Instruments Guitar, piano Role Singer Albums Yesterday Name Tyler Shaw | Labels Tyler Ip / Sony Genres Pop music Years active 2012–present Nationality Canadian | |
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Born April 8, 1993 (age 30) ( 1993-04-08 ) Origin Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Occupation(s) Musician, singer, songwriter
Student (Sociology) Similar People Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Down with Webster, Shawn Hook, Shawn Desman Profiles | ||
Record label Sony Music Entertainment | ||
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Tyler Shaw (born April 8, 1993) is a Canadian singer and the winner of the "MuchMusic Coca-Cola Covers Contest 2012" organized by the specialized Canadian music cable channel Much (TV channel). He rose to fame through the contest and subsequently released his debut single, "Kiss Goodnight", through Sony Music Canada in December 2012. The song was certified Gold by Music Canada in April 2013. Shaw's debut studio album, Yesterday, was released on September 4, 2015.
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Early Life & Education
Shaw was raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia and after finding a guitar under a staircase at the age of 13, he started practicing and eventually began writing his own songs, rather than just covers. At age 19, while a first year sociology student at University of Prince Edward Island, he was encouraged by his friend / roommate Kyle Dutton to make a cover and take part in the "Coca-Cola MuchMusic Covers Contest 2012" and was one of 13,000 who applied. His original audition video, was a cover of Hedley's "Invincible" put him in Top 15 of the contestant finalists. With cover of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" he proceeded to Top 10 and through his interpretation of Britney Spears' "I Wanna Go" to Top 3. The results were announced during the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards on June 17.
Musical Career
Tyler co-wrote his debut single, "Kiss Goodnight", with Stephen Kozmeniuk and Todd Clark, and was produced by Kozmeniuk and Zubin Thakkar. "Kiss Goodnight" is a certified platinum digital single according to Music Canada. "By My Side" was released as Shaw's second official single in June 2013, followed by "It Happens All the Time" in 2014 and "House of Cards" in 2015. "House of Cards" is a certified gold single, according to Music Canada. He released his debut studio album, Yesterday, on September 4, 2015. Tyler released a fifth single "Wicked" in early 2016, ahead of his national tour with Selena Gomez, on her Revival World Tour.
Tyler is currently working on his self-titled sophomore album, which will be released in 2018. The first single is rumoured to be called "Cautious" and was written in London, England during a recent writing trip. Tyler announced at the iHeartRadio MMVAs in June 2017 that he has been working with artists like Nelly Furtado and Fefe Dobson on new music.