2x CCMA Award Winner and Global Chart-Topping Country Star MacKenzie Porter Announced as the Headliner for the 2024 SiriusXM Top of the Country Competition Finale 

TAKING PLACE SEPTEMBER 11 AT COOK COUNTY SALOON IN EDMONTON, AB AS PART OF COUNTRY MUSIC WEEK 2024

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 Finalists Robert Adam, Zach McPhee, and Trudy Will Also Take The Stage, Competing For The Coveted Title of SiriusXM Top Of The Country Competition Winner And The $25,000 Grand Prize

Toronto, ON (August 7, 2024) – SiriusXM Canada and The Canadian Country Music AssociationⓇ (CCMAⓇ) are excited to announce 2x CCMA Award winning, global chart-topping country star MacKenzie Porter as the headlining performer for the 2024 SiriusXM Top of the Country finale. The finale will also see the three finalists – Robert Adam, Zach McPhee, and Trudy – take over Cook County Saloon in Edmonton on September 11 as part of Country Music Week 2024, vying for the chance to be named Canada’s best new country artist and take home the $25,000 grand prize, with both runners-up receiving $10,000 each.

Porter will continue her Country Music Week 2024 takeover as she moves into her hosting duties at the 2024 CCMA Awards presented by TD, joining 8x ACM and 2x CMA Award winning superstar Thomas Rhett on stage at Edmonton’s Rogers Place on September 14. Porter has much to celebrate this year, leading the pack with six 2024 CCMA Award nominations (tied with Jade Eagleson) including Entertainer of the Year presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels, Ford F-150 Album of the Year, Fans’ Choice, Female Artist of the Year, Single of the Year, and Video of the Year.

Broadcast live on SiriusXM’s Top of the Country Radio (Ch. 171), which plays the best new and established Canadian country artists (available to subscribers across North America in their car and on the SiriusXM app), the finale is theculmination of a lengthy competition that began with Canadian country artists casting their submissions from coast-to-coast. The impressive group was pared-down to the top eight who were given the opportunity to showcase their talent to Canadians, who ultimately decided on the top three finalists. In addition to a panel of industry judges who will participate in a live vote to decide the winner of the competition, fans in the audience and at home can make their voices heard by texting to vote for their favourites, solidifying the winner’s place in Canadian country music history.

The 2024 SiriusXM Top of the Country finale is an 18+ event and free to the public – space is limited so please RSVP now to secure your spot.

The SiriusXM Top of the Country finale concert is one of many exciting events in a fulsome line-up of Country Music Week 2024 programming, and serves as a taste of what’s to come at the 2024 CCMA Awards presented by TD. For more information on Country Music Week 2024 please visit: ccma.org, and to purchase tickets to the 2024 CCMA Awards Presented by TD, click HERE. 

SiriusXM’s Top of the Country in partnership with the CCMA is part of SiriusXM’s ongoing tradition of promoting and elevating the best emerging Canadian music talent. SiriusXM continues to offer a leading platform for Canadian artists through its significant financial contributions and North American-wide reach.

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About the Canadian Country Music Association^® (CCMA^®)

Established in 1976, the CCMA is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and recognition of Canadian country music. Built upon the foundation to educate, elevate, and celebrate Canadian talent, the CCMA progressively heralds the spirit, community, and creativity that country music fosters through year-round initiatives, culminating every fall with Country Music Week and the Canadian Country Music Association Awards presented by TD. Sponsors of Country Music Week 2024 and the 2024 CCMA Awards presented by TD include FACTOR, Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters, and the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage’s “Canada Music Fund”.

About MacKenzie Porter

Rising to international acclaim with a distinct country-pop shimmer, Canada-born, Nashville-based rising star MacKenzie Porter’s sound knows no borders. Making a statement with her just-released, 19-track Big Loud Records debut, Nobody’s Born With A Broken Heart, Porter shines across the project EUPHORIA. Magazine praises as having “a song on it for everyone.” The 2022 MusicRow Discovery Artist of the Year has earned global buzz for her “clear sound that instantly cuts deep” (CMT), earning nominations at the American Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, CMT Awards, JUNO Awards, and has earned a whopping 22 CCMA Awards nominations, including a nod for Entertainer of the Year. This fall, she’ll co-host the CCMAs in Edmonton, Alberta, alongside Thomas Rhett.

The sparkling talent has made high-profile global appearances on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Good Morning America, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, CBC q, The Morning Show, and many more. Porter broke out in 2022 with chart-dominating, six-week U.S. No. 1 “Thinking ‘Bout You” with duet partner Dustin Lynch, building on international success as the first female this century to have six No. 1 songs at Canadian country radio and adding to over 920 million global on-demand streams. The quadruple threat (singer / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist / actor) stars across both stage and screen, part of the cast of Netflix’s cult-followed sci-fi television series Travelers and a series regular in AMC’s Hell On Wheels, acting when she’s not impressing with her “mesmerizing vocals and hook-driven songs” (Billboard). Touring the globe opening for Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, Walker Hayes, Jordan Davis, Brad Paisley, Dallas Smith, Rascal Flatts, and more, MacKenzie wrapped her own Canadian headline tour earlier this year, and will open for Parker McCollum, Keith Urban, and Brett Young this summer.

About SiriusXM Canada

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MEDIA CONTACTS

For The Canadian Country Music Association

Shelby Burnell, Red Umbrella P.R. | shelby@redumbrellapr.com | 416-317-8023

For MacKenzie Porter 

Tiffany Astle, penelopePR | tiffany@penelopepr.com | 416.554.7329

For SiriusXM Canada

Aoife Gray, Zeno Group | aoife.gray@zenogroup.com | 647-218-3906