Editing Chantal Kreviazuk (section)

==Career==
===Albums===
Kreviazuk's debut album, ''[[Under These Rocks and Stones]]'', was first issued in Canada in October 1996 before being released in the US June 1997 to critical praise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popentertainment.com/kreviazuk.htm|title=PopEntertainment.com: Chantal Kreviazuk interview about 'Ghost Stories.'|last=Jacobs|first=Jay|date=September 9, 2007|publisher=PopEntertainment|access-date=July 8, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010135958/http://www.popentertainment.com/kreviazuk.htm|archive-date=October 10, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-under-these-rocks-and-stones-vol-48-no-2/|title=Picks and Pans Review: Under These Rocks and Stones|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=November 12, 2019}}</ref> The album sold over 150,000 copies in Canada according to [[SoundScan]], fueled mostly by the singles "[[Surrounded (Chantal Kreviazuk song)|Surrounded]]" and "God Made Me".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Leblanc|first1=Larry|title=Canadian Chanteuse Eyes US Charts|magazine=Billboard|date=7 February 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Under+These+Rocks+and+Stones%22+video&pg=PA60|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|language=en}}</ref> Three videos from the album received modest play on the video channel [[MuchMusic]] and radio ("God Made Me", "Believer" and "Wayne"), but it was a fourth, "Surrounded", that became her first major Canadian airplay hit in 1997. That year, Kreviazuk received her first [[Juno Award]] nomination as Best New Artist.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Kreviazul keeps moving|magazine=Billboard|date=18 March 2000|pages=11, 93|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nA4EAAAAMBAJ&q=Under+These+Rocks+and+Stones+copies+sold&pg=PA93|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|language=en}}</ref> She also took part in the 1998 [[Lilith Fair]] music festival; "Surrounded" was included in the live compilation album from that year.

In 1999, Kreviazuk released her second album. Titled ''[[Colour Moving and Still]]'', it featured tracks written with her new husband, Raine Maida, lead singer of [[Our Lady Peace]].<ref name="Inc.2001">{{cite magazine|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=Canadian Music at a Crossroads|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48|date=31 March 2001|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=48–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> The lead single from the album "[[Before You]]" became a huge radio hit in Canada and she performed the single on the [[2000 Juno Awards]], where she won two awards for ''Best Adult/Pop Album'' and ''Best Female Artist''. Kreviazuk released two more videos from the album, "Dear Life" and "Far Away", as well as an additional radio release, "Souls", which was also remixed and was released as a promo vinyl for the M1 & Steve Fernandez Remix.

Her third album, ''[[What If It All Means Something]]'', was released in 2002. This album also featured multiple collaborations with Maida. The first single, "In This Life", was a hit in Canada. Kreviazuk performed the song live on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]''.

Kreviazuk began writing and recording her fourth album in her home studio in August, 2005, with Maida producing. The first single off the album, "[[All I Can Do (Chantal Kreviazuk)|All I Can Do]]", was made available on her official website and MySpace page prior to the release of the album. On July 24 the album premiered on the Canadian music channel Much More Music along with a behind the scenes special. The album, ''[[Ghost Stories (Chantal Kreviazuk album)|Ghost Stories]]'', was released August 29, 2006.

On October 28, 2008, she released her first compilation album, ''[[Since We Met: The Best of 1996-2006]]''.

On October 13, 2009, she released her fifth studio album, ''[[Plain Jane (album)|Plain Jane]]''.

She is featured on a song called "Over My Dead Body" by fellow Canadian recording artist [[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]] from his 2011 album ''[[Take Care (album)|Take Care]]''.

Her first live album, entitled ''In This Life'', was released on July 3, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Chantal+Kreviazuk/In+This+Life|title=In This Life by Chantal Kreviazuk|publisher=last.fm|access-date=July 8, 2012}}</ref>

She featured on rapper [[Jay Rock]]'s track ''[[Pay for It (Jay Rock song)|Pay for It]]'', which she performed alongside Jay Rock and [[Kendrick Lamar]] on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' on November 15, 2014.

In November 2014, Kreviazuk released a new single called "I Will Be", speaking to her desire to want to help those who feel alone and isolated. She sang the song live on December 12 on the Toronto radio station [[104.5 CHUM FM]].

