Meghan Patrick
{{Short description|Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1987)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Meghan Patrick
| image = Meghan Patrick.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Patrick performing at the Boots and Hearts Music Festival in August 2022
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|03|25}}
| origin = Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
| genre = Country
| instruments = Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica
| years_active = 2015–present
| label = {{hlist|Riser House|Anthem|Iron Songbird|Warner Music Canada}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.meghanpatrickmusic.com}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Mitchell Tenpenny|2022}}
}}
Meghan Patrick (born March 25, 1987) is a Canadian-American country singer-songwriter from Bowmanville, Ontario.{{cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/my-first-car-meghan-patrick-song-interview/|title=Meghan Patrick Cruises Down Memory Lane with "My First Car"|first=Kira|last=Grunenberg|work=American Songwriter|date=2020|access-date=April 10, 2023}} She was previously signed to Warner Music Canada,{{cite web|title=Warner Music Signs Country Singer-Songwriter Meghan Patrick|url=http://popyoularity.com/warner-music-signs-country-singer-songwriter-meghan-patrick/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701003743/http://popyoularity.com/warner-music-signs-country-singer-songwriter-meghan-patrick/|archive-date=July 1, 2015|website=Popyoularity|accessdate=April 28, 2016}} and is currently signed to Riser House Entertainment.{{cite news|title=Meghan Patrick Is the Hunting, Fishing, Pickup-Truck-Loving Country Girl She Sings About|first=Billy|last=Dukes|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/meghan-patrick-interview-my-first-car-pickup-trucks/|work=Taste of Country|date=October 7, 2020|accessdate=March 25, 2021}} She released her debut album, Grace & Grit, on April 29, 2016.{{Cite web|date=May 7, 2015|title=CMW 2015 Spotlight: Meghan PatrickThe Reviews Are In|url=http://www.thereviewsarein.com/2015/05/07/cmw-2015-spotlight-meghan-patrick/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527044432/http://www.thereviewsarein.com/2015/05/07/cmw-2015-spotlight-meghan-patrick/|archive-date=May 27, 2015|access-date=April 28, 2016|website=The Reviews Are In}} Patrick counts Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris and Aretha Franklin as her influences.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/wyclef-jean-brings-the-party-to-nathan-phillips-square-to-close-parapan-am-games-1.3191809|title=Haiti-born Wyclef Jean plays a free show with Canadian country singer Meghan Patrick|website=www.cbc.ca|access-date=April 28, 2016}} She has one #1 Canada Country hit with "Walls Come Down".
Career
Prior to setting out as a solo artist, Patrick was the lead singer of the Stone Sparrows{{Cite web|url=http://firstsite.oshawhat.ca/articles/item/155-bowmanville-bluegrass-stone-sparrows|title=Out Of The Woods: Bowmanville Band Takes Flight|last=Pageot|first=Harley R.|website=firstsite.oshawhat.ca|access-date=April 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325211948/http://firstsite.oshawhat.ca/articles/item/155-bowmanville-bluegrass-stone-sparrows|archive-date=March 25, 2016|url-status=dead}} who released an EP and a full-length album before the members parted ways amicably in 2013{{Cite web|url=http://www.soundcheckentertainment.ca/meghan-patrick-canadian-artists-to-watch/|title=Meghan Patrick: Canadian Artists to Watch {{!}} Sound Check Entertainment|last=Cassling|first=Trish|date=February 9, 2015|website=Sound Check Entertainment|access-date=April 28, 2016}} after playing their second Boots and Hearts Music Festival.
Since going solo, Patrick signed a recording contract with Warner Music Canada, and a publishing deal with Olé Nashville.{{cite web|title=ole Signs Worldwide Co-Publishing Deal with Country Artist Meghan Patrick|url=http://www.majorlyindie.com/newsRelease.php?NewsReleaseID=561|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413012723/http://www.majorlyindie.com/newsRelease.php?NewsReleaseID=561|archive-date=April 13, 2016|website=ole Majorly Indie|accessdate=November 1, 2016}} Her debut album, Grace & Grit, was released on April 29. In making this album Patrick worked with producers Justin Niebank (Vince Gill, LeAnn Rimes), Vince Gill, Chad Kroeger, Chris Baseford (Nickelback, Avril Lavigne) and Carly McKillip.
