Chantal Kreviazuk
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Chantal Kreviazuk during a September 2007 performance at Jackson-Triggs Winery (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada)
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| Birth name | Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk |
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May 18, 1974 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Piano, guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Columbia Records, Sony BMG, MapleMusic Recordings, Warner Music Canada |
| Associated acts | Avril Lavigne, Our Lady Peace, Raine Maida, Luigi Masi, Drake, Jay Rock |
| Website | chantalkreviazuk |
Chantal Jennifer KreviazukCM (/ʃɑːnˈtɑːl ˌkrɛviˈæzək/; born May 18, 1974) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She is also a classically trained pianist, and plays guitar.
Kreviazuk's debut album, Under These Rocks and Stones, was first issued in Canada in August 1996 before being released in the US June 1997 to critical praise. The album sold over 150,000 copies in Canada according to SoundScan, fueled mostly by the singles "Surrounded" and "God Made Me". Three videos from the album received modest play on the video channel MuchMusic and radio ("God Made Me", "Believer" and "Wayne"), but it was a fourth, "Surrounded", that became her first major Canadian airplay hit in 1997. That year, Kreviazuk received her first Juno Award nomination as Best New Artist. She also took part in the 1998 Lilith Fair music festival; "Surrounded" was included in the live compilation album from that year.
In 1999, Kreviazuk released her second album. Titled Colour Moving and Still, it featured tracks written with her new husband, Raine Maida, lead singer of Our Lady Peace. The lead single from the album "Before You" became a huge radio hit in Canada and she performed the single on the 2000 Juno Awards, where she won two awards for Best Adult/Pop Album and Best Female Artist. Kreviazuk released two more videos from the album, "Dear Life" and "Far Away", as well as an additional radio release, "Souls", which was also remixed and was released as a promo vinyl for the M1 & Steve Fernandez Remix.
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