Musicians from Canada

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  • Alanis Morissette

    Occupation: Singer

    Alanis Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress known for her highly emotive and introspective alternative rock music.

    She rose to global fame in the mid-1990s with her critically acclaimed and commercially successful album, Jagged Little Pill, which featured hit singles like "You Oughta Know," "Hand in My Pocket," and "Ironic." Her music often explores themes of anger, relationships, spirituality, and feminism, delivered with a powerful mezzo-soprano voice and raw, confessional lyrics.

    Throughout her career, she has continued to release albums, often experimenting with different styles while maintaining her signature candid songwriting. She is widely regarded as an influential figure in post-grunge and alternative rock music.

    Facebook: 4M Followers / Subscribers Instagram: 1.5M Followers / Subscribers YouTube: 1.2M Followers / Subscribers Wikipedia: 0 Followers / Subscribers

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  • Finn Wolfhard

    Occupation: Actor

    Finn Wolfhard is a Canadian actor, musician, and director, born on December 23, 2002, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

    He is widely known for his leading role as Mike Wheeler in the popular Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–present). He also gained recognition for starring as Richie Tozier in the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel It and its 2019 sequel, It Chapter Two. Other notable film roles include Trevor in Ghostbusters: Afterlife and its sequel, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and Young Boris in The Goldfinch.

    In addition to acting, Wolfhard is a musician. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the rock band Calpurnia until 2019, and currently plays in the band The Aubreys. He also has directing and writing credits, including the short film Night Shifts (2020) and the feature film Hell of a Summer (2023).

    Instagram: 21.3M Followers / Subscribers Facebook: 578K Followers / Subscribers X: 164.9K Followers / Subscribers Wikipedia: 0 Followers / Subscribers

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  • Nardwuar

    Occupation: Journalist

    Nardwuar the Human Serviette (born John Andrew Vernon Ruskin) is a Canadian journalist and musician, best known for his eccentric persona and his highly researched interviews with musicians, celebrities, and politicians.

    He is famous for his signature style of asking extremely detailed and often obscure questions, frequently surprising his interviewees with his encyclopedic knowledge of their past, sometimes even presenting them with rare gifts or forgotten items related to their career. His interviews often feature his distinctive appearance, including a tam o' shanter hat, and always end with his catchphrase, "Keep on rockin' in the free world," and the "doot doola doot doo..." call-and-response.

    In addition to his journalism, he is the lead singer and keyboardist for the Vancouver-based garage rock band, The Evaporators. His interviews are widely popular on his YouTube channel, NardwuarServiette.

    TikTok: 8.1M Followers / Subscribers YouTube: 3.8M Followers / Subscribers Instagram: 2.7M Followers / Subscribers Facebook: 1.2M Followers / Subscribers

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  • VanossGaming

    Occupation: Youtuber

    Evan Fong, known online as VanossGaming (or simply Vanoss), is a Canadian YouTuber and musician. As one of the most popular gaming personalities on YouTube, his videography consists of montage-style videos of him and other creators playing various video games, such as Grand Theft Auto V, Garry's Mod, and various titles from the Call of Duty franchise. In 2011, Fong registered his gaming channel "VanossGaming" before signing with multi-channel network Machinima early in his career. Fong was regularly the most viewed Machinima channel during his time with the network; "VanossGaming" was also one of the most subscribed channels on YouTube during the 2010s. Fong has since developed into a central figure in the video game commentary subculture.

    YouTube: 26M Followers / Subscribers Instagram: 962K Followers / Subscribers Wikipedia: 0 Followers / Subscribers IMDb: 0 Followers / Subscribers