Johnny Reid
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Johnny Reid is a country
music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada
. Reid moved to Canada in July, 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland. Reid, went on to attend Bishop's University
in lennoxville, Quebec
, where he met his wife (and was a kicker on the varsity football team). He was nominated for the 2008 Juno Award
for Country Recording of the Year for Kicking Stones. Reid was named Male Artist of the Year at both the 2008 and 2009 CCMA
Awards.
Country Tracks chart. It reached a peak of #45. A second single, "Runnin' Wild" charted even lower at #50. The albums third and final single, "She Don't Wanna Hear", just missed the Top 40 of the country chart, peaking at #41.
", was released in 2004. It was the lead-off single to his third studio album, Born to Roll
. The charted in the 20 of the Canadian country charts. Born to Roll was released on March 15, 2005, via Open Road Recordings
, and peaked at #5 on the Canadian Top Country Albums chart. A second single, "Sixty to Zero", charted to #19, however it was the albums third single to get Reid into the Top 10 of the charts. "Missing an Angel" eventually reached #6 on the charts, giving him his first Top 10 single of his career. A fourth single, "Time Flies", also managed to chart in the Top 10, peaking at #9. A fifth and final single, "Gypsy in My Soul", only made #12. Born to Roll became his first certified album, being certified Gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association
(CRIA).
In 2007, Canadian music group Emerson Drive
covered "You Still Own Me". They took the song to #22 on the U.S. Billboard
Hot Country Songs
chart.
, which was released on April 10, 2007. The single peaked at #11 on the Canadian country charts and was followed by a string of Top 20 singles. The second single, the albums title track, reached #13, and "Darlin'", the albums third single, became Reid's first Top 5 single. Two additional singles, "Thank You" and "Out of the Blue", were released, peaking at #13 and #7 on the charts, respectively.
Reid's fifth studio album, Dance with Me
, was released in March 2009, and debuted at #1 on the Canadian Top Country Albums chart and #3 on the Canadian Albums Chart
. "A Woman Like You" was released as the first single from the album and reached #4 on the country charts, peaking #4 in 2009. The title track was then released and reached #10, followed by "Old Flame", which has so far peaked in the Top 10.
A Christmas album, entitled Christmas
, was released November 10, 2009. Reid's first live DVD, Live at the Jubilee was released on February 9, 2010.
for the release of his next studio album, A Place Called Love
, released August 31, 2010. The first single, "Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World" was released on June 7. Reid's second live DVD, Heart & Soul was released on March 29, 2011 in Canada.
2012 will mark the release of Johnny Reid's second album for EMI, followed by a Canadian tour, beginning in April.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Reid moved to Canada in July, 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland. Reid, went on to attend Bishop's University
Bishop's University
Bishop's University is a predominantly undergraduate university in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Bishop's is one of three universities in the province of Quebec that teach primarily in the English language...
in lennoxville, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, where he met his wife (and was a kicker on the varsity football team). He was nominated for the 2008 Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
for Country Recording of the Year for Kicking Stones. Reid was named Male Artist of the Year at both the 2008 and 2009 CCMA
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian...
Awards.
Another Day, Another Dime and Johnny Reid
Reid's debut album, Another Day, Another Dime, was released in 1997 on JCD Records. No singles were ever released from the album. However, it was his second album, which was self-titled and released in 2000, where he saw minimal chart success. Three singles from this album were released and all three of which charted. The lead-off and debut single, "Given Up on Me", was a minor hit on the RPMRPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
Country Tracks chart. It reached a peak of #45. A second single, "Runnin' Wild" charted even lower at #50. The albums third and final single, "She Don't Wanna Hear", just missed the Top 40 of the country chart, peaking at #41.
Born to Roll
Reid's first single in four years, "You Still Own MeYou Still Own Me
"You Still Own Me" is a single by Scottish-Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was recorded on his 2005 album Born to Roll.-Emerson Drive version:...
", was released in 2004. It was the lead-off single to his third studio album, Born to Roll
Born to Roll (album)
Born to Roll is the third studio album by the Canadian country music singer-songwriter Johnny Reid. It was released on March 15, 2005, by Open Road Recordings...
. The charted in the 20 of the Canadian country charts. Born to Roll was released on March 15, 2005, via Open Road Recordings
Open Road Recordings
Open Road Recordings, a division of Maple Core Ltd., is a Canadian country music record label established by Ron Kitchener in 2003 and distributed through Universal Music Canada.-Open Road artists:* Ridley Bent* Dean Brody* Doc Walker* Emerson Drive...
