You could win $25,000
Plus bookings at Canada’s biggest country music events, SOCAN songwriting camps and more.
We're hosting studio sessions in Toronto and Vancouver, so shine up those boots and send us your best original performance video. We'll pick 8 acts and put videos of their studio sessions online so the country can vote for their favourites.
The acts with the most votes will perform at Canada's biggest country music events, attend an industry mentor session in Toronto and head to Nashville for a songwriting trip.
The 3 finalists will open for a headliner during The CCMA’s Country Music Week, where the Top of the Country will be chosen to take home $25,000, a SOCAN songwriting camp and more.
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CONTEST DETAILS
Register
If you think you could be the next Carrie, Hank or Dolly, register to audition with a video of you doing your thing. Wondering if you are eligible? Explore our FAQs to learn more.
Studio Sessions
We’ll pick 8 acts that played their hearts out and invite them to one of our studio sessions in Toronto or Vancouver. All registrants chosen to audition will receive travel grants and a professionally-recorded and mixed video and audio file of their performance.
Voting
Then it's over to the fans. The videos will be posted online, on this website, for a nation-wide vote to help pick the 3 finalists. All those in the running will be contacted prior to voting opening on the site and will be encouraged to spread the word to gain the most votes.
Fine-tuning
The 3 finalists will get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to hone their craft with education, mentoring, and exposure. The finalists will perform at Canada's biggest country music events, take part in a Mentor Session in Toronto, and be flown to Nashville with SOCAN for a songwriting trip after the contest ends.
Winner
All 3 finalists will open for a headliner during The CCMA’s Country Music Week in front of industry professionals and big names in country music. Judges will then announce the winner of $25,000 and who will claim the title of SiriusXM's Top of the Country.
PRIZE DETAILS
Finalists perform at CCMA’s Country Music Week in Hamilton, ON
The winner will win $25,000
And the title of SiriusXM’s Top of the Country
The finalists are getting the mentorship opportunity of a lifetime, and a chance to perform in front of some of the best crowds in country music.
Finalists will also be flown to Nashville with SOCAN for a week-long songwriting trip.
The winner will also receive a spot at a SOCAN songwriting camp.
And just for participating, each of our of semi-finalists will be given a professionally recorded video of their audition.
SIRIUSXM Country
SiriusXM has over 200 channels of the best commercial-free music, plus sports, news and talk, but check out these channels of the best country on radio!
Classic & contemporary bluegrass music
New, emerging & classic Canadian country
Music from & chosen by Garth Brooks
New country direct from Nashville
Music from & chosen by Kenny Chesney
Country’s misfits, outcasts, rebels & renegades
Country music from the late ’80s to the early 2000s
The music of country bars & honky tonks
Traditional Folk music from the past to today
Classic Country from the ’60s, ’70s & ’80s
The biggest country stars from the 2000’s
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Check out the rules and regulations for contest details.
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*Registration will be open from February 10-28, 2020. Those chosen to audition will be contacted via email and will be required to confirm their participation via email prior to the recording session. Only those chosen to attend a recording session will be contacted.