Alyssa Reid is a Canadian singer and songwriter born in Edmonton, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

. Her debut television appearance was on the television show Party Mamas. She was a finalist on The Next Star

The Next Star

The Next Star is a Canadian reality television show on YTV hosted by Adamo Ruggiero. The show is a competition to find the most talented singer in Canada who is under 15 years of age. The next star inspires many to come and audition for their chance to win the next star. Winning contestants are...

, a Canadian reality television show on YTV. She is signed to Canadian record label Wax Records. She currently lives in Brampton

Brampton, Ontario

Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2006 census, Brampton's population stood at 433,806, making it the 11th largest city in Canada. It is also one of Canada's fastest growing municipalities, with an average...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, a suburb in the Greater Toronto Area

Greater Toronto Area

The Greater Toronto Area is the largest metropolitan area in Canada, with a 2006 census population of 5.5 million. The Greater Toronto Area is usually defined as the central city of Toronto, along with four regional municipalities surrounding it: Durham, Halton, Peel, and York...

. She attended the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School, then transferred to Chinguacousy Secondary School.

Music

She first appeared on the Canadian music charts with her single If You Are, released in the summer of 2010. This release was quickly followed by her joining Emily Osment

Emily Osment

Emily Jordan Osment is an American teen actress, singer-songwriter and voice actress born in Los Angeles, California. After working in several television films in her childhood, she gained fame for co-starring as Gerti Giggles in Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over...

, Danny Fernandes

Danny Fernandes

Daniel Bosco Fernandes is a Canadian singer and songwriter of Portuguese descent. He is signed to CP Records.-Career:...

, The New Cities

The New Cities

The New Cities is a Juno Award and ADISQ Award nominated band originating from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada and currently based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The current members of The New Cities are David Brown, Christian Bergeron, Nicolas Denis, Francis Fugere, Philippe Lachance, and Julien...

, and labelmate Jesse Labelle on the national Much Music SodaPop tour. In December 2010, she joined Danny Fernandes and JRDN

JRDN

Ralph Jordan Croucher better known by his stage name JRDN is a Canadian recording artist. Croucher’s upbringing was split between Halifax, Nova Scotia and Toronto, Ontario, Canada...

 on the cross-Canada AutomaticLUV

AutomaticLUV

AutomaticLUV is the second studio album by Danny Fernandes. The album features the single, "Automatic" which peaked at #41 on the Canadian Hot 100. It was released on November 2, 2010. The second single "Take Me Away" is peaked at #39 on the Canadian Hot 100.-Track listing:-Chart positions:...

 tour.

Her single "Alone Again

Alone Again (Alyssa Reid song)

"Alone Again" is a 2010 single by Alyssa Reid featuring P. Reign largely sampling on the lyrics and music of the Heart 1987 song "Alone" but with a lot of added lyrics and rap segments not found in the Heart song....

" ft. P. Reign

P. Reign

P. Reign is a Canadian hip hop artist, songwriter and rapper of Guyanese origin. He is signed with Reps Up Records..-Career:...

, released in November 2010, samples lyrics from Heart's 1987 hit "Alone

Alone (Heart song)

-Céline Dion version:Céline Dion covered "Alone" for her 2007 album Taking Chances. It was released as the second single in Europe and North America, and third in the United Kingdom...

". The song entered the Canadian Hot 100

Canadian Hot 100

The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...

 at #79 for the week of January 1, 2011 and peaked at #11 the week of April 23, 2011. As of the week of September 24, 2011, the single has spent 39 weeks on the chart. It is a certified Platinum record in Canada.

In February 2011 she reached #1 on Billboard's

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

 "Canadian Emerging Artist" chart. Her newest single "The Game" was released on May 31, 2011 and entered the Canadian Hot 100 at #89 for the week of August 3, 2011, peaking at #35 as of the week of September 24, 2011.

Currently Alyssa Reid is being managed by CP Records

CP Records

CP Records, formerly known as Capital Prophet Records, is a Canadian independent record label. It was founded in 2002 in Ottawa, Ontario by Tony Sal. It is now headquartered in Toronto, Ontario...

 Management.

Studio albums

Year	Information	Canada Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...
2011	The Game First studio album Released: June 21, 2011 Label: Wax Records Format: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , iTunes ITunes iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....	25

Nominations

Year	Award	Nominated Work	Result
2011	Much Music Video Awards Pop Video of the Year	Alone Again

Singles

Year	Title	Peak	Certifications	Album
		CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...
2010	"If You Are"	—		If You Are - EP
2011	"Alone Again Alone Again (Alyssa Reid song) "Alone Again" is a 2010 single by Alyssa Reid featuring P. Reign largely sampling on the lyrics and music of the Heart 1987 song "Alone" but with a lot of added lyrics and rap segments not found in the Heart song.... " (feat. P. Reign P. Reign P. Reign is a Canadian hip hop artist, songwriter and rapper of Guyanese origin. He is signed with Reps Up Records..-Career:... )	11	CAN Canadian Recording Industry Association Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada... : Platinum	The Game
	"The Game"	35

External links

• YouTube