Royalty Records
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Royalty Records is a Canadian
country music
record label
and distributor established in 1974
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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
and distributor established in 1974
1974 in music
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Royalty artists
- Roy AcuffRoy AcuffRoy Claxton Acuff was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the King of Country Music, Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the star singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful.Acuff...
- After Tuesday
- Colin AmeyColin AmeyColin Amey is a Canadian country music artist. Amey has released three studio albums, 1998's Colin Amey, 2000's What My Heart Don't Know and 2006's Getaway. Two of Amey's singles reached the Top 20 of the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada, "I Wish She Was Mine" and "What My Heart Don't...
- Sharon AndersonSharon Anderson (singer)Sharon Anderson is a Canadian country music singer. During the late 1980s, Anderson was a member of country group Trinity Lane, who charted three singles on Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1988. In 1991, she signed to Capitol Nashville and released her solo debut album, The Bottom Line, the...
- Eddy ArnoldEddy ArnoldRichard Edward Arnold , known professionally as Eddy Arnold, was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a so-called Nashville sound innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more...
- Gord BamfordGord BamfordGord Bamford is a Canadian country music singer. He has released four albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Canadian country charts from 2000 to present. This total includes 8 songs that have charted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which began publication in 2007.-Early years:Bamford was...
- Tommy BanksTommy BanksThomas Benjamin "Tommy" Banks, OC, AOE is a Canadian pianist, conductor, arranger, composer, television personality and Senator....
- Bobby BareBobby BareRobert Joseph Bare is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is the father of Bobby Bare, Jr., also a musician.-Early career:...
- Barnes/Hampton
- Eli Barsi
- Lisa BrokopLisa brokopLisa Brokop is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter and actress. Active since 1990 in the country music field, she has released a total of six studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the country music charts in her native Canada...
- Floyd CramerFloyd CramerFloyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville sound." He popularized the "slip note" piano style where an out-of-tune note slides effortlessly into the correct note...
- Heather Dawn
- Dave DudleyDave DudleyDave Dudley , born David Darwin Pedruska, was an American country music singer best-known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his semi-slurred baritone. His signature song was "Six Days on the Road," and he is also remembered for "Vietnam Blues," "Truck Drivin'...
- The Emeralds
- Foster Martin Band
- George FoxGeorge Fox (musician)George Fox is a country/western music singer/songwriter raised in Cochrane, Alberta, the son of cattle ranchers Bert and Gert Fox.His debut single “Angelina” reached #8 on Canadian country music charts...
- Steve FoxSteve Fox (musician)Steve Fox is a Canadian singer/songwriter. He was born in Brampton, Ontario and raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver. He then moved to Toronto in the early 1980s to pursue a career in music...
- Frankie & Walter
- Vern GosdinVern GosdinVern Gosdin was an American country music singer. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man and sang in a gospel quartet called The Gosdin Brothers. An inheritor of the soulful honky tonk style of Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard, Gosdin was nicknamed "The Voice" by his...
- Gil GrandGil GrandGil Grand is a country music singer, best known for his hit "Famous First Words." Active since 1998, he has released three studio albums to date: 1998's Famous First Words, 2002's Burnin′ and 2006's Somebody's Someone...
- Gaby Haas
- Kenny Hess
- Lisa HewittLisa HewittLisa Hewitt is a Canadian country music singer. Hewitt released her self-titled debut album on the independent Socan Records in 1999. Her second album, The Road I Chose, was released in 2004 by Royalty Records. Its first single, "One of Those Goodbyes," reached the Top 25 on the Radio & Records...
- Johnny HortonJohnny HortonJohn Gale "Johnny" Horton was an American country music and rockabilly singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which began the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s...
- Brad JohnerBrad Johner-Biography:Brad Johner grew up in Saskatchewan playing music in his family band. When he was 16, Brad won a National Talent Contest during Country Music Week in Hamilton in 1982. He spent 6 years maintaining his solo career before teaming up with his brother Ken to form The Johner Brothers in 1988...
- The Johner BrothersThe Johner BrothersThe Johner Brothers are a Canadian country music duo from Saskatchewan. They have won more than 40 awards from the Saskatchewan Country Music Association, including Entertainer of the Decade in 1999.-Biography:...
