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Biography
Victoria Banks is a singer/songwriter from Port Carling, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. Her self-produced debut CD "When You Can Fly" was released on the On Ramp/EMI Canada label in April 2009, from which her debut single "The Wheel" (co-written with Tia Sillers) entered the Canadian Country R&R chart at #44 in March 2009. The album also features a duet with Canadian country artist Jason Blaine.
Victoria and Canadian country artist Deric Ruttan both went to high school in Bracebridge, Ontario where they performed in a band together. Victoria went on to complete a degree in Zoology/Anthropology at the University of Toronto before moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 1998, where she signed her first publishing deal. From 1998-2004 she was a staff songwriter for Fame Music (aka House of Fame), from 2004-2007 she was a writer for Full Circle Music (Circle C Songs), and in 2007 she signed a contract with Nashville's Sony/ATV Publishing.
