Chantal Kreviazuk (born May 18, 1973) is a Canadian singer-songwriter of rock and pop music. She is of Ukrainian descent. Her surname is pronounced /ˌkrɛviˈæzək/.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Kreviazuk is a classically trained pianist. Her first album Under These Rocks and Stones was released in 1996 to critical praise. In 1998 Kreviazuk scored her first international hit with a cover of John Denver’s “Leaving on a Jet Plane” from the soundtrack to the blockbuster film Armageddon. In This Life a searing romantic track from 2002’s What If It All Means Something, was her next major hit. 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. 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.
In August 2006, her fourth album Ghost Stories was released. It was produced by her husband Raine Maida(of Our Lady Peace).
Plain Jane is the fifth studio album by Chantal. The album was released on October 13, 2009 |
