year. This was Brokop's ninth consecutive nomination in this category, and going back to 1993, Brokop has been nominated a total of 13 times for Female Artist of the Year.
[4]
Personal life
Lisa Brokop married her boyfriend of four years,
Paul Jefferson, a fellow musician and producer on May 25, 2008.
[5] Jefferson helped Brokop "shape the stripped-down songs of [the album]
Beautiful Tragedy
in the couple's Nashville home studio."
[6] Brokop noted that she and a small band are planning "to tour Canada's western provinces next January and February [2009], with a possible stop in
Surrey."
[7]
In February 2009, Lisa announced on stage that she is just over 3 months pregnant. Lisa gave birth to her first child, "Ivy" on August 7th, born in Nashville, TN
Discography
Albums
| Year
| Title
| Chart Positions
| CRIA
| Label
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| CAN Country
| US Country
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| 1991
| My Love
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| Libre
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| 1994
| Every Little Girl's Dream
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| Gold
| Patriot/Liberty
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| 1996
| Lisa Brokop
| 18
| 74
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| Capitol Nashville
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| 1998
| When You Get to Be You
| 21
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| Columbia
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| 2000
| Undeniable
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| Cosmo
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| 2005
| Hey, Do You Know Me
| 28
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| Curb
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| 2008
| Beautiful Tragedy
| 42
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| Ellbea
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Singles
| Year
| Title
| Chart Positions
| Album
|
| CAN Country
| US Country
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| 1990
| "Daddy, Sing to Me"
| 10
| —
| My Love
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| 1991
| "Old Mister Moon"
| 34
| —
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| 1992
| "Time to Come Back Home"
| 40
| —
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| "My Love"
| 34
| —
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| 1993
| "Country Girl"
| 16
| —
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| 1994
| "Stand by Your Man"
| 88
| —
| Harmony Cats (soundtrack)
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| "Give Me a Ring Sometime"
| 12
| 52
| Every Little Girl's Dream
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| "Take That"
| 34
| 52
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| 1995
| "One of Those Nights"
| 31
| 64
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| "Who Needs You"
| 58
| 60
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| "She Can't Save Him"
| 63
| 55
| Lisa Brokop
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| 1996
| "Before He Kissed Me"
| 82
| 63
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| "West of Crazy"
| —
| —
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| 1998
| "How Do I Let Go"
| 19
| 59
| When You Get to Be You
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| "What's Not to Love"
| 21
| —
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| "When You Get to Be You"
| 57
| 64
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| 1999
| "Ain't Enough Roses"
| —
| 65
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| "Better Off Broken"
| 8
| —
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| "Cool Summer Night"
| 53
| —
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| 2000
| "Something Undeniable"
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| —
| Undeniable
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| 2001
| "Keep Mom and Dad in Love" (w/ Hal Ketchum)
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| —
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| "I'd Like to See You Try"
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| —
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| "Say"
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| —
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| 2002
| "Whiskey and Wine"
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| —
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| 2004
| "Wildflower"
| 14
| —
| Hey, Do You Know Me
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| "Hey, Do You Know Me"
| 14
| —
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| 2005
| "Ladylike"
| —
| —
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| "Big Picture"
| 10
| —
| single only
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| 2008
| "Break It"
| 20
| —
| Beautiful Tragedy
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| "November Trees"
| —
| —
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| 2009
| "Shackin' Up"
| —
| —
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| "Just Another Song (You Won't Hear on the Radio)"[A
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Guest singles
| Year
| Title
| Artist
| CAN Country
| Album
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| 1994
| "Light in My Life"
| The Johner Brothers
| 16
| My Brother and Me
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| 1997
| "Two Names on an Overpass"
| Duane Steele
| 21
| P.O. Box 423
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| 2005
| "God Save the World"
| Jeff Carson
| —
| Best of America, Vol. 2
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References
- Princess Margaret Secondary 1990-1991 Student class album, page 88
- Lisa Brokop at CMT
- Kim mclean
- http://www.lisabrokop.com/news.asp#a47
- 'Music: If It's Brokop, don't fix it,' The Now Newspaper, Friday September 26, 2008, pp.A21-A22 (web site: www.the nownewspaper.com)
- The Now Newspaper, Friday September 26, 2008, p.A21
- The Now Newspaper, Friday September 26, 2008, p.A22