Amanda Marshall

• Name — Amanda Marshall • Birth Name — Amanda Meta Marshall • Born — 29 August 1972 • Birthplace — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Genre — * Soft rock • R&B • pop rock • pop • adult contemporary • Years Active — 1988–present • Label — * Sony Music Canada • Epic • Website — amandamarshall.com

Marshall was born in Toronto, Ontario Canada. She grew up an only child, in her own words, "the product of an interracial marriage": her Trinidadian mother is black, her Canadian father is white. In several of her songs, Marshall has reflected on her racial identity "as a woman who looks white but is actually black". Marshall studied music extensively during her childhood, including at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. While performing on the Queen Street West bar scene in her teens, she met guitarist Jeff Healey, who was struck by her powerful voice and took her on tour for a long time.

Marshall signed a recording contract with Metalblade Records in 1991; however, both parties agreed that they were not a good fit and went their separate ways. In 1994, Marshall signed to Epic Records, and contributed to the Neil Young tribute album Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young the same year. Her debut album Amanda Marshall was released the following year in 1995. The album was a major success in Canada, generating a great deal of airplay and spawning six Top 40 hits—"Let It Rain", "Beautiful Goodbye", "Dark Horse", "Fall From Grace", "Sitting on Top of the World", and "Birmingham", her most successful hit in Canada and the only song to reach the US charts, charting at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1996, Marshall's song "This Could Take All Night" was included in the original soundtrack of Tin Cup. In 1997, Marshall's song "I'll Be Okay" was included in the original soundtrack of My Best Friend's Wedding. Marshall's career got a huge boost when Elton John named her as an artist he was then-currently listening to when he appeared on The Rosie O'Donnell Show.

In 1999, she released a successful follow-up album, Tuesday's Child. It followed in the same vein as her debut, with a mix of soulful pop songs and ballads, characterizing her powerful voice. Her song "Ride" from that album was featured in the film The Replacements and on its soundtrack. In autumn 1999, she supported Whitney Houston on the European leg of her My Love Is Your Love World Tour. Another single from that album, "Believe In You", a differently composed variant remix the second Atlantis level music from the video game Glover, was featured on one episode of Touched by an Angel and on its soundtrack as well as the 2002 direct-to-video film Kermit's Swamp Years, while Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi was the guest guitarist on the track "Why Don't You Love Me". She also co wrote a song "Right Here All Along" with Carole King, who also performed background vocals on the track. She was nominated as best songwriter at the 2000 Juno Awards.

On March 27, 2023, Marshall announced her new album, Heavy Lifting, which was released on June 9, 2023, with "Rainbows in Gasoline" as the focus track, along with a Canada-wide tour. She released the first single from that album, "I Hope She Cheats", a cover of Marsha Ambrosius's "Hope She Cheats on You (With a Basketball Player)", on March 31, 2023. She then released her second single from that album, "Dawgcatcher", on May 18, 2023. On June 16, 2023, during her tour, Marshall performed 2 nights at Massey Hall in Toronto. The album won the Juno Award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2024.

• Year — Album — Chart positions — Certifications • CAN — AUS — GER — NZ — UK — US — US Heat • 1995 — Amanda Marshall — 4 — 15 — 36 — 17 — 47 — 156 — 6 — CAN: Diamond AUS: Gold • 1999 — Tuesday's Child — 4 — 84 — 18 — — — — — — — 30 — CAN: 3× Platinum • 2001 — Everybody's Got a Story — 15 — — — 79 — — — — — — — — — CAN: Platinum • 2023 — Heavy Lifting — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

• Year — Album — CAN • 2003 — Intermission: The Singles Collection — 95 • 2006 — Collections — — • 2008 — The Steel Box Collection — —

• Year — Title — Chart positions — Album • CAN — CAN AC — AUS — GER — NED — NZ — UK — US • 1995 — "Let It Rain" — 7 — 5 — 30 — 73 — 108 — 23 — 85 — — — Amanda Marshall • "Birmingham" — 3 — 6 — 68 — — — — — — — — — 43 • 1996 — "Fall From Grace" — 17 — 2 — 95 — 78 — — — — — — — — • "Beautiful Goodbye" — 5 — 4 — 193 — — — 20 — — — 79 — — • 1997 — "Dark Horse" — 5 — 1 — 70 — 93 — — — — — — — — • "Sitting on Top of the World" — 5 — 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Trust Me (This Is Love)" — 24 — 5 — — — — — — — — — — — — • 1998 — "Believe in You" — 10 — 3 — — — 75 — — — — — — — — — Tuesday's Child • 1999 — "Love Lift Me" — 10 — 5 — — — — — — — — — — — — • "If I Didn't Have You" — 31 — 11 — — — — — — — — — 150 — — • 2000 — "Shades of Gray" — 25 — 27 — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Why Don't You Love Me?" — 42 — 26 — — — — — — — — — — — — • 2001 — "Everybody's Got a Story" — 6 — — — — — — — 92 — — — — — — — Everybody's Got a Story • 2002 — "Sunday Morning After" — 20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Marry Me" — 19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Double Agent" — 19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • 2003 — "The Voice Inside" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Until We Fall In" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Intermission: The Singles Collection • 2023 — "I Hope She Cheats" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Heavy Lifting • "Dawgcatcher" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

• Year — Single — Album • 1994 — "Don't Let It Bring You Down" — Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young • 1996 — "Dark Horse" — Two If By Sea: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack • 1997 — "This Could Take All Night" — Tin Cup: Music from the Motion Picture • "I'll Be Okay" — My Best Friend's Wedding: Music from the Motion Picture • 1998 — "Believe in You" — Touched by an Angel: The Album

Amanda Marshall is recorded with the occupation singer-songwriter. Classed in the genre country rock. Recorded as a citizen of Canada.