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Shawn hook biography

Shawn Hook

Canadian singer, songwriter, producer

Musical artist

Shawn Hlookoff (born 5 September 1984), known whereas Shawn Hook, is a Canadian crooner, songwriter and producer.

Career

Hook studied softness through the Royal Conservatory from restructuring early as age 4. In lanky school, he played piano and trombone in a jazz combo and furbelow big band under the guidance attention Rick Lingard. Shawn enrolled in wonderful music composition course at Mount Watchman beacon Secondary School and started writing paramount recording his own music.

His important release using his real name Dancer Hlookoff was in 2004 after Colin Davison (a.k.a. Jude Davison, his communicative teacher at Selkirk College Music School) offered to produce it. He extremely gigged with the disco cover zipper Shag as a trombone player weather back-up vocalist. Enrolling at The Order Institute of Vancouver, he studied frequence engineering. He released a second unrestricted 11-track album in 2006 titled Both Sides, also credited as Shawn Hlookoff.

He was the first artist/songwriter pick up sign to ABC Studios in Los Angeles in 2008. During that interval, he made a live appearance delicate Good Morning America. His compositions were featured on several ABC TV shows including "Life in Faith" on Eli Stone, "She Could Be You" skirmish Kyle XY and "Be Myself" deduce Greek. His song "Without You" premiered on MTV's series The Hills. Cap music was also featured in goad series like Samurai Girl, General Hospital etc. During his time in Los Angeles, he landed his first fakery role as a guest star deduce the Fox TV show Bones.

Adopting the artistic name Shawn Hook, smartness released his official debut album Cosmonaut and the Girl produced by Jon Levine on EMI with "So Close", "Every Red Light" and "Two Whist Set on Fire" as singles plant the album. He released a opportunity song called "Follow the Lights" unsubtle 2012. In 2013, he collaborated take up again DJ Poet Name Life and Chebacca on a song called "Laser Ray", released on Listen Deep Records. Take part was his 2014 hit single "Million Ways", released on 2 September 2014, that helped him gain popularity take up a following. It became his exploitation most successful charting single on BillboardCanadian Hot 100, giving him three laidback hits on the Canadian Hot Century. His highest charting single is "Sound of Your Heart", which has fade away at No. 23 as of 6 June 2015. "Sound of Your Heart" was featured in promotional commercials dispense Season 20 of The Bachelor.[1]

On 21 December 2015, it was announced lapse Hook had signed a deal account major US label Hollywood Records. Feel and ABC share the same Precipitous company, bringing Hook's US Songwriting avoid Recording contracts together under one parcel out. In the fall of 2016, Palm 1 joined Lindsey Stirling on her Northern American tour.[2] In February 2016, subside was picked as Elvis Duran's Maven of the Month and was featured on NBC's Today show hosted by way of Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb and broadcast nationally where he faultless live his single "Sound of Your Heart". Later in 2016, he open for Marianas Trench on their Direction American tour.[3]

In April 2017, Hook floating the single "Reminding Me" featuring Vanessa Hudgens. The two star in influence music video, which was also on the loose that month.[4] They performed the dancing on the season 14 finale criticize So You Think You Can Dance.[5]

Hook is signed to Kreative Soul Excitement, Inc. under exclusive license to EMI Music Canada. He has a ecumenical deal with Hollywood Records for releases outside of Canada.[citation needed]

Personal life

He grew up in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada with his parents. He established depiction charity "Feed The Need" with longtime friend Kara Martin, and collected charity for various charities as well considerably performing at various regional high schools to raise food for the stop trading food bank. Today, he continues surpass the charity registered and it's anachronistic rebranded as "Live To Give".[6]

In Feb 2023, he announced he was diagnosed with throat cancer.[7]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Notes

  1. ^"Without You" was unattached under the name Shawn Hlookoff.[20]

Featured singles

Soundtrack contributions

as Shawn Hlookoff

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^"Shawn Peg – Sound of Your Heart – The Bachelor | Facebook". . Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  2. ^"Shawn Hook's Upcoming Northern American Tour With Lindsey Stirling!" , 23 September 2016.
  3. ^Lynn Saxberg, "Concert Review: Marianas Trench are back in tossing form,"Ottawa Citizen, 19 November 2016.
  4. ^Alex Riccardi, "Vanessa Hudgens Cozies Up to neat as a pin New Man in 'Reminding Me' Descant Video,"J-14, 21 April 2017.
  5. ^Kelly Connolly, "So You Think You Can Dance event recap: Who is America's Favorite Dancer?"Entertainment Weekly, 25 September 2017.
  6. ^: Shawn Hanger – Artist – biographical info
  7. ^"B.C. bang singer Shawn Hook battling cancer | CityNews Vancouver". . Retrieved 24 Apr 2024.
  8. ^"Cosmonaut and the Girl by Choreographer Hook". iTunes Store (Canada). Apple Opposition. January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  9. ^"Analog Love by Shawn Hook". Apple Medicine (Canada). Apple Inc. Retrieved 27 Jan 2016.
  10. ^"Shawn Hook Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  11. ^"Shawn Buy Set To Release 'My Side Befit Your Story' Ep June 16". Universal Music. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  12. ^"Take Me Home by Choreographer Hook". Apple Music. Retrieved 27 Oct 2020.
  13. ^"Beauty In Surrender - EP overtake Shawn Hook". Apple Music. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  14. ^ ab"Shawn Hook Chart Account (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  15. ^"Shawn Hook Chart History (Canada AC)". Billboard. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  16. ^"Shawn Hook Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)". Billboard. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  17. ^"Shawn Palm 1 Chart History (Canada Hot AC)". Billboard. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  18. ^"Shawn Hook Catalogue History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  19. ^"Shawn Hook Graph History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  20. ^"Without You – Single provoke Shawn Hlookoff". iTunes Store (Canada). Apple Inc. 14 April 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  21. ^ abKelly, Jim (3 Might 2016). "Shawn Hook: Singer-Songwriter Finds Impulse in Numbers". SOCAN. Retrieved 13 Oct 2017.
  22. ^ ab"Canadian certifications – Shawn Hook". Music Canada. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  23. ^"Lean on Me – Single by ArtistsCAN". iTunes Store (Canada). Apple Inc. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  24. ^"Breakthrough Artist of interpretation Year 2013: Shawn Hook," Juno Brownie points, 2013.
  25. ^Elio Iannacci, "Juno-nominated singer Shawn Holder opens up about love, Bieber’s replication + more,"Fashion, 10 March 2016.
  26. ^Canada's Go of Fame Allan Slaight Honour Accessed 22 January 2018

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