MDM Recordings Inc. is a Canadian

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, distributor and artist management company founded by 2014

Canadian Country Music Association The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The groundwork for the association began on June 3, 1973, when a gr ...

Record Company Person of the Year Mike Denney and distributed through ADA Canada, a division of

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. Founded in 2008 and based in Toronto, Ontario, MDM Recordings works primarily with Canadian

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artists such as

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nominee

Chad Brownlee Chad Brownlee (born July 12, 1984) is a Canadian country music artist, songwriter, actor, and former ice hockey defenceman. He has one #1 Canada Country hit with " Forever's Gotta Start Somewhere". Sports career Brownlee was a draft pick for ...

, 2014 CCMA Female Artist of the Year

Jess Moskaluke Jessica Moskaluke (born June 4, 1990) is a Canadian country singer and songwriter. She released her debut studio album, '' Light Up the Night'' in April 2014, which includes the platinum-certified single " Cheap Wine and Cigarettes". She has one n ...

and 2014 CCMA Discovery Award winners The Lovelocks. MDM Recordings partnered with award-winning producer/musician

Mitch Merrett Mitch Merrett is a record producer, music manager, and country musician from Langley, British Columbia, Canada. He plays a Gibson Robot Guitar. He studied music at Selkirk College in Nelson, graduating from the Contemporary Music and Technol ...

in 2009, and launched new music publishing business Little Red Bungalow in partnership with CCS Rights Management in 2012. In 2014, MDM Recordings expanded operations to Australia with a new partnership with the Maven Agency (distributed by

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) as well as the United States through the addition of Nashville-based representative Chad Green. In August 2014,

's single " Cheap Wine and Cigarettes" was certified Gold by

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, marking a first for MDM Recordings, and making her the first solo female Canadian Country artist to achieve this milestone since

Shania Twain Eilleen Regina "Shania" Twain ( ; born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists of all time and the best-sel ...

. In October 2014, MDM Recordings announced the first cross-Canada tour composed entirely of MDM Recordings artists.

's headlining "When The Lights Go Down Tour", supported by

and Bobby Wills, travelled coast-to-coast beginning in March 2015.When The Lights Go Down Tour Announcement
- ''www.mdmrecordings.net''

Artists

Charlie Major Charles Bernard Major (born December 31, 1954) is a Canadian country music artist. He has recorded seven studio albums and released more than twenty singles. In 2019 he was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Musical career ...

*The Redhill Valleys *Savannah Jade *Josh Stumpf

Past artists

Don Amero Donald Amero (born September 11, 1980) is a Canadians, Canadian country music, country and folk music, folk singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba.Chad Brownlee Chad Brownlee (born July 12, 1984) is a Canadian country music artist, songwriter, actor, and former ice hockey defenceman. He has one #1 Canada Country hit with " Forever's Gotta Start Somewhere". Sports career Brownlee was a draft pick for ...

* Tim Chaisson *Five Roses *Hayley * David James *The Lovelocks *

Beverley Mahood Beverley Mahood (born 2 November 1974) is an Irish born Canadian country music singer-songwriter and television host based in Ontario, Canada. Mahood emigrated from Belfast to Canada as a child. She is also formerly part of the all-female trio ...

Tyler Joe Miller Tyler Joe Miller is a Canadian country music, country singer. He was the first independent artist to debut with back-to-back No. 1 hits on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Canada Country chart with "Pillow Talkin', Pillow Talkin" and "I Wo ...

*Bryce Pallister * Bobby Wills

References

External links

MDM Recordings Official Website
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