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Virginia To Vegas Gets Framed At iHeart Ball

Virginia To Vegas's Derik John Baker returned to his hometown to perform at the iHeartRadio Jingle (Bell) Ball and found himself bushwhacked by the Wax team armed with big shiny awards.

Virginia To Vegas Gets Framed At iHeart Ball

By FYI Staff

Derik John Baker returned to hometown Toronto last week with his band Virginia To Vegas, performing at the iHeartRadio Jingle (Bell) Ball at the ACC on Dec. 9 where he was bushwhacked by the Wax Records team armed with a trio of big shiny awards.


A platinum award for “We Are Stars,” f. Alyssa Reid, and two gold certifications marking the success of “Lights Out” and “Selfish" were presented. VTV’s latest, “Emotions,” is off to a solid start too, Wax Records’ Andrea Guernsey assures.

In the photo is the Wax Records team, the DMD guys and iHeartRadio topper Rob Farina.  And, of course, Virginia to Vegas’s Derik Baker.

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Awards News

This past weekend, MusicNL celebrated the province’s artists and industry leaders at the 2025 MusicNL Awards Gala, held at the St. John’s Convention Centre. Leading the winners list with two awards apiece were Kelly McMichael, Nick Earle and the Reckless Hearts, Deantha Edmunds, XIA-3, and Quote the Raven.

MusicNL also celebrated many first-time award recipients, including Zaynab Wilson (R&B Artist of the Year), Smoke Signals (Loud Artist of the Year), Andrew Gosse (Electronic Artist of the Year), and Evan Watts Smith (Rising Star of the Year).

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