Amanda Marshall
| Amanda Marshall | |
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In concert, October 13, 2007 at Casino Rama, Rama, Ontario
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Amanda Meta Marshall |
| Born |
August 29, 1972 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Soft rock, R&B |
| Years active | 1995 – Present |
| Labels | Sony Music Canada, Epic |
| Associated acts | Mila Mason, David Tyson |
Amanda Meta Marshall (born August 29, 1972) is a Canadian pop-rock singer. She has released three studio albums, the first was certified Diamond in Canada, with the latter two certified 3x Platinum and Platinum respectively. She is best known for her 1996 single, "Birmingham", which reached number 3 in Canada and was her only song to reach the US charts. She has not released any material since 2001. She did perform in a few selected concert dates including Canada Day in Brampton in 2009, a few concert dates at Caesar's Windsor in Windsor, ON on July 2012, also, she is also set to perform at Thunder Bay Blues Festival in 2017 and at Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest (in Saskatoon - June 23, 2017).
Marshall was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her father is caucasian and her mother is a black Trinidadian. In several of her songs, Marshall has reflected on her racial identity "as a woman who looks white but is actually black".
Marshall studied music extensively during her childhood, including at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. While performing on the Queen Street West bar scene in her teens, she met guitarist Jeff Healey, who was struck by her powerful voice and took her on tour for a long time.
Marshall signed a recording contract with Metalblade Records in 1991, but both parties agreed that they were not a good fit and went their separate ways. In 1994, Marshall signed to Epic Records, and contributed to the Neil Young tribute album Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young the same year. Her debut album Amanda Marshall was released the following year in 1995. The album was a major success in Canada, generating a great deal of airplay and spawning six Top 40 hits -- "Let It Rain", "Beautiful Goodbye", "Dark Horse", "Fall From Grace", "Sitting on Top of the World", and "Birmingham", her most successful hit in Canada and the only song to reach the US charts.
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