Lindsay Ell
Contemporary Country
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Lindsay Elizabeth Ell, born on March 20, 1989, is a Canadian-American country pop singer, songwriter, guitarist, and television personality from Calgary, Alberta. Her music incorporates elements of rock and blues. Lindsay Ell was born in Calgary and started playing the piano at six until she discovered her father's collection of guitars scattered throughout the house, switching at age eight. Lindsay fell in love with the blues and started songwriting at age 10. She was raised in Calgary by her father Bob, a marketing director, and mom Suzanne, an archives specialist. Ell was valedictorian for her class at Bishop Carroll High School, from which she graduated a year early. Ell honed her craft as a musical stylist and songwriter after being discovered at age 13 by BTO and The Guess Who's Randy Bachman.
Lindsay made her Grand Ole Opry debut on April 15, 2014, and has since made several appearances on the show. Her debut extended play "Worth the Wait" was released in March 2017, and her first full-length country album "The Project" was released in August 2017 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Album Sales chart. She has had several songs chart in Canada and the United States, reaching number one on Billboard Canada Country with "Criminal" in 2017 and "Want Me Back" in 2020, and her duet with Brantley Gilbert, "What Happens in a Small Town," topped the US Country Airplay chart in 2019.
In October 2021, it was announced that Ell will host the second season of Canada's Got Talent, which aired in 2022, and from 2022 to 2025, she was the host of the revived Canada's Got Talent reality television series. Her song "Right on Time" was named "Single of the Year" at the 2023 Canadian Country Music Awards. Ell was named the recipient of the Gary Slaight Music Humanitarian Award at the 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards for her work establishing The Make You Movement fund and support for sexual assault survivors and the LGBTQ2SIA+ community. In 2024, she signed with Universal Music Canada and released an extended play titled "Love Myself" on October 25, 2024, which included her debut pop single "Story I Tell Myself." Ell officially became an American citizen on December 8, 2022.