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Dallas Smith


Juno 2014 Country Artist of The Year
www.dallassmithmusic.com
Juno Winning Album-LIFTED
Last Date Changed: Sunday, March 15, 2015


ASDallasSmithJunoWinnerCountryAlbum2015.jpg Dallas Smith, born December 4, 1977, is a Canadian rock and country singer-songwriter from Langley, British Columbia. He has been raising to the top of country music in Canada in the past few years, and received the prestegious Juno 2015 Award for Country Music Album of the Year on March 14, 2015. He is best known as the lead vocalist for alternative rock band DEFAULT. Default are best known for their number on single, Wasting My Time.

Dallas signed to 604 Records/Universal Music Canada and released his solo debut country album, JUMPED RIGHT IN in May 2012. The album has since sold over 100,000 digital singles and generated five singles on the Canadian Hot 100. At the end of 2012, Media base named Dallas the most played Canadian country act and No 8 overall at the format. In 2013, Smith was nominated for Male Artist , Album of the year and single of the year by the Canadian Country Music Association.

During 2012 & 2013 , Dallas performed at numerous Canadian music festivals, one tour of which he sold out a Cannadian tour with Bob Seger. He also supported country music singer Jason Aldean in Dawson Creek in B.C.

In October 2013, Smith signed with Republic Nashville and released his first American single. TIPPIN' POINT. It was written by Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of GEORGEIA LINE with JAREN JOHNSTON. He released the single in Canada and received extensive airplay, including 3 others. The title trck was a top 5 single on Canadian Country radio and was pronounced as the fastest country single to be Certified Gold by Music Canada. And again later, the single ranked No 1 on CMT Canada and became certified Platinum. The follow-up single, SLOW ROLLIN' released in March 2014 was a top 5 single in Canada and another single entitled, A GIRL LIKE YOU was released in June 2014.

In 2014, Dallas entered a recording studio in Nashville to record his second full length album with producer, Joey Moi. The album, LIFTED, was released on November 25, 2014, and he released the first single off the album, WASTIN' GAS on October 28, 2014.

Dallas married his longtime girlfriend Kristen in 2012 and has a son named Carson. In 2014, Kristen gave birth to their baby girl, Vayda.

 

Profile By: John Gavin


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