MacKenzie Porter was featured on Dustin Lynch's number one Country Airplay hit "Thinking 'Bout You".
26 Facts About MacKenzie Porter
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MacKenzie Porter is one-half of "Thelma and James", a musical duo with her husband Jake Etheridge.
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MacKenzie Porter was raised on a cattle and bison ranch near Medicine Hat, Alberta.
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MacKenzie Porter began studying piano, violin, and voice at age four.
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MacKenzie Porter has appeared in numerous films and television productions, including Dinosapien, Hell on Wheels, and Travelers.
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MacKenzie Porter earned a Best Actress in Alberta award for her role in the 2008 television film The Other Woman.
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MacKenzie Porter was named as one of the Top 11 Hottest Vancouver Actors to Watch for in 2011 by BC Living magazine.
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MacKenzie Porter was the winner of the 2011 Nashville North Star competition.
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MacKenzie Porter has opened for Kenny Chesney, Doc Walker, and Trooper among others, and has performed for Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gene Simmons.
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In October 2012, MacKenzie Porter released her debut single, "I Wish I'd Known".
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MacKenzie Porter was chosen as one of six acts for the inaugural Canadian Country Music Association Discovery Program in 2013.
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MacKenzie Porter was nominated for the Rising Star Award at the 2013 Canadian Country Music Association Awards.
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MacKenzie Porter is featured on the song "Circles" on Chris Lane's album Girl Problems in 2016.
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In 2018, MacKenzie Porter signed with Nashville-based Big Loud and became their first Canadian artist.
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MacKenzie Porter released the single "About You", co-written by Hardy.
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MacKenzie Porter is featured on the Dallas Smith song "Friends Don't Let Friends Drink Alone" with Dean Brody.
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In March 2019, MacKenzie Porter released the single "These Days", which charted on Canadian country, pop, and adult hits charts as well as on the US Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts.
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MacKenzie Porter then opened for Dallas Smith and Dean Brody on their co-headlining cross-Canada Friends Don't Let Friends Tour Alone Tour.
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In February 2020, MacKenzie Porter released "Seeing Other People" which would become her third consecutive number one, making her the first woman to land three consecutive Number Ones on Canadian country radio since Twain.
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MacKenzie Porter released the song "Pickup" later that year; it became a single in early 2022.
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In March 2023, MacKenzie Porter participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's single "What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health.
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MacKenzie Porter joined Canadian pop singer Elijah Woods on a new version of his song "Last Girl".
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In January 2024, MacKenzie Porter announced the release of her second full-length studio album, Nobody's Born with a Broken Heart on Big Loud Records.
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MacKenzie Porter received six nominations at the 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards, and won Female Artist of the Year.
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In March 2025, the duo released the song "First Love", and officially signed a recording deal with Big Loud, with MacKenzie Porter remaining on their label roster as a solo artist as well.
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In November 2023, MacKenzie Porter announced she was pregnant with her and Etheridge's first child.