Tara Lyn Hart

Tara Lyn Hart
Birth name	Tara Lyn Mohr
Born	(1978-04-11) April 11, 1978 (age 46)
Origin	Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Genres	Country Christian Contemporary
Occupation	singer/songwriter
Instrument(s)	Piano, guitar, ukulele
Years active	1999 – present
Labels	Epic Columbia Nashville SIP Music

Tara Lyn Hart (born April 11, 1978) is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter.

Biography

Hart won a music contest at the age of 17, which enabled her to record demos to be distributed to Canadian country radio. Chantal Kreviazuk's manager Danny Schur[1] passed her recordings to Sony Music Canada's Mike Roth, which led to a recording contract with Epic Records on the eve of her 18th birthday and two weeks before her wedding.[2]

In 1998, Hart was named Billboard magazine's "Most Likely to Succeed".[3] Her self-titled debut album was released on October 5, 1999. At the 2000 Juno Awards, she was nominated for Best Country Female Artist and the all-genre Best New Solo Artist.[4] In April 2000, she was invited to perform at the Grand Ole Opry.

Hart won three awards at the 2000 Manitoba Association of Country Arts Awards for Female Vocalist, Song of the Year, and Video of the Year for "Stuff That Matters." On June 9, 2000, she won two awards at RPM's Big Country Awards for Outstanding New Female Artist and Canadian Country Video of the Year for "Stuff That Matters."

She was nominated for six awards at the 2000 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards, won the FACTOR Rising Star Award at the September 11, 2000, ceremony, and picked up two more nominations at the 2000 Prairie Music Awards for Outstanding Country Recording and Outstanding Album by a Major Label.

At the 2001 Juno Awards, Hart was again nominated for Best Country Female Artist. She also picked up a nomination for Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2001 CCMA Awards, competing against Lisa Brokop, Terri Clark, Carolyn Dawn Johnson and Michelle Wright.

She began work on her second album in June 2003, and the first single, "Happiness," was released in September. Before the album was finished, Hart abandoned the project to spend more time with her husband and their three children.[5]

She began work on a musical comedy, "Miss Kitty's Holiday Extravaganza," which ran from October to December 2004. In November 2010 she released a six-song Christmas EP, Perfect Holiday.

Discography

Albums

Title	Details	Peak positions
		CAN Country
Tara Lyn Hart	Release date: October 5, 1999 Label: Epic Records	30

Extended plays

Title	Details
Perfect Holiday	Release date: November 30, 2010 Label: Independent

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions			Album
		CAN Country [6]	CAN AC [7]	US Country [8]
1999	"Stuff That Matters"	6	—	67	Tara Lyn Hart
2000	"Save Me"	5	—	—
	"Don't Ever Let Me Go"	—	—	65	—
	"That's When You Came Along"	—	35	68	Tara Lyn Hart
	"I Will Be Loving You"	14	—	—
	"What He Used to Do"	28	—	—
2003	"Happiness"[9]	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1999	"Stuff That Matters"	Morgan Lawley
2000	"That's When You Came Along"	chris rogers
	"What He Used to Do"

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Result
2000	Juno Awards of 2000	Best New Solo Artist	Nominated
		Best Country Female Artist	Nominated
	Canadian Country Music Association	Female Artist of the Year	Nominated
		FACTOR Rising Star Award	Won
		Album of the Year – Tara Lyn Hart	Nominated
		Single of the Year – "Stuff That Matters"	Nominated
		Video of the Year – "Stuff That Matters"	Nominated
2001	Juno Awards of 2001	Best Country Female Artist	Nominated
	Canadian Country Music Association	Female Artist of the Year	Nominated
2004		Independent Female Artist of the Year	Nominated

References

1. "Tara Lyn Hart". octopusmediaink.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
2. "CANOE -- JAM! Music - Pop Encyclopedia - Hart, Tara Lyn". jam.canoe.ca. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
3. "CMT.com : Tara Lyn Hart : Biography". CMT. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
4. Larry LeBlanc (12 February 2000). "Morissette leads Canada's Juno nomination list". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 45–. ISSN 0006-2510.
5. "Tara Lyn Hart". February 23, 2005. Archived from the original on 2005-02-23. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
6. "Tara Lyn Hart - Country Singles". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
7. "Tara Lyn Hart - Adult Contemporary". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
8. "Tara Lyn Hart - Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 23, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
9. "Christmas CD benefits seminary". The Brock News. November 12, 2010.

External links

• Tara Lyn Hart Fact Sheet
• Tara Lyn Hart at IMDb