Jann Arden Biography
Jann Arden Richards, 27 March 1962, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This Canadian singer-songwriter worked as a salmon-gutter, a golf ball cleaner and a singing waitress before finding success as a musician. Arden recorded a solo single ("Never Love A Sailor') under her real name when she was only 17 and started working with rock 'n' roll groups in bars and clubs. After ten years of heavy drinking and with her 30th birthday approaching, she decided to take music seriously. She landed a deal with A&M Records in summer 1992 and launched her solo career with the release of February 1993"s Time For Mercy. Arden's hard-bitten songs, awash with images drawn from varied work placements and self-destructive relationships, promptly won her a double Juno Award in Canada. The follow-up Living Under June went multi-platinum in Canada and became her first international release. A single drawn from it, "Insensitive", became a hit in both Canada and Australia, while the album's best track, "Unloved", featured a duet with Jackson Browne. Three Juno Awards followed in 1995, including Single Of The Year for "Could I Be Your Girl?". Her third album Happy? was also a great success, attaining triple-platinum status in Canada. After another three year hiatus Arden returned in March 2000 with Blood Red Cherry.
Source: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin. Licensed from Muze.
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