REMY SHAND: CANADIAN SOULMAN Introduction
REMY SHAND: CANADIAN SOULMAN Introduction Remy Shand is a 24-year-old musician from away after their first commercial success. Winnipeg who has struck it big—a big-time The intense competition and often ruthless record deal. His debut album, recorded in the marketing cannot be underestimated. More basement of his parents’ home, was passed than ever before, major label companies are around to friends and acquaintances for struggling with declining sales as the public feedback. Before he knew it he had a record turns away from “megastars” who have deal with Universal Music Canada and had traditionally generated the bulk of profits for signed a contract with Motown in the United the companies. States. He is the first Canadian ever signed Given the difficulty of winning recording by Motown, and it appears his album, The contracts with the major labels, more and Way I Feel, is going to do very well. The more artists are releasing their albums inde- album debuted at No. 1 in Canada, unseating pendently, something fraught with a great Alanis Morrisette. In the U.S., a market few deal of financial risk. Canadians have been able to successfully Remy Shand, like many Canadian artists, crack, the album debuted at No. 39, with is exceptionally talented, but the fact that he 30000 units sold on little more than word of has been signed in the U.S. is the key to his mouth. One month later, in April 2002, over big break. Although the Canadian music 270 000 units had been sold and the album industry is thriving, once again we have an was in the Top 40.
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