Sara Maxine Diamond (born January 5, 1995) is a Canadian singer from Montreal, Quebec. She is best known for her singing of the

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for the

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during the 2013/14 and 2014/15

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Career

Sara started her career in 2000 (age 5) when she sang for children's record label The Kiboomers. In 2008, she released her self-titled debut album under Vatikan Records. During that time, she performed at various events, including ONE X ONE and

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' Christmas party, opening for

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. In 2009, she auditioned and became the new member of the Clique Girlz, Clique Girlz a girl group signed to

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under

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. The group split up in April 2009. In 2013, Sara started singing for the Montreal Canadiens, performing the American and

Canadian National Anthem "O Canada" (french: Ô Canada, italic=no) is the national anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony; Calixa Lavallée composed the mus ...

s during the 2013 season, then going on to sing the American National Anthem during the 2014 and 2015 NHL Playoffs alongside

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. On March 14, 2016, Sara released her first single, "Just Give In". The song premiered on music blog Noisey, which helped garner a buzz and lead to multiple other blog mentions and writeups. Pop production duo Noah Barer & Cavewerk (JUS POP) produced the track and released it through their SoundCloud page. On November 11, 2016,

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released their single "Firestorm", featuring Sara. It is the lead single off their debut album, Red // Blue, which was released on December 2, 2016.

Discography

EPs

''Foreword'' (Cyor Sound, 2018) ''IDK'' (Cyor Sound, 2020) ''SaraX'' (Cyor Sound, 2022)

References

1995 births Living people Canadian women singer-songwriters Canadian singer-songwriters Singers from Montreal 21st-century Canadian women singers {{Canada-singer-stub