Crystal Shawanda

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Crystal Shawanda

Background information
Origin Wikwemikong, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s) Country
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals
Years active 2008 – present
Label(s) RCA Nashville

Crystal Shawanda is a country music singer-songwriter from Wikwemikong, Ontario, Canada.[1] CMT documented her rise to fame in the six-part series Crystal: Living the Dream, which aired in February 2008.[2] Signed to RCA Records in 2007, she released her debut single, "You Can Let Go," in Canada in January 2008.[3] It is the fastest climbing single on the Canadian Country Singles Chart since Carolyn Dawn Johnson's "Georgia" in 2000, reaching the Top 10 in 5 weeks.[4] It was released in the United States on March 17, 2008.[5]

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[edit] Native American Heritage

Shawanda is a full-blooded Native American from the Ojibwe tribe, her surname, Shawanda, translates to "Dawn of a New Day."[6]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year Album Chart Positions Label
CAN Country US Country US 200
2008 Dawn of a New Day To be released RCA Nashville

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Positions Album
CAN Country CAN Hot 100 US Country
2008 "You Can Let Go"A 5 60 36 Dawn of a New Day
"What Do I Have to Do"B
  • A Current single in the US.
  • B Current single in Canada.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Artists to Watch in 2008 (Part 4 of 5): New Faces
  2. ^ From Manitoulin Island to Music Row Crystal is living the dream on CMT
  3. ^ MAGMEDIA: Canadian > Crystal Shawanda > You Can Let Go
  4. ^ Crystal Clearly Doing Great
  5. ^ MusicRow Singles Calendar
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ Shawanda's Set to Shake Up the Charts Again


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