Canadian Music List of Top 25 Canadian Artists

Here is the List of Top 25 Canadian Artists:

Rank	Artist	Famous Music
1	Drake	“Hotline Bling”, “God’s Plan”
2	The Weeknd	“Blinding Lights”, “Starboy”
3	Celine Dion	“My Heart Will Go On”, “The Power of Love”
4	Justin Bieber	“Sorry”, “Love Yourself”
5	Leonard Cohen	“Hallelujah”, “Suzanne”
6	Joni Mitchell	“Big Yellow Taxi”, “A Case of You”
7	Shania Twain	“Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”, “You’re Still the One”
8	Neil Young	“Heart of Gold”, “Rockin’ in the Free World”
9	Bryan Adams	“Summer of ’69”, “Everything I Do (I Do It for You)”
10	Alanis Morissette	“Ironic”, “You Oughta Know”
11	Rush	“Tom Sawyer”, “Limelight”
12	Arcade Fire	“Wake Up”, “The Suburbs”
13	Nickelback	“How You Remind Me”, “Photograph”
14	Michael Bublé	“Feeling Good”, “Haven’t Met You Yet”
15	Sarah McLachlan	“Angel”, “Building a Mystery”
16	Avril Lavigne	“Complicated”, “Sk8er Boi”
17	Gordon Lightfoot	“Sundown”, “If You Could Read My Mind”
18	Anne Murray	“Snowbird”, “You Needed Me”
19	Alessia Cara	“Scars to Your Beautiful”, “Here”
20	Shawn Mendes	“Stitches”, “In My Blood”
21	Carly Rae Jepsen	“Call Me Maybe”, “Run Away with Me”
22	The Tragically Hip	“Ahead by a Century”, “Bobcaygeon”
23	Nelly Furtado	“I’m Like a Bird”, “Promiscuous”
24	Barenaked Ladies	“One Week”, “If I Had $1000000”
25	Blue Rodeo	“Try”, “Lost Together”

Canadian Music: From Folk Traditions to International Pop Stars

Canadian Music: Music in Canada reflects a blend of influences from Indigenous Peoples, Irish, British, and French cultures, as well as American influences due to proximity. America also influences Canadian music because they are close. Since the 1600s, Canada has had its composers and musicians. Different parts of Canada have their music scenes.

The Juno Awards and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame celebrate Canadian musicians. “O Canada” became Canada’s national anthem in 1980, but patriotic music in Canada has been around for over 200 years. Let us learn more!

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Year Event 1867 Confederation: Music-making in Canada started before Confederation. Early settlers brought their own traditions. Aboriginal peoples also performed music socially and ceremonially for centuries. 1890 Canadian piano boom begins: Canadian pianos became popular because they were strong and could handle tough weather. 1902 Oldest orchestra in Canada formed: The Société symphonique de Québec was the first orchestra in Canada. 1918 Sir Ernest MacMillan earns Oxford doctorate while interned as prisoner of war: During WWI, he was a prisoner of war in Germany and still led music performances. 1920 Robert Nathaniel Dett writes essay “The Emancipation of Negro Music”: A Canadian composer wrote a famous essay about African American music. 1923 Toronto Symphony Orchestra forms: The Toronto Symphony Orchestra gave its first concert. 1939 Claude Champagne returns to Montreal: A composer comes back to Montreal and teaches music. 1945 Hugh Le Caine invents the “electronic sackbut”: A Canadian made the first voltage-controlled synthesizer. 1960 The rise of Canadian female composers: Women composers became more important in Canada. 1962 Oscar Peterson writes “Hymn To Freedom”: A song he wrote became important during the civil rights movement. 1964 Buffy Sainte-Marie releases “Universal Soldier” 1965 Anne of Green Gables–The Musical opens in PEI 1968 Robert Charlebois releases “Lindberg” 1970 Anne Murray’s “Snowbird” is certified gold by the RIAA 1970 The Guess Who releases “American Woman” 1971 R. Murray Schafer composes No Longer Than 10 Minutes 1978 TSO becomes the first Canadian orchestra to tour China after the Cultural Revolution 1979 National Film Board releases Log Driver’s Waltz 1980 Healey Willan & Emma Albani become first Canadian musicians featured on a Canada Post stamp 1980 “O Canada” becomes official national anthem 1981 Rush releases Moving Pictures 1983 The Tragically Hip forms in Kingston 1984 Leonard Cohen releases “Hallelujah” 1985 Angela Hewitt wins Toronto International Bach Competition 1996 Canadian women dominate the GRAMMY® Awards 1997 Lilith Fair goes on tour 1999 Céline Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” wins two GRAMMY® Awards 1999 Howard Cable appointed member of the Order of Canada 2006 Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts opens in Toronto 2013 Mychael Danna wins an Oscar and Golden Globe for Life of Pi score 2014 Tanya Tagaq wins the Polaris Music Prize 2016 Yannick Nézet-Séguin named Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera 2016 Drake releases his fourth studio album, Views 2017 Canada Mosaic...

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Canadian Music List of Top 25 Canadian Artists

Canadian Music: From Folk Traditions to International Pop Stars

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