The Wilkinsons
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| The Wilkinsons | |
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| Origin | Belleville, Ontario, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Country |
| Years active | 1998-present |
| Label(s) | Giant BNA Open Road Fontana North |
| Associated acts | Motion Picture Ending[1] |
| Website | www.wilkinsonsonline.net |
| Members | |
| Amanda Wilkinson Steve Wilkinson Tyler Wilkinson |
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The Wilkinsons are a country music trio hailing from Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1998, the group comprises lead singer Amanda Wilkinson, her brother Tyler Wilkinson, and their dad, Steve Wilkinson. The Wilkinsons broke through in late 1998 with the hit single "26 Cents", a Number One on the Canadian country music charts and Top 5 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.
Although their U.S. success waned after "26 Cents", The Wilkinsons have continued to chart singles in their native Canada. Lead singer Amanda Wilkinson has also created several solo recordings in addition to her career in The Wilkinsons.
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[edit] Music
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The Wilkinsons' debut album, Nothing But Love, went to #16 on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts in 1998. The trio have been nominated for the Country Music Association's Horizon Award and Vocal Group of the Year and for Single of the Year by the Academy of Country Music Awards. Their second album, Here and Now, won the Canadian Country Music Association award for Best Album. The band has earned 9 Canadian Country Music Awards, one Juno Award, and two Grammy nominations (both for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group). [1]
In 2007, The Wilkinsons won Independent Group of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards.
[edit] Reality television
The Wilkinsons are also the subject of a fictionalized "reality" television program on the CMT Canada network, The Wilkinsons. The show follows the family as they move back to The Quinte Area, Ontario from Nashville, Tennessee. In 2006, the show was nominated for Country Music Program or Special of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | Certification | Label | ||||
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| CAN Country | US Country | US 200 | US Heat | RIAA | CIAA | |||
| 1998 | Nothing But Love | 4 | 16 | 133 | 4 | Gold | Gold | Giant |
| 2000 | Here and Now | 5 | 13 | 114 | 2 | |||
| 2001 | Shine | |||||||
| 2005 | Highway | Open Road | ||||||
| 2007 | Home | 10 | Fontana North | |||||
| 2008 | Greatest Hits | To be released[2] | ||||||
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | ||
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| CAN Country | US Country | US Hot 100 | |||
| 1998 | "26 Cents" | 1 | 3 | 55 | Nothing But Love |
| "Fly (The Angel Song)" | 1 | 15 | 53 | ||
| 1999 | "Boy Oh Boy" | 3 | 50 | ||
| "The Yodelin' Blues" | 45 | ||||
| "Nothing but Love (Standing in the Way)" | 12 | ||||
| 2000 | "Jimmy's Got a Girlfriend" | 11 | 34 | Here and Now | |
| "Shame on Me" | 10 | 49 | |||
| "1999"A | |||||
| 2001 | "I Wanna Be That Girl" | 51 | Shine | ||
| 2004 | "L.A." | Highway | |||
| "Little Girl" | 22 | ||||
| 2005 | "Leaving Song" | ||||
| 2006 | "Six Pack" | Home | |||
| "Fast Car" | |||||
| 2007 | "Papa Come Quick" | 33 | |||
| "Nobody Died" | 23 | ||||
| 2008 | "Closets" | ||||
- A"1999" failed to chart in the U.S.
