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George Fox
Person · male · Canada · born 1960
Canadian country music singer-songwriter
Also known as 喬治·福克斯
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1960s
Biography
English biography166 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1353670813
Biography
George Fox (born March 23, 1960) is a Canadian country/western music singer/songwriter raised in Cochrane, Alberta, the son of cattle ranchers Bert and Gert Fox.
Career
His first single, "Angelina", reached No. 8 on the Canadian country music charts. In subsequent years, "Goldmine", "No Trespassing", "Mustang Heart", "I Give You My Word", "What's Holding Me" and "Breakfast Alone" also became top 10 singles and signature songs. He has written a book of short stories depicting ranch life entitled My First Cow.
Honours
Awards include the Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMA) Male Vocalist Of The Year (three times) and the Juno Awards Country Male Vocalist Of The Year (three times). Fox was host of the CCMA Awards television show from 1991 to 1994.
In 1995, his home town of Cochrane named a new street George Fox Trail in his honour.
In September 2022 he was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.
Personal life
Fox and his wife Monica live near Ancaster in southern Ontario with their two daughters.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 4 | 24.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 4 | 24.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5539401genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5539401seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Fox_%28singer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Fox_%28singer%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Canadian musicians
- List of country music performers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
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Wikidata: Q5539401 · MusicBrainz: 9195f447-848d-42eb-a03c-301e3610818d
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