Patrick is a published songwriter; she has collaborated with Rodney Clawson, Gord Bamford, Chantal Kreviazuk, Marty Dodson, Patricia Conroy, Bruce Wallace, Buddy Owen, Steve Smith, Anthony Anderson, Phil Barton, Phil O'Donnell and Andrew Allan. Patrick was nominated for Songwriter of the Year with co-writer Chad Kroeger at the 2016 Canadian Country Music Association Awards for her song "Bow Chicka Wow Wow".{{cite web|title=2016 CCMA AWARDS NOMINEES|url=http://www.ccma.org/cgi/page.cgi/_article.html/News/2016_CCMA_Awards_Nominees|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718080304/http://www.ccma.org/cgi/page.cgi/_article.html/News/2016_CCMA_Awards_Nominees|archive-date=July 18, 2016|website=Canadian Country Music Association|accessdate=September 28, 2016}}
In 2016 Patrick was part of the advertising campaign for a new line of Roots Canada clothing.[http://www.durhamregion.com/whatson-story/6816705-bowmanville-s-meghan-patrick-looking-good-in-sweats-for-roots-canada/ "Bowmanville’s Meghan Patrick looking good in sweats for Roots Canada"]. Clarington This Week, August 28, 2016
Patrick has shared the stage with Lady Antebellum,{{cite web|last1=CONTENTI|first1=JUSTIN|date=July 15, 2016|title=Lady Antebellum in splendid performance at Calgary Saddledome|url=http://www.calgarysun.com/2016/07/16/lady-antebellum-in-splendid-performance-at-calgary-saddledome|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716070422/http://www.calgarysun.com/2016/07/16/lady-an|archive-date=July 16, 2016|accessdate=October 31, 2016}} Dwight Yoakam,{{cite web|last1=DEVLIN|first1=MIKE|title=Dwight Yoakam concert in Victoria is postponed|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/dwight-yoakam-concert-in-victoria-is-postponed-1.2383703|website=Times Colonist|date=October 28, 2016 |accessdate=October 31, 2016}} Jon Pardi{{cite web|last1=Pape|first1=Hendrik|title=Meghan Patrick to join Kip Moore on Ontario dates {{!}} Sound Check Entertainment|url=http://www.soundcheckentertainment.ca/meghan-patrick-join-kip-moore-ontario-dates/|website=Sound Check Entertainment|accessdate=November 17, 2016|date=August 22, 2016}} Kip Moore,{{cite web|title=Kip Moore joined by Bowmanville's Meghan Patrick in Oshawa|url=http://www.durhamregion.com/whatson-story/6886010-kip-moore-joined-by-bowmanville-s-meghan-patrick-in-oshawa/|website=Durham Region|accessdate=October 31, 2016|date=October 8, 2016}} and Gord Bamford.
In 2017, she supported Tom Cochrane on his 25th anniversary tour for his album Mad Mad World. In 2018 she performed in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the Marquee Ballroom.[https://web.archive.org/web/20181221005750/https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/living/the-best-nova-scotia-concerts-of-2018-270134/ "The best Nova Scotia concerts of 2018"]. Chronicle Herald, Stephen Cooke, December 20, 2018
In June 2021, she released her third studio album, Heart on My Glass. It was her debut American release and included the singles "My First Car" and "Never Giving Up on You",{{cite web |title=Meghan Patrick Announces New 'Heart On My Glass' Album Out June 25th With New Single, "Mama Prayed For" Out Today (5.7)|url=https://shorefire.com/releases/entry/meghan-patrick-heart-on-my-glass-album-out-june-25th|work= Shore Fire Media|date=May 7, 2021}} as well as "Cool About It".{{cite web|first=Shakiel|last=Mahjouri|title=Meghan Patrick Turns Her 'Cool About It' Music Video Into A James Bond Inspired Heist Flick|url=https://etcanada.com/news/831753/meghan-patrick-turns-her-cool-about-it-music-video-into-a-james-bond-inspired-heist-flick/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027203806/https://etcanada.com/news/831753/meghan-patrick-turns-her-cool-about-it-music-video-into-a-james-bond-inspired-heist-flick/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2021|work=ET Canada|date=October 27, 2021}} Patrick made her Grand Ole Opry Debut on April 11, 2023.{{cite web|title=Meghan Patrick Invited By Terri Clark to Make Her Opry Debut|url=https://www.everythingnash.com/meghan-patrick-invited-terri-clark-make-opry-debut-watch/|work=Everything Nash|date=March 1, 2023}}
In 2024, Patrick released the single "Golden Child", which became her first charting entry in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/meghan-patrick-golden-child-makin-tracks-1235768261/|title=Meghan Patrick on How Debut Single ‘Golden Child’ Really Became ‘Golden, Child’|first=Tom|last=Roland|date=September 5, 2025|work=Billboard|access-date=February 24, 2025}} The song served as the title track to her fourth full-length studio album Golden Child, released via Riser House Records on October 11, 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allcountrynews.com/post/meghan-patrick-s-golden-child-an-emotional-journey-wrapped-in-powerful-lyrics-and-sonic-brillianc|title=Meghan Patrick's "Golden Child": An Emotional Journey Wrapped in Powerful Lyrics and Sonic Brilliance|date=October 11, 2024|work=All Country News|access-date=March 3, 2025}}
Personal life
Patrick is married to fellow singer Mitchell Tenpenny.{{cite web|url= https://tasteofcountry.com/mitchell-tenpenny-meghan-patrick-engaged/|title= MITCHELL TENPENNY AND MEGHAN PATRICK ARE ENGAGED|first=Courtney|last=Carr|date=November 26, 2021|work=Taste of Country}} She is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States, and was born to a Canadian father and an American mother.
