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Johnny Reid (born August 21, 1974 in Lanark, Scotland, UK[1]) is a country music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. Reid moved to Canada in July, 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he didn't think they would have in Scotland. Reid, went on to attend Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec, where he met his wife (and was a kicker on the varsity football team).[2] He was nominated for the 2008 Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year for Kicking Stones. Reid was named Male Artist of the Year at both the 2008 and 2009 CCMA Awards.Contents [hide]1 Music career
1.1 Another Day, Another Dime and Johnny Reid
1.2 Born to Roll
1.3 Kicking Stones and Dance with Me
1.4 A Place Called Love
2 Awards < Nominations
3 Discography
3.1 Studio albums
3.2 Christmas albums
3.3 Singles
3.4 Guest singles
4 Band
5 References
6 External links
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Music career
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Another Day, Another Dime and Johnny Reid
Reid's debut album, Another Day, Another Dime, was released in 1997 on JCD Records. No singles were ever released from the album. However, it was his second album, which was self-titled and released in 2000, where he saw minimal chart success. Three singles from this album were released and all three of which charted. The lead-off and debut single, "Given Up on Me", was a minor hit on the RPM Country Tracks chart. It reached a peak of #45. A second single, "Runnin' Wild" charted even lower at #50. The albums third and final single, "She Don't Wanna Hear", just missed the Top 40 of the country chart, peaking at #41.
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Born to Roll
Reid's first single in four years, "You Still Own Me", was released in 2004. It was the lead-off single to his third studio album, Born to Roll. The charted in the 20 of the Canadian country charts. Born to Roll was released on March 15, 2005, via Open Road Recordings, and peaked at #5 on the Canadian Top Country Albums chart. A second single, "Sixty to Zero", charted to #19, however it was the albums third single to get Reid into the Top 10 of the charts. "Missing an Angel" eventually reached #6 on the charts, giving him his first Top 10 single of his career. A fourth single, "Time Flies", also managed to chart in the Top 10, peaking at #9. A fifth and final single, "Gypsy in My Soul", only made #12. Born to Roll became his first certified album, being certified Gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA).
In 2007, Canadian music group Emerson Drive covered "You Still Own Me". They took the song to #22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
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Kicking Stones and Dance with Me
In 2007, a new single entitled "Love Sweet Love", would be released and act as the lead-off single to Kicking Stones, which was released on April 10, 2007. The single peaked at #11 on the Canadian country charts and was followed by a string of Top 20 singles. The second single, the albums title track, reached #13, and "Darlin'", the albums third single, became Reid's first Top 5 single. Two additional singles, "Thank You" and "Out of the Blue", were released, peaking at #13 and #7 on the charts, respectively.
Reid's fifth studio album, Dance with Me, was released in March 2009, and debuted at #1 on the Canadian Top Country Albums chart and #3 on the Canadian Albums Chart. "A Woman Like You" was released as the first single from the album and reached #4 on the country charts, peaking #4 in 2009. The title track was then released and reached #10, followed by "Old Flame", which has so far peaked in the Top 10.
A Christmas album, entitled Christmas, was released November 10, 2009. Reid's first live DVD, Live at the Jubilee was released on February 9, 2010.
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A Place Called Love
In 2010, Johnny Reid signed with EMI for the release of his next studio album, A Place Called Love, set for release August 31, 2010. The first single, "Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World" was released on June 7. The album is expected to be released in the United States in 2011.[3]
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Awards < NominationsYear Award Organization
2010 WINNER Country Album Of The Year
* Dance With Me Junos
NOMINATIONS Album Of The Year
* Dance With Me
Artist Of The Year
Fans' Choice Award CCMA
Single Of The Year
* Dance With Me
Songwriters Of The Year
* Dance With Me
Video Of The Year
* Dance With Me
2009 WINNER Album Of The Year
* Dance With Me CCMA
Video Of The Year
* A Woman Like You
Male Artist Of The Year
Fans' Choice Award
NOMINATIONS Single Of The Year
* A Woman Like You
2008 WINNER Male Artist Of The Year CCMA
Top Selling Album Of The Year
* Kicking Stones
NOMINATIONS Country Recording Of The Year
* Kicking Stones Junos
Album Of The Year
* Kicking Stones CCMA
2007 WINNER Independent Male Artist Of The Year CCMA
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Discography
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Studio albumsYear Album details Peak positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
CAN
1997 Another Day, Another Dime
Release date: 1997
Label: JCD —
2000 Johnny Reid
Release date: 2000
Label: JCD —
2005 Born to Roll
Release date: March 15, 2005
Label: Open Road — CAN: Gold
2007 Kicking Stones
Release date: April 10, 2007
Label: Open Road 21 CAN: Platinum
2009 Dance with Me
Release date: March 10, 2009
Label: Open Road 3 CAN: 2x Platinum
2010 A Place Called Love
Release date: August 31, 2010
Label: EMI 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
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Christmas albumsYear Album details Peak positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
CAN
2009 Christmas
Release date: November 10, 2009
Label: Open Road 7 CAN: Platinum
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SinglesYear Single Peak positions Album
CAN Country CAN
1999 "Given Up on Me" 45 — Johnny Reid
2000 "Runnin' Wild" 50 —
"She Don't Wanna Hear" 41 —
2004 "You Still Own Me" * — Born to Roll
2005 "Sixty to Zero" * —
"Missing an Angel" * —
2006 "Time Flies" * —
"Gypsy in My Soul" * —
2007 "Love Sweet Love" * — Kicking Stones
"Kicking Stones" * —
"Darlin'" * 57
2008 "Thank You" * 82
"Out of the Blue" * 80
2009 "A Woman Like You" * 51 Dance with Me
"Dance with Me" * 66
"Old Flame" * 85
2010 "Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World" * 41 A Place Called Love
"Let's Go Higher"A *
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
"*" denotes unknown peak positions
ACurrent single.
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Guest singlesYear Single Artist Album
2010 "You Tell Me" Terri Clark The Long Way Home
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Band
Ben Rutz (Violin)
Dave Cohen (Keyboards/Accordion)
Yvan Petit (Lead Guitar)
Charles Fields (Drums/Percussion)
Nick Czarnogorski (Bass)
Saidah Baba Talibah (Backup Vocals)
Miku Graham (Backup Vocals)
Mike Norman (Sax, Acoustic guitar)
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