===Soundtracks===
[[File:ETalk2008-Chantal Kreviazuk.jpg|thumb|right|Chantal Kreviazuk at the [[etalk]] Festival Party, 2008]]
Kreviazuk's work has appeared on many soundtracks for films and television shows. In 1998, Kreviazuk scored her only international hit to date with a cover of "[[Leaving on a Jet Plane]]", a song written by [[John Denver]] and popularized by [[Peter, Paul and Mary]]. The song appeared on the soundtrack to the blockbuster film ''[[Armageddon: The Album|Armageddon]]'' and was that album's follow-up single to [[Aerosmith]]'s "[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]". The song "[[Leaving on a Jet Plane]]" was also on a trailer for ''[[The Terminal]]'', and on TV spots for ''[[The Prince and Me]]'' and ''[[De-Lovely]]''.

In 1999, Kreviazuk recorded a cover of the [[Randy Newman]] ballad "[[Feels Like Home (Chantal Kreviazuk song)|Feels Like Home]]" for the ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' soundtrack, as well as ''[[How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days]]''.  She also performed a cover version of [[The Beatles]]' "[[In My Life]]" as the theme song for the [[NBC]] television drama series ''[[Providence (American TV series)|Providence]]''.

In 2002, Kreviazuk recorded "Another Small Adventure" which was played in ''[[Stuart Little 2]]'' and was also on the soundtrack.

''In this Life'' was featured in the film ''[[Saved!]]'' and also in a trailer for the film ''[[The Door in the Floor]]'' starring Jeff Bridges, as well as in an episode of the. CW Television Network's ''[[Smallville]]''. In May 2003 was the soundtrack of the "Episode 20" from "[[Everwood]]" in WB. Kreviazuk's "Time" was played in the credits of the movie ''[[Uptown Girls]]'', and featured in an episode of the [[MTV]] reality show, ''[[Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County]]'', the pilot episode of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[romantic comedy]]/drama ''[[Men in Trees]]'', the [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]] drama ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]'', and the ABC family movie ''[[Lucky 7 (film)|Lucky 7]]''. Her song "This Year" was featured on the ''[[Serendipity (film)|Serendipity]]'' soundtrack. In 2005, two new songs written and performed by Kreviazuk were also featured on the soundtrack of the movie ''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film)|The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants]]''. In 2006, "It's All About a Kiss" played during the film ''[[Just My Luck (2006 film)|Just My Luck]]''. The song "Weight of the World" is also featured during the credits of the 2003 film ''[[How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days]]'' and in the US television series ''[[Wildfire (2005 TV series)|Wildfire]]''.

===Songwriting for other artists===
[[File:Chantal Kreviazuk 2009.jpg|Kreviazuk performing at ''Busking for Change 2009''|thumb|right]]
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Since 2003, Kreviazuk has co-written many songs for other artists, often collaborating with her husband [[Raine Maida]]. In 2003, Kreviazuk and Maida collaborated on a number of tracks with [[Avril Lavigne]] for Lavigne's second album ''[[Under My Skin (Avril Lavigne album)|Under My Skin]]''. Kreviazuk and Maida also contributed songs to [[Kelly Clarkson]]'s 2004 album ''[[Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson album)|Breakaway]]'', [[The Veronicas]]' ''The Secret Life of the Veronicas'', [[Marion Raven]]'s 2005 and 2007 albums ''Here I Am'' and ''[[Set Me Free (Marion Raven album)|Set Me Free]]'', [[Cheyenne Kimball]]'s debut ''Hanging On'' in 2006, and the song "Permanent" from [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]]'s [[David Cook (album)|self-titled album]]. She also helped write a song called "Gardenia" which appears on [[Mandy Moore]]'s 2007 album ''[[Wild Hope]]''. In 2011, she appeared on the rapper [[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]]'s album ''[[Take Care (album)|Take Care]]''; she wrote part of the song "Over My Dead Body" and sang the chorus. In 2012 Chantal wrote the [[Pitbull (entertainer)|Pitbull]] ft. [[Christina Aguilera]] single "[[Feel This Moment]]" with The Messengers. She also wrote [[Josh Groban]]'s single "[[Brave (Josh Groban song)|Brave]]" with Groban and [[Thomas "Tawgs" Salter]]. In 2014 she wrote the song "You Don't Care About Me" with [[Shakira]], released on [[Shakira (album)|her self-titled album]]. She also worked with [[Jennifer Lopez]] on her album [[A.K.A. (Jennifer Lopez album)|''A.K.A.'']] and the song "Emotions". Kreviazuk was also one of the writers of "If I'm Dancing" on the [[Britney Spears]] album [[Glory (Britney Spears album)|''Glory'']].

