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Canadian Musicians You Oughta Know
1990 Céline Dion goes platinum in the United States for the first time with her album Unison. She remains the best-selling
In honor of Canada’s 150th birthday, here are 15 moments in musical history that shine the spotlight on our neighbors from the North.
Canadian artist of all time.
1991
2002
2011
Bryan Adams’ “(Everything
Avril Lavigne is the best-
Arcade Fire wins the Grammy
I Do) I Do It for You” tops the
selling artist of the year with
for Album of the Year with
Billboard charts for 7 weeks
her debut album, Let Go,
The Suburbs.
in the United States and 16
reaching platinum RIAA
consecutive weeks in the
certification four times.
1940
1969
1971
1982
At 14 years old, Oscar Peter-
Joni Mitchell wins her first
Neil Young records the iconic
Glenn Gould’s rerecording of
son wins the national music
Grammy Award—Best Folk
Bach’s Goldberg Variations wins
Canadian artists hold the
competition organized by the
Performance for Clouds.
Live at Massey Hall record where audiences are intro-
high praise at the Grammy
top four spots on Billboard’s
Canadian Broadcasting Com-
duced to hits like Old Man,
Awards. The next year, he is
Hot 100 chart for the first
pany, launching his career
Heart of Gold and Helpless for
posthumously inducted into
time: no. 1, “The Hills” by The
the first time.
the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Weeknd; no. 2, “What Do You
as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time.
1957
United Kingdom.
2015 T O P
Mean?” by Justin Bieber; no. 3, “Can’t Feel My Face”
Paul Anka reaches no. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart for the first time in his career with the song “Diana.”
1974
2005
Canadian rock band Rush
Diana Krall is made an Officer
debuts with their eponymous album, beginning a career that includes 10 platinum and 6 gold records in the United States
by The Weeknd; and no. 4, “Hotline Bling” by Drake.
of the Order of Canada,
1996
the country’s second highest civilian honor for merit.
Shania Twain wins the Grammy for Best Country Album, The Woman in Me, en route to becoming one of the bestselling female country musicians of all time. Meanwhile, Alanis
T O P
Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill takes the Grammy for Album T O P
of the Year.
— C O M P I L E D BY RYA N C H E N, P H D C A N D I DAT E , M A N AG E M E N T S C I E N C E A N D E N G I N E E R I N G
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