Victoria Banks
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Victoria Banks | |
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Muskoka, Ontario, Canada | |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | singing, acoustic guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1998-present |
| Labels | On Ramp |
| Website | victoriabanks |
Victoria Wenonah Banks (born February 8, 1973) is a Nashville-based Canadian singer and songwriter. Her self-produced debut CD When You Can Fly was released on the On Ramp/EMI Canada label in April 2009. The CD earned Banks a 2010 Canadian Indie Award nomination and six nominations at the 2009 Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMAs) including Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, Single of the Year ("The Wheel"), Songwriter of the Year ("The Wheel"), Female Artist of the Year and Rising Star, making Banks the most nominated female artist of 2009. "The Wheel," the album's first single, reached the Top 20 on the Radio & Records Country Singles chart[1] earning her a 2010 Canadian Radio Music Award nomination. Music videos for "The Wheel" and "When You Can Fly" received airplay on CMT Canada.
Banks was named both Female Artist of the Year and Songwriter(s)Of The Year at the 2010
Banks has penned songs for a variety of artists including Sara Evans, Jessica Simpson, Lauren Alaina, Carly Pearce and Mickey Guyton. In 2020 she became a podcast host with "The Table Women", a series that focuses on women in the entertainment industry.
In the fall of 2021, Banks joined the faculty of Belmont University's Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business as an instructor of songwriting.
Music career
Banks and Canadian country artist Deric Ruttan both went to high school in Bracebridge, Ontario where they performed in a band together. She went on to complete a degree in Zoology/Anthropology at the University of Toronto before moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 1998,[2] where she signed her first publishing deal. From 1998-2002 she was a staff songwriter for Fame Music (aka House of Fame), from 2002-2007 she was a writer for Full Circle Music (Circle C Songs), from 2008-2010 she wrote for Nashville's Sony/ATV Publishing, from 2011-2013 for Chrysalis Music (subsequently BMG Chrysalis), and from 2013-2019 for Nashville's RareSpark Media Group.
As a staff songwriter in the country music market, Banks has had songs featured in movies and TV and recorded by a variety of country artists including
In May 2010, after completing a tour in Canada, Banks penned the song City Of Dreams while traveling back home to the devastating and historic
Victoria has had songwriting success in Australia in 2019 with multi-week #1 "Flamethrower" recorded by Christie Lamb, and again in 2019 with two #1 singles released back-to-back by Amber Lawrence ("Heart" and "Hell to Hallelujah").
Banks presented "That's a Country Song" to the country duo Florida Georgia Line on NBC's Songland on May 18, 2020 to an enthusiastic reception from panelist songwriter Shane McAnally, who called her "the real deal".
In February 2020, Capitol Records Nashville artist Mickey Guyton debuted the single "What Are You Gonna Tell Her?" (co-written by Guyton and Banks with Emma-Lee and producer Karen Kosowski) to a standing ovation of country radio programmers during the Universal Music Group Country Radio Seminar event at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. In September 2020, Guyton performed the song on the Academy of Country Music Awards with Keith Urban accompanying on piano, making history as the first Black woman to perform an original song on the awards show. A special display about the song - including text messages from Banks' phone on the day of the song's conception - was featured in a 2021 exhibit in Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame.
Guyton's subsequent EP, "Bridges", included 3 songs co-written by Banks. Guyton followed up with a 2021 ACM Awards performance of the Banks co-written "Hold On", backed up by the Belmont University choir. Guyton's 2021 release of the full-length album "Remember Her Name" includes 4 songs co-written by Banks.
