Dallas Smith

Dallas Hendry Smith (born December 4, 1977) is a Canadian singer and songwriter, who performs both as a solo country music artist and as lead singer for the hard rock band Default.

He is currently signed to Big Loud Records.

Smith is the current record holder of most number one hits among all male Canadian artists on Billboard's Canada Country chart, at eleven.

With Side Effects, Smith also became the first Canadian country artist in the Nielsen BDS era to chart four consecutive number one singles from one album (Shania Twain charted three consecutive number one hits from her 1997 release Come On Over), a feat he would then top with his next album, Timeless.

Formed in 1999, it continued until 2013.

Default's debut 2001 album, The Fallout, achieved instant success due to strong radio play of "Wasting My Time" and "Deny".

In 2002 Default won the Juno Award for "Best New Group".

On April 30, 2003, the record achieved a platinum album RIAA certification, signifying a million records sold.

The band also released the album Elocation (2003) which was certified gold, One Thing Remains (2005) and Comes and Goes (2009).

At the end of 2012, Mediabase named Smith the most played Canadian country act and number eight overall at the format.

Dallas Smith always had a passion for music growing up.

Some of his main influences were The Beatles and female country singers Reba McEntire and The Judds.

Due to his shyness, Smith was reluctant to express his musical talent until he made the decision to face his fear and play cover songs with a band consisting of some of his friends.

He signed his first record deal when he was 21.

Before his solo career, Smith was the lead singer of multi-platinum band Default, a Canadian hard rock/post-grunge band from Vancouver, British Columbia.

Jumped Right In was released on May 22, 2012, via 604 Records under the production of Joey Moi.

The album features tracks written by Smith along with Moi, Rodney Clawson, Craig Wiseman, Dustin Lynch, Chris Tompkins, Zac Maloy, Chad Kroeger and more.

It peaked at number 19 on the Canadian Albums Chart and has generated five charted singles on the Canadian Hot 100.

In November 2012, Smith performed on his first solo tour, co-headlining with Chad Brownlee.

The tour was billed as the Boys of Fall Tour and traveled across Canada, hitting 22 cities.

The tour sold out on 20 of its dates, including the Commodore Theatre in Vancouver.

Smith performed at many Canadian country festivals through 2012 and 2013.

The album was nominated for Country Album of the Year at the 2013 Juno Awards and was also nominated as Album of the Year for the 2013 Canadian Country Music Association Awards.

The album has sold over 100,000 digital singles to date.

In March 2013, Smith went on a sold-out Canadian tour with Bob Seger.

Stemming from the success of the Boys of Fall Tour, Smith and Brownlee teamed up to create the annual Boys of Fall Charity Golf Tournament and Concert.

The tournament took place at the Redwoods Golf Course in Langley, British Columbia on August 27, 2013, and was sponsored by the radio station JRfm.

Proceeds from the event were donated to Basics for Babies, an organization that assists families coping with the challenges of raising a young infant by providing them with needed food, formula, and diapers.

In October 2013, Smith signed with Republic Nashville and released his first American single, "Tippin' Point".

It was written by Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line with Jaren Johnston.

In 2013, Smith was nominated for Male Artist of the Year, Single of the Year and Album of the Year by the Canadian Country Music Association.

Smith performed on the CCMA broadcast award ceremony, which took place on September 8, 2013.

Smith released an extended play, Tippin' Point, on March 4, 2014, in the US and Canada.

Three singles have been released from the EP so far.

The title track was a top 5 single on the Canadian country radio chart and was pronounced the fastest country single to be Gold certified by Music Canada.

Since then, the single has been certified Platinum in Canada and the "Tippin' Point" video was ranked number 1 on CMT Canada.

In the US, the song "Tippin' Point" was ranked number 1 on Sirius XM's The Highway Hot 45 Countdown and has sold over 120,000 singles.

Smith followed up the success of the first single by releasing "Slow Rollin'" in March 2014.

The track was a top 5 single at Canadian country radio.

The tourney's fifth year took place on Tuesday, August 22, 2017.