XeS Music recording artist and top Canadian female Reggae singer, Sonia Collymore, was announced as the 2005 Juno Award winner of Best Reggae Recording for her sensational debut full length CD WYSIWYG, (What You See is What You Get) at the 34th Annual Juno Awards held on Sunday, April 3, 2005 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
This is the second JUNO Award win for Sonia in three years, her first was for the 2003 single, “You Won’t See Me Cry”. “I have never felt more honored to win a JUNO for my debut CD as the songs are written from my heart and for all the hard work that was put into the project” says Sonia about her second JUNO award. The awards ceremony was broadcast live nationally on CTV.
WYSIWYG, is an Enhanced CD which features her debut video, interviews and behind the scenes footage was released on the XeS Music label in October 2004 and distributed by Nuff Entertainment in Canada. US and International release of the CD will be April 19, 2005 on the XeS Music label. The Spanish language version of “Don’t You Stop Loving Me” (“No Dejes De Amarme”) is available on CD single.
Sonia will be featured on the upcoming King of Kings 10th Anniversary Splash concert on May 7th at the Kool Haus in Toronto (with Freddie McGregor, U-Roy, Anthony B, and others). She will also appear in the Celebrate Toronto Street Music Festival in July, and the upcoming Calgary Reggae Festival in August.
The WYSIWYG CD is at the number four position on this week’s national Galaxie Reggae Top Ten Album Chart.
