Victoria Banks

Victoria Banks
Victoria Banks at the 2010 CCMA Awards
Victoria Banks at the 2010 CCMA Awards
Background information
Birth nameVictoria Wenonah Banks
Born (1973-02-08) February 8, 1973 (age 51)
OriginMuskoka, Ontario, Canada
GenresCountry
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)singing, acoustic guitar, piano
Years active1998-present
LabelsOn Ramp
Websitevictoriabanks.net Victoria Banks discography at MusicBrainz

Victoria Wenonah Banks (born February 8, 1973) is a Nashville-based Canadian singer and songwriter who has penned songs for a variety of artists including Reba McEntire, Sara Evans, Jessica Simpson, Lauren Alaina, Carly Pearce and Mickey Guyton. Her songs have earned 2 ASCAP Country Music Awards, a SOCAN International Achievement Award, a Covenant Award, and a Grammy nomination (for co-writing Mickey Guyton's album Remember Her Name).

Banks' own self-produced debut album When You Can Fly, released on the On Ramp/EMI Canada label in April 2009, earned her a 2010 Canadian Indie Award nomination and six nominations at the 2009 Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMAs) including Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, Single of the Year ("The Wheel"), Songwriter of the Year ("The Wheel"), Female Artist of the Year and Rising Star, making Banks the most nominated female artist of 2009. "The Wheel," the album's first single, reached the Top 20 on the Radio & Records Country Singles chart[1] earning her a 2010 Canadian Radio Music Award nomination. Music videos for "The Wheel" and "When You Can Fly" received airplay on CMT Canada. Banks was named both Female Artist of the Year and Songwriter(s)Of The Year at the 2010 CCMA Awards, and was nominated in the Female Artist of the Year category again in 2011.

In 2020 Banks became a podcast host with "The Table Women", a series that focuses on women in the entertainment industry. In the fall of 2021, she joined the faculty of Belmont University's Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business as an instructor of songwriting.

  1. ^ "2 Fresh 4 Tracks: Beverley Mahood & Victoria Banks". Cmt.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-08.