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Loreena McKennitt: 'I Never Wanted To Be A Singer...'

In a recent interview, the mystical soul singer talks about her career, how her latest album may be her last and how her quest for knowledge has affected her explorations in music.

Loreena McKennitt: 'I Never Wanted To Be A Singer...'

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“I wouldn’t have even known what the Order of Canada was. I never wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a vet.


I studied Agriculture in the University of Manitoba, but never finished my degree as I went into music. But the decision to go into music was always at arm’s length. It was always, ‘I will continue on but on my terms.’

I never planned or knew what I was going to do, but I always knew what I didn’t want to do.”

Loreena McKennitt, Spill Magazine

 

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Paul McCartney at TD Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, on Nov. 21, 2025.
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Paul McCartney at TD Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, on Nov. 21, 2025.
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These Are the Canadian Music Executives on Billboard’s Global Power Players 2026 List

The list honours execs from all over the global music landscape, and includes Canadian entries from all three major record labels, Reservoir, Oak View Group, The Feldman Agency and more.

Billboard Global Power Players is here.

Every year, Billboard celebrates the executives from key industry sectors — nominated by their firms and peers and chosen by Billboard editors including from Billboard Canada — who have primary responsibility for markets outside the United States. Countries like Japan, the U.K., Germany, China, France, South Korea, Canada, Brazil and Mexico account for 60% of the world’s recorded-music revenue, according to IFPI’s 2025 Global Music Report.

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