Chantal Kreviazuk, a classically trained pianist from Winnipeg, Canada, gained a record contract as a vocalist before having ever performed live. A child prodigy at the piano, Chantal began winning competitions throughout Canada while receiving classical education on the piano as well as voice. She soon turned away from her classical roots and found her passion writing pop songs. In 1994, a motorcycle accident in Italy left Chantal immobile for several months. It was during her recovery that she penned many of the songs on her double platinum debut album, Under These Rocks and Stones.

Chantal's second release, Colour Moving and Still, also went double platinum and earned her Juno Awards in 2000 for Best Female Artist and Best Pop/Adult Album (in categories with Alanis Morissette, Celine Dion and Joni Mitchell). For her 2002 album, What If It All Means Something, Chantal decided to experiment with her approach to the writing process. Some of the songs, including the international hit "In This Life", were composed on the guitar as she taught herself to play. She also took the opportunity to collaborate with her husband, Raine Maida (of Our Lady Peace). "It happened really naturally but very prolifically--we just banged them out," she says. "We weren't even like, 'Let's sit down and write a song.' We'd just be jamming and things would pop out." What If It All Means Something, included the song "Time" which has been featured in films and television shows including the Brittany Murphy/Dakota Fanning movie, "Uptown Girls" and the MTV reality show, "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County". The film "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" featured her songs "These Days" and "I Want You to Know".

Chantal has also enjoyed collaborating with up and coming artists, such as Avril Lavinge. She worked closely with the fellow Canadian on her 2004 album, Under My Skin, co-writing six songs with Lavigne. Chantal contributed as a writer to the 2004 Gwen Stefani hit, "Rich Girl" as well as several songs on Kelly Clarkson's 2004 Grammy Winning album, Breakaway. In August 2005, the singer/songwriter announced that she was writing and recording her fourth album in her home studio. The album is expected for release sometime in 2006.