Anita Perras is a Canadian country music singer. Perras has released seven albums and charted twenty-six songs on the RPM

RPM (magazine)

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Country Tracks chart between 1981 and 1995, including the Top 10 singles "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose" (#10, 1986), "Isn't That the Strangest Thing" (with Tim Taylor, #10, 1988), "One Smokey Rose" (#9, 1988), "The Tip of My Fingers" (#9, 1989), "Touch My Heart" (#10, 1990) "Here Comes My Baby" (#9, 1990) and "It Might as Well Be Me" (#10, 1993).

Perras and Taylor received the Canadian Country Music Association

Canadian Country Music Association

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 award for Duo of the Year in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988. Perras also won the award for Female Artist of the Year in 1986 and 1987 and her single "One Smokey Rose" was named Single of the Year in 1988.

Perras and Taylor were nominated for the Juno Award

Juno Award

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 for Country Group or Duo of the Year

Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best country music artist in Canada...

 in 1985

Juno Awards of 1985

The Juno Awards of 1985, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 4 November 1985 in Toronto. The ceremony was hosted by Andrea Martin and Martin Short at the Harbour Castle Hilton Hotel....

 and 1987

Juno Awards of 1987

The Juno Awards of 1987, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 2 November 1987 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Howie Mandel was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television....

. Perras was also nominated for Most Promising Female Vocalist

Juno Award for New Artist of the Year

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 in 1990

Juno Awards of 1990

The Juno Awards of 1990, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 18 March 1990 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre...

 and Best Country Female Vocalist in 1994

Juno Awards of 1994

The Juno Awards of 1994, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 20 March 1994 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Roch Voisine was the host for the ceremonies, which were taped that afternoon for broadcast that evening on CBC...

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She has continued to record, releasing the album Those Classic Country Songs in September 2008 on True North Records

True North Records

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Albums

Year	Album	CAN Country	Label
1989	Touch My Heart	—	Savannah
1993	Way Beyond the Blue	26
1995	Live (By Request)	—	K-Tel
2004	Think Again	—	Pine Ridge
2005	The Greatest Hits Collection	—
2008	Those Classic Country Songs	—	True North

Collaboration albums

Year	Album	Artist	Label
1987	Anita & Tim	Tim Taylor	Savannah

Singles

Year	Single	CAN Country	Album
1981	"Over the Line Again"	41	Singles only
1983	"Somebody Said It Was Me"	40
	"You Got What You Want"	35
1984	"How's a Girl to Know"	39	Touch My Heart
1985	"Mutual Acquaintance"	29
1986	"Heads You Win (Tails I Lose)"	10
1987	"I've Found Someone Too"	20
1988	"One Smokey Rose"	9
1989	"Hello Again"	30
	"The Tip of My Fingers"	9
	"Touch My Heart"	10
1990	"Here Comes My Baby"	9
	"After All"	20
1991	"I've Got a Travelin' Heart"	41	Way Beyond the Blue
1992	"Can't You Just Stay Gone"	23
	"Somewhere Under the Rainbow"	41
1993	"It Might as Well Be Me"	10
	"If I Didn't Have You in My World"	25
	"Way Beyond the Blue"	17
1995	"If I Were You"	22	Live (By Request)

Singles from collaboration albums

Year	Single	Artist	CAN Country	Album
1984	"We Get By"	Tim Taylor	34	Anita & Tim
1986	"Something Good"		19
	"Heading in the Wrong Direction"		23
1987	"Isn't That the Strangest Thing"		10
1988	"You're Too Much"		*

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	CAN Country	Album
1985	"This Is Our Night"	Tim Taylor	29	Single only
1994	"Trace Back"	Gary Fjellgaard Gary Fjellgaard Gary Fjellgaard is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Fjellgaard has released fifteen albums and charted thirty-five songs on the RPM Country Tracks chart between 1977 and 1996, including the Top 10 singles "Walk in the Rain Tonight" , "The Moon Is Out to Get Me" , "Cowboy in Your...	50	Believe in Forever

Canadian Country Music Association

• 1985 – Duo of the Year (with Tim Taylor)
• 1986 – Female Artist of the Year
• 1986 – Duo of the Year (with Tim Taylor)
• 1987 – Female Artist of the Year
• 1987 – Duo of the Year (with Tim Taylor)
• 1988 – Single of the Year ("One Smokey Rose")
• 1988 – Duo of the Year (with Tim Taylor)

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