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Infobox musical artist| | name = Alannah Myles| image = Alannah Myles.jpg| caption = Alannah Myles photographed by Mike F. Campbell| image_size = | background = solo_singer| birth_name =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1958|12|25|mf=y| birth_place = Toronto , Ontario , Canada | origin =| genre = Rock music|Rock , Pop music|pop | occupation = Singer , songwriter | years_active = 1988present| label = Atlantic Records|Atlantic | associated_acts =| website = URL| http://www.alannahmyles.com Alannah Myles (born December 25, 1958, Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian singer-songwriter , the daughter of Canadian broadcast pioneer William Douglas Myles. In 1989, she released her eponymous debut album. In 1990, " Black Velvet (song)|Black Velvet ", a single from that album, was a worldwide hitcite book|first= Brent|last= Mann|year= 2003|title= 99 Red Balloons and 100 Other All-Time Great One-Hit Wonders|pages= 131132|location= New York City|publisher= Kensington Books|Citadel Press |isbn= 978-0-8065-2516-7|oclc= 56794239 and won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female .cite web|url= http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search? artist=Alannah+Myles& title=& year=All& genre=All |title= Alannah Myles|work= Past winners search|publisher= National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |accessdate= 2011-08-31
Biography
Alannah began writing songs at the age of 9. She performed in a songwriting group for the Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto at 12 years of age and by the time she was a teenager, began performing solo gigs in Southern Ontario. She eventually met Christopher Ward (songwriter)|Christopher Ward , a WMG recording artist and songwriter who helped her to form her own band, and performed cover versions of T. Rex (band)|T. Rex , AC/DC , Bob Seger , Ann Peebles , the Rolling Stones , and the Pretenders (band)|Pretenders . By the time she was in her early mid-twenties, she and Christopher began collaborating with David Tyson to produce her self-titled debut album, Alannah Myles . She appeared in a 1984 installment of the television series program The Kids of Degrassi Street , in which she played the role of an aspiring singer and single mother. She was featured in several other TV and film productions as a guest prior to her success as a recording artist.
In May 1989, Warner Music in Canada released Alannah Myles . It produced four Top 40 selections, including "Love Is", "Lover of Mine", and "Still Got This Thing", and the number-one hit " Black Velvet (song)|Black Velvet ". In early 1990 Atlantic Records released "Black Velvet" in the U.S., making her first album ineligible for possible Grammy nominations. For Myles, "Black Velvet" became a number one hit worldwide and was named the most played song on radio for 1989 & 1990. By 2000 it had received the ASCAP Millionaire Award for having received over five million airplays at radio.Citation needed|date=April 2007 "Black Velvet" won Myles a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Performance in 1991, and three Juno Awards .cite web|last= Crenna|first= Carol|url= http://www.vistamagonline.com/vista_articles/page.php? tp=& p=& id=& s=meaning_of_success_canadian_singer_alannah_myles |title= Meaning of Success: Canadian Singer Alannah Myles|publisher= Vista Magazine|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090426042526/ http://www.vistamagonline.com/vista_articles/page.php? tp=& p=& id=& s=meaning_of_success_canadian_singer_alannah_myles |archivedate= 2009-04-26|accessdate= 2011-08-31
The year 1992 brought the follow-up album, Rockinghorse , which included the hit singles "Song Instead of a Kiss" written by Alannah Myles, Nancy Simmonds and Canadian poet Robert Priest ,cite book|first= William H|last= New|year= 2002|title= Encyclopedia of literature in Canada|page= 902|publisher= University of Toronto Press |isbn= 978-0-8020-0761-2|oclc= 47689945 "Our World, Our Times", and "Sonny, Say You Will". She received a Grammy nomination for Rockinghorse and several global awards, including a Juno and Much Music's people's choice award for "Our World, Our Times".
The year 1995 produced Myles's final album on Atlantic Records before being released from the label, granting Warner/Atlantic a Best Of CD after only 3 records. The A-lan-nah album, which contained no Top 40 singles, included two tracks which made it into the Top 100: "Family Secret" and "Blow Wind, Blow".
In 1997 she managed to terminate her eight-record contract with Atlantic Records with the help of her then-manager, Miles Copeland III , who immediately signed her to his Ark 21 Records . There she released A Rival , which had the Top 40 hit "Bad 4 You", written and recorded by Myles, Desmond Child and Eric Bazilian at Copeland's castle songwriting retreat at Grand Brassac, France.
