"This is an artist you absolutely need to pay attention to. Recommended without reservation." - Robert K. Oermann (Music Row Magazine)

About Victoria:

Victoria has been labeled “one of the best songwriters in the business” by Music Row Magazine based on her 20-year behind-the-scenes career as a Nashville staff songwriter penning songs for country artists. However she is also a master performer in her own right, named 2010 Female Artist of the Year by the Country Music Association in her native country of Canada, where she has solo-opened tours for artists from Reba McEntire to Wynonna Judd. A mesmerizing vocalist and a master storyteller, She combines her talents in Bluebird-Cafe-style acoustic performances: just Victoria, her guitar, and her stories, either as a solo performer or as one of 3-writers in a “writers’ round”. Some of her past corporate events include:

  • Over 30 private performances contracted by Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe for clients such as Southwest Airlines, NBC, Bank of America and Viacom

  • Over 20 private performances and group “songwriting on the spot” events with Kidbilly Music for clients such as Amex, Merck, Novartis, FBC Mortgage, and The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

  • Multiple private performances for corporate events hosted by Gaylord Hotels

  • Performance of her music live with the Nashville Ballet, after choreographers interpreted a set of her songs for the 2016 City of Dreams ballet (part of the Attitude program at Tennessee Performing Arts Center)

Soundcloud compilation link: https://soundcloud.com/victoria-banks-7/sets/victoria-banks-songs-1/s-lqglX

Performance videos link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL63W1zMIpzmY9YX30JWJ6dX9-pqCeUjLb


Awards:

  • 2014 Covenant Gospel Music Award (Canadian Gospel Country Song of the Year)

  • 2010 CCMA Female Artist of the Year

  • 2010 CCMA Songwriter of the Year

  • 2010 BCCMA Song of the Year

  • SOCAN International Achievement Award

  • 2 ASCAP Country Music Awards

  • Nominated for 13 CCMA awards as an artist, songwriter and producer


Notable Cuts:

  • "Saints & Angels" (Sara Evans) - solo-written country single on double platinum "Born to Fly" record

  • "Come on Over" (Jessica Simpson) - Billboard record-breaker for highest debuting country single in chart history

  • “Letting You Go” (Sara Evans)

  • “Heart” (placed in CMT’s Nashville TV show)

  • “Queen of Hearts” (Lauren Alaina)

  • "Can't Stop Lovin' You" (duet by Sara Evans and The Fray's Isaac Slade)

  • "Gotta Have You" (Sara Evans) (also singled by Risa Binder on Sirius XM The Highway)

  • “Faint of Heart” (Sister C) Sirius Highway FM single

  • "Remember That" (Jessica Simpson) - USA top 40 country single

  • "Dance With Me" (Johnny Reid) - Canadian #1 country single, CCMA Song of the Year