Chris Nielsen (singer)

Chris Nielsen
Born (1955-04-02) April 2, 1955 (age 69)
Aalborg, Denmark
GenresCountry
OccupationSinger
Years active1970s–1980s

Chris Nielsen (born April 2, 1955) is a Canadian country singer, who recorded both as a solo artist and as a duo with her husband R. Harlan Smith.[1] Her singles included "You Know I Want You", "Baby Pictures", "I'd Love You Like Nobody Dared To", "Everyone's Laughin' But Me" and "Second Chance".[1]

Born in Aalborg, Denmark, Nielsen is a two-time Juno Award nominee for Best Country Female Vocalist at the Juno Awards of 1977 and the Juno Awards of 1978, and a nominee for Most Promising Female Vocalist in 1977, and Smith and Nielsen were nominated together as Best Country Group or Duo at the Juno Awards of 1981.[2]

She also worked as an administrator for Royalty Records, Smith's country music record label.[1]

Discography

  • Lady from Virginia (1975)
  • Let Me Go Down Easy (1977)
  • Chris Nielsen (1979)
  • Stolen Moments (1979, with R. Harlan Smith)
  • My Way or the Highway (1988)

References

  1. ^ a b c Chris Nielsen at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ "Juno nominations are announced". The Globe and Mail, January 7, 1981.


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