Alannah Myles

About Alannah Myles

Who is it?: Singer
Birth Day: December 25, 1958
Birth Place: Toronto, Canadian
Birth Sign: Capricorn
Birth name: Alannah Byles
Genres: Rock, pop, blues
Occupation(s): Singer-songwriter, actress
Years active: 1989–present
Labels: Atlantic Records
Website: www.alannahmyles.com

Alannah Myles Net Worth

Alannah Myles was born on December 25, 1958 in Toronto, Canadian, is Singer. Alannah Myles can be termed as one of the most ‘phenomenal’ musicians that Canada has ever produced. Although she struggled for a long time to make her mark in the music industry, Myles achieved great success towards the later part of life. During her younger years, Myles had even tried modelling and acting. Before she became a popular name in the Canadian music circles, Alannah performed at various venues such as nightclubs, bars, coffee houses and many similar places. Her song ‘Black Velvet’ from an album of the same name became one of the most aired songs on radio, at the time of its launch. Alannah’s talent has been recognized by the jury members of various award ceremonies, who have felicitated her time and again for the contribution towards music. The most prestigious award she won was the ‘Grammy’. Myles is known for leading the lifestyle of a typical bohemian. Many are of the opinion that her dedication towards music could be the reason behind her remaining a bachelor. She lives with her cat named Ariel, who is believed to be the love of her life. To know more about her life and works read on the following biography.
Alannah Myles is a member of Singers

💰Alannah Myles Net worth: $5 Million

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Biography/Timeline

1984

Myles began writing songs around age nine, performing in a songwriting group for the Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto at age 12. At 18 she began performing solo gigs in southern Ontario, eventually meeting Christopher Ward, a WMG recording Artist and Songwriter. With Ward's help, she formed her own band and performed cover versions of rock and blues songs, while polishing her own material. By her mid-20s, she and Ward collaborated with David Tyson to produce the eponymously titled debut album, Alannah Myles. She appeared in a 1984 episode of the television series The Kids of Degrassi Street, in which she played the role of an aspiring singer and single mother and was featured in several TV and film productions as a guest host and actor prior to becoming a recording Artist.

1987

In fall of 1987, Warner Music Canada's Director of artists and repertoire (A&R), Bob Roper, sent the three-song video package to all of Warner Music Group's U.S. affiliates, which garnered a contract for seven or eight years from Atlantic Records (WMG), given by head of A&R Tunc Erim and Atlantic label founder Ahmet Ertegun. Myles left her acting career, co-wrote and recorded the remainder of her first album with Christopher Ward and Producer David Tyson. In 1989, Atlantic Records released her eponymous debut album and Myles toured internationally for 18 months. Her first album was awarded the Diamond Award for sales of over one million units; she is the only Canadian debut Artist to attain that award. Her first album was reported to have sold upwards of 6 million copies internationally and remains a classic-selling album.

1989

In May 1989, Warner Music in Canada released Alannah Myles which produced four Top 40 hits, including "Love Is", "Lover Of Mine", "Still Got This Thing" and her number-one classic rock hit, "Black Velvet". Atlantic Records' 1989 debut album release was ineligible for Grammy nominations until the early 1990 U.S. single release "Black Velvet" became a number-one hit, claiming ASCAP's most played song on radio for 1989 and 1990. By 2000, it had received ASCAP Millionaire Award for over five million radio airplays. "Black Velvet" won Myles the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Performance in 1991 and three Juno Awards.

1992

In 1992, Myles was nominated for a second Grammy award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the track "Rockinghorse", the B-side of "Song Instead of a Kiss", the lead-off single from her second CD Rockinghorse. "Song Instead Of a Kiss", written and composed by Myles, Nancy Simmonds, and Canadian poet Robert Priest, was a 60-piece orchestrated ballad that reached number one on several radio stations around the globe but was met with little response in America, whose audiences were accustomed to "that slow southern style" of "Black Velvet". The album, released that year, included the other hit singles "Our World, Our Times", and "Sonny, Say You Will". Myles received a Grammy nomination for Rockinghorse and several global awards, including a Juno and Much Music's People's Choice Award for "Our World, Our Times".

1995

In 1995, she released her final album on Atlantic Records before being released from the label, granting Warner/Atlantic a Best Of CD after only three records. The A-lan-nah album, which contained no Top 40 singles, included two tracks which made it into the Top 100 – "Family Secret" and "Blow Wind, Blow". In 1997, she terminated her eight-record contract with Atlantic Records with the help of her then-manager Miles Copeland III, who immediately signed her to his own Ark 21 Records. On Ark 21, she released A Rival, which contained the Top 40 hit "Bad 4 You", written and recorded by Myles, Desmond Child, and Eric Bazilian at Copeland's Castle Songwriting Retreat at Grand Brassac, France. The "A Rival" album agreement with Miles Copeland III, Ark 21 Records was successfully terminated in 2014 with 100% copyright reversions returned to Alannah Myles by 2015 and re-released on Myles's independently owned label, Fascinate inc.

1998

After the release of "A Rival", Myles released two Best Of compilations, in 1998 and 2001, and both featuring two new songs, and then left Ark 21 Records. She maintained a low profile for almost a decade but gigged around Canada and Europe during this time. In 2001, Myles duetted with Saga frontman Michael Sadler on a cover of Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush's "Don't Give Up", released as a b-side to the Saga single "Money Talks". In 2004, she released a cover of "I Can't Stand The Rain", with Jeff Healey on guitar, for a Tina Turner tribute album What's Love? A Tribute To Tina Turner.

2005

In February 2005, together with the Swedish band Kee Marcello's K2, she participated in the third semi-final of Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Their selection, "We Got It All," scored very few points and finished seventh out of eight songs, yet it managed to dominate the leading newspaper and media headlines in Sweden.

2007

Myles's first new solo release in a decade was an Elvis Tribute EP, released on iTunes in August 2007, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Elvis' death. The EP features a re-recording of her signature song "Black Velvet", as well as two new songs. All three of them were later included on her next album.

2008

In the spring of 2008, Myles released the CD Black Velvet on Linus Entertainment, which resulted in a staggered release internationally while the indie label merged with Canada's True North Records, followed by a video for the song "Trouble" featuring a jug band performance. "Trouble" was awarded an 'Honourable Mention' as a finalist in the blues category at the 2009 International Songwriting Contest. Myles won the 15th annual USA Songwriting Competition for both Best Rock/Alternative Song as well as grand prize finalist for a selection, written and composed jointly with Nancy Simmonds for her "Black Velvet" CD, titled "Give Me Love."

2013

After terminating a six-year lease with Canadian indie label Linus Entertainment in August 2013, Myles's "Black Velvet" album was retitled "85bpm", repackaged for her 25th Anniversary with new images photographed by fellow Canadian Deborah Samuel. A newly recorded song written by Anne Peebles, produced by Michael Borkosky, "Can't Stand the Rain" was added to "85bpm" featuring a solo played by Canadian Guitarist Jeff Healey, re-released on Myles's independently owned label, Fascinate inc., digitally distributed by Tuncecore.com, with audio CDs and a 25th Anniversary live concert DVD, both distributed by Amazon.com in the USA. Myles intends one day to create a fundraising campaign to record a contemporary vintage-styled blues CD featuring collaborations co-written during nine years of "Songwriting Mondays".