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:22em;"| Details ! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! scope="col" style="width:4em;"| CAN |
| scope="row"| Grace & Grit
|
| 26 |
| scope="row"| Country Music Made Me Do It
|
| 31 |
| scope="row"| Heart on My Glass
|
| — |
| scope="row"| Golden Child
|
| — |
=Extended plays=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Details |
|---|
| scope="row"| Wild as Me
|
|
| scope="row"| Greatest Show on Dirt
|
|
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title ! colspan="2"| Peak ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! scope="col"| CAN
! scope="col"| US |
| rowspan="3"| 2016
! scope="row"| "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" | 17 | — | | align="left" rowspan="4"| Grace & Grit |
| scope="row"| "Grace & Grit"
| 12 | — | |
| scope="row"| "Still Loving You" {{small|(featuring Joe Nichols)}} | 10 | — | |
| rowspan="2"| 2017
! scope="row"| "Be Country with Me" | 11 | — | |
| scope="row"| "Country Music Made Me Do It"
| 5 | — |
| align="left" rowspan="3"| Country Music Made Me Do It |
| rowspan="2"| 2018
! scope="row"| "The Bad Guy" | 12 | — | |
| scope="row"| "Walls Come Down"
| 1 | — | |
| 2019
! scope="row" | "Wild as Me" | 9 | — |
| align="left" rowspan="3"| Wild as Me |
| rowspan="3"| 2020
! scope="row"| "Things I Shouldn't Say" | 33 | — | |
| scope="row"| "Girls Like Me"
| 20 | — | |
| scope="row" | "My First Car"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"My First Car" was only released as a single to country radio in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://musicrow.com/2020/10/mark-your-calendar-october-2020/|title=Mark Your Calendar–October 2020|date=October 2, 2021|first=L.B.|last=Cantrell|work=MusicRow Magazine}}}}
| — | — | | align="left" rowspan="3"| Heart on My Glass |
| rowspan="2"| 2021
! scope="row"| "Never Giving Up on You" | 13 | — | |
| scope="row"| "Cool About It"
| 10 | — | |
| 2023
! scope="row"| "Greatest Show on Dirt" | 15 | — | | align="left"| Greatest Show on Dirt |
| 2024
! scope="row"| "Golden Child" | 10 | 50 | | align="left"| Golden Child |
| colspan="10" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that territory |
=Promotional singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Album |
|---|
| 2022
! scope="row"| "My Left Hand" | {{Non-album single}} |
| rowspan="2"| 2023
! scope="row"| "She's No Good for Me" | rowspan="2"| Greatest Show on Dirt |
| scope="row"| "Ours" |
=Guest singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Artist ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! scope="col" width="65"| CAN Country ! scope="col" width="65"| US |
| 2022
! scope="row"| "You Ain't" | 15 | — | {{Non-album single}} |
| 2023
! scope="row"| "Spirits and Demons"{{cite web | url=https://www.allaccess.com/country/future-releases | title=Future Releases for Country Radio Stations | New Music Artist Free Song }} | — | 35 | align="left"| Dive Bars & Broken Hearts |
=Other charted songs=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title ! scope="col"| Peak ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! scope="col"| CAN |
| 2020
! scope="row"| "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | 37 | {{N/A|Non-album song}} |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Director |
|---|
| rowspan="3"| 2016
! scope="row"| "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" | rowspan="3"| Emma Higgins |
| scope="row"| "Grace & Grit" |
| scope="row"| "Still Loving You" |
| rowspan="2"| 2017
! scope="row"| "Be Country with Me" | The Edde Brothers |
| scope="row"| "Country Music Made Me Do It"
| Shaun Silva |
| rowspan="2"| 2018
! scope="row"| "The Bad Guy" | rowspan="2"| Stephano Barberis |
| scope="row"| "Walls Come Down" |
| 2019
! scope="row"| "Wild as Me" | rowspan="5"| Sean Hagwell |
| 2020
! scope="row"| "Girls Like Me" |
| rowspan="3"| 2021
! scope="row"| "My First Car" |
| scope="row"| "Never Giving Up on You" |
| scope="row"| "Cool About It" |
| rowspan="4"| 2023
! scope="row"| "She's No Good for Me" | rowspan="4"| Ford Fairchild |
| scope="row"| "Ours" |
| scope="row"| "Greatest Show on Dirt" |
| scope="row"| "Red Roses & Red Flags" |
Awards and nominations
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{Cite web|url=http://bootsandhearts.com/lineup-archive/alumni/|url-status=dead|title=Alumni - Boots & Hearts|website=Boots & Hearts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703234135/http://bootsandhearts.com/lineup-archive/alumni/|archive-date=July 3, 2015|access-date=April 28, 2016}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian women singers
Category:American women country singers
Category:American country singer-songwriters
Category:Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year winners
Category:Canadian Country Music Association Rising Star Award winners
Category:Canadian country singer-songwriters
Category:Canadian women country singers
Category:Juno Award for Country Album of the Year winners
Category:Musicians from the Regional Municipality of Durham
Category:People from Clarington