Jann Arden | 2021 Canadian Music Hall of Fame | | The JUNO Awards

Jann Arden is an acclaimed singer, songwriter, actress, broadcaster and author. Born and raised in Alberta, Arden catapulted onto the Canadian music scene in 1993 with the release of her debut album Time For Mercy featuring the hit single, “I Would Die For You.” Her follow-up album Living Under June featured her smash hit, “Insensitive,” which solidified her position in the music scene across Canada and beyond. To date, Arden has released 14 albums and achieved 19 top ten singles. Her most recent album, These Are The Days, was released in 2018 and she completed a highly successful 27 date Canadian tour that same year.

Arden’s impressive list of accolades include eight JUNO Awards including Best New Solo Artist and Songwriter of the Year, 10 SOCAN Awards, four Western Canadian Music Awards, a Much Music Video Award, three Prairie Music Awards and an Alberta Recording Industry Association Award. Arden has also been honoured with a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame, inducted into the Western Canadian Music Alliance Hall of Fame and Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, as well as the Order of Canada.

A versatile artist, Arden’s hit sitcom JANN, where she stars as a fictionalized version of herself, has been renewed for a second season. She previously appeared in sitcoms including Ellen and Corner Gas, has been involved in Working Moms and The Detour and appeared in The Vagina Monologues when it toured Canada.

Arden hosted CBC Radio’s Being Jann, sat in the judge’s chair for Canada Sings, and has made guest appearances on CBC’s Rick Mercer Report as well as regularly appearing as a guest host on The Social.

As an author, her most recent book Feeding My Mother – Comfort and Laughter in the Kitchen as My Mom Lives with Memory Loss spent 21 consecutive weeks on the The Globe & Mail’s Bestsellers List. Previous releases include If I Knew, Don’t You Think I’d Tell YouI’ll Tell You One Damn Thing, and That’s All I Know, and her self-penned memoir Falling Backwards.

Jann Arden will be inducted into The Canadian Music Hall of Fame live at The 50th Annual JUNO Awards Broadcast, on Sunday, June 6, 2021.