Hilary Weaver Bio
Hilary Weaver is an up and coming 20 year old singer and songwriter from Toronto who is breaking out in the pop/rock genre in Canada, the U.S. and the UK with her strong and unwavering vocals, a wide vocal range, a passion for singing, and fresh and catchy songs!!
BREAKING NEWS - JANUARY 2012 - Hilary is honoured to be selected as one of the TOP TEN FINALISTS in Akon's Hitlab Emerging Artist Grammy Contest out of thousands of entries around the world!! Check out Hitlab on Facebook and click on Contests!!
OCTOBER 2011 - Hilary selected as one of the Top Five Vocalists in SingerUniverse's "Best Vocalist Of The Month" Competition for her song, We're Smokin' Hot!
MAY 2011 - Hilary was selected as one of the top 6 finalists out of hundreds of entries from across North America and around the world in a competition to win a $4,000 Scholarship for a 5 week program this summer to the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston. Sonicbids' staff review of the performance: "Toronto's Hilary Weaver brought up the energy in the room with crazy powerful vocals over catchy pop-rock tracks and closed the night with killer rock ballads!"
Hilary is making waves internationally on the music scene - Winner Best Pop Song in the Great American Song Contest in March 2010, Winner Best Female Vocal at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards in LA in November 2009 and Top 10 Finalist for British Music Week's Rising Star Award 2009 out of over 10,000 global entries in London, England in October 2009.
Highlights from press reviews: talented and well trained vocals; unwavering strong voice; great unforced vocal range; crisp and smooth vocals; tons of emotion; superbly performed; well thought out and sensitive lyrics with catchy hooks and superb melody; easy to relate to her feelings and songs; has a freshness about her; has a maturity that is well beyond her young age. In November, 2009, Hilary was profiled as a rising artist on ET Canada.
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AWARDS
• 2010 INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION (ISC) - March, 2011
- SEMI-FINALIST, "Alive"
• 100% MUSIC SONGWRITING COMPETITION - December 2010
- TOP 10 FINALIST POP/AC CATEGORY, "Alive"
• ANTHEM INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL COMPETITION
- TOP 8 INTERNATIONAL FINALIST, December 2010
- WINNER, Toronto Section, March 2010
• LOS ANGELES MUSIC AWARDS - July 2010
- NOMINATED, BEST POP SONG, "We're Smokin' Hot"
- NOMINATED, BEST POP ARTIST
• 2009 GREAT AMERICAN SONG CONTEST - March 2010
- WINNER - BEST POP SONG, "Tell the Next Girl"
- FINALIST, BEST POP SONG, "We're Smokin' Hot"
• 17TH ANNUAL BILLBOARD WORLD SONG CONTEST - February 2010
- HONORABLE MENTIONS FOR POP SONGS - "We're Smokin' Hot", "Tell the Next Girl" and "It Can't Be With You"
• HOLLYWOOD MUSIC IN MEDIA AWARDS - November 2009
- WINNER - BEST FEMALE VOCAL, "We're Smokin' Hot"
- NOMINEE, BEST POP SONG, "Tell the Next Girl"
• RISING STAR AWARDS, BRITISH MUSIC WEEK - October 2009
- TOP TEN FINALIST- out of over 10,000 entries around the globe - only Canadian - performs in London
• Hilary's songs have been accepted for play on numerous internet and live streaming radio stations