Emerson Drive
| Emerson Drive | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Country |
| founding | 1995 |
| Current occupation | |
| Brad Mates | |
| Danick Dupelle | |
| Mike Melancon | |
Emerson Drive is a Canadian country music band. The band was formed in 1995 in Grande Prairie , Alberta , Canada . The band consists of Brad Mates (vocals), Danick Dupelle (guitar), Mike Melancon (drums), Dale Wallace (keyboard) and David Pichette (fiddle).
Band history
The band gained increasing prominence through the release of two albums under the band name 12 Gauge. With the first single, the band won a local competition, the "Battle of the Bands" contest. This was followed by the releases of two more singles and a music video, with which they were very successful in the Canadian country charts. In 1999 the band changed their name to Emerson Drive. The band moved to Nashville, Tennessee for a time to sign a record deal with a record company. Emerson Drive released two albums under the DreamWorks record deal and achieved very good placements in the US and Canadian country music charts. After DreamWorks ran into financial problems in 2005, the band signed a recording contract with Midas Records Nashville, in which the band released several songs and also achieved their first number one placement with the single "Moments". In 2008 Midas Records closed its country music business and the band signed with the record company Valory Music Co. The new album, "Believe", was produced in cooperation with Midas Records.
Awards
The band was nominated at many award ceremonies and won at:
In 2002, the band won the Canadian Country Music Association awards for Top New Artist, Group or Duo of the Year, and the Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award. In 2003 the band won the Academy of Country Music in the category: Top New Vocal Group or Duo. In 2007 the band won the Canadian Country Music Association in the categories Group or Duo of the Year, CMT Music Video of the Year - "Moments", Album of the Year - Countrified and Single of the Year - "Moments"
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US
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Country
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| 2002 | Emerson Drive |
US108 (2 weeks) US |
Country13 (69 weeks) Country |
First published: May 21, 2002
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| 2004 | What if? |
US107 (2 weeks) US |
Country12 (8 weeks) Country |
First published: June 29, 2004
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| 2006 | Countrified |
US141 (8 weeks) US |
Country30 (55 weeks) Country |
First published: August 29, 2006
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| 2012 | Roll | - |
Country62 (1 week) Country |
First published: October 30, 2012
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More albums
- 1996: Open Season (as 12 gauge)
- 1997: Until You Walk the Tracks (as 12 Gauge)
- 2009: Believe
Compilations
- 2011: Decade of Drive
EPs
- 2015: Tilt-a-Whirl
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
US
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Country
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| 2001 | I Should Be Sleeping Emerson Drive |
US35 (20 weeks) US |
Country4 (34 weeks) Country |
First published: October 22, 2001
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| 2002 | Fall Into Me Emerson Drive |
US34 (20 weeks) US |
Country3 (36 weeks) Country |
First published: July 15, 2002
|
| 2003 | Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You) Emerson Drive |
- |
Country23 (24 weeks) Country |
First published: March 31, 2003
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| 2004 | Last One Standing What If? |
US89 (8 weeks) US |
Country21 (22 weeks) Country |
First published: January 24, 2004
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| November What If? |
- |
Country41 (9 weeks) Country |
First published: 2004
|
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| 2006 | A Good Man Countrified |
- |
Country17 (33 weeks) Country |
First published: March 13, 2006
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| Moments Countrified |
US56 (20 weeks) US |
Country1 (28 weeks) Country |
First published: November 27, 2006
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| 2007 | You Still Own Me Countrified |
- |
Country22 (32 weeks) Country |
First published: July 16, 2007
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| 2008 | Belongs to You Believe |
- |
Country32 (15 weeks) Country |
First published: November 17, 2008
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More singles
- 1996: Hopeless Guy (as 12 Gauge)
- 1997: Love's a Trip (as 12 Gauge)
- 1998: Some Trains Never Come (as 12 Gauge)
- 2003: Waitin 'on Me
- 2005: If You Were My Girl
- 2005: Still Got Yesterday
- 2006: Countrified Soul
- 2007: Testify
- 2007: Everyday Woman
- 2009: Believe
- 2009: I Love This Road
- 2009: The Extra Mile
- 2010: That Kind of Beautiful
- 2010: When I See You Again
- 2011: Let Your Love Speak
- 2011: Sleep It Off
- 2012: She's My Kind of Crazy (CA:
platinum) - 2012: Let It Roll (with Doc Walker)
- 2013: With You
- 2013: She Always Gets What She Wants
- 2015: Who We Are
- 2015: Till the Summer's Gone
- 2015: Good Hurt
- 2017: Just Got Paid (CA:
gold) - 2018: The Road
- 2019: Country People