In February 2005, together with the Swedish band Kee Marcello's K2 , she participated in the third semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2005|Melodifestivalen , the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest . Their song "We Got It All" scored very few points and finished seventh out of eight songs yet managed to dominate the leading newspaper and media headlines in Sweden.cite web|url= http://www.gylleneskor.se/history/logged/mf_year.php? mf_year=2005 |title= Melodifestivalen 2005 - Deltδvling 3 Third Semi-Final|publisher= Gylleneskor|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20070927234925/ http://www.gylleneskor.se/history/logged/mf_year.php? mf_year=2005 |archivedate= 2007-09-27|accessdate= 2011-08-31
In April 2008, she went public about her then upcoming album Black Velvet , which featured a new recording of her song of the same name in addition to ten new studio recordings.cite news|url= http://www.thetelegram.com/Arts---Life/Fashion/2008-04-19/article-1443194/Alannah-Myles-reclaims-Black-Velvet-with-modern-reworking/1 |title= Alannah Myles reclaims 'Black Velvet' with modern reworking|agency= The Canadian Press |newspaper= The Telegram |date= 2008-04-19|accessdate= 2011-08-31 She discussed the subject in May 2008 in an interview with Evan Solomon on the TV program CBC News: Sunday Night .cite web|url= http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/1221254309/ID=1278765249 |title= Alannah Myles|work= CBC News: Sunday Night |publisher= CBC News |date= 2008-05-11|accessdate= 2011-08-31
In the fall of 2009, Myles released the CD Black Velvet (music album)|Black Velvet on Linus Entertainment, which merged with Canada's legendary True North Records and released the album in America in the spring of 2010. This was followed by a video for the song "Trouble" that features a jug band performance. "Trouble" was awarded an 'Honourable Mention' as a finalist in the blues category at the 2009 International Songwriting Contest.cite web|url= http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/previouswinners |title= Previous winners|publisher= International Songwriting Contest|accessdate= 2011-08-31 Myles won the 15th annual USA Songwriting Competition for both best rock/alternative song as well as grand prize finalist for a song written with Nancy Simmonds for her "Black Velvet" CD entitled "Give Me Love".cite web|url= http://www.songwriting.net/winners/ |title= 2010 Results|publisher= USA Songwriting Competition|accessdate= 2011-08-31
Myles toured in support of her Black Velvet CD beginning with a string of European dates in March 2011. Her song Black Velvet was one of four selected to be covered on the CBC Television reality television show Cover Me Canada .cite news|url= http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/06/06/cbc-cover-me-canada.html |title= New CBC reality contest to focus on Canadian music|publisher= CBC News|date= 2011-06-06|accessdate= 2011-08-31
At a Toronto music festival on July 1, 2011 she revealed that she has suffered severe spinal nerve damage from an excess of chiropractic treatments and has been left unable to move her head or neck. Her voice is unaffected and she continues to perform and record.cite news|url= http://www.680news.com/news/local/article/248658--alannah-myles-shares-tragic-health-news-with-canada-day-crowd |title= Alannah Myles shares tragic health news with Canada day crowdsic|publisher= 680 News|date= 2011-07-01|accessdate= 2011-11-06
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1989
Alannah Myles (album)
Release date: March 28, 1989
Label: Atlantic Records|Atlantic
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Canadian Recording Industry Association|CAN : Diamondcite web|url= http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php|title=Canadian Recording Industry Association Search Results|publisher= Canadian Recording Industry Association |accessdate=2010-03-14
Recording Industry Association of America|US : Platinumcite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? table=SEARCH_RESULTS& artist=Alannah%20Myles& format=ALBUM& go=Search& perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - March 14, 2010: Alannah Myles certified albums|publisher= Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=2010-03-14
British Phonographic Industry|UK : Goldcite web|url= http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx|title=BPI Search Results|publisher= British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=2010-03-14
1992
Rockinghorse
Release date: December 19, 1992
Label: Atlantic Records
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CAN: 2& times; Platinum
1995
A-lan-nah
Release date: August 15, 1995
Label: Atlantic Records
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Arrival
Release date: April 21, 1998
Label: Ark 21 Records/Universal Music
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2008
Black Velvet
Release date: November 18, 2008
Label: Linus Entertainment/True North Records
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1999
Alannah Myles: The Very Best Of
Release date: April 6, 1999
Label: Ark 21 Records/WMG Canada/Universal Music
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1989
"Love Is"
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Recording Industry Association of America|US : Goldcite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? table=SEARCH_RESULTS& artist=Alannah%20Myles& format=SINGLE& go=Search& perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - July 24, 2010: Alannah Myles certified singles|publisher= Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=2010-07-24
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bio.asp? oid=164& cf=164 Alannah Myles biography in Rolling Stone online
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/video/vs? id=RTGAM.20080418.wvmyles0418 Alannah Myles talks to the Canadian Press about the new version of Black Velvet
http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Reviews/alannah_myles_black_velvet_26092008_0933.aspx Review of 'Black Velvet' (2007)
http://www.tunesbaby.com/videos/alannahmyles Videos and Concerts
http://www.songwriting.net USA Songwriting Competition
Persondata | NAME = Myles, Alannah | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Canadian musician | DATE OF BIRTH = December 25, 1958 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Myles, Alannah Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:Juno Award winners Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Melodifestivalen contestants Category:Canadian contraltos Category:Canadian female singers Category:Canadian rock singers Category:Female rock singers Category:Musicians from Toronto