, and peaked at #5 on the Canadian Top Country Albums chart. A second single, "Sixty to Zero", charted to #19, however it was the albums third single to get Reid into the Top 10 of the charts. "Missing an Angel" eventually reached #6 on the charts, giving him his first Top 10 single of his career. A fourth single, "Time Flies", also managed to chart in the Top 10, peaking at #9. A fifth and final single, "Gypsy in My Soul", only made #12. Born to Roll became his first certified album, being certified Gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association
Canadian Recording Industry Association
Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada...
(CRIA).
In 2007, Canadian music group Emerson Drive
Emerson Drive
Emerson Drive is a country music band founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band is Brad Mates , Danick Dupelle , Mike Melancon , Dale Wallace , and David Pichette .Early on, the band found minor success in Canada, releasing two albums under the name of 12 Gauge, the first Open...
covered "You Still Own Me". They took the song to #22 on the U.S. Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart.
Kicking Stones and Dance with Me
In 2007, a new single entitled "Love Sweet Love", would be released and act as the lead-off single to Kicking StonesKicking Stones
Kicking Stones is the fourth studio album by the Canadian country music singer-songwriter Johnny Reid. It was released on April 10, 2007, by Open Road Recordings. "Love Sweet Love", "Kicking Stones", "Darlin'", "Thank You" and "Out of the Blue" were released as singles.Kicking Stones was nominated...
, which was released on April 10, 2007. The single peaked at #11 on the Canadian country charts and was followed by a string of Top 20 singles. The second single, the albums title track, reached #13, and "Darlin'", the albums third single, became Reid's first Top 5 single. Two additional singles, "Thank You" and "Out of the Blue", were released, peaking at #13 and #7 on the charts, respectively.
Reid's fifth studio album, Dance with Me
Dance with Me (Johnny Reid album)
Dance with Me is the fifth studio album by the Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released on March 10, 2009, by Open Road Recordings. The first single, "A Woman Like You", reached the top 10 of the Radio & Records Canadian country singles chart...
, was released in March 2009, and debuted at #1 on the Canadian Top Country Albums chart and #3 on the Canadian Albums Chart
Canadian Albums Chart
The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...
. "A Woman Like You" was released as the first single from the album and reached #4 on the country charts, peaking #4 in 2009. The title track was then released and reached #10, followed by "Old Flame", which has so far peaked in the Top 10.
A Christmas album, entitled Christmas
Christmas (Johnny Reid album)
Christmas is the first Christmas album by the Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released on November 10, 2009, by MapleMusic Recordings...
, was released November 10, 2009. Reid's first live DVD, Live at the Jubilee was released on February 9, 2010.
A Place Called Love
In 2010, Johnny Reid signed with EMIEMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
for the release of his next studio album, A Place Called Love
A Place Called Love (Johnny Reid album)
A Place Called Love is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released on August 31, 2010 by EMI Records.-Background:...
, released August 31, 2010. The first single, "Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World" was released on June 7. Reid's second live DVD, Heart & Soul was released on March 29, 2011 in Canada.
2012 will mark the release of Johnny Reid's second album for EMI, followed by a Canadian tour, beginning in April.
Studio albums
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Open Road Recordings Open Road Recordings, a division of Maple Core Ltd., is a Canadian country music record label established by Ron Kitchener in 2003 and distributed through Universal Music Canada.-Open Road artists:* Ridley Bent* Dean Brody* Doc Walker* Emerson Drive... Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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| Dance with Me Dance with Me (Johnny Reid album) Dance with Me is the fifth studio album by the Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released on March 10, 2009, by Open Road Recordings. The first single, "A Woman Like You", reached the top 10 of the Radio & Records Canadian country singles chart... |
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| A Place Called Love A Place Called Love (Johnny Reid album) A Place Called Love is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released on August 31, 2010 by EMI Records.-Background:... |
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Christmas albums
| Title | Details | Peak positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales threshold) |
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| Christmas Christmas (Johnny Reid album) Christmas is the first Christmas album by the Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released on November 10, 2009, by MapleMusic Recordings... |
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1999–2000
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| CAN Country RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
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| 1999 | "Given Up on Me" | 45 | Johnny Reid |
| 2000 | "Runnin' Wild" | 50 | |
| "She Don't Wanna Hear" | 41 |
2001–2010
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
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| CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
