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Origin | North Dumfries, Ontario, Canada |
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Years active | 2012-present [2] |
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Website | Official website |
The Reklaws are a Canadian country music duo from North Dumfries, Ontario, formed in 2012. [2] The duo consists of siblings Stuart and Jenna Walker. [3] They have released three albums, Freshman Year , Sophomore Slump , and Good Ol' Days . [4] [5] The duo has achieved four number one hits with "Feels Like That", "Can't Help Myself", "11 Beers", and "Honky Tonkin' About" on the Canada Country chart, in addition to multiple gold and platinum certified singles. [6] [7]
The Walker siblings grew up in North Dumfries, Ontario and are two in a family of seven. [8] Their parents owned and operated the Yee Haw Adventure Farm, where they used to perform for visitors. They attended Glenview Park Secondary School in Cambridge, Ontario. They would regularly perform at Talent Shows for the school. [9]
They got their band name from their mother, who suggested the Reklaws sounded more interesting than the Walkers, Sibling Rivalry, or Bro-Sis. [10] Reklaw is Walker spelled backwards.
They were nominated for the CCMA Discovery Artist Award in 2013 and then won the Emerging Artist Showcase at the Boots and Hearts Music Festival in 2013. [11] They met with several Nashville songwriters before being signed by Universal Music Canada. [12]
The duo scored their first national country music hit in 2017 with "Hometown Kids". [13]
In 2018, they released the EP Long Live the Night . The EP's title track was released in both a "regular" version and a Canadian Football League-themed rewrite which served as a theme song for CFL on TSN games. [14] Their EP Feels Like That was released in 2018 and received a Juno Award nomination for Country Album of the Year. [15] Later in the year they won the Rising Star Award at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards, [16] and performed the kickoff show at the 2018 Grey Cup. [17] The track "Feels Like That" became the duo's first Number One Canada Country hit in January 2019. [18]
In August 2019, the Reklaws released their debut full-length album, Freshman Year on Universal Music Canada. [19] [20] The album included the previously released singles "Hometown Kids", "Long Live the Night", and "Feels Like That", in addition to the top ten hits "I Do Too" and "Old Country Soul". [21]
Their song "Roots" was selected as the official song for TSN's broadcast of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in 2019 and 2020. [22] [23]
In February 2020, the Reklaws joined Dean Brody on the single "Can't Help Myself". [24] The song would top the Canada Country chart and set the record for most played song ever at Canadian country radio in a single week on the Nielsen BDS charts with 1782 spins. [25] In October 2020, the Reklaws released their second album, Sophomore Slump , featuring their singles, "Where I'm From" and "Not Gonna Not". [26]
In May 2021, they independently released the promotional single "What the Truck" with fellow Canadian country artist Sacha. [27] The song debuted with over 450,000 streams in its first week, setting the record for the most streamed Canadian country song in a single week. It then became the fastest Canadian country song to reach 1 Million domestic streams. [28] Alongside Brett Kissel, they featured on the single "Somewhere to Drink" by their new labelmate Nate Haller in September 2021. [29] In March 2022, they released the single "11 Beers" with American country artist Jake Owen. [30] [31] [32] [33] They released their third studio album Good Ol' Days on Starseed Records on November 4, 2022. [34]
In 2023, they participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's single "What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health. [35] Later that year, they collaborated with Drake Milligan on their single "Honky Tonkin' About". [36] In 2024, they released the singles "I Grew Up on a Farm" and "One Beer Away". [37] [38] That same year, they appeared on season 19 of the reality television show America's Got Talent , where they reached the quarterfinals stage. [39] In September 2024, the Reklaws released the extended play Outliving (for Mom) to honour their late mother. [40] The EP's release coincided with the launching of the "Flo Walker Stardust Fund" to support Kids Help Phone, on the day of what would have been their mother's sixtieth's birthday. [41]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
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Freshman Year |
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Sophomore Slump |
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Good Ol' Days |
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The Reklaws: Live at History |
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Long Live the Night |
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Feels Like That |
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Where I'm From (Deluxe) |
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Outliving (For Mom) |
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Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
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CAN [47] | CAN Country [6] | ||||
2017 | "Hometown Kids" | — | 16 | Feels Like That | |
2018 | "Long Live the Night" | — [A] | 6 |
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"Feels Like That" | — | 1 |
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2019 | "I Do Too" | 98 | 6 |
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"Old Country Soul" | 87 | 4 |
