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91ƵHoly smokes!91Ƶ: B.C. musician reacts after winning $25K 91ƵTop of the Country Contest91Ƶ

Tyler Joe Miller91Ƶs bio and song video are posted to topcountry.siriusxm.ca
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Musician Tyler Joe Miller. (File photo)

Surrey-based musician Tyler Joe Miller is the winner of $25,000 as top performer in .

He91Ƶll also be flown to Nashville with SOCAN for a week-long songwriting trip, among other music-related prizes.

91ƵHoly smokes!! I don91Ƶt even know what to say! It91Ƶs still sinking in that I WON Top Of The Country last night!91Ƶ Miller , from London, Ont., during Canadian Country Music Week and awards.

He thanked the contest hosts, fellow contest entrants and his record label, MDM Recordings.

91ƵThanks to my band for putting in the hard work to put on a kickass show with me, couldn91Ƶt do it without ya, this is all of our win,91Ƶ Miller added.

His bio and song video are posted to .

91ƵTyler Joe Miller continues on his path in Canadian country music with the release of his debut EP Sometimes I Don91Ƶt, But Sometimes I Do and the rise of his current single 91ƵSometimes I Do91Ƶ,91Ƶ the bio says. 91ƵHis gold-certified debut single, 91ƵPillow Talkin91Ƶ91Ƶ earned him his first #1 hit, while follow-up track 91ƵI Would Be Over Me Too91Ƶ made him the first independent Canadian country artist to reach #1 with their first two singles.91Ƶ

Miller was born in Surrey and first played in a band before he took a break from music for several years. During his time off, he began doing humanitarian work.

Miller now lives in the Cloverdale area, years after graduating from Frank Hurt Secondary in Newton.

Along with Miller, the seven other finalists in SiriusXM91Ƶs Top of the Country competition were Don Amero (based in Winnipeg), Raquel Cole (Vernon), Carolina East (South River, NL), Nate Haller (Toronto), Brittany Kennell (Beaconsfield, QC), Kalsey Kulyk (Hudson Bay, SK) and Kelly Prescott (Almonte, ON).



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