Alannah Myles

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Alannah Myles was born in Toronto listening to FM radio stations which introduced her to more eclectic styles of music. She studied to become a graphic artist, splitting her time between Buckhorn and Toronto where she trained to compete as an equestrian on the Ontario A Circuit showing her horse ‘Special Delivery’ in Canada’s prestigious Royal Winter Fair prior to deciding that music would be her true calling. 

Acting in TV ads and part time modelling paid for early music demos and she pursued Canadian labels but her face on national TV spots confused the Canadian music industry as a recording artist so she independently financed her first 3 songs with the help of match financing from FACTOR and collaborator Christopher Ward who executive produced and helped manage her career in Canada prior to her international success.

Myles’ first self titled album (1989) produced four Top 40 hits, “Love Is”, “Lover of Mine”, and “Still Got This Thing”, as well as the international classic hit, “Black Velvet”, won her a 1991 Grammy award for best rock vocalist for her evergreen song, along with several Juno Awards, and a Diamond award for sales in excess of one million in Canada - the only artist who still retains this status for a debut record. America’s ASCAP awarded the song a ‘Millionaire Award’ in 2005 for over five million radio plays of “Black Velvet”.
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