Crystal Shawanda is a Canadian country music

Country music

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 artist. CMT documented her rise to fame in the six-part series Crystal: Living the Dream, which aired in February 2008. Signed to RCA Records

RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

 in 2007, she released her debut single, "You Can Let Go

You Can Let Go

"You Can Let Go" is the debut single by Canadian country music artist Crystal Shawanda. It was released in Canada in January 2008 and the U.S. in February 2008. Since its release, the song has become the fastest rising debut Canadian country single ever...

," in Canada in January 2008. It was the fastest climbing single on the Canadian Country Singles Chart since Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Carolyn Dawn Johnson is a Canadian Juno Award winning country music singer-songwriter. Johnson first rose to fame by co-writing Chely Wright's 1999 Number One single, "Single White Female," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1999...

's "Georgia" in 2000, reaching the Top 10 in 5 weeks. It was released in the United States

United States

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 on March 17, 2008.

Music career

Shawanda's debut album, Dawn of a New Day

Dawn of a New Day

Dawn of a New Day is the debut studio album by Canadian country music singer Crystal Shawanda. It was released in Canada on June 24, 2008 and in the United States on August 19. It has produced four singles so far in "You Can Let Go," "What Do I Have to Do," "My Roots Are Showing" and the title...

, was released in Canada on June 24, 2008; it was later released in the United States on August 19. The album debuted at number 2 on the Canadian Country Albums chart, and number 16 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and became the highest charted album by a full-blooded Canadian First Nations country artist in the SoundScan era.

Shawanda is a First Nations member of the Ojibwe band. Her surname translates to "Dawn of a New Day."

Shawanda toured Canada and the United States with Brad Paisley

Brad Paisley

Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references....

 and Dierks Bentley

Dierks Bentley

Dierks Bentley is an American country music artist who has been signed to Capitol Records Nashville since 2003. That year, he released his self-titled debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified platinum in the United States. A third album, 2006's Long Trip...

 as a special guest on the Paisley Party 2009 tour. She had previously toured with various artists across Canada and the northern United States in 2008. Her first single, "You Can Let Go

You Can Let Go

"You Can Let Go" is the debut single by Canadian country music artist Crystal Shawanda. It was released in Canada in January 2008 and the U.S. in February 2008. Since its release, the song has become the fastest rising debut Canadian country single ever...

," peaked at number 21 on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 charts. In mid-2009, Shawanda parted ways with RCA Nashville and through her own record label, New Sun Records, and a distribution deal with EMI/On Ramp Records, released a Christmas album, titled I'll Be Home for Christmas

I'll Be Home for Christmas (album)

I'll Be Home for Christmas is the first Christmas album by Canadian country music artist Crystal Shawanda. It was released in Canada on December 1, 2009...

.

In 2010, Crystal released a new single, "Beautiful Day" which made into the top twenty in Canada. "Beautiful Day" was released via her own label New Sun Records which made it the first ever song to chart that was released by a label that was owned by a First Nations woman. On her official website it was confirmed that Crystal's new single "Love Enough" will be released on August 15, 2011 in both Canada and the United States. At her fourth annual Homecoming Concert on July 29, 2011 she announced that her second studio album was complete and would be released fall 2011. It was made available for pre-order at her Homecoming.

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
Dawn of a New Day Dawn of a New Day Dawn of a New Day is the debut studio album by Canadian country music singer Crystal Shawanda. It was released in Canada on June 24, 2008 and in the United States on August 19. It has produced four singles so far in "You Can Let Go," "What Do I Have to Do," "My Roots Are Showing" and the title...	Release date: June 24, 2008 Label: RCA Nashville	16	81

Christmas albums

Title	Album details
I'll Be Home for Christmas I'll Be Home for Christmas (album) I'll Be Home for Christmas is the first Christmas album by Canadian country music artist Crystal Shawanda. It was released in Canada on December 1, 2009...	Release date: December 1, 2009 Label: New Sun/EMI/On Ramp Records

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		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...	US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
2008	"You Can Let Go You Can Let Go "You Can Let Go" is the debut single by Canadian country music artist Crystal Shawanda. It was released in Canada in January 2008 and the U.S. in February 2008. Since its release, the song has become the fastest rising debut Canadian country single ever... "[A]	60	21	Dawn of a New Day
	"What Do I Have to Do"	79	—
	"My Roots Are Showing"	87	57
2009	"Dawn of a New Day"	90	—
	"Try"	—	—
2010	"Beautiful Day"	—	—	Non-album songs
	"Fight for Me"	—	—
2011	"Fever"	—	—
	"Love Enough"	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes
^ "You Can Let Go" also reached number nine on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles

Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles

The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...

 chart.