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2020 | "Can't Help Myself" (with Dean Brody) | 49 | 1 |
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"Where I'm From" | 73 | 2 |
| Sophomore Slump | |
"Not Gonna Not" | 74 | 5 |
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2022 | "11 Beers" (with Jake Owen) | 56 | 1 |
| Good Ol' Days |
2023 | "Good Ol' Days" | — | 12 | ||
"Honky Tonkin' About" (with Drake Milligan) | — [B] | 1 | TBA | ||
2024 | "I Grew Up on a Farm" | — | 5 | ||
"One Beer Away" | 96 | 6 |
Year | Title | Artist | Peak positions | Album |
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CAN Country [6] | ||||
2021 | "Somewhere to Drink" (with Brett Kissel) | Nate Haller | 25 | Party in the Back |
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
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CAN Digital [48] | ||||
2013 | "Kiss Kiss" [53] | — | Non-album singles | |
2014 | "Seeing Stars" [54] | — | ||
2015 | "Sun Drunk" [55] | — | ||
2018 | "Roots (World Junior Song)" | 6 |
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2021 | "Got It From My Mama" [56] | — | Good Ol' Days | |
"What the Truck" (with Sacha) | 25 |
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"Happy Hours" [57] | — | |||
2022 | "Hay is for Horses" [58] | — | ||
2024 | "People Don’t Talk About" [59] | 22 |
Year | Title | Director |
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2017 | "Hometown Kids" | Ben Knechtel |
2018 | "Long Live the Night" | |
2019 | "Feels Like That" | |
"Old Country Soul" | ||
"Roots (World Junior Song)" | ||
2020 | "Can't Help Myself" (with Dean Brody) | |
"Where I'm From" | ||
"Not Gonna Not" | ||
2021 | "What the Truck" (with Sacha) | Austin Chaffe |
"Somewhere to Drink" (with Nate Haller and Brett Kissel) | Ben Knechtel | |
2023 | "Middle Fingers" | |
"Honky Tonkin' About" (with Drake Milligan) | Mac Grant Chad Tennies Ben Knechtel |
Year | Association | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Citation |
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2013 | Canadian Country Music Awards | Discovery Award | — | Nominated | [60] |
Boots and Hearts | Emerging Artist Showcase | — | Won | [11] | |
2018 | Canadian Country Music Awards | Rising Star Award | — | Won | [60] |
Group or Duo of the Year | — | Nominated | |||
Video of the Year | "Hometown Kids" | Nominated | |||
2019 | Juno Awards | Country Album of the Year | Feels Like That | Nominated | [15] |
Canadian Country Music Awards | Album of the Year | Feels Like That | Won | [61] | |
Fans' Choice Award | — | Nominated | |||
Group or Duo of the Year | — | Nominated | |||
Video of the Year | "Feels Like That" | Nominated | |||
2020 | Juno Awards | Group of the Year | — | Nominated | [62] |
Canadian Country Music Awards | Entertainer of the Year | — | Nominated | [63] | |
Fans' Choice Award | — | Nominated | |||
Group or Duo of the Year | — | Nominated | |||
Songwriter(s) of the Year | "I Do Too" (shared Brad Rempel, Ben Stennis) | Nominated | |||
CMAO Awards | Single of the Year | "Old Country Soul" | Nominated | [64] | |
Album of the Year | Freshman Year | Nominated | |||
Group or Duo of the Year | — | Won | |||
Music Video of the Year | "Feels Like That" | Nominated | |||
Fans' Choice | — | Won | |||
2021 | Juno Awards of 2021 | Group of the Year | — | Nominated | [65] |
CMAO Awards | Fans' Choice | — | Nominated | [66] | |
Group or Duo of the Year | — | Nominated | |||
MRC Data Compass Award | — | Won | |||
Music Video of the Year | "Where I'm From" | Nominated | |||
2021 Canadian Country Music Awards | Entertainer of the Year | — | Nominated | [67] [68] | |
Fans' Choice Award | — | Nominated | |||
Group or Duo of the Year | — | Won | |||
Interactive Artist or Group of the Year | — | Nominated | |||
Single of the Year | "Can't Help Myself" | Nominated | |||
"Where I'm From" | Nominated | ||||
2022 | Juno Awards of 2022 | Country Album of the Year | Sophomore Slump | Nominated | [69] |
Group of the Year | — | Nominated | |||
CMAO Awards | Fans' Choice | — | Nominated | [70] [71] | |
Group or Duo of the Year | — | Nominated | |||
Songwriter(s) of the Year | "More Drinkin' Than Fishin' (shared Gavin Slate, Travis Wood) | Nominated | |||
Canadian Country Music Association | Group or Duo of the Year | — | Won | [72] [73] | |
Interactive Artist or Group of the Year | — | Nominated | |||
Fans' Choice | — | Nominated | [74] | ||
Top Selling Canadian Single of the Year | "What the Truck" (with Sacha) | Won | [75] | ||
2023 | Juno Awards of 2023 | Country Album of the Year | Good Ol' Days | Nominated | [76] |
Fan Choice Award | — | Nominated | |||
Group of the Year | — | Nominated | |||
CMAO Awards | Group or Duo of the Year | — | Won | [77] | |
Compass Award | — | Won | |||
Canadian Country Music Association | Album of the Year | Good Ol' Days | Nominated | [78] | |
Fans' Choice | — | Nominated | |||
Group or Duo of the Year | — | Nominated | |||
Musical Collaboration of the Year | "11 Beers" (with Jake Owen) | Nominated | |||
Single of the Year | "11 Beers" (with Jake Owen) | Nominated | |||
Top Selling Canadian Album of the Year | Good Ol' Days | Won | [79] | ||
2024 | CMAO Awards | Fans' Choice | — | Nominated | [80] [81] |
Group or Duo of the Year | — | Nominated | |||
Music Video of the Year | "Honky Tonkin' About" (with Drake Milligan) | Won | |||
Single of the Year | "Honky Tonkin' About" (with Drake Milligan) | Nominated | |||
Canadian Country Music Association | Entertainer of the Year | — | Pending | [82] | |
Fans' Choice | — | Pending | |||
Group or Duo of the Year | — | Pending | |||
Music Video of the Year | "Honky Tonkin' About" (with Drake Milligan) | Pending | |||
Vocal Collaboration of the Year | "Honky Tonkin' About" (with Drake Milligan) | Pending | |||
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