- Melanie LaineMelanie LaineMelanie Laine is a country music singer from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, best known for her cover of Juice Newton's "Queen Of Hearts." Her first album, Time Flies, was released in 2005.-Albums:-Singles:-External links:**...
- John LandryJohn LandryJohn Landry is a Canadian country music artist. Landry's debut album, Forever Took Too Long, was released in 1999 by Spin Records. Its first two singles, "There You Were" and "Bit by Bit," both reached the Top 10 of the Canadian Country Singles chart...
- Jimmy MartinJimmy MartinJimmy Martin was an American bluegrass musician, known as the "King of Bluegrass".-Early years:Born James H. Martin in Sneedville, Tennessee. Jimmy Martin was born into the hard farming life of rural East Tennessee. He grew up near Sneedville, singing in church and with friends from surrounding...
- McQueenMcQueen (band)McQueen is a rock band from Brighton, England, formed in 2004. They have released one album on Demolition Records. McQueen has toured all over Europe and played shows in the US and Asia including headlining the Unite Festival in Vietnam in 2007 in front of a crowd of 15,000.After making...
- Tony Michael
- Big Miller & Tommy Banks
- Bill MonroeBill MonroeWilliam Smith Monroe was an American musician who created the style of music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys," named for Monroe's home state of Kentucky. Monroe's performing career spanned 60 years as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and bandleader...
- Craig Moritz
- Megan Morrison
- Bev Munro
- Jimmy C. NewmanJimmy C. NewmanJimmy Yves Newman , better known as Jimmy C. Newman , is an American singer and a long time star of the Grand Ole Opry.-Biography:Newman was born near Big Mamou, Louisiana...
- Po' Boy Swing
- Roy OrbisonRoy OrbisonRoy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...
- Jimmy Arthur Ordge
- Dolly PartonDolly PartonDolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
- Jesse Pessoa
- Poverty Plainsmen
- REO SpeedwagonREO SpeedwagonREO Speedwagon is an American rock band. Formed in 1967, the band grew in popularity during the 1970s and peaked in the early 1980s. Hi Infidelity is the group's most commercially successful album, selling over ten million copies and charting four Top 40 hits in the US...
- Jessica RobinsonJessica Robinson (country singer)Jessica Robinson is a country music singer from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. Her first album, Hummingbird, was released in 2005.-Albums:-Singles:-External links:* - Official site**...
- SantanaSantana (band)Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...
- Krysta ScogginsKrysta ScogginsKrysta Scoggins is a Canadian country singer. Scoggins was born and raised in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta and later moved to Mannville, Alberta.- Career :Krysta Scoggins started her career when she entered a group called 52nd Street and became the lead singer...
- Shifty Morgan
- Showdown & Gary Lee
- Ricky SkaggsRicky SkaggsRickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:...
- Joyce Smith
- R. Harlan Smith & Chris Neilsen
- Duane SteeleDuane SteeleDuane Steele, is a Canadian country music country music artist. He has released five studio albums and one greatest hits album, and has charted multiple singles on the Canadian country singles charts, including the Number One hit "Anita Got Married" in 1996....
- Jamie C. Taylor
- TenilleTenilleTenille is a Canadian country music singer, from Grande Prairie, Alberta, who is signed to Royalty Records. In 2011, at the age of 17, she was nominated for a Canadian Country Music Award for Female Artist of the Year.- History :...
- Tex Pistols
- Rick TippeRick TippeRick Tippe is a Canadian country music artist. Tippe has released seven albums on Moon Tan Records, including a greatest hits collection in 2000. His highest charting single, "The Craziest Thing," peaked at #9 in 1996...
- Ben Tobiasson
- Track One A.B.Track One A.B.Track One A.B. was a power-pop band in New York that disbanded near the end of the 1990s.-History:Track One A.B. formed as a rock band in the late 1980s with Chris Celauro on vocals and guitar, Dean Midulla on bass, and Joe Fallacara on drums. The trio were former Hauppauge High School schoolmates...
- Western Senators
- Hank Williams