Serena Ryder

Serena Ryder has established a career as a Canadian singer-songwriter, music producer, and advocate for mental wellness. She is recognized for her powerful three-octave voice and songwriting achievements. After winning the Juno Award for New Artist of the Year in 2008, Serena Ryder cemented her position as a distinctive Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and advocate. Ryder’s early career saw the release of her debut album, Falling Out, on Mime Radio in 1999, followed by a 2002 demo tape that earned significant airplay on CBC Radio.

This attention led to fellow musician Hawksley Workman inviting her to record on his Isadora record label, where she released Unlikely Emergency in 2005. The album received positive reviews and generated substantial airplay for the single “Just Another Day.” She continued this momentum with If Your Memory Serves You Well in 2006, a collection featuring Canadian artist covers and original compositions, alongside the EPs Told You in a Whispered Song (2007) and Sweeping the Ashes (2008). Ryder also performed with bands such as Thousand Foot Krutch and Three Days Grace before releasing the album Is It O.K. in 2008.

Her contributions to the music industry and advocacy were further recognized in 2021 with the Allan Slaight Music Impact Honour from Canada’s Walk of Fame. Most recently, Ryder’s album The Art of Falling Apart earned her the Juno Award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year in 2022. The same year, she received a Songwriting and Music Publishing award from Music Publishers Canada and Music Canada for ‘Weak In the Knees.’ In 2023, she contributed to the charity single ‘What I Wouldn’t Do’ as part of Kids Help Phone’s Feel Out Loud campaign, continuing her impactful work as an artist and mental health advocate.