Episode 177 - Hailey Benedict

For the week of August 21st, 2024, Episode 19 of Season No. 7, presented by the CCMA's, the Canadian Country Music Awards September 14th in Edmonton's Rogers Place, Ted Stovin and Dustin Edwards sit down with a dynamic performer, multi-award winner, and charitable advocate, and 2024 CCMA Award nominee. She has already won 16 different awards, including 2024 Country Music Alberta Awards for Horizon Female Artist of the Year, Horizon Single of the Year, and Interactive Artist of the Year as well as a CCMA Award for Interactive Artist of the Year, in recognition of her mastery and embrace of social media. Her quarter-million-strong following on TikTok is one of the most of any Canadian country artists.

Her song Wanted You To was the highest-charting independent CANCON single by a female in 2021, reaching #25 on the Mediabase country chart, and her 2023 self-penned holiday single, “Freeze,” was Top 5 on the Mediabase all-format holiday chart.

Heading into the 2024 CCMA Awards with a nomination in the Breakthrough Artist category, please welcome to the show, Hailey Benedict!

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