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Amy Sky : biography

24 September 1960 –

Amy Sky (born on 24 September 1960 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, theatre actress, and television host. Sky started classical music lessons at the age of five, and plays piano, guitar, cello and recorder. She has a degree from the University of Toronto in music theory and composition. In 1983, Amy was signed as a staff song writer to MCA Music Nashville, and then subsequently to Warner-Chappell Music in Los Angeles, EMI Music Los Angeles, and Warner-Chappell Music Germany. As a writer she has penned songs for many artists including Diana Ross, Anne Murray, Olivia Newton-John, Reba McEntire, Belinda Carlisle, Aaron Neville, Heart, Cyndi Lauper, Mark Masri, Roch Voisine and Sheena Easton.

Discography

Albums

Year Album
1996 Cool Rain
1998 Burnt by the Sun
2001 Phenomenal Woman
2003 With This Kiss
2006 Life Lessons: The Best of Amy Sky
2008 The Lights Of December
2012 Alive & Awake

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
CAN AC CAN CAN Country
1996 "Don’t Leave Me Alone" 7 63 Cool Rain
"I Will Take Care of You" 4 57 51
1997 "’Til You Love Somebody" 4 56 22
"If My Heart Had Wings" 8
1998 "Love, Pain and the Whole Damn Thing" 6 23 58 Burnt by the Sun
"Waterfall" 27
1999 "Heaven (Opened Up Its Doors)" 20
"Ordinary Miracles" 39
2000 "Phenomenal Woman" Phenomenal Woman
2001 "I Believe in Us"
2003 "Everything Love Is" (with Marc Jordan) With This Kiss
2005 "Let It Shine" Single only

Guest singles

Year Title Artist Chart Positions Album
CAN AC CAN
1993 "’Til the Last Teardrop Falls" Exchange (with Marc Jordan) 13 44 Exchange
1997 "All I Have" Michael Burgess 38 A Place in the Sun
1998 "Two Story House" Bruce Guthro 45 Of Your Son

Biography

Music career

In 1996, Amy Sky released her debut album as a recording artist, Cool Rain, and starred in a Toronto production of the musical Blood Brothers with David Cassidy and Michael Burgess. After being nominated for two Juno Awards, including best songwriter and best new artist, she released Burnt by the Sun in 1998, which also earned a nomination for best songwriter. The string of radio hits these albums produced garnered her three SOCAN awards. 2001 saw the release of Phenomenal Woman, which was followed in 2003 by Sky’s fourth album, With This Kiss, a romance collection. In 2007, EMI released Life Lessons: The Best of Amy Sky. In 2008, Sky released a holiday album, The Lights of December. Between 2005 and 2012, Sky focused on her songwriting and producing for other artists.