1. Jill Barber studied at Queen's University before pursuing her musical career full time.
11 Facts About Jill Barber
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Jill Barber won the Female Artist Recording of the Year award for her debut album Oh Heart at the 2005 Music Nova Scotia Awards.
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In 2007, Jill Barber earned her fourth win as Best Local Solo Artist in The Coast's annual "Best of Music Reader's Poll", and her first win as Best Canadian Solo Artist.
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Jill Barber returned to the Vinyl Cafe Tour in 2009 performing across Canada with Matt Andersen.
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Jill Barber followed up with the album Mischievous Moon, released through Outside Music in 2011.
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Jill Barber won the SiriusXM 2012 Jazz Artist of the Year award, as well as the 2013 Western Canadian Francophone Album of the Year for Chansons.
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In 2016, Jill Barber co-produced an album The Family Album, with her brother Matthew Jill Barber, a singer-songwriter.
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Jill Barber followed up with another French-language album, Entre nous, in 2020, and with Homemaker in 2023.
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Jill Barber has written two children's books, Baby's Lullaby and Music is for Everyone.
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Jill Barber is mentor to young women as part of the Girls Action Foundation's Light A Spark initiative, and an ambassador for Save the Children.
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Jill Barber is married to CBC Radio 3 personality Grant Lawrence.