Jason Blaine McEwen (born April 19, 1980) is a Canadian

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from

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. Blaine is a multiple

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(CCMA), SOCAN & Country Music Association of Ontario Award winner with over 20 Canadian country radio hits. Twelve of those went on to become ''Billboard''

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top ten singles including "Country Side", "Friends of Mine", "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore", and "The Road That Raised You Up".

Family

Blaine lives in the greater

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area with his wife, Amy, and their four children.

Career

Blaine's first hit single, "Rock in My Boot", was released in 2007. It received multiple CCMA nominations and led to him performing at major festival appearances across Canada. His most successful song to date was "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore", which was written for his grandfather and released in 2012. The song eventually went on to win CCMA Single of the Year. Overall, Blaine has released seven full-length albums. He has also been a staff songwriter in Nashville, writing songs for other artists including

Chris Janson Christopher Pierre Janson (born April 2, 1986) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Janson has recorded three full-length albums, '' Buy Me a Boat'', '' Everybody'', and '' Real Friends'', through Warner Records Nashville, along wi ...

Parmalee Parmalee is an American country music band from Parmele, North Carolina. The band consists of brothers Matt Thomas (lead vocals, guitar) and Scott Thomas (drums), along with their cousin Barry Knox (bass) and Josh McSwain (guitar). They are sign ...

, Petric and

Madeline Merlo Madeline Rae Merlo (born February 9, 1994) is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. She signed to Open Road Recordings in 2013 and released her debut album, ''Free Soul'', three years later. In 2015, Merlo received the "Rising Star" award fro ...

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official Site
1980 births Living people Canadian country singer-songwriters Canadian male singer-songwriters People from Pembroke, Ontario Algonquin College alumni Singers from Ontario 21st-century Canadian male singers 21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters Long stubs with short prose {{Canada-singer-songwriter-stub