Amanda Marshall (CAN)
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Amanda Marshall (CAN)
Amanda Marshall (CAN)
© Claudine Baltazar
In the summer of 1990, at just sixteen years old, Amanda Marshall met Canadian guitar legend Jeff Healey. Impressed by her talent, Healey invited the then-unknown singer to join him on his tour of Canada. “He not only introduced me to a whole range of new musical influences that I was immediately drawn to—Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Chris Whitley, and many others,” Marshall said. Inspired by the guitarist, she decided to pursue a career in music.
In 1991, Columbia Records offered her a recording contract, but Marshall turned it down. It wasn't until 1994 that she accepted an offer from Sony Records. Her parents had to co-sign the contract because Amanda wasn't old enough yet.
Her self-titled album was released in late 1995, yielding two international Top Ten hits: “Let It Rain” and “Birmingham.” Within a year, she received a Diamond certification for the album, which sold over a million copies in her home country of Canada.
In total, the album went gold or platinum in 15 countries. Here in Germany, *Amanda Marshall* spent a full 22 weeks on the charts. In 1996, she received an invitation from Peter Maffay to join him on his tour of Germany.
Her next two albums, “Tuesday’s Child” (1999) and “Everybody’s Got a Story” (2001), both of which went multi-platinum, were every bit as successful. At the end of the last century, Amanda Marshall’s second album spent 18 weeks on the German album charts.
“Music has taken me all over the world. I’ve met many of the people I’ve recorded and performed with—people whose albums were on the shelves in my parents’ living room during my formative years,” she says. “It was a humbling and exciting experience; I asked them all sorts of questions and tried to learn as much as possible from every collaboration.”
After 2002, things went quiet for the Canadian singer. The reason was a legal dispute with her label at the time, which led to all her activities being restricted until further notice. That same year, Marshall also parted ways with her management. Several “Best Of” albums were released through 2008, and it wasn’t until June 2023—after nearly a quarter-century—that Amanda Marshall released new music with her album “Heavy Lifting.”
In 1991, Columbia Records offered her a recording contract, but Marshall turned it down. It wasn't until 1994 that she accepted an offer from Sony Records. Her parents had to co-sign the contract because Amanda wasn't old enough yet.
Her self-titled album was released in late 1995, yielding two international Top Ten hits: “Let It Rain” and “Birmingham.” Within a year, she received a Diamond certification for the album, which sold over a million copies in her home country of Canada.
In total, the album went gold or platinum in 15 countries. Here in Germany, *Amanda Marshall* spent a full 22 weeks on the charts. In 1996, she received an invitation from Peter Maffay to join him on his tour of Germany.
Her next two albums, “Tuesday’s Child” (1999) and “Everybody’s Got a Story” (2001), both of which went multi-platinum, were every bit as successful. At the end of the last century, Amanda Marshall’s second album spent 18 weeks on the German album charts.
“Music has taken me all over the world. I’ve met many of the people I’ve recorded and performed with—people whose albums were on the shelves in my parents’ living room during my formative years,” she says. “It was a humbling and exciting experience; I asked them all sorts of questions and tried to learn as much as possible from every collaboration.”
After 2002, things went quiet for the Canadian singer. The reason was a legal dispute with her label at the time, which led to all her activities being restricted until further notice. That same year, Marshall also parted ways with her management. Several “Best Of” albums were released through 2008, and it wasn’t until June 2023—after nearly a quarter-century—that Amanda Marshall released new music with her album “Heavy Lifting.”
