Leah Daniels

Leah Daniels (born December 25, 1987)[1] is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter. She is an independent recording artist. Her self-titled debut was released in November 2011 and her debut single was released in February 2012. She released her first music video titled "Suspicious Minds" on November 2, 2011 on CMT, Canada.

Leah Daniels
Background information
Born (1987-12-25) December 25, 1987
OriginUxbridge, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
Years active1996–present
LabelsIndependent
Associated acts

Early life and education

Leah Daniels grew up on a small farm in Uxbridge, Ontario. Daniels was constantly surrounded by music and singing. She was introduced to music at an early age by a grandfather who taught her how to yodel and an uncle who schooled her in classic rock. She began to write songs at age 12 preferring music that incorporated a country pop music sound.

Daniels began performing as a young girl in choirs and singing competitions. Her first exposure to country music came at age 10 singing at the CNE Open Country singing contest. While attending school in Uxbridge, Ontario Leah began to perform in musicals. She performed roles as Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady", Sandy in "Grease" and Anita in "West Side Story".[2] Her first professional singing job was at a dinner theatre called, "Al Capone’s Birthday". Soon after this at age 18 Leah was hired to work as a singer/dancer in the shows "School of Rock" and "Twistin’ to the Sixties" at a theme park called Canada's Wonderland. Here Leah met and began to sing with the musicians who form her current band.

In 2005 Daniels studied musical theatre at Sheridan College and the following year she studied voice at Humber College. At this point in 2007 Leah left school to pursue her ambition of writing, recording and releasing her own original music. In 2008, she recorded and released her first 3-song Demo "No Escape". It was considered to be mostly pop/R&B but one song "Perfect World" stood out as almost having a country flavour.[3] The positive feedback to "Perfect World" inspired Leah to focus on country music writing at this point.

Career

In 2010, Daniels began to perform regularly as a country artist. She won the Durham Region Music Award for Country Artist of the Year. She also performed at the Havelock Country Jamboree alongside such music legends as Dwight Yoakam and Tanya Tucker.[4] She followed this with a September 2010 appearance in the New Artist Showcase at the 2010 CCMA Music Week.[5]

She began to build a motivated fan base on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube recording several music videos and posting them. Leah also began to write and record her debut CD with friend, musician and producer Sam Ellis. Sam is known as a member of the Hunter Hayes Band. The recording was finished in mid-2011 and the first song/video, "Suspicious Minds" was released to CMT Canada and YouTube in November 2011.'Suspicious Minds" was a remake of the Elvis Presley classic song of the same title.

Leah made her debut TV appearance on March 3, 2012 on the CTV Saskatchewan Telemiracle broadcast. Leah Daniels released her second song/video, "One Night" to CMT Canada and YouTube June 8, 2012.'

One song from her new CD, "Still" has been featured on the CMT (Canada) show "Unstable".

Other projects

Daniels performed with the tour act God Made Me Funky during 2008 and 2009. She still performs occasionally with them. Leah recorded on the group's 4th album "Welcome to Nufunktonia", released in 2009. In 2010 she performed and toured with a "Hannah Montana" tribute show.[6] That same year she also appeared as a background vocalist for the Canadian Band, IllScarlett for their performance at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Discography

Studio albums
Title Details
What It Feels Like
  • Release date: October 23, 2015
  • Label: Spin Music
Title Details
The Story
  • Release date: May 25, 2018
  • Label: LDM Entertainment

Singles
Year Single Peak positions Album
CAN Country
2011 "Suspicious Minds" — N/A
2012 "One Night" —
"Where Do I Go" (with Ryan Laird) —
2014 "Go Back" 20 What It Feels Like
2015 "Dream Without You" —
"Old Piano" —
2016 "Your Kiss Is Killing Me" —
2016 "Salt Water" 69
2018 "Slow Hand"(with Jason Benoit) 61 N/A
2018 "1st" — The Story
2019 "Together" —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos
Year Video Director
2011 "Suspicious Minds" Eady Bros.
2012 "One Night" Skye Sweetnam
"Where Do I Go" (with Ryan Laird) Tim Deegan
2013 "We Got Snow"
2014 "Go Back" Margaret Malandruccolo
2015 "Dream Without You" Tim Deegan
"Old Piano"
2016 "Your Kiss Is Killing Me"
"Salt Water"
2018 "1st"
2019 "Together"

Other album appearances
Year Song Album
2011 "All Songs" Welcome to Newfunktonia, God Made Me Funky

Awards and nominations
Year Association Category Result
2010 Durham Region Music Award Country Artist of the Year Won
2013 Canadian Country Music Association Interactive Artist of the Year Nominated
2014 Nominated
2015 Rising Star Nominated
Interactive Artist of the Year Nominated
Country Music Association of Ontario Rising Star Won
Songwriter of the Year (shared with Beverley Mahood and Bruce Wallace) Nominated
2016 Canadian Radio Music Awards Factor's Breakthrough Artist of the Year Won
Country Music Association of Ontario Female Artist of the Year Won
Songwriter of the Year (shared with Beverley Mahood and Patricia Conroy) Nominated
Single of the Year – Go Back Nominated
Album of the Year – What It Feels Like Nominated
Video of the Year– Old Piano Nominated
Canadian Country Music Association Interactive Artist of the Year Nominated
2017 Country Music Association of Ontario Female Artist of the Year Nominated
Producer of the Year (shared with The Agenda) Nominated
2019 Female Artist of the Year Nominated
Album of the Year – The Story Nominated
Video of the Year – 1st Nominated
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References
  1. "Leah Daniels Celebrates Her Birthday on Christmas Day". Leahdaniels.com. December 26, 2011. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  2. Boyce, Conrad (February 28, 2008). "When Did They Grow Up?". Uxbridge Cosmos.
  3. Hayward, Jeff (February 28, 2008). "Hey, hey Leah!: Uxbridge singer holds CD release party Saturday". Uxbridge Times Journal. Metroland Media Group.
  4. Hoult, Mark (August 19, 2010). "Country crooners vie for coveted jamboree spot". Communitypress.ca. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  5. Mills, Brandi (July 19, 2010). "New Artist Showcase Line-Up Announced for Country Music Week 2010". Canadian Country Music Association. Archived from the original (Press release) on September 7, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  6. "Leah Daniels Bio". Leahdaniels.blogspot.com. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
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