Jason Blaine (born April 19, 1980) is a

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from

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. Blaine is a multiple Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA), SOCAN & Country Music Association of Ontario Award winner with over 20 Canadian country radio hits. Twelve of those went on to become Nielsen BDS Top 10 singles on the Canadian country chart including "Country Side", "Friends of Mine", and the biographical "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore".

Family

Blaine lives in the greater

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area with his wife, Amy, and their four children.

Career

Blaine's first hit single, “Rock In My Boot”, was released in 2007. It led to multiple CCMA nominations and paved the way for a string of hit singles and major festival appearances across the country. His most successful song to date was the biographical “They Don’t Make ‘Em Like That Anymore”, which was written for his grandfather and released in 2012. The song eventually went on to win CCMA Single of the Year. Overall, Blaine has released six full-length albums. He has also been a staff songwriter in Nashville for the past decade, writing songs for other artists including

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, Petric and

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Discography

Albums

Singles

As a featured artist

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official Site
1980 births Living people Canadian country singer-songwriters Canadian male singer-songwriters People from Pembroke, Ontario Algonquin College alumni Musicians from Ontario 21st-century Canadian male singers {{Canada-singer-stub