Amanda Marshall (born
August 29, 1972 in
Toronto
, Ontario
, Canada
) is a
Canadian pop-rock singer.
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. She was offered
a record deal by
Columbia Records
in 1991, but chose to wait a few years before releasing her debut
album.
She grew
up in Toronto in a
biracial family to a Caucasian father and a Black
mother. In several of her songs, Marshall has reflected on
her racial identity "as a woman who looks white but is also
half-black" .
Career
In 1995, Marshall signed to
Epic
Records, and released her debut album
Amanda Marshall the same year.
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," which
remains her biggest hit internationally.
In 1997, her song "I'll Be Okay" was included into the
OST of
My
Best Friend's Wedding.
In 1999, she released a successful follow-up album,
Tuesday's Child. It followed in the
same vein as her debut, with a mix of soulful pop songs and
ballads, characterizing her powerful voice. Her song "Ride" from
that album would be featured in the
The Replacements and on its
soundtrack. Another single from that album, "Believe In You," was
featured on one episode of
Touched By An Angel, while
Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi was the guest
guitarist on the track "Why Don't You Love Me."
In 2001, she released her third album,
Everybody's Got a
Story. It marked a change in style and sound for Marshall,
with a noticeable
R&B influence. Her
singles "Everybody's Got a Story" and "Sunday Morning After"
received some Canadian airplay, and for the album, Marshall worked
with the likes of
Peter Asher and
Billy Mann.
In 2003, she released a greatest hits album entitled
Intermission: The Singles Collection, which was followed
by another greatest hits album,
Collections, in 2006. In
2008, yet another greatest hits album,
The Steel Box
Collection, was released.
In 2007, the
Canadian Idol
Top Ten Finalists covered Amanda's song "I Believe In You." The
profits from this track were to be donated to
Ronald McDonald House Charities across
Canada.
On July 1,
2009, Amanda Marshall performed during a Canada Day celebration concert at Chinguacousy
Park in Brampton,
ON
. On July 9, 2009, she performed at the 2009
Kinsmen Cornwall Lift-Off in Cornwall, Ontario.
In an interview with Cornwall's Variety 104.5 FM with Wayne &
Sue on May 29, 2009, Marshall announced that she is in a Toronto
studio working on a new album, with a planed 2010 release and
tour.
Discography
Albums
Compilations
Singles
| Year |
Title |
Chart Positions |
Album |
| CAN |
CAN AC |
US |
AUS |
| 1995 |
"Let It Rain" |
10 |
5 |
— |
30 |
Amanda Marshall |
| 1996 |
"Birmingham" |
3 |
6 |
43 |
— |
| "Fall from Grace" |
17 |
2 |
— |
— |
| "Beautiful Goodbye" |
5 |
4 |
— |
— |
| "Dark Horse" |
5 |
1 |
— |
— |
| 1997 |
"Sitting on Top of the World" |
5 |
2 |
— |
— |
| "Trust Me (This Is Love)" |
24 |
5 |
— |
— |
| "This Could Take All Night" |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Tin Cup
(soundtrack) |
| 1998 |
"Believe in You" |
10 |
3 |
— |
— |
Tuesday's Child |
| 1999 |
"Love Lift Me" |
10 |
5 |
— |
— |
| "If I Didn't Have You" |
31 |
11 |
— |
— |
| 2000 |
"Shades of Gray" |
25 |
27 |
— |
— |
| "Why Don't You Love Me?" |
42 |
26 |
— |
— |
| 2001 |
"Everybody's Got a Story" |
6 |
|
— |
— |
Everybody's Got a Story |
| 2002 |
"Sunday Morning After" |
20 |
|
— |
— |
| "Marry Me" |
19 |
|
— |
— |
| "Double Agent" |
19 |
|
— |
— |
| 2003 |
"The Voice Inside" |
— |
|
— |
— |
| "Until We Fall In" |
— |
|
— |
— |
Intermission: The Singles Collection |
Awards and nominations
Marshall has received 11
Juno Award
nominations, between 1996 and 2002 in all of the major categories,
including Album of the Year (for her first two albums), Single of
the Year (for "Birmingham," "Dark Horse," and "Everybody's Got a
Story"), and Artist of the Year.
References
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