Tyler Shaw

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Pop performer who was the winner of the 2012 MuchMusic Covers Contest. His singles “Kiss Goodnight” and “With You” both went Platinum in Canada. In 2014, he earned a JUNO Award nomination for Breakthrough Artist of the Year.

He started playing guitar at age thirteen before going on to study sociology at the University of Prince Edward Island when he was nineteen.

His debut album Yesterday was released in 2015. He has opened for massive international artists including Shawn Mendes and Alessia Cara.

He grew up with his family in Coquitlam, British Columbia.

He performed Adele’s song “Rolling in the Deep” at the 2012 MuchMusic Covers Contest.

Shaw married Alex Karolczyk (Born on July 13, 1989) on August 18, 2018 after six years of dating.

Tyler Shaw (born April 8, 1993) is a Canadian singer and actor. He was the winner of the “MuchMusic Coca-Cola Covers Contest 2012” organized by the specialized Canadian music cable channel MuchMusic and subsequently released his debut single, “Kiss Goodnight”, through Sony Music Canada in December 2012. The song was certified Gold by Music Canada in April 2013. Shaw’s debut studio album, Yesterday, was released on September 4, 2015. The follow-up album Intuition was released on September 28, 2018, both on Sony Music.

At age 19, Tyler attended UPEI on a soccer scholarship where he played as a goaltender. During his first year as a sociology student at University of Prince Edward Island, he was encouraged by his friend / roommate to make a cover and take part in the “Coca-Cola MuchMusic Covers Contest 2012” and was one of 13,000 who applied. His original audition video, was a cover of Hedley’s “Invincible” put him in Top 15 of the contestant finalists. With a cover of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” he proceeded to Top 10 and through his interpretation of Britney Spears’ “I Wanna Go” to Top 3. The results were announced during the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards on June 17, and Shaw was crowned the winner.

Tyler has a longstanding history with the WE Organization, from live performances at their WE DAY events to actually working on the ground in Kenya, building a school. He has also participated in the Water Walk initiative along with Nelly Furtado and Spencer West in 2014. His involvement extends to speaking at WE events across Canada including their evening of inspiration events and even hosting the WE DAY in Calgary, Alberta in October 2017 alongside Jully Black, Tyrone Edwards and Chloe Wilde. To date, Tyler has performed at over 50 WE DAY events within Canada. Tyler is also quite passionate about mental health, participating in initiatives like Bell Let’s Talk and smaller community events that focus on raising awareness and eliminating stigmas associated with mental illness.

Tyler’s debut single, “Kiss Goodnight”, was co-written by Shaw with Stephen Kozmeniuk and Todd Clark, and was produced by ‘Koz’ and Zubin Thakkar. The single quickly climbed the Canadian radio charts and soon after became Tyler’s first gold certified single and peaked at #24 on the Canadian Billboard Hot 100 charts. The follow up, “By My Side” was released as Shaw’s second official single in June 2013. After 2 successful singles with Sony Music Canada, Tyler signed a full album deal with the record label in 2014. He released the fan favorite “It Happens All the Time” in 2014 and the hit single “House of Cards” in 2015. Tyler released his debut studio album, Yesterday , on September 4, 2015 to critical acclaim. While the album landed just ahead of the digital streaming era, Tyler’s single performed exceptionally well at Canadian radio. In January 2016, Tyler released his sixth radio single ‘Wicked’ which shot up the Canadian radio charts and soon became a certified gold single.

Shaw made his acting debut in the 2017 Canadian independent film The Meaning of Life, directed by Cat Hostick. He also appeared in the episode “Dancing in the Rain” on the Canadian drama series Lost & Found Music Studios.

In December of 2017, Tyler released a Christmas single ‘Silent Night’ ahead of the holiday season which was serviced to Canada radio. He performed the Christmas favorite on national television for CTV’s The Original Santa Claus Parade in November of 2018, along with The Candian Tenors and Johnny Orlando. The first official single from Tyler’s sophomore project was ‘Cautious’ which was released in January of 2018. The single reached top 10 at Canadian radio and is officially certified gold.

The third and final single from the album, ‘To The Man Who Let Her Go’ was released in May 2019 and reached top 10 across 3 Canadian radio formats. The single is officially certified gold and the official music video, shot by The Young Astronauts, reached #1 on iTunes Canada music video charts. Tyler ended 2019 on a high note, following his national tour run with ‘The Wanted Tour. According to BDS / Nielsen Soundscan, Tyler’s single ‘With You’ was the most played single at Canadian radio by a Canadian artist.

The sophomore album INTUITION was released September 28, 2018 via Sony Music Canada. The launch of the album was supported by television appearances including Breakfast Television, CP24 Breakfast, etalk, ET Canada and live performance on CBC’s First Play Live series. Tyler also performed at the [IHeartRadio_MMVAs], iHeartRadio [Jingle Ball’]] 2018 and iHeartRadio Fan Fest during Canadian Music Week.

To support his debut album, Tyler toured across Canada with Selena Gomez for her ‘Revival World Tour’ in Spring 2016. He also performed as a supporting act for Canadian breakout artists including Shawn Mendes and Alessia Cara within the album cycle. Tyler has performed for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex at the Invictus Games in May 2017. In August of 2017, Tyler began officially working on this sophomore album, INTUITION.

One of Tyler’s most successful hits of Tyler’s career, ‘With You’, is the lead single from Tyler’s sophomore album. The single is certified double platinum and broke the top 5 on the Canadian radio charts and reaching #34 on Canadian Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single reached #1 twice on the French BDS charts with the french duet version featuring french singer Sara Diamond. Tyler’s album INTUITION received a Juno Awards nomination for ‘Pop Album of the Year’ in January 2019 and landed him a performance slot of the national broadcast of the Canadian awards show in March 2019 where he performed an acoustic rendition of ‘With You’. The official music video for ‘With You’ has reached 30 million video views on YouTube and helped garner over 100k subscribers for Tyler’s channel, earning him a YouTube subscriber award in March 2019.

Shaw was born in Richmond, British Columbia and raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia. He is of half-Chinese and part Polish and Ukrainian descent; his father was an immigrant from Hong Kong. Tyler has an older brother, Matthew Ip Shaw who is a professional actor and 3 younger half siblings; two younger brothers and a younger sister. Tyler’s passion for much of his life, in addition to music, has been soccer as he played competitively for many years.

In April 2020, Shaw co-created the artists initiative ArtistsCAN to help raise funds for the Canadian Red Cross for COVID-19 relief.

In February 2020, Tyler announced via his social media that he had officially signed with Sutherland Models, one of Canada’s premiere modeling agencies. In March 2020, the single ‘With You’ was featured in a national commercial for Rogers 5G network. The commercial featured Tyler as a live performer. In a partnership with Rogers Tyler also has an interactive live hologram activation at the Rogers 302 flagship store in downtown Toronto, which performs some of his biggest hits.

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