Tara Oram (born April 28, 1984) is a Canadian
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
recording artist and TV personality. She was a top six finalist on the
fifth season of ''
Canadian Idol'' in 2007. In 2009, Oram received the "Rising Star"
Canadian Country Music Award and was nominated for a
Juno Award, for Country Album of the Year, for her debut album ''Chasing the Sun''.
Early life
Oram was born in
Hare Bay,
Newfoundland but moved frequently during her early years. Oram first moved to the
Malton area of
Mississauga, Ontario when she was 10 years old, and later to
Brampton
Brampton ( or ) is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Brampton is a city in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a lower-tier municipality within Peel Region. The city has a population of 656,480 as of the 2021 Census, making it ...
, where she attended
Bramalea Secondary School.
Career
At age 16 Oram was signed to indie label Wellcraft Music Group and released her first country music single called, "More Than I Dreamed" which was her first top 50 hit. She later toured with a local agency called Performerz, which allowed her to sing in theatres, malls and festivals throughout Ontario. When 19 Oram joined her first real band, Big Catch. The band played the bar/club circuit and corporate events around Ontario for the better part of four years, performing a mix of country, top 40, rock, R'n B and retro. In 2007, Oram auditioned for the hit show
Canadian Idol, earning a 6th-place finish on the hit reality show. The next year, Oram signed her first major record deal with Open Road/Universal Music Canada and also appeared on reality TV series called, "The Tara Diaries" on
CMT. CMT filmed a Christmas special she hosted, "The Night Before Christmas". In October 2008, Oram's first show as a signed artist was opening for her Idol,
Marty Stuart in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
In 2009, CMT and
YTV Oram appeared a celebrity judge on the TV series, "Karaoke Star Junior".
On July 10, 2010, Oram was the opening act for
Taylor Swift
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and performed at the second annual
Cavendish Beach Music Festival
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in
Cavendish
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, Prince Edward Island, singing to a crowd of more than 35,000 people.
Oram became a judge on
YTV's Canadian reality TV show,
The Next Star since Season 5, which premiered July 18, 2012.
Awards/ and nominations
Oram received nominations for the 2009 East Coast Music Awards in the categories Female Solo Recording of the Year and Video of the Year, and won in the Country Recording of the Year award.
She also received a CRMA (Canadian Radio Music Award) nomination as Best New Group/Solo Artist.
On February 2, 2009 Oram was nominated for a Juno Award in the Country Recording of the Year category.
Oram won the 2009 CCMA Rising Star award. She was also nominated for Rising Star, Female Artist of the Year and Video of the Year.
In 2015, Tara Oram received a Star on Brampton's Walk of Fame.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Music videos
Awards and nominations
See also
*''
Canadian Idol''
*''
Season 5 Recap of Canadian Idol''
References
External links
*
Tara Oram's Management Company
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1984 births
Living people
Canadian Idol participants
Canadian women country singers
Open Road Recordings artists
People from Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
Canadian Country Music Association Rising Star Award winners
21st-century Canadian women singers