Autumn Hill was a Canadian

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duo composed of Mike Robins (from

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) and Tareya Green (from

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History

Green studied multi-media at

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and was developing websites for entertainers, but she was a songwriter and pianist and began posting performances on YouTube, where Wax Records co-founder Jamie Appleby discovered her. In January 2012, she moved to Toronto, where Appleby brought in several songwriters to co-write what was meant to be her first album. One of those songwriters was Mike Robins. Robins was an established singer/songwriter who had spent 2010 touring with

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then had his 2011 solo single "No Mercy" top the

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chart on

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. When Appleby heard the two singing together, he saw their potential as a duet and Autumn Hill was born. Their debut single, " Anything At All," entered the

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in January 2013. It is included on their debut album '' Favourite Mistake'', released September 10, 2013. With two of their singles gaining substantial airplay on both country and

formats, the pair were touted as the first Canadian country act since

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to successfully

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to pop radio. The record's three subsequent singles experienced diminishing returns on the

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airplay chart; the third single "

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" became the group's highest-charting entry on the

at number 73. "

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" was released in March 2015 as the lead single for the group's second and final album, ''

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''. Reaching a peak position of four on the Canadian country airplay chart, it remains the group's only top ten hit. In total, seven of their singles charted. In 2017, at the end of their promotion for ''Anchor'', the pair decided to split up and pursue solo careers. Green adopted the mononym 'Tareya' and released her debut solo single, "Summer Wheels", in June 2017. In March 2018, she released her debut album, ''Stained Glass Heart''. Robins co-founded the band East Adelaide and, in October 2020, released the solo single "Lightning Don’t Strike Twice".

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Christmas singles

Guest singles

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{Authority control Canadian country music groups Country music duos Musical groups established in 2012 Musical groups disestablished in 2016 Canadian musical duos 2012 establishments in Canada