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Alannah Myles

Data updated on 2025-04-24 09:36:45 UTC
Toronto rocker / singer / songwriter / producer, Alannah Myles spent several years struggling unsuccessfully to secure a Canadian record deal so she and songwriting partner Christopher Ward set their sights south of the border. Myles recorded a demo and video for the song "Just One Kiss," with Canadian renown cinematographer, Deborah Samuel that got the attention of several US recording companies including Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records and along with top 40 hits she chose for her self-titled 1989 debut album. "Love Is" established her in her home country. Black Velvet and Lover Of Mine helped to make Alannah Myles the highest-selling debut recording artist in Canadian history, but it was the smoky, sensual "Black Velvet" that became a worldwide classic hit, reaching number one in the U.S. Myles thus far remains something of a one-hit wonder to most U.S. audiences. She released a follow-up album, Rockinghorse, in 1992 followed by 'Alannah' as her final Atlantic release in 1995 and 2 more independently recoded albums, A Rval and 85bpm.~

Total plays

384.3 million
Updated on 2025-04-24

Country

Canada

Monthly listeners

2,696,224

Followers

126,070

Top Cities

  1. Australia
    57,305 listeners
  2. Australia
    50,082 listeners
  3. Chile
    41,817 listeners
  4. Australia
    46,923 listeners
  5. United Kingdom
    29,504 listeners

Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Black Velvet
Black Velvet
348,778,581 4:47 1989-03-14
Lover of Mine
Lover of Mine
11,335,835 4:37 1989-03-14
Love Is
Love Is
6,453,093 3:36 1989-03-14
Still Got This Thing
Still Got This Thing
3,153,250 4:37 1989-03-14
Song Instead of a Kiss
Song Instead of a Kiss
1,972,000 5:04 1992-01-01
Rock This Joint
Rock This Joint
1,449,316 4:02 1989-03-14
Our World Our Times
Our World Our Times
1,240,613 6:24 1992-01-01
Who Loves You
Who Loves You
1,115,047 3:37 1989-03-14
Kick Start My Heart
Kick Start My Heart
1,094,012 3:42 1989-03-14
Just One Kiss
Just One Kiss
915,171 3:33 1989-03-14
Hurry Make Love
Hurry Make Love
672,065 2:17 1989-03-14
If You Want To
If You Want To
667,654 4:13 1989-03-14
Black Velvet (Remake 2020)
Black Velvet (Remake 2020)
569,739 4:48 2014-10-27
Sonny Say You Will
Sonny Say You Will
543,356 5:07 1992-01-01
Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed
294,938 4:39 1992-01-01
Rockinghorse
Rockinghorse
287,568 3:01 1992-01-01
Livin' on a Memory
Livin' on a Memory
251,043 5:52 1992-01-01
Family Secret
Family Secret
244,118 5:19 1995-09-05
Love in the Big Town
Love in the Big Town
198,376 4:48 1992-01-01
Make Me Happy
Make Me Happy
195,817 5:49 1992-01-01
The Last Time I Saw William
The Last Time I Saw William
166,930 4:14 1992-01-01
Somewhere Inside
Somewhere Inside
148,301 3:20 2018-06-22
Can't Stand the Rain
Can't Stand the Rain
146,533 4:02 2014-08-15
Dark Side of Me
Dark Side of Me
144,851 3:43 1995-09-05
Lies and Rumours
Lies and Rumours
133,716 5:06 1992-01-01
Do You Really Want to Know Me
Do You Really Want to Know Me
126,542 2:35 1995-09-05
Blow Wind Blow
Blow Wind Blow
119,873 4:19 1995-09-05
Keeper of My Heart
Keeper of My Heart
118,703 3:57 1995-09-05
85 BPM Leave It Alone
85 BPM Leave It Alone
117,577 4:48 2015-05-29
Irish Rain
Irish Rain
112,403 4:23 1995-09-05
Black Velvet France
Black Velvet France
110,783 4:42 2015-05-29
Comment Ca Va
Comment Ca Va
106,593 5:22 2015-05-29
Mother Nature
Mother Nature
98,626 4:05 1995-09-05
Everybody's Breaking Up
Everybody's Breaking Up
83,756 4:40 1995-09-05
Faces in the Crowd
Faces in the Crowd
79,483 3:20 2015-05-29
Black Velvet Terry Brown
Black Velvet Terry Brown
78,536 4:39 2015-05-29
I Can't Stand the Rain
I Can't Stand the Rain
77,794 3:31 2014-12-09
I Can't Stand The Rain (as made famous by Tina Turner)
I Can't Stand The Rain (as made famous by Tina Turner)
77,794 3:30 2008-08-01
Give Me Love
Give Me Love
72,454 4:21 2015-05-29
Prime of My Life
Prime of My Life
71,461 4:05 2015-05-29
Simple Man's Dream
Simple Man's Dream
71,398 4:32 1995-09-05
Mistress of Erzulie
Mistress of Erzulie
69,334 4:49 1995-09-05
Anywhere but Home
Anywhere but Home
62,651 3:02 2015-05-29
I Love You
I Love You
58,675 4:37 2015-05-29
Only Wings
Only Wings
57,486 4:29 2015-05-29
Sally, Go 'Round the Roses
Sally, Go 'Round the Roses
57,247 2:49 1995-09-05
What Is Love
What Is Love
51,078 3:26 2015-05-29
Trouble Acoustic
Trouble Acoustic
48,674 3:40 2015-05-29
Lightning in a Bottle
Lightning in a Bottle
46,966 4:33 1995-09-05
Trouble With Crickets
Trouble With Crickets
42,651 5:12 2015-05-29
I Believe
I Believe
39,575 4:40 2019-09-13
Long Long Time
Long Long Time
39,033 5:14 1999-09-09
We Got It All
We Got It All
23,542 2:58 2019-01-25
Like Flames
Like Flames
17,055 3:59 2000-01-01
Back & Forth
Back & Forth
10,563 6:03 2008-01-29
CLOSE TO ME
CLOSE TO ME
8,787 2:31 2020-06-12
Out of the Dark
Out of the Dark
8,121 7:19 2019-04-10
Mercy
Mercy
6,064 4:09 2020-11-27
Black Velvet
1,673 5:09 1997-01-01

New releases

I Believe
I Believe
2019-09-13
[Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group]
The Complete Atlantic Albums
The Complete Atlantic Albums
2019-03-29
[Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group]
Black Velvet
Black Velvet
2018-04-20
[Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group]
Black Velvet Elvis 25th Tribute
Black Velvet Elvis 25th Tribute
2015-06-02
[Fascinate inc]
85 BPM
85 BPM
2015-05-29
[Fascinate inc.]
Black Velvet (Remake 2020)
Black Velvet (Remake 2020)
2014-10-27
[Fascinate inc]
Can't Stand the Rain
Can't Stand the Rain
2014-08-15
[Fascinate inc]
Like Flames
Like Flames
2000-01-01
[Nemo Records]
Long Long Time
Long Long Time
1999-09-09
[Fascinate inc.]
Alannah
Alannah
1995-09-05
[Atlantic Records]
Rockinghorse
Rockinghorse
1992-01-01
[Rhino Atlantic]
Black Velvet / If You Want To
Black Velvet / If You Want To
1990-01-01
[Rhino Atlantic]
Black Velvet / If You Want To
Black Velvet / If You Want To
1990-01-01
[Rhino Atlantic]
Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles
1989-03-14
[Atlantic Records]