Dallas Smith

Vocalist Dallas Smith is an artist who knows more than a little about the increasingly narrow divide between rock & roll and country music, having scored hit singles in both genres.

As lead singer with the Canadian post-grunge act Default, he enjoyed international success with the song "Wasting My Time" and the 2001 album The Fallout. After Default broke up, Smith reinvented himself as a country singer, making music that merged the power of rock with the evocative melodies, relatable themes, and down-to-earth sounds of contemporary country music, and it proved to be a wise move.

His solo debut, 2012's Jumped Right In, boasted five songs that reached the Top Ten of the Canadian Country Singles charts. As his work became more polished and mature, his albums Side Effects (2016) and Timeless (2020) were major hits in his homeland, and between 2014 and 2020, Smith would top the Canadian Country Singles chart 11 times.