Albums Kreviazuk's debut album,
Under These Rocks and Stones, was first issued in Canada in October 1996 before being released in the US June 1997 to critical praise. The album sold over 150,000 copies in Canada according to
SoundScan, fueled mostly by the singles "
Surrounded" and "God Made Me". Three videos from the album received modest play on the video channel
MuchMusic and radio ("God Made Me", "Believer" and "Wayne"), but it was a fourth, "Surrounded", that became her first major Canadian airplay hit in 1997. That year, Kreviazuk received her first
Juno Award nomination as Best New Artist. She also took part in the 1998
Lilith Fair music festival; "Surrounded" was included in the live compilation album from that year. In 1999, Kreviazuk released her second album. Titled
Colour Moving and Still, it featured tracks written with her new husband, Raine Maida, lead singer of
Our Lady Peace. The lead single from the album "
Before You" became a huge radio hit in Canada and she performed the single on the
2000 Juno Awards, where she won two awards for
Best Adult/Pop Album and
Best Female Artist. Kreviazuk released two more videos from the album, "Dear Life" and "Far Away", as well as an additional radio release, "Souls", which was also remixed and was released as a promo vinyl for the M1 & Steve Fernandez Remix. Her third album,
What If It All Means Something, was released in 2002. This album also featured multiple collaborations with Maida. The first single, "In This Life", was a hit in Canada. Kreviazuk performed the song live on
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Kreviazuk began writing and recording her fourth album in her home studio in August, 2005, with Maida producing. The first single off the album, "
All I Can Do", was made available on her official website and MySpace page prior to the release of the album. On July 24 the album premiered on the Canadian music channel Much More Music along with a behind the scenes special. The album,
Ghost Stories, was released August 29, 2006. On October 28, 2008, she released her first compilation album,
Since We Met: The Best of 1996-2006. On October 13, 2009, she released her fifth studio album,
Plain Jane. Kreviazuk was featured on the song
Over My Dead Body by fellow Canadian artist
Drake from his 2011 album
Take Care, which won a
Grammy award. Her first live album, entitled
In This Life, was released on July 3, 2012. She featured on rapper
Jay Rock's track
Pay for It, which she performed alongside Jay Rock and
Kendrick Lamar on
Saturday Night Live on November 15, 2014. In November 2014, Kreviazuk released a new single called "I Will Be", speaking to her desire to want to help those who feel alone and isolated. She sang the song live on December 12 on the Toronto radio station
104.5 CHUM FM.
Soundtracks Festival Party, 2008 Kreviazuk's work has appeared on many soundtracks for films and television shows. In 1998, Kreviazuk scored her only international hit to date with a cover of "
Leaving on a Jet Plane", a song written by
John Denver and popularized by
Peter, Paul and Mary. The song appeared on the soundtrack to the blockbuster film
Armageddon and was that album's follow-up single to
Aerosmith's "
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". The song "
Leaving on a Jet Plane" was also on a trailer for
The Terminal, and on TV spots for
The Prince and Me and
De-Lovely. In 1999, Kreviazuk recorded a cover of the
Randy Newman ballad "
Feels Like Home" for the ''
Dawson's Creek soundtrack, as well as How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days''. She also performed a cover version of
The Beatles' "
In My Life" as the theme song for the
NBC television drama series
Providence. In 2002, Kreviazuk recorded "Another Small Adventure" which was played in
Stuart Little 2 and was also on the soundtrack. "In this Life" was featured in the film
Saved! and also in a trailer for the film
The Door in the Floor starring Jeff Bridges, as well as in an episode of the CW Television Network's
Smallville and
Everwood. Kreviazuk's "Time" was played in the credits of the movie
Uptown Girls, and featured in an episode of the
MTV reality show,
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, the pilot episode of the
ABC romantic comedy/drama
Men in Trees, the
CBS drama
Joan of Arcadia, and the ABC family movie
Lucky 7. Her song "This Year" was featured on the
Serendipity soundtrack. In 2005, two new songs written and performed by Kreviazuk were also featured on the soundtrack of the movie
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. In 2006, "It's All About a Kiss" played during the film
Just My Luck. The song "Weight of the World" is also featured during the credits of the 2003 film
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and in the US television series
Wildfire.
