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Amanda Marshall
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| Amanda Marshall | |
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 Self-titled debut album Amanda Marshall 1995 |
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| Country | Toronto, Ontario Canada  |
| Years active | 1995-Present |
| Genres | adult contemporary, R&B |
| Labels | Sony Records |
Amanda Marshall (born August 29, 1972 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian pop-rock singer.
Marshall studied music extensively in childhood, including at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. While performing on the Queen Street West bar scene in her teens, she met guitarist Jeff Healey, who was struck by her powerful voice and took her on tour. She was offered a record deal by Columbia Records in 1991, but chose to wait a few years.
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In 1995, Marshall signed to Sony Records, and released her self-titled debut album that year. The album was a massive hit in Canada, spawning six Top 40 hits -- "Let It Rain", "Beautiful Goodbye", "Dark Horse", "Fall From Grace", "Sitting on Top of the World" and "Birmingham", which remains her biggest hit internationally.
In 1999, she released her follow-up album, Tuesday's Child. It followed in the same vein as her debut, with a mix of soulful pop songs and ballads, characterizing her powerful voice.
Her song "Ride" would be featured in the The Replacements and on its soundtrack. Another one of Marshall's Canadian hits, "Believe In You," was featured on one episode of Touched By An Angel. Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi was the guest guitarist on the track called "Why Don't You Love Me".
In 2001, she released her third album, Everybody's Got a Story. It marked a change in style and sound for Marshall, with a noticeable R&B influence. Her singles "Everybody's Got a Story" and "Sunday Morning After" received major Canadian airplay.
In 2003, she released a greatest hits album entitled Intermission.
Marshall is multiracial; her father is Caucasian and her mother is Caribbean-Canadian.
- 1995: Amanda Marshall
- 1999: Tuesday's Child
- 2001: Everybody's Got a Story
- 2003: Intermission: The Singles Collection
- 2006: Collections (Greatest Hits)
- 1995: Let It Rain (#14 Canada)
- 1996: Birmingham (#10 Canada)
- 1996: Fall From Grace (#11 Canada)
- 1996: Beautiful Goodbye (#16 Canada / #22 The Netherlands)
- 1996: Dark Horse (#12 Canada)
- 1997: Sitting On Top Of The World (#8 Canada)
- 1997: Trust Me (This Is Love)
- 1997: This Could Take All Night
- 1997: I'll Be Okay (My Best Friend's Wedding OST)
- 1998: Believe In You (#16 Canada)
- 1999: Love Lift Me (#13 Canada)
- 1999: If I Didn't Have You
- 2000: Shades Of Gray (#34 Canada)
- 2000: Why Don't You Love Me?
- 2001: Everybody's Got A Story (#6 Canada)
- 2002: Sunday Morning After (#20 Canada)
- 2002: Double Agent
- 2003: Marry Me
- 2003: The Voice Inside
- 2005: Until We Fall In