Tony Stevens is a Canadian

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singer and songwriter from

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. He is currently signed to Willing Entertainment. He has charted with the singles "Tomorrow Today", "Whiskey in Colorado", and "When I Hear That Song".

Early life

Stevens was raised in

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, but moved to

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when he was thirteen years old. In his twenties, he elected not to pursue a full-time music career as he was working a career in construction, got married, and was starting a family. In 2013, Stevens suffered a serious brain injury in a

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accident in Tulameen. After recovering, he began thinking once again about pursuing a career as a musician, and eventually began the process of doing so.

Career

In 2022, Stevens released the song "Cochrane Avenue". The next year, he released "Tomorrow Today", his first single to Canadian country radio. The song would later reach the top 50 on the ''

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chart. In 2024, he was a semi-finalist in the

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Top of the Country competition. Stevens also released the single "Whiskey in Colorado" in January 2024. The song went on to reach the number eight on the

chart, while Stevens and his co-writers received a nomination for Songwriter(s) of the Year at the

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for writing it. Later that year, he released a follow-up single "When I Hear That Song". Both songs were included on Stevens' debut album, ''Days Like This'', which was released in May 2025. Stevens is nominated for Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year at the 2025 Canadian Country Music Association Awards.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevens, Tony Living people 1984 births 21st-century Canadian songwriters 21st-century Canadian male singers 21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters Canadian country singer-songwriters People from Surrey, British Columbia Singers from British Columbia