Songwriting for other artists Since 2003, Kreviazuk has co-written many songs for other artists, often collaborating with her husband
Raine Maida. In 2003, Kreviazuk and Maida collaborated on a number of tracks with
Avril Lavigne for Lavigne's second album
Under My Skin. Kreviazuk and Maida also contributed songs to
Kelly Clarkson's 2004 album
Breakaway,
The Veronicas'
The Secret Life of the Veronicas,
Marion Raven's 2005 and 2007 albums
Here I Am and
Set Me Free,
Cheyenne Kimball's debut
Hanging On in 2006, and the song "Permanent" from
David Cook's
self-titled album. She also helped write a song called "Gardenia" which appears on
Mandy Moore's 2007 album
Wild Hope. In 2011, she appeared on the rapper
Drake's album
Take Care; she wrote part of the song "Over My Dead Body" and sang the chorus. In 2012 Chantal wrote the
Pitbull ft.
Christina Aguilera single "
Feel This Moment" with The Messengers. She also wrote
Josh Groban's single "
Brave" with Groban and
Thomas "Tawgs" Salter. In 2014 she wrote the song "You Don't Care About Me" with
Shakira, released on
her self-titled album. She also worked with
Jennifer Lopez on her album
A.K.A. and the song "Emotions". Kreviazuk was also one of the writers of "If I'm Dancing" on the
Britney Spears album
Glory.
Other work In 2001, Kreviazuk made her big-screen debut as a main character in David Weaver's indie film
Century Hotel (co-starring alongside
Sandrine Holt and
Mia Kirshner). She also co-wrote the movie's theme song, "Can't Make it Good", with Maida. In 2007, Kreviazuk starred in
Pretty Broken, a short film about a woman dealing with mental illness. Kreviazuk also co-produced the movie. Kreviazuk has contributed vocals to various releases by other artists. She sang background vocals on a
Nightmare of You song called "I Want to Be Buried in Your Backyard", which was released on their 2005 self-titled debut album. She has also contributed to Maida's solo EP,
Love Hope Hero. Kreviazuk also provided additional vocals on a
Men, Women & Children song titled "Monkey Monkee Men", from their 2006 self-titled debut album. She performed vocals for Chris Botti on the song "The Look of Love". Kreviazuk also appears on Canadian singer-songwriter Ryan MacGrath's 2010 record, "Cooper Hatch Paris". She performed a duet with the artist entitled "Bird & Cage". Kreviazuk formerly maintained a
MySpace page where she posted about her daily life, her thoughts on world politics, and updated fans on her music. On March 27, 2010, Kreviazuk headlined a concert held at Yonge-Dundas Square (now
Sankofa Square) in Toronto to celebrate
WWF's
Earth Hour. In 2010, she contributed the song "Na Miso" to the
Enough Project and
Downtown Records' Raise Hope for Congo compilation with Bibiana Mpoyo. Proceeds from the compilation fund efforts to make the protection and empowerment of Congo's women a priority, as well as inspire individuals around the world to raise their voice for peace in Congo. On March 29, 2014, Kreviazuk and her husband
Raine Maida received the
Alan Waters Humanitarian Award at the Juno Gala Dinner & Awards during the
2014 Juno Awards in
Winnipeg,
Manitoba. The Allan Waters Humanitarian Award recognizes outstanding Canadian artists whose contributions have positively enhanced the social fabric of Canada. In December 2014, Kreviazuk was appointed a member of the
Order of Canada along with her husband
Raine Maida by
Governor General David Johnston for their charitable and humanitarian work. In February 2025, Kreviazuk sang the national anthem
O Canada at the final game of the
4 Nations Face-Off hockey series in
Boston, during which she changed the lyric "in all of us command" to "that only us command." The lyric change was an intentional
publicity stunt in response to
the annexationist rhetoric against Canada from US President
Donald Trump. ==Personal life==