===Other work===
In 2001, Kreviazuk made her big-screen debut as a main character in David Weaver's indie film ''Century Hotel'' (co-starring alongside [[Sandrine Holt]] and [[Mia Kirshner]]). She also co-wrote the movie's theme song, "Can't Make it Good", with Maida. In 2007, Kreviazuk starred in ''Pretty Broken'', a short film about a woman dealing with mental illness. Kreviazuk also co-produced the movie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nettwerk.com/prettybroken/credits.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015100641/http://www.nettwerk.com/prettybroken/credits.htm|url-status=dead|title=''Pretty Broken'' Credits on its official site|archive-date=October 15, 2007}}</ref>

Kreviazuk has contributed vocals to various releases by other artists. She sang background vocals on a [[Nightmare of You]] song called "I Want to Be Buried in Your Backyard", which was released on their 2005 self-titled debut album. She has also contributed to Maida's solo EP, ''Love Hope Hero''. Kreviazuk also provided additional vocals on a [[Men, Women & Children (band)|Men, Women & Children]] song titled "Monkey Monkee Men", from their 2006 self-titled debut album. She performed vocals for Chris Botti on the song "The Look of Love". Kreviazuk also appears on Canadian singer-songwriter Ryan MacGrath's 2010 record, "Cooper Hatch Paris". She performed a duet with the artist entitled "Bird & Cage".

Kreviazuk formerly maintained a [[Myspace|MySpace]] page where she posted about her daily life, her thoughts on world politics, and updated fans on her music.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chantal Kreviazuk|website=[[Myspace|MySpace]]|url=https://myspace.com/chantalkreviazuk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913160543/https://myspace.com/chantalkreviazuk|archive-date=13 September 2009}}</ref>

On March 27, 2010, Kreviazuk headlined a concert held at [[Yonge-Dundas Square]] in Toronto to celebrate [[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF]]'s [[Earth Hour]]. In 2010, she contributed the song "Na Miso" to the [[Enough Project]] and [[Downtown Records]]' Raise Hope for Congo compilation with Bibiana Mpoyo. Proceeds from the compilation fund efforts to make the protection and empowerment of Congo's women a priority, as well as inspire individuals around the world to raise their voice for peace in Congo.

On March 29, 2014, Kreviazuk and her husband [[Raine Maida]] received the [[Allan Waters Humanitarian Award|Alan Waters Humanitarian Award]] at the Juno Gala Dinner & Awards during the [[2014 Juno Awards]] in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]. The Allan Waters Humanitarian Award recognizes outstanding Canadian artists whose contributions have positively enhanced the social fabric of Canada.

In December 2014, Kreviazuk was appointed a member of the [[Order of Canada]] along with her husband [[Raine Maida]] by [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[David Johnston (governor general)|David Johnston]] for their charitable and humanitarian work.<ref>{{cite web|title=Order of Canada Appointments|url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=15922&lan=eng|website=The Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref>

In February 2025, Kreviazuk sang the national anthem [[O Canada]] at the final game of the [[2025 4 Nations Face-Off|4 Nations Face-Off]] hockey series in [[Boston]], during which she changed the lyric "in all of us command" to "that only us command." The lyric change was an intentional [[publicity stunt]] in response to [[Movements for the annexation of Canada to the United States#Proposals to annex Canada by President Donald Trump|the annexationist rhetoric]] against Canada from US President [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/chantal-kreviazuk-o-canada-lyrics-1.7464672|title=Chantal Kreviazuk changes O Canada lyrics at hockey game against U.S. to protest Trump|work=CBC|first=Rhianna|last=Schmunk|date=February 20, 2025|access-date=February 22, 2025}}</ref>