Since launching his career in early 2020, Newfoundland’s Justin Fancy has quickly become one to watch on
the Canadian Country Music scene. His debut album “Sure Beats a Good Time” became the catalyst for Justin winning Music Newfoundland’s 2020 Country Artist of the Year and Rising Star of the Year, and a 2022 East Coast Music Award for Fan’s Choice Entertainer of the Year.
His single “Makes Me Wanna” was chosen as Rogers One To Watch in June 2021, and subsequently became a Top 50 Billboard Canadian Radio Hit, peaking at #42, as well as reaching #1 on Sirius XM Canada’s CBC Country Chart.
In October 2021, Justin became the first-ever Canadian Country Artist to be invited by The Recording Academy to perform as part of their Press Play At Home concert series on Grammy.com, performing his single “Beauty Queen”.
Fancy’s star has been on the rise since he started releasing music in early 2020. His debut album, “Sure Beats A Good Time”, which debuted at #3 on the iTunes Canada Country chart, garnered Fancy both Country Artist of the Year and Rising Star of the Year at the 2020 MusicNL Awards. His single “Makes Me Wanna” became a Top 50 Canadian Country Radio Billboard hit, peaking at #42 on the chart. “Makes Me Wanna” also grabbed the #1 Spot on Sirius XM Radio’s CBC Country Playlist for for 3 consecutive weeks. His single, “Better Than You”, released in April 2022, also held the #1 Spot on the Sirius XM/CBC Country playlist for 5 weeks.
Justin has received substantial support from Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music, through key editorial playlist adds, including being featured on the cover of Amazon Music’s “Breakthrough Country” playlist. To date, he has accumulated over 4 MILLION streams across major streaming platforms and has saw some key radio adds including the Stingray and Rogers radio station chains across Canada.
