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Dallas Smith Signs WW Deal With Big Loud Records

Canadian country singer, songwriter Dallas Smith has signed a global record deal with Big Loud Records, the integrated Nashville-b

Dallas Smith Signs WW Deal With Big Loud Records

By David Farrell

Canadian country singer, songwriter Dallas Smith has signed a global record deal with Big Loud Records, the integrated Nashville-based powerhouse music entertainment firm that has achieved success with acts that include Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane and Morgan Wallen.


Smith has consistently proved himself to be a blue chip hitmaker, with 11 No. 1 hits on Canadian Country radio, earning him multiple Juno and Canadian Country Music awards and strong box-office appeal.

Over the years he has recordings have appeared on 604 Records, Big Loud Mountain Records, and Republic Nashville. His third album, Side Effects, set a record as the first album by a Canadian hat act to produce four number-one singles.

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Smith will release new material on Local Hay Records, a boutique imprint headed by Smith and record producer Scott Cooke that is described as a joint venture with Big Loud Records.

In a statement, Big Loud co-founder and in-house producer Joey Moi said, “Dallas is a day-one guy for me in what is truly an incomparable musical union and friendship that spans more than two decades.”

Continuing: “With new music ahead that truly has no borders, I can only imagine what Dallas will achieve in the years to come and know for certain it’s a freight train that we all want to be on.”

Smith is also under the wing of Big Loud Management.

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Allen will perform the album in full on the tour, in the order the tracks appear on the LP, with tickets for Lily Allen Performs West End Girl slated to kick-off with an artist pre-sale sign-up open now through Monday (Dec. 8) at 11 p.m. ET. The artist pre-sale will then open at 10 a.m. local time on Dec. 10 and runt through 10 p.m. local time on Dec. 11. A general on-sale will then open at 10 a.m. local time on Dec. 12; click here for more ticketing information.

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