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Victoria Canal (born August 11, 1998) is a German-born Spanish-American singer-songwriter. Victoria released her EP "Victoria" on August 28, 2020. She signed to Parlophone in January 2022.

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Victoria Canal
Born	(1998-08-11) August 11, 1998 (age 24) Munich, Germany
Origin	Madrid, Spain
Genres	indie singer-songwriter
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Piano, guitar
Labels	Parlophone
Website	www.victoriacanal.com

Early career

Canal was born in Munich to Gwen Tinius, an architect and artist, and Francisco Canal, a businessman. She has since lived in Shanghai, Tokyo, Barcelona, Madrid, Dubai, and Amsterdam. Her ethnicity is Cuban and American descent, but refers to herself as Spanish-American because Spain is where she was raised most of her life. At a very young age, her grandmother, a piano teacher, introduced her to music.[1] She started taking classical lessons at 6 years old for both piano and voice. When she turned 11, she discovered songwriting after listening to writers like John Mayer and Gavin DeGraw and decided she wanted to be a singer-songwriter when she grew up. She participated in local and school competitions wherever she could and started booking her own gigs. Her reputation at school was "that singer girl who spends all her time practicing between classes", up to the point that when Victoria moved from Dubai to Barcelona in 2013 (she was about to start 10th grade), she decided to do online school instead to be able to pursue music more professionally. Her inspiration comes from unfamiliar instruments that she doesn't play as well as she does piano, like the bass, loop station, harmonica, etc.

She was born without her right forearm due to amniotic band syndrome.

She cites her influences as John Mayer,[2] Bon Iver, Coldplay.

Musical career

When she was 13 and lived in Dubai, Canal recorded her first original demo CD at JR Studios. She searched out interview opportunities in Dubai and got several placements on MBC, Dubai One, and others. Also at age 13, Victoria was granted a full-tuition scholarship to Berklee College of Music's summer performance program. At age 14, Victoria moved to Barcelona and studied at Jazz Conservatory en el Aula del Conservatori in Barcelona, Spain. She also returned again to Berklee with a second full-tuition scholarship.[3] After studying at the conservatory for a year and receiving her certificate, Victoria began traveling back and forth from Madrid to Atlanta in fall of 2014 to begin training with renowned vocal coach, "Mama Jan" Smith.[4] As their involvement moved forward, Victoria and her mother Gwen relocated to Atlanta in April 2015 so Victoria could go on her first tour and record her debut EP, Into the Pull. She hosted an Open Mic Tour along the east coast with 13 dates, raising 5,000 meals for SERV International for people in need. Over 50 performance in 2015, Victoria played venues like Eddie's Attic (opening for Joan Osborne), the Apollo, the Red Room, the World Cafe Live, and the Troxy Theatre.

Canal recorded her debut EP Into the Pull with Justin Bieber and Usher’s vocal coach, "Mama" Jan Smith, Jesse Owen Astin, and Demond Mickens. It was independently released on January 29, 2016, and she hosted a sold-out EP release show at Eddie's Attic Her debut single, "Unclear", was released in August 2015.[5] AXS revealed the track listing for Into the Pull, and is follows: "Unclear," "Wolves (The Other Side)," "City Shoes," "Not Afraid," and "Little Girl."[6] The music video for "Unclear" was released and received over 50,000 views in less than a week.[7] Victoria said, however, that she had more creative direction with the "City Shoes" music video, which also garnered 100,000 views.[8]

Tours

In 2015, Canal embarked on a cross-country, 13 date Open Mic Tour up the east coast. This was her very first tour.

In 2018, she toured with Michael Franti on his Stay Human Tour, traveling across the United States of America to open for his shows.

In 2019, Canal released her new single Drama. Rolling Stone called it a "Song You Need To Know."[9]

In 2020, Canal went on tour supporting Tall Heights and Leslie Odom, Jr. in the US, right before the world shut down because of the pandemic.

In 2021, Canal supported JP Saxe on a US headline tour.

In 2022, Canal supported Teddy Swims on his UK tour anticipating her EP release.

Albums

Extended plays

Title	Details
Into The Pull	Released: February 3, 2017[10] Format: Digital download Label: Self-released
Victoria	Released: August 28, 2020[10] Format: Digital download Label: Self-released

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions, and certifications

Title	Year	Peak chart positions											Certifications	Album
		SPA [11]	AUS [12]	AUT [13]	CAN [14]	FRA [15]	GER [16]	NL [17]	SWI [18]	UK [19]	US [20]
"Unclear"	2016	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—				Into The Pull
"City Shoes"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
"Drama"	2019													Victoria
"Second"	2019													Victoria

As featured artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions									Certifications	Album
		SPA [11]	AUS [12]	AUT [13]	CAN [14]	FRA [15]	GER [16]	SWI [18]	US [20]	US Latin
"The Flower" (Michael Franti & Spearhead featuring Victoria Canal)	2019	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Into The Pull
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors

Title	Year	Director(s)
"Unclear"	2016
City Shoes
"The Flower" (With Michael Franti & Spearhead)	2019
"Drama"	2019
"Second"	2019

References

Further reading

• "Bright future ahead for Dubai pianist". The National.
• "Daily Discovery: Victoria Canal, "Unclear"". American Songwriter. December 9, 2015.

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