Jason Greeley (born March 11, 1977) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador who is best known as a contestant on the second season of Canadian Idol. He released his solo album, ''Live...Love...Sing...'' in 2005 and released his self-titled follow-up album in late-2009. Greeley is signed to Royalty Records out of

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Career

On June 14, 2005, Greeley released his debut CD ''Live...Love...Sing...''. The album's first single released was ''Slammin' Doors''. He received 4 Music Industry Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (MIANL, now MusicNL) award nominations, winning the Entertainer of the Year award. In 2006, Greeley received an

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nomination for Country Album of the Year.

''Canadian Idol''

In season two of Canadian Idol, Greeley reached the top-four round before being eliminated. At 27, he was the oldest of the top 10. Greeley placed third in his top-32 group behind Shane Wiebe and Manoah Hartmann but he qualified, along with Elena Juatco, for the top 10 through the wildcard round where he was the top vote-getter. Below is his list of performances with the theme in brackets: *First audition: "

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" by Elton John *Toronto auditions: " Islands in the Stream" by

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( duet with Danielle Falco) *Top 32: " Heaven" by

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*Wildcard: "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" by Elton John *Top 10: "

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(Canadian Hits) *Top 9: "

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" by Elton John (

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) *Top 8: "

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" by Creedence Clearwater Revival *Top 7: " Easy" by the

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*Top 6: " Rainy Day People" by

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" by Robert Palmer (Summertime Hits) *Top 4: "

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" by Frank Sinatra, " It Had To Be You" by Harry Connick Jr. (

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Discography

Live...Love...Sing... (2005)

1. Live...Love...Sing
2. Another Day
3. Slammin' Doors
4. Sad Songs
5. Get Over You
6. Shady Ole Town
7. Tonight (co-written with

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8. Living For Nothing
9. Dreams
10. Tear Me Away

Reception

This album has sold a total of 12,000 copies.

Jason Greeley (2009)

1. Born That Way
2. Usually
3. Godbye Jersey
4. Around For A Reason
5. Get A Life
6. Slammin Doors
7. Good Part
8. Live Our Lives
9. Walk Away
10. Louder Than Words
11. Four Walls
12. What You Gotta Do (Dad's Song)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greeley, Jason 1977 births Living people Canadian Idol participants People from Carbonear Musicians from Newfoundland and Labrador