Hailey Benedict (born May 10, 2002) is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter from St. Albert, Alberta. She is currently signed to Big Loud Records and its imprint Local Hay. She has charted on Canada Country with the singles "Wanted You To", "Damn You July", and "Things My Mama Says".
Biography Early life Benedict has been performing since she was just six years old. In 2014, she won Country Music Alberta's Fan's Choice award, and was also named the winner of the youth Junior Talent Search at the Big Valley Jamboree. In 2016, Benedict and her sister were invited on stage by Keith Urban during a concert at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. After telling Urban that she wanted to be a singer-songwriter, he allowed her to perform one of her original songs, "Clean Slate", for the crowd. In 2017, Benedict was named the Grand Winner of Big Valley Jamboree's 2017 ATB Homegrown Talent Stage, and was also named a recipient of the Global Women of Vision award. She graduated from Paul Kane High School in St. Albert in 2020.
2021-present In August 2021, Benedict independently released her debut Canadian radio single "Wanted You To", which later reached a peak of number 25 on the Canadian country airplay chart. She subsequently signed a management deal with GPS Artist Management in July 2022. Later that year, Benedict won "Interactive Artist of the Year" at the 2022 Canadian Country Music Awards. In early 2023, Benedict supported Aaron Goodvin as an opening act on his "It's the Ride Tour" across Canada. In June 2023, she released the single "Damn You July" through the label Sakamoto Music. In September 2023, Benedict won the SiriusXM Top of the Country competition. In December 2023, she released her first Christmas single, "Freeze".
In September 2024, Benedict signed a record deal and a publishing deal with Big Loud and Local Hay. That same month, she was nominated for "Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year" at the 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards. In October 2024, Benedict released the single "Things My Mama Says". The song later became Benedict's first top ten hit on the Billboard Canada Country chart. She was nominated for Female Artist of the Year at the 2025 Canadian Country Music Association Awards.
Discography Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album CAN CountryReferences for Canada Country:
"Things My Mama Says": "Carl Dean": "Party Without You": "Wanted You To" 2021 25 rowspan="5" "Damn You July" 2023 49 "Things My Mama Says" 2024 6 "Carl Dean" 2025 56 "Party Without You" 2026 38
Christmas singles Title Year Peak chartpositions Album CAN Country "Freeze" 2023 44
Music videos Title Year Director "Wanted You To" 2021 Bryton Udy "Level Up" 2022 "Freeze" 2023 Codi McIvor
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref 2014 Country Music Alberta Fans' Choice 2019 Horizon Youth Award 2022 Canadian Country Music Association Interactive Artist or Group of the Year Rising Star Country Music Alberta Horizon Female Artist of the Year Horizon Single of the Year "Wanted You To" Western Canadian Music Awards Country Artist of the Year 2023 Country Music Alberta Interactive Artist of the Year Songwriter(s) of the Year "Level Up" Video of the Year "Wanted You To" 2024 Canadian Country Music Association Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year Country Music Alberta Horizon Female Artist of the Year Interactive Artist of the Year Single of the Year "Damn You July" 2025 Single of the Year "Things My Mama Says" Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year
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