Dawn of a New Day is the debut studio album by Canadian country music singer Crystal Shawanda. It was released in Canada on June 24, 2008, and in the United States on August 19. It produced five singles in "You Can Let Go", "What Do I Have to Do", "My Roots Are Showing", the title track and "Try". "You Can Let Go" reached number 21 on the Hot Country Songs charts.
Shawanda was born in Wiikwemkoong First Nation, Manitoulin Island, Ontario and her surname translates to "Dawn of a New Day".
Track listing
Personnel
Bruce Bouton - lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar Mike Brignardello - bass guitar Pat Buchanan - electric guitar Tom Bukovac - electric guitar Lisa Cochran - background vocals Perry Coleman - background vocals J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar Melodie Crittenden - background vocals Rob Hajacos - fiddle Tony Harrell - Hammond B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer Aubrey Haynie - fiddle, mandolin Mike Johnson - pedal steel guitar Troy Lancaster - acoustic guitar, electric guitar B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar Chris McHugh - drums Gene Miller - background vocals Greg Morrow - drums, percussion Gordon Mote - Hammond B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer Crystal Shawanda - lead vocals Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass guitar DeWayne Strobel - electric guitar Bryan Sutton - acoustic guitar Russell Terrell - background vocals Bobby Terry - acoustic guitar Jonathan Yudkin - fiddle, mandolin, strings
Chart performance
Album Chart (2008) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 16 U.S. Billboard 200 81
Singles Year Single Peak chartpositions CAN US Country 2008 "You Can Let Go"[a] 60 21 "What Do I Have to Do" 79 — "My Roots Are Showing" 87 57 2009 "Dawn of a New Day" 90 — "Try" — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Notes
a^ "You Can Let Go" also reached number nine on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
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