Chad Richardson is a musician from St. John's, Newfoundland

Newfoundland and Labrador

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, Canada

Canada

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). He released two rock

Rock music

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 albums on the Aquarius label in the 1990s. Richardson also appeared in the Canadian musical theatre production of Rent

Rent (musical)

Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...

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History

While attending the music program at Concordia University in Montreal, Richardson won a nationwide search by HMV for Canada's "best undiscovered vocalist", which led to the recording of his first independent album 2 People. In 1997, Richardson won the Homegrown contest sponsored by Toronto radio station Q107. This led to the production of his second record, The Legends of Brud, which features eleven songs he wrote himself, and a record deal with Aquarius/EMI.

While recording The Legends of Brud, Richardson auditioned for the Canadian production of the Broadway musical Rent

Rent (musical)

Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...

, landing the lead and soon after receiving a Dora

Dora Mavor Moore Award

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 nomination for his performance. After the show's run he was transferred to the Broadway production. While in New York, he produced his third album no. 1 fan, and also appeared as a young David Bowie

David Bowie

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 in the video for "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell

The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell

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Richardson resides in Los Angeles and is Vice-President of the recording studio and production company Inside Music Inc. He is also a principal partner in Arrival at Eleven Productions, which specializes in music for television, film and video games.

Richardson is one half of the production/songwriting team jACK (along with partner Craig McConnell). The pair won the USA Songwriting Competition for best R&B song in 2002.

Albums

• 1995 2 People (reissue on Aquarius)
• 1997 The Legends of Brud (Aquarius/EMI)