Tyler Shaw

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 Canadian music cable channel MuchMusic. This led him to release 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, by Sony Music. His second album Intuition was released on September 28, 2018, also by Sony Music.

Tyler Shaw
Background information
Born (1993-04-08) April 8, 1993
OriginCoquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
GenresPop
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • actor
InstrumentsGuitar, piano
Years active2012–present
Labels
Websitetylershawmusic.com
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese葉銘恆[1]
Simplified Chinese叶铭恒

Early life

Tyler Shaw was born in Richmond, British Columbia and raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia.[2] He is of Chinese, Polish, and Ukrainian descent; his father was an immigrant from Hong Kong.[3] Shaw has an older brother, Matthew Shaw, who is a professional actor.[4] He played competitive soccer for many years of his childhood.[5]

Musical career

2012 - 2017: Career beginnings and Yesterday

Shaw'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 rose on the Canadian radio charts and soon after became Shaw's first gold certified single, peaking 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 releasing two singles with Sony Music Canada, Shaw signed an album deal with the record label in 2014. He released "It Happens All the Time" in 2014 and the single "House of Cards" in 2015. Shaw released his debut studio album Yesterday on September 4, 2015 to critical acclaim. In January 2016, Shaw released "Wicked"; the song was later certified gold.[6]

To support his debut album, Tyler toured across Canada with Selena Gomez for her Revival World Tour in 2016.[7] He also performed as a supporting act for Canadian artists Shawn Mendes and Alessia Cara.[8][9] Shaw has performed for the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex at the Invictus Games in May 2017.[10]

2018 - present: Intuition

In December 2017, Shaw released the Christmas single "Silent Night", which was serviced to Canadian radio. He performed the song on CTV's Santa Claus Parade in November 2018, along with The Canadian Tenors and Johnny Orlando. The lead single from Shaw's second album was "Cautious", which was released in January 2018. The single reached top 10 at Canadian radio and was certified gold.

His second studio album, Intuition (stylized in all caps) was released on September 28, 2018, by Sony Music Canada. Shaw performed at various iHeartRadio venues to promote the album.[11]

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’.[12] 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.

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.

In addition to writing, performing and producing music for his own project, Tyler is also a prolific producer and songwriter for other artists including Ross Lynch, Victoria Duffield, Justin Tyler, Ryland James and Olivia Lunny.[13] Tyler is currently working on his brand new album, temporarily named #TS3.

Tours
  • The Wanted Tour with Neon Dreams and Craig Stickland - 2019
  • The Intuition Tour with Ryland James and Sara Diamond - 2018
  • Selena Gomez - Revival World Tour - 2015

Acting career

Shaw made his acting debut in the 2017 Canadian independent film The Meaning of Life, directed by Cat Hostick.[14] He also appeared in the episode "Dancing in the Rain" on the Canadian drama series Lost & Found Music Studios.

Brand endorsements and Modeling

In February 2020, Tyler announced via his social media that he had officially signed with Sutherland Models, one of Canada’s premiere modeling agencies.[15] 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.[16]

Philanthropy and supported causes
Shaw working with We Charity in Kenya in 2014

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.[17] 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.

In April 2020, Shaw co-created the artists initiative ArtistsCAN to help raise funds for the Canadian Red Cross for COVID-19 relief.[18]

Personal life

Shaw married Alex Karolczyk (born July 13, 1989) on August 18, 2018 after six years of dating.[19]



Discography

Studio albums
Title Details
Yesterday
Intuition[20]
  • Release date: September 28, 2018
  • Label: Aisle 13 / Sony Music Canada
  • Format: CD, digital download

As lead artist
Year Title Peak positions Certifications Sales Album
CAN
[21]		 CAN AC
[22]		 CAN CHR
[23]		 CAN Hot AC
[24]
2012 "Kiss Goodnight" 245187 Yesterday
2013 "By My Side" 3492812
2014 "It Happens All the Time" 94214831
2015 "House of Cards" 37111210
"Dizzy" ——3341
2016 "Wicked" 5113136
2018 "Cautious" 8781610 Intuition
"With You" 34787
2019 "To the Man Who Let Her Go" 534117
2020 "Remember" 48473029 TBA
2021 "When You're Home"[27] ————
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Year Single Album
2016 "Runaway"[28]
(ODC featuring Tyler Shaw)		 Non-album single

Promotional singles
Year Single Album
2014 "Showtime"[29] Yesterday
2018 "Anybody Out There"[30]
(featuring Amaal Nuux)		 Intuition
"Wanted"[31]
"If I Ever Lost You"[32]

Christmas singles
Year Single Peak positions Album
CAN AC
[22]		 CAN Hot AC
[24]
2014 "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
(Tyler Shaw featuring Kira Isabella)		 31— Non-album singles
"It's Christmas" 43—
2018 "Silent Night" 11—
2019 "Christmas Time"[33] 348
2020 "Maybe This Christmas"[34] ——
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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    • "Remember": "Chart Search" (Artist: Tyler Shaw, Title: Remember, Chart: Canada CHR/Top 40). Billboard. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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  34. "Maybe This Christmas - Single by Tyler Shaw" – via Apple Music.
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