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| 2004 | "You Still Own Me You Still Own Me "You Still Own Me" is a single by Scottish-Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was recorded on his 2005 album Born to Roll.-Emerson Drive version:... " |
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| 2005 | "Sixty to Zero" | — | |
| "Missing an Angel" | — | ||
| 2006 | "Time Flies" | — | |
| "Gypsy in My Soul" | — | ||
| 2007 | "Love Sweet Love" | — | Kicking Stones |
| "Kicking Stones" | — | ||
| "Darlin'" | 57 | ||
| 2008 | "Thank You" | 82 | |
| "Out of the Blue" | 80 | ||
| 2009 | "A Woman Like You A Woman Like You "A Woman Like You" is a single by Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was recorded on his 2009 album Dance with Me, reaching a peak of #51 on the Canadian Hot 100.-Chart performance:... " |
51 | Dance with Me |
| "Dance with Me" | 66 | ||
| "Old Flame" | 85 | ||
| 2010 | "Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World" | 41 | A Place Called Love |
| "Let's Go Higher" | 58 | ||
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2011–present
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| 2011 | "Hands of a Working Man" | A Place Called Love |
| "You Gave My Heart a Home" | ||
Guest singles
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| 2010 | "You Tell Me" | Terri Clark Terri Clark Terri Lynn Sauson , known professionally as Terri Clark, is a Canadian country music artist who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that year... |
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Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
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| 2004 | "You Still Own Me" | Margaret Malandruccolo |
| 2005 | "Sixty to Zero" | |
| "Missing an Angel" | Warren P. Sonoda | |
| 2006 | "Time Flies" | Stephano Barberis Stephano Barberis Stephano Barberis is a Canadian music video director, known for his work directing music videos... |
| 2007 | "Love Sweet Love" | Steven Goldmann Steven Goldmann Steven Goldmann is a Canadian music video and film director. He has directed over 200 music videos. Goldmann also directed the movies Broken Bridges and Trailer Park of Terror, and has additionally directed several television programs.-1990-1999:... |
| "Kicking Stones" | ||
| "Darlin'" | ||
| 2008 | "Thank You" | |
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| 2009 | "A Woman Like You" | |
| "Dance with Me" | ||
| "Old Flame" | ||
| 2010 | "Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World" | Margaret Malandruccolo |
| "Let's Go Higher" | ||
| 2011 | "Hands of a Working Man" | Joel Stewart |
| "You Gave My Heart a Home" |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Result |
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| 2007 | Canadian Country Music Association Canadian Country Music Association The Canadian Country Music Association was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987.-Awards:The CCMA held the first Canadian... |
Independent Male Artist of the Year | |
| 2008 | Album of the Year — Kicking Stones | ||
| Top Selling Canadian Album — Kicking Stones | |||
| Male Artist of the Year | |||
| Juno Awards of 2008 Juno Awards of 2008 The Juno Awards of 2008 were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on the weekend ending 6 April 2008. These ceremonies honoured music industry achievements in Canada in the latter part of 2006 and in most of 2007.... |
Country Recording of the Year — Kicking Stones | ||
| 2009 | Canadian Country Music Association | Album of the Year — Dance with Me | |
| Video of the Year — "A Woman Like You" | |||
| Male Artist of the Year | |||
| Fan's Choice Award | |||
| Single of the Year — "A Woman Like You" | |||
| 2010 | Juno Awards of 2010 Juno Awards of 2010 The Juno Awards of 2010 honoured music industry achievements in Canada for the latter part of 2008 and for most of 2009. These ceremonies were in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada during the weekend ending 18 April 2010... |
Country Album of the Year — Dance with Me | |
| Album of the Year — Dance with Me | |||
| Artist of the Year | |||
| Canadian Country Music Association | Single of the Year — "Dance with Me" | ||
| Video of the Year — "Dance with Me" | |||
| Songwriter of the Year — "Dance with Me" | |||
| Top Selling Canadian Album — Dance with Me | |||
| Fans' Choice Award | |||
| Male Artist of the Year | |||
| 2011 | Juno Awards of 2011 Juno Awards of 2011 The Juno Awards of 2011, honours Canadian music industry achievements in the latter part of 2009 and in most of 2010. The awards presented in Toronto, Ontario, Canada during the weekend of 26 and 27 March 2011. A week of related events on 21 March 2011... |
Juno Fan Choice Award | |
| Artist of the Year | |||
| Album of the Year - A Place Called Love | |||
| Country Album of the Year - A Place Called Love | |||
| Canadian Country Music Association | Fans' Choice Award | ||
| Male Artist of the Year | |||
| Album of the Year — A Place Called Love | |||
| Top Selling Canadian Album — A Place Called Love | |||
| Single of the Year — "Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World" | |||
| Songwriter of the Year — "Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World" | |||
| Video of the Year — "Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World" | |||
Band
- Ben Rutz (Violin)
- Dave Cohen (Keyboards/Accordion)
- Yvan Petit (Lead Guitar)
- Charles Fields (Drums/Percussion)
- Nick Czarnogorski (Bass) Regular session musician for FatlabsFatlabsFatLabs, is a Canadian home recording studio in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 2003 by Vikas Kohli. The studio is known for its ability to work with an assortment of genres.- Mission Istaanbul :...
studios. - Saidah Baba Talibah (Backup Vocals)
- Miku Graham (Backup Vocals)
- Mike Norman (Sax, Acoustic guitar)