Victoria's "Uncovered" album, for which she wrote, engineered, produced, and played all instruments on every track (except for a guest appearance by fiddle player Larry Franklin), was released in May 2020. It includes 9 songs, 8 of which have previously been recorded by other artists.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details |
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| You Don't Know Me |
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| When You Can Fly |
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| Never Be the Same |
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| Indigo |
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| Uncovered |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions |
Album |
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CAN Country
[5] | |||
| 2009 | "The Wheel" | 16 | When You Can Fly |
| "When You Can Fly" | 28 | ||
| "Kiss Me" | 31 | ||
| 2010 | "This Old Halo" | — | |
| "Don't Leave the Leavin'" (with Jason Blaine) |
— | ||
| 2011 | "Come On" | 21 | Never Be the Same |
| "I'm Gone" | 50 | ||
| "Never Be the Same" | — | ||
| 2012 | "Jackson" | — | |
| "Barefoot Girl" | — | ||
| 2014 | "Ruined" | — | Indigo |
| 2016 | "Hello Heart" | — | |
| 2020 | "Want" | — | Uncovered |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Guest singles
| Year | Single | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "City of Dreams" | Artists for Tennessee Flood Relief |
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | "The Wheel" | |
| "When You Can Fly" | Warren P. Sonoda | |
| 2010 | "City of Dreams" | Julian Chojnacki |
| 2011 | "I'm Gone" | Troy Niemans |
| 2016 | "Hello Heart" |
Singles written by Banks
| Year | Title | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Arizona Rain" | 3 of Hearts
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| 2001 | "Saints & Angels" | Sara Evans |
| 2008 | "Come On Over" | Jessica Simpson |
| "Remember That" | ||
| 2009 | "Tomboy" | Krista Marie |
| "It's a Girl Thing" | Jesse Lee | |
| "Dance With Me" | Johnny Reid | |
| "When It Ain't Raining" | One More Girl | |
| 2010 | "Mine All Mine" | The Wilsons |
| "Searchin' for You" | Hey Romeo | |
| "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" | Doc Walker | |
| 2012 | "Wrecking Ball" | Terri Clark |
| 2015 | "Faint of Heart" | Sister C |
| 2016 | "Flamethrower" | Christie Lamb |
| 2017 | "Drinking with Dolly" | Stephanie Quayle |
| "Winnebago" | Stephanie Quayle | |
| 2019 | "Can't Help Myself" | Dan Davidson |
| "Heart" | Amber Lawrence | |
| "Hell to Hallelujah" | Amber Lawrence | |
| "Sister" | Mickey Guyton | |
| "Carry You With Me" | Christie Lamb | |
| 2020 | "What Are You Gonna Tell Her?" | Mickey Guyton |
Awards and nominations
In 2003, Banks was the recipient of an International Achievement Award for the song "Saints and Angels" at the
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
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| 2009 | Canadian Country Music Association Awards
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Female Artist of the Year | Nominated |
| Single of the Year for "The Wheel" | Nominated | ||
| Album of the Year for "When You Can Fly" | Nominated | ||
| Rising Star of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Songwriter of the Year for "The Wheel" (written by Victoria Banks / Tia Sillers; recorded by Victoria Banks) |
Nominated | ||
| Canadian Country Music Association Industry Awards | Record Producer(s) of the Year Victoria Banks, Producer - When You Can Fly (Victoria Banks) |
Nominated | |
| Website of the Year victoriabanks.net (Victoria Banks) - Creative Juices, Webmaster |
Nominated | ||
| 2010 | Canadian Country Music Association Awards
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Female Artist of the Year | Won |
| Songwriter(s) Of The Year for the song "Dance With Me" (written by Victoria Banks/Johnny Reid/Tia Sillers; recorded by Johnny Reid) |
Won | ||
| 2011 | Canadian Country Music Association Awards
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Female Artist of the Year | Nominated |
| 2012 | Canadian Country Music Association Awards
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Female Artist of the Year | Nominated |
References
- ^ "2 Fresh 4 Tracks: Beverley Mahood & Victoria Banks". Cmt.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ a b "Canadians in Nashville", Words and Music, Fall 2012
- ^ "ASCAP 2003 Country Music Awards". Ascap.com.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.cityofdreamsnashville.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Victoria Banks - Canada Country". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 1, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- ^ "2003 Socan Awards | Socan". www.socan.ca. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "CCMA Press Release". Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
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