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Infobox musical artist| name = Amanda Meta Marshall| image = Amanda Marshall 2007-10-13 at Casino Rama, Ontario, Canada.JPG| caption = In concert, October 13, 2007 at Casino Rama, Ontario, Canada| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1972|08|29| birth_place = Toronto , Ontario , Canada | origin =| death_date = | death_place =| genre = Adult contemporary , R& B | years_active = 1995dashpresent| label = Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music Canada , Epic Records|Epic | associated_acts = Mila Mason , David Tyson| website = Amanda Meta Marshall (born August 29, 1972, Toronto , Ontario , Canada )cite web |url= http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/article/883790--amanda-marshall-makes-her-much-anticipated-return |title=Amanda Marshall makes her much-anticipated return|publisher= Toronto Star |accessdate=2010-11-01|date= 2010-10-31|author= Richard Ouzounian is a Canadian pop music|pop - rock music|rock singer.
She grew up in Toronto in a biracial family, with a Whites|White Canadian father and a Black Trinidadian mother. In several of her songs, Marshall has reflected on her racial identity "as a woman who looks white but is also half-black".cite web | date = December 17, 2001 | work = Calgary Herald | title = Marshall's Sexier | url = http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/sitar/107/id344.htmcite web | work = Wal-Mart Profile Magazine | title = Shadow Boxing with Amanda Marshall | url = http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/sitar/107/id63.htm
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.
Career
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 (album)|Amanda Marshall was released the following year in 1995. The album was a major success in Canada, generating a great deal of airplay (radio)|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 (Amanda Marshall song)|Birmingham ", her most successful hit in Canada and the only song to reach the US charts.
In 1996, Marshall's song "This Could Take All Night" was included into the original soundtrack of Tin Cup . In 1997, Marshall's song "I'll Be Okay" was included into the original soundtrack 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 (film)|The Replacements and on its soundtrack. Another single from that album, "Believe In You", was featured on one episode of Touched by an Angel '' and on its Touched by an Angel: The Album|soundtrack , while Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi was the guest guitarist on the track "Why Don't You Love Me". She also co wrote a song "Right Here All Along" with Carol King, who also performed background vocals on the track.
In 2001, Marshall released her third album, ''Everybody's Got a Story''. It marked a change in style and sound for Marshall, with a noticeable rhythm and blues|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 Marshall'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, Marshall performedcite web | date = July 1, 2009 | work = personal video | title = Canada Day concert | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=-SJLQFWAl-U during a Canada Day celebration concert at Chinguacousy Parkcite web | date = June 29, 2009 | work = The Brampton News | title = Celebrate Canada Day at Brampton's Chinguacousy Park | url = http://www.thebramptonnews.com/articles/4308/1/Celebrate-Canada-Day-at-Bramptons-Chinguacousy-Park/Page1.html in Brampton, ON . On July 9, 2009, she performed at the 2009 Kinsmen Cornwall Lift-Off in Cornwall, Ontario.
Marshall's absence from the music scene was due to legal battles with her record label after she fired her management in 2002. As the disputes, over how royalties from the singles are to be apportioned, are not yet settled, Marshall is not allowed to reveal the substance of the disputes.
Marshall's latest appearance was a concert at Casino Rama on November 5, 2010 and she will be performing there again on Saturday, May 5, 2012.cite web|url=https://www.casinorama.com/Event-List-View.html |title=Event List View |publisher=Casino Rama |date= |accessdate=2012-04-15 Her first single "Let It Rain", released in 1995, was used by Fireworks Spectaculars for Canada's entry to the 3rd Philippine International Pyromusical Competition in Pasay City, Manila on March 10, 2012.
Marshall has not released a studio album since 2001.
Discography
Albums
Year
Album
Chart Positions
CRIA Certification http:/ / www.cria.ca/ cert_db_search.php CRIA searchable database search Amanda Marshall in the artist field for certifications
CAN
US
US Heat
UK cite book
1995
Amanda Marshall
4
156
6
47
Diamond
1999
'' Tuesday's Child
4
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30
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3x Platinum
2001
'' Everybody's Got a Story
15
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Platinumcite web
Compilations
Year
Album
CAN
2003
Intermission: The Singles Collection
95
2006
Collections
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2008
The Steel Box Collection
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Singles
Year
Title
Chart Positions
Album
CAN
CAN AC
US
AUS
1995
"Let It Rain"
10
5
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30
Amanda Marshall
1996
Birmingham "
3
6
43
—
"Fall from Grace"
17
2
—
—
"Beautiful Goodbye"
5
4
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—
Dark Horse "
5
1
—
—
1997
"Sitting on Top of the World"
5
2
—
—
"Trust Me (This Is Love)"
24
5
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—
"This Could Take All Night"
—
—
—
—
Tin Cup (soundtrack)
"I'll Be Okay"
—
—
—
—
'' My Best Friend's Wedding (soundtrack)
1998
"Believe in You"
10
3
—
—
''Tuesday's Child
1999
"Love Lift Me"
10
5
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—
"If I Didn't Have You"
31
11
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—
2000
"Shades of Gray"
25
27
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—
"Why Don't You Love Me? "
42
26
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—
2001
"Everybody's Got a Story"
6
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—
—
''Everybody's Got a Story
2002
"Sunday Morning After"
20
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—
—
"Marry Me"
19
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—
—
"Double Agent"
19
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—
—
2003
"The Voice Inside"
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—
—
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"Until We Fall In"
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—
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Intermission: The Singles Collection
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.amandamarshall.com Official Website
http://www.amanda-marshall.net Fan Website with all Releases(Albums, Singles, Promos etc.
http://www.youtube.com/user/AMANDAMARSHALLdotCA Fan youtube page with interviews, live performances & music videos
http://amandamarshall.ca/ Fan Website - Currently under construction.
Persondata | NAME = Marshall, Amanda | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Canadian musician | DATE OF BIRTH = August 29, 1972 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Amanda Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Category:The Royal Conservatory of Music alumni Category:Canadian female singers Category:Canadian pop singers Category:Canadian singer-songwriters Category:Musicians from Toronto Category:Epic Records artists Category:Black Canadian musicians
