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Music of Canada (by province or territory)

The music of Canada has reflected the diverse influences that have shaped the country. Aboriginals, the French, and the British have all made unique contributions to the musical heritage of Canada. The music has subsequently been heavily influenced by American culture because of its proximity and migration between the two countries. Since French explorer Samuel de Champlain arrived in 1605 and established the first permanent Canadian settlements at Port Royal and Quebec City in 1608, the country has produced its own composers, musicians and ensembles.

The Canadian music industry has produced internationally renowned Canadian artists since the beginning of the 19th century. Canada has developed a music infrastructure, that includes church halls, chamber halls, conservatories, academies, performing arts centers, record companies, radio stations, television music video channels. Canada's music broadcasting is regulated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences administers Canada's music industry awards, the Juno Awards, which commenced in 1970.

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Canadian rock describes a wide and diverse variety of Canadian produced music, starting with American style Rock 'n' Roll in the mid 20th century. Since then Canada has had a considerable impact on the development of the modern popular music called rock. Canada has produced many of the genre's most significant groups and performers, while contributing substantively to the development of the most popular subgenres, which include pop rock, folk rock, hard rock and indie rock.

Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed began playing rhythm and blues music for a multi-racial audience, and is credited with first using the phrase "rock and roll" to describe the musical sound of the Doo-wop vocal groups and the rockabilly singers who emerged in the 1950s. 1958 saw its first Canadian rock and roll teen idol Paul Anka, who went to New York City where he auditioned for ABC with the song, Diana. As the late fifties gave way to the sixties, stars of the previous decade were still producing hits, but they were quickly losing ground as they struggled to find material that would click with this new and energetic generation.

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Blue Rodeo in Spencerville, Ontario, 2005.

Five Days in July is a 1993 album by Blue Rodeo, that has been certified six times platinum as of 2008. The album was recorded on singer/guitarist Greg Keelor's farm in Southern Ontario in July 1992.

While the band originally intended for the recordings to serve only as demos, they found that the songs had a warmth and spontaneity that warranted releasing the collection as an album. Guest musicians on the album include Sarah McLachlan and Colin Linden. To date Blue Rodeo have 12 full-length releases along with multiple solo albums, side projects, and collaborations.

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Justin Bieber in 2012.

Justin Drew Bieber (/ˈbbər/ BEE-bər; born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian pop-R&B artist. His performances on YouTube proceeded his fame and success in mainstream music.

His debut single, "One Time", was released worldwide during 2009, and charted within the top 30 in over ten countries. It was followed by his debut release, My World on November 17, 2009, which was certified platinum in the United States, which at the time gave Bieber the highest debut by a new artist in the year, and made Bieber the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Bachman–Turner Overdrive in Örebro, Sweden, 1991.

"Takin' Care of Business" is a billboard chart #1 single, written by Randy Bachman. Bachman (formerly of The Guess Who) released his new band's first album under the name Bachman–Turner Overdrive in spring 1973, which won two Juno Awards despite being largely ignored in the US. Their second album Bachman–Turner Overdrive II hit #4 in the U.S. BTO II was certified gold in eight countries.

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D.O.A., a hardcore punk band from Vancouver, are often referred to as one of the "founders" of hardcore punk. Their second album, Hardcore '81, was thought by many to have led to the second wave of American punk revival.
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  • The Canadian music WikiProject was created on March 18, 2007, with the purpose of assembling writers and editors interested in Canadian music.
  • The aim of this project is to standardize and improve articles related to the various genres of Canadian music, as well